Thinpacks

[Haruhi]

I know it's asking for a bit, but could somebody provide me with a list of series that have been set to thinpack? I 'd like to purchase a lot of sets.

Also, cheap boxsets would be appreciated.

[AsukaxSohryux]

RahXephon
Neon Genesis Evangelion Platnium
Abenobashi
Chrono Crusade
Aquarian Age
Gantz Season 1
Full Metal Panic!
Azumanga Daioh
Blue Seed
DNAngel
Edens Bowy
Final Fantasy: Unlimited
Gravion
Happy Lesson
Kaliedo Star
Kinos Journy
Mezzo
Noir
Peacemaker
Robotech
Saint Seiya Box 1
Those Who Hunt Elves
Wedding Peach
Yugo teh Negotiator
Zone of the Enders

PS- Might have missed some of ADV thinpaks

To Cont.

[Psychopuppet]

This is a list of ADV's so far in Alphabetical order.
All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku Dash!
All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku TV
Angelic Layer
Aquarian Age
Azumanga Daioh
Blue Seed
Chrono Crusade
Devil Hunter Yohko
DNAngel
Eden's Bowy
Final Fantasy: Unlimited
Full Metal Panic!
Gantz season 1
Gravion
Happy Lesson
Kaleido Star
King of Bandit Jing
Kino's Journey
Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi
Mezzo
Najica Blitz Tactics
Neo Ranga
Neon Genesis Evangelion Platinum
Noir
Original Dirty Pair Movie's
Original Dirty Pair OVA's
Orphen 2: Revenge
Peacemaker
Pretear
RahXephon
Robotech
Rune Soldier
Saint Seiya 1
Saint Seiya 2
Slayers Movie's
Super Gals
Those Who Hunt Elves
Wedding Peach season 1
Wedding Peach season 2
Wild Arms
Zone of the Enders

Geneon has released a few too but' they are not exactly the cheapest.
Chobit's
Mahoromatic
Last Exile
I can't think of the rest right now

[throughhim413]

A few more of Geneon's that I know off the top of my head:
Card Captor Sakura (2 sets)
Sailor Moon S
Sailor Moon SuperS

[AsukaxSohryux]

Bandai -
Outlaw Star Collection
Escaflowne Anime Legends Collection

[Jon]

^^ Infinite Ryvius is also in a thinpack form from Bandai.

[Haruhi]

Do thinpack DVDs come with all the extras that come with the regular releases? Stuff like preliminary sketches, seiyuu interviews, trailers and whatnot?

[Jon]

Do thinpack DVDs come with all the extras that come with the regular releases? Stuff like preliminary sketches, seiyuu interviews, trailers and whatnot?

All of ADV's thinpacks don't come with extras (except for Noir, Full Metal Panic, and RahXephon), but other than that other companies include the extras.

Let's just hope the other companies don't follow adv...

[gameoffreak8]

Do thinpack DVDs come with all the extras that come with the regular releases? Stuff like preliminary sketches, seiyuu interviews, trailers and whatnot?

Thinpack DVDs don't have any extras including sketches, interviews, trailers, and previews.

[AsukaxSohryux]

All of ADV's thinpacks don't come with extras (except for Noir, Full Metal Panic, and RahXephon), but other than that other companies include the extras.

Let's just hope the other companies don't follow adv...

As I agree with you, but I believe you buy the DVDs for the animation not the extras. Thinpacks are the greatest thing to happen, especially for an underbudget college student :P . ADV films did a great job.

[Hideki 13]

Bandai -
Outlaw Star Collection
Escaflowne Anime Legends Collection

Oh, so the new Escalfowne box set will be a thinpak.

[AsukaxSohryux]

Oh, so the new Escalfowne box set will be a thinpak.

Im not too sure about that, but its said to be cheaper than the perfect collection.

[Hideki 13]

Im not too sure about that, but its said to be cheaper than the perfect collection.

Wel looking at photos it sortuf looks like a "book" type like the first collection.

[NGT]

I sorta looks like a brick thing. :huh:

[Haruhi]

Ugh... no extras? That's really depressing.

