CATDOLL: Japanese netizens are discussing why they only watch animations but don’t buy them. In the end, they are still poor.

After Japanese animation works are broadcast, they are generally sold in Blu-ray discs. The sales volume of discs is also an important parameter to measure whether an animation work is really popular. The most important thing is whether the animation can make a profit or even have a follow-up, which depends on the sales performance of the discs. Japan has a large number of new episodes every year. Most anime fans can watch multiple animation works in a season, but not many people actually spend money to buy discs. For this reason, Japanese netizens launched a discussion on "Why do more people watch animation and fewer buy discs?", and netizens also expressed their opinions.

Wu Nian Name としあき15/09/07(Month)14:40:31 No.355184391

Because it's too expensive, and some animations can be watched pirated.

Wu Nian Name としあき15/09/07(Month)15:19:53 No.35518880

In fact, this often happens. Sometimes the price of a movie version is cheaper than any volume of the TV series, and it sells better. For example, "Tamako Love Story" belongs to this category.

Wu Nian Name としあき15/09/07(Month)15:40:13 No.355191174

Currently, a new anime series requires several volumes of discs. If it is compressed to 1 or 2 volumes, there should still be many people who will buy it.

Wu Nian Name としあき15/09/07(Month)15:47:30 No.355192006

Take my example, I buy discs just to support the work. When I really want to watch a movie, I would rather choose the homemade Blu-ray that I recorded myself. Because it is too troublesome to change the disc after watching two episodes on each Blu-ray.

Wu Nian Name としあき15/09/07(Month)16:02:33 No.355193854

Don't blame piracy for the discs not selling well. The producers should consider whether their works are attractive. If you look at the Blu-ray of some popular movies, they still sell well even if there is piracy.

Wu Nian Name としあき15/09/07(月)16:26:21 No.355196877

TV dramas usually have large cosmetics or car companies as sponsors, but animations are not like that. Because of this system, the high prices are unavoidable. But if I have to spend tens of thousands of yen to buy a set of discs, I still can't afford it...

Wu Nian Name としあき15/09/07(Month)17:48:50 No.355207985

I think discs are of little use other than collection. Movies are OK, you can watch them when you have nothing to do, but TV is worse than watching videos. There is nothing we can do about the fact that producers are using a lot of bonuses these days.

Wu Nian Name としあき15/09/07(Month)17:56:07 No.355209144

Unlike previous videotapes, current video technology has almost no impact on image quality. So I think that some works that are only popular for a short period of time or slightly interesting four-frame comic adaptations will not make people want to buy them at all.

To put it bluntly, the main reason is that the discs are expensive, and the official behavior of selling the animation in volumes in order to recover the production costs of the animation has also made everyone dissatisfied. Coupled with the collection value of the animation itself and other factors, everyone feels that it is not worth spending so much money to buy ordinary animation discs. Moreover, technology is becoming more and more advanced now. Except for special requirements, general videos can meet everyone's viewing needs. However, at present, the first profit of animation works is selling discs and peripheral products. It seems that the official still has to work hard to make everyone spend money happily.