AnimeSuki Forum - View Single Post

hooliganj · 2006-06-28, 23:38

If they use a pre-HD resolution, they could easily fit an entire season on one disc, and even at the higher scan rate 10-12 eps is a cinch. They don't make much money that way, though, either in Japan, where they don't sell as much ad time per block as they do in the US, or in America, where there generally isn't any TV time for most anime, so they don't get any of that precious ad or syndication revenue at all. If they bundled them up, you'd get 2-3 discs per series, but average price would be $80-100, at least. It also allows them to build some suspense between releases, and to try to maintain the popularity of a property over alonger period of time, enhancing the potential market share and merchandising possibilities.

The merchandise is what the Japanese producers are really after, and in the US it's all about the TV coverage. For a successful property, actual home DVD sales are just supplementary income anyway.

2006-06-28, 23:38	Link #3
hooliganj Team Player Join Date: Apr 2004	If they use a pre-HD resolution, they could easily fit an entire season on one disc, and even at the higher scan rate 10-12 eps is a cinch. They don't make much money that way, though, either in Japan, where they don't sell as much ad time per block as they do in the US, or in America, where there generally isn't any TV time for most anime, so they don't get any of that precious ad or syndication revenue at all. If they bundled them up, you'd get 2-3 discs per series, but average price would be $80-100, at least. It also allows them to build some suspense between releases, and to try to maintain the popularity of a property over alonger period of time, enhancing the potential market share and merchandising possibilities. The merchandise is what the Japanese producers are really after, and in the US it's all about the TV coverage. For a successful property, actual home DVD sales are just supplementary income anyway.