[Hideki 13]

I sorta looks like a brick thing. :huh:

Well brick -or- book same type to me. ^_^

[HitokiriShadow]

The Gantz Season 1 thinpack also contains the extras. Aside from that, Noir, FMP, and Rahxephon, ADV's thinpacks are extras-free. Although, I think they may still have the clean openigns and closings. And I'm sure they still have trailers for other series.

Fortunately, other companies still include the extras. Geneon's thinpacks are expensive compared to ADV's, but they contain all of the extras (and sometimes OSTs as well, like with Mahoromatic and Chobits).

Come to think of it, I don't know that anyone other than ADV and Geneon have been doing thinpack releases. The only thinpack Bandai has done was Zeta Gundam, but that was a special circumstance. Bandai eventually releases their completed series in Brick sets (with the extras) though.

[tigeress02]

I believe all but one thinpak release has been mentioned. Gungrave is the only other title I can think of with a thinpak release out.

[tenshi_a]

Ugh... no extras? That's really depressing.
Yeah, I don't quite understand why either; surely it would be cheaper for the makers to leave the extras in, than to spend money removing them for the thinpak version!

Do they still sell the original volumes of these series they sell thinpaks for? Or are we all doomed to no-option extra-less versions or searching for second-hand copies?

[Olin of Xephon]

I love this thinpack movement ADV is taking and can only say about F***ing time! Of course now I feel very stupid for droppping $120 on most of my older collections.

I've got Chrono Crusade, Kino's Journey, Gantz, and a couple of others and their extras are all intact. Which shows got them left off?

[Psychopuppet]

Do they still sell the original volumes of these series they sell thinpaks for? Or are we all doomed to no-option extra-less versions or searching for second-hand copies?

The place I order most of my anime from has tryed to order single's of series from them that thinpaks have been released of and they have apparently discontinued the singles.

[HitokiriShadow]

I love this thinpack movement ADV is taking and can only say about F***ing time! Of course now I feel very stupid for droppping $120 on most of my older collections.

I've got Chrono Crusade, Kino's Journey, Gantz, and a couple of others and their extras are all intact. Which shows got them left off?

I thought Chrono Crusade had the extras removed. What does it include?

As far as I know, Noir, FMP, Rahxephon, and Gantz are the only series that have their extras.

[Psychopuppet]

I thought Chrono Crusade had the extras removed. What does it include?

As far as I know, Noir, FMP, Rahxephon, and Gantz are the only series that have their extras.

My Thinpak of Chrono Crusade had no extra's on it other than ADV's preview's.

I also found when I bought the Rune Soldier thinpak it came with the disc extra's which were Textless Opening & Textless Ending.

I think Blue Seed And the Slayers Movie box also had the extra's.

[gameoffreak8]

Psychopuppet, out of curiousity, Chobits and DNAngel thinpacks have any extras?

[Psychopuppet]

Psychopuppet, out of curiousity, Chobits, and DNAngel thinpacks have any extras?
Chobit's does and is the same 7 disc as the original release and even come's with a CD just in a one box in 4 double disc thinpak case's.

The DNAngel thinpak does not have any .

[HitokiriShadow]

Psychopuppet, out of curiousity, Chobits and DNAngel thinpacks have any extras?

Chobits is from Geneon, so it has the extras. DNAngel is from ADV so it almost certainly won't except maybe for clean openings and closings.

[Lifthrasir]

Hmm. Sometimes I question whether or not I should buy thinpaks. I like watching the openings or not without English text and stuff. If I have the soundtrack, I usually play the OP/ED along with it if I'm that bored.

For the price, I'd buy them, but as a collector I just go with what initially comes out. Regarding space - I have plenty of it so I don't have to worry. I think doing the switch from vhs to dvd was the worst I ever had to endure anyway.

I think the only thinpaks I have are the action/drama/scifi series I get. Those I have no choice, but usually those actually come with extras.

Are there people here who just buy thinpaks? If so, do you feel you are being cheated, or are they entirely worth it?

