| According to the official website, Bandai Visual announced that they will distribute Blu-rays containing the first two episodes of Suisei no Gargantia at Anime Contents Expo (ACE) 2013 to be held on March 30th and 31st. A total of 8,000 copies will be distributed free to the visitors. Trailer The first episode of the anime will be aired on April 7th on Tokyo MX TV. Source: Gargantia official website |
NaruleachMar 15, 2013 1:16 PM
| Lucky bastards |
| Wow... they're really gone all out to promote this stuff Dizzee said: I agree...Lucky bastards |
| What..8000 Copies. Thats like 500k+ free. |
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| Does that count into vol.1 "sales"? Ha ha ha Of course since they are not sold but distributed free so I guess not. Otherwise we'll have a season top out of a sudden before OreImo and Railgun or Uta-Prince even gets their chance to speak LOL dtshyk said: I got "The uploader has not made this video available in your country" error...Trailer |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
| Fucking hell, Bandai. |
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| One thing strikes me: These BDs have resell value but I can imagine a lot of people will try to sell it after watching it to cash in. Now I wonder what will be the resell price right after ACE... |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
| That might be more than they can hope to sell from BD Vol.1 |
| I hope the show does well saleswise for Butch Gen and Production IG but as for the show itself I'm cautiously optimistic. |
| Wish I could be there. :( |
| Whoa, 8k blu-rays, how much that would be? It will be a gamble whether they can promote this stuff successfully or not, or else.. Wow |
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| Never even heard of this show before, and just watched the PV. Loving the setting, and for once. The 3D isn't god awfull. Lets hope this goes in the right direction! And that one of those 8000 puts a raw online for subbing... |
| Wow... Never heard of the show, but looks like they're doing some heavy marketing for this show.. :O |
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| I don't know about anyone else, but to me, this sounds like an act of desperation to get people into the anime. |
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DraconisMarch said: An act to get people into the anime, yes. I am thinking it more like bold than desperate though.I don't know about anyone else, but to me, this sounds like an act of desperation to get people into the anime. |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
| Oh god, that so much money, wish i was there, tho. I'm looking foward to this series, i will love this new season. |
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GuiltyKing said: Guess someone's got too much cash. Or they're just desperately trying to make the show appealing to the masses. The second I guess. |
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jmal said: The usual anime fans. Just think those who go to events like Comiket. ACE (Anime Contents Expo) was started in 2011 by a bunch of industry leaders like Kadokawa and Aniplex as a rival event against Tokyo International Anime Fair that was run by the Tokyo government, as a protest against Governor Ishihara's push for censorship law that year (the law unfortunately passed at the end). Everyone who paid the 1500 yen entrance fee can participate. I believe last year's attendance is >100k over 2 days so it is a fairly large public anime event.But who are the usual attendees of ACE? Is it more of an industry event, or is it open to the public, where regular fans can attend? |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
symbv said: The usual anime fans. Just think those who go to events like Comiket. ACE (Anime Contents Expo) was started in 2011 by a bunch of industry leaders like Kadokawa and Aniplex as a rival event against Tokyo International Anime Fair that was run by the Tokyo government, as a protest against Governor Ishihara's push for censorship law that year (the law unfortunately passed at the end). Everyone who paid the 1500 yen entrance fee can participate. I believe last year's attendance is >100k over 2 days so it is a fairly large public anime event. I think is fair to say that ACE is starting to feel more fan oriented, while Tokyo Anime Fair still feels more industry oriented. Also According to official sources ACE attendance was around 42k over 2 days last year, while TAF got an attendance of 98k over 4 days. |
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DraconisMarch said: I don't know about anyone else, but to me, this sounds like an act of desperation to get people into the anime. well one might see it that way |
cat_clan said: I believe the slogan and founding concept of ACE, which is "against censorship", struck a chord with many anime fans. I am impressed that big players like Kadokawa, Aniplex and Media Factory etc chose to break away from TAF to form ACE. Even though their plan in 2011 was upended by the tsunami/quake that year, 2012 the event went on with resoundingly positive feedback. I think is fair to say that ACE is starting to feel more fan oriented, while Tokyo Anime Fair still feels more industry oriented. Also According to official sources ACE attendance was around 42k over 2 days last year, while TAF got an attendance of 98k over 4 days. Oh yes, I have just checked and you are right. 41,628 for ACE over 2 days and 98,923 for TAF over 4 days. |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
| You see free BD, I see early subs with BD quality. |
Ii tenki desu ne... |
Antanaru said: You see free BD, I see early subs with BD quality. Would be cool if one of the 8,000 are kind enough to upload it for us. |
