Re: Tim


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from Yoru-Hikage <yoru@mindspring.com>
subject Re: Tim
date Wed, 01 Mar 2000 14:30:39 -0500
>I think it has more to do with the waning popularity of Ranma--Viz 
>has really driven it into the ground with their slow releases 
>(someone please tell them to join the rest of the companies in 
>releasing volumes with more than 2 eps on them)

 That reminds me. Has anyone heard anything about the next
translated Graphic Novel? It seems the last one I've been
able to find is VGN 14, which was available at AX '99 and
subsequently made public in August '99. 2 GNs a year just doesn't
cut it, especially since they seem to get thinner and thinner
each time. VGN 1 is practically twice as long as VGN 14. @_@

 As for the 2-episodes per tape bit, yeah, it's pretty bad,
considering the comparative prices they charge. I can buy
a tape with 3 or 4 Slayers episodes for AT LEAST U$D 5 less (dubbed)
or AT LEAST U$D 10 less (subbed). That's absolutely outrageous. 
(Though not as outrageous as, say, Evangelion. @_@) Given the popularity 
of the series (at one point) and length, you'd think they'd realize 
they could leverage the economy of scale that's thereby present to lower 
prices, which would help to further increase marketshare and promote 
profits.

 And as for the DVD, they're not only overcharging and underreleasing,
they're region-encoding for USA-only play. Bah!

 Viz has, of late, fallen quite far in my opinion.

 Ahem.. Okay, I'm really going back to lurking now. I swear.
Really.

-- Yoru
** Double Forsooth **

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