[HEDGESMFG]

Don't forget the Kenshin Budget Bricks. All 3 Seasons are out now, as well as a Samurai X OVA Director's cut thinpack. I just purchased the Kyoto Arc and OVA set this week, and the TV series discs are indeed the same as when they were originally released.

Now fans can finally get all of Kenshin for a reasonable price.

[EternityOfPain]

Hmm. Sometimes I question whether or not I should buy thinpaks. I like watching the openings or not without English text and stuff. If I have the soundtrack, I usually play the OP/ED along with it if I'm that bored.

For the price, I'd buy them, but as a collector I just go with what initially comes out. Regarding space - I have plenty of it so I don't have to worry. I think doing the switch from vhs to dvd was the worst I ever had to endure anyway.

I think the only thinpaks I have are the action/drama/scifi series I get. Those I have no choice, but usually those actually come with extras.

Are there people here who just buy thinpaks? If so, do you feel you are being cheated, or are they entirely worth it?

Well seeing that no one else has responded yet I thought hell I would. I see myself as a medium collector with I would say roughly 600 give or take DVDs. I honestly, never even bother checking out the various interviews or sketches of any sort included in the “extra” section to begin with; if anything I will watch the textless OP or ED if I really liked it. So for me getting the regular DVDs just for the extras is nonexistent. The reason I try and get the regular DVDs is because honesty I dislike the thin pack look. The thinness of each DVD case too me makes it look cheap. However, that’s not to say I don’t own a few thin packs because after all they are cheaper and that means you will be able to buy more anime which is nice. Honesty it really boils down to the type of person you are. I know a few people who actually don’t get thin packs because when they show off there collection with various pictures they feel that it makes there collection “better” which I don’t really think so. So in the end, I am not ashamed nor do I feel that I am getting ripped off when I occasionally get a thin pack, because that money saved allows me to buy more anime. But as I said, I avoid getting to many because I dislike they way they look.

[DoubleWide]

FUNImation is planning to release Yu Yu Hakusho in a thinpack this summer.

[HitokiriShadow]

Um, do you have a source for that information?

I haven't heard that and it seems extremely unlikely. Whatever you read was probably an early April Fool's joke.

[tigeress02]

Um, do you have a source for that information?

I haven't heard that and it seems extremely unlikely. Whatever you read was probably an early April Fool's joke.Well, DoubleWide is correct in the fact that FUNi will be re-releasing YYH, but I don't believe FUNi said they were going to be thinpaks. The first set (http://www.animeondvd.com/reviews2/disc_reviews/5068.php), set for release on June 6, will have 14 episodes. If FUNi decides to keep it at 14 eps/collection, there should be 8 total. Good way for people to start collecting this show, plus it should be a whole lot cheaper than buying the current boxsets.

[Crawlspace]

Are there people here who just buy thinpaks? If so, do you feel you are being cheated, or are they entirely worth it?

I love the sets, be they extraless thinpak, brick, digipak, whatever. They're cheap and small, and I'm certainly getting my money's worth with them (Kino's Journey for $30 being the most recent). Most of ADV's extras are made in-house and focus on the English language production. I've no interest in the dub, so don't really care that they're removed. Sketches, openings/closings, character bios, and the same trailer shown 10 times at various lengths for the series hold no interest for me. I like the smaller size of the sets, and it saves me time, since I'm thinpaking most of my discs anyway. So, yeah, I'm perfectly happy with them most of the time. The only exception I've made is AzuDai, because I wanted the translator notes. But since I got all the singles for $50, I think I made out okay. ^_^

[Sepeh]

I hate thinpaks.

They are usually ugly and there are no extras. And I prefer big sets more than small. Especially those DVD-cases on thinpacks are awful. Normal DVD-cases are much better.

[Psychopuppet]

Well, DoubleWide is correct in the fact that FUNi will be re-releasing YYH, but I don't believe FUNi said they were going to be thinpaks. The first set (http://www.animeondvd.com/reviews2/disc_reviews/5068.php), set for release on June 6, will have 14 episodes. If FUNi decides to keep it at 14 eps/collection, there should be 8 total. Good way for people to start collecting this show, plus it should be a whole lot cheaper than buying the current boxsets.
I found this http://www.aaaanime.com/dvds.asp?view=item&code=FN06002 from the looks of it I'd say it's a standard sized two disc case.