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| I get the feeling I'll be seeing those put up for auction on Yahoo Japan Auctions soon after. |
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Dizzee said: Lucky bastards My thoughts exactly... |
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jmal said: eminagnam said: jmal said: Discs themselves are quite cheap, and it doesn't cost so much to press 8,000 discs. Perhaps it's much smaller money compared to conventional ad money (e.g. cost for TV commercial).I don't actually know what the discs will cost. I meant that I don't know what MSRP they'll set for the retail releases, so I used a standard MSRP of ¥7140 to calculate the theoretical "value" of 8,000 BDs given away. I wonder, will these 8000 pressings come in a plain sleeve or something fancy? I expect plain in which case the value would be much lower. I expect that the box and artwork of a limited edition first pressing of anime cost more than the actual BD these days. |
| Not interested in the anime, but i still want it just because it's free |
| A bold move, better hope it pays dividends. |
DraconisMarch said: Desparation? It's got Urobutcher's name attached to it. It's going to sell like mad no matter what. I'd say it's more like a bold marketing tactic.I don't know about anyone else, but to me, this sounds like an act of desperation to get people into the anime. |
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| funny thing, I don't even want to watch that, even after reading this |
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| awww so unfair ;__; |
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jmal said: No no no, if you check the official blog of the anime, you can see the sleeve is no cardboard sleeve but a proper jacket. Of course it will not have any extra bundle like in a Limited Edition but it is not no-frills packaging either. hpulley said: Yeah, definitely. I'm expecting something like a little cardboard CD/DVD/BD sleeve and that's it.I wonder, will these 8000 pressings come in a plain sleeve or something fancy? I expect plain in which case the value would be much lower. I expect that the box and artwork of a limited edition first pressing of anime cost more than the actual BD these days. Check http://gargantia.jp/blog/?p=138 |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
| Damn... that sounds like a bad marketing move... 8,000 BDs which could have been made part of their profit just go up in smoke... damn guys... just damn. |
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| They must be confident about this. |
Meruru_Arls said: Damn... that sounds like a bad marketing move... 8,000 BDs which could have been made part of their profit just go up in smoke... damn guys... just damn. They'll just bundle some sort of event ticket with the first BD volume to get people who already have a free copy interested. |
| all for fun.fun for all |
| /random Naruko Hanaharu fan walks by "Oh look new anime with Naruko Hanaharu orignal character design!? I didn't know!" /watches Not a single fuck given. On a serious note, I'm guessing this just means we'll have two episode a week earlier. |
| Besides better packaging and enticing bundles of extra, there is also one way to boost BD vol.1 sales - by packaging THREE episodes in that volume. Since this freebie has only 2 episodes, people who want to collect for the series have no choice but to buy vol.1 as well. They can even get a trade-in system by offering discount to those who trade in the freebie if they buy the actual vol.1 This should help the final sales of vol.1 to quite some extent. |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
| BDs themselves are relatively cheap compared to their selling price. And those BDs will probably contain TV versions of the episodes. People will be able to see them on TV just a week later anyway. The packaging is simple as well, so no damage to the sales of the actual BD release will be done. So I don't think it's an act of desperation. |
| Well, if people are talking about it, it's working. Looking forward to seeing it. |
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bippo said: They are already selling the BD box-sets? Are you sure? What I heard is that they only announced the format of the BD release, which is 3 box-sets, each of which has 4 TV episodes plus 1 OVA. I don't think they are actually selling any box sets there... They're selling the Box-sets of the show in ACE today. Basically what they're planning to do is 1 volume consisting of 4 episodes. 3 volumes in total plus an OVA. I'll assume the Box contains the three volumes plus some extras. Anyway, it is kind of to be expected. What I was sure is that they will not sell the BD in the simple standard format of 1 disc containing 2 episodes. I thought it will be one volume holding 3 episodes with lots of extra, so what we see now is just pushing it up to another level - 4 episodes with lots of extra including even an OVA. |
symbvMar 30, 2013 10:17 AM
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
| http://gargantia.jp/blog/?p=179 BD-Box 1 (eps 1-4 + OVA): 16800yen, 7/26 I will be very interested in seeing how this sells... doing 3 box sets where each one costs 175 dollars seems risky. 525 for the full series, and its not even 2 cour. |
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| I don't want to to be that guy, but has anyone considered that there might be something sinister about this and that perhaps these blu-rays might be tracked or something? This could all be an experiment to collect data on pirating and whatnot. It sounds really out there and farfetched, but don't any of you find it suspicious they're giving away 8000 free copies, on blu-ray no less? It's suspicious. |
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