>At  7:08 PM 95.10.2 -0700, Charles C. Liu wrote:
>>At 08:39 PM 10/2/95 -0500, you wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>Patience. I understand Pioneer LDCA intends to release the TV series in
>>>their standard dual-format sometime in the near future (hopefully).
>>>WOOHOO!!!!
>>>
>>
>>        Hey, that means 13 tape. Hmm at $25 a tape.
>>
>>        13 * 25 = 325!!!!
>>Jeez I don't think I'll be able to afford it.
>
>In JAPAN, price of the tape is 5800yen. I heard There are 12 tapes. so that,
>
>        12 * 5800 = 69600yen(about $700-)!!!!
>
>I have felt like inporting them.
>                                ** Akihiro MORIYAMA from Tokyo, JAPAN **


        Great, has anyone ever figured out why in the world the anime
videos and LDs are cheaper here than in Japan?  Some of them are made in
the U.S., which is probably the reason.  Still, it seems like the Japanese
are getting ripped off! Why not import, just like what Moriyama san said?