Ghost in the Shell 2 Innocence comes to Blu-ray

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Originally Posted by WickyWoo

No, they charge more because of many factors including

When home video prices were set, the yen was 200:$1US+.7800 yen is the equivalent piece of annual income as $39.95 is to us.

Japan is primarily a rental market rather than a buyers market. 24 on DVD in Japan is over $200 a season and broken into 12 discs for example because it's primarily for rental

None of the discs that have a DVD with them are affected in any way price wise, it's simply them trying to encourage people to buy Blu now cause they get both (the same stuff behind the HD DVD combo disc). People who want Blu want Blu, and people who are buying DVD don't. So they stopped doing it

Actually, it is also due to anime's smaller sales, Wicky. Regular movies are not charged nearly the same amount as anime discs are, especially Blu ray. The companies are smaller and sell less copies than big movies, so they charge more to make up the difference.