>It might be somewhat unique to ANIPLEX but I do see other anime sold this way. The unique part of Aniplex isn't its Japanese prices, but rather its attempt at

>It might be somewhat unique to ANIPLEX but I do see other anime sold this way. The unique part of Aniplex isn't its Japanese prices, but rather its attempt at exporting its Japanese pricing to the US. Compare that 28-episode $300 Aniplex of America release to something like the Sentai's Shirobako release (24 episodes), which allegedly retails for $90 and is available on Sentai's own store for $45. And that's not even counting the fact that Shirobako is the better anime of the two. https://www.sentaifilmworks.com/collections/new-releases/products/shirobako-complete-collection-blu-ray https://www.sentaifilmworks.com/collections/new-releases/pro...