[Hisoka]

Man... Those YYH re-releases aren't going to take up much space. Ah hell it doesn't matter. I'm only 1 boxset away from having the entire series. It's too bad they didn't release it this way from day one like DB. I really love this format, but I suppose they figured they could make more money releasing singles, boxsets and then this. I guess they were right heh.

[Jeikobu]

I love this thinpack movement ADV is taking and can only say about F***ing time! Of course now I feel very stupid for droppping $120 on most of my older collections.

I've got Chrono Crusade, Kino's Journey, Gantz, and a couple of others and their extras are all intact. Which shows got them left off?
Yeah, but now because ADV is slowing down with the thinpak releases, I have to wait forever to see Get Backers thinpaks.
I also could kick them for taking the extras off of so many of their thinpaks. That probably means that if I buy DNAngel, I'll have to buy the barebones releases to have the extras, since those actually have extras I'd like to own.><

[Crawlspace]

Yeah, but now because ADV is slowing down with the thinpak releases, I have to wait forever to see Get Backers thinpaks.
I also could kick them for taking the extras off of so many of their thinpaks. That probably means that if I buy DNAngel, I'll have to buy the barebones releases to have the extras, since those actually have extras I'd like to own.><

That was the idea. ADV wanted people to buy the singles, because that's where they make the majority of their money. That was why they removed the extras in the first place. As incentive for buyers to stick with singles rather than waiting for box sets. The rapid push of box sets without extras was a move to get some extra cash quick (for whatever reason), from people who were waiting and didn't care one way or the other. Unfortunately, I think they overestimated the number of people who care about extras and were willing to pay singles prices when they could get a box set of a new series for $50.

[HitokiriShadow]

Man... Those YYH re-releases aren't going to take up much space. Ah hell it doesn't matter. I'm only 1 boxset away from having the entire series. It's too bad they didn't release it this way from day one like DB. I really love this format, but I suppose they figured they could make more money releasing singles, boxsets and then this. I guess they were right heh.

Sounds like a good time for me to start getting YYH. This makes me glad I waited.

[Lifthrasir]

Even then when the thinpaks come out, either Amazon or Rightstuf chops their single dvd prices low enough for me to buy the entire series. Usually it's either less, or just a bit over the thinpak price. I don't mind it. I just think some of the extras are pretty neat and such. I like the textless or original openings and such, or linear notes.

If I had a better paying job I don't think I would wait for thinpaks. Even then I rarely do. Just wait for sales. But to those who do buy them, good luck. Sometimes I wish series would release faster, but then again I don't. I rarely have enough time to keep track of whats going on. =P

[Gannon]

Thinpacks are a Godsend.

Who cares about what the ugly director or the voice actor has to say?

Entire series. Low Price. 'Nuff said.

[Crawlspace]

Who cares about what the ugly director or the voice actor has to say?

I do, if it's the cast or crew from my viewing language of choice. The Noir interviews, for instance, tickled the Sailor Moon fangirl in me, particularly the part with Aya Hisakawa calling Kotono Mitsuishi "Koto-chan". The commentary on the last two episodes of Utena is great, and the spot with Yoko Ishida and Bell's VA on the 1st AMG disc is lots of fun. But since these types of interviews are few and far between, I love the thinpaks for the cheap price and now tend to wait for them. But for good extras like what I mentioned above, I'll get the singles.

[CyberNinja5]

Thinpacks are a Godsend.

Who cares about what the ugly director or the voice actor has to say?

Entire series. Low Price. 'Nuff said.

I agree. But sometimes I like the commentaries.

[MonkeyBoy0314]

Ugh... no extras? That's really depressing.
Well, the point of a thinpack is to give people who actually spent all of their money on the individual DVD's some fairness.

You see, When regular boxsets started selling, with about 5-10 discs in one, they only cost about as much as 3 individual discs would have, and included the extras. Those who went out of their ways to buy each disc felt robbed, kinda, thus resulting in the creation of the thinpack: a box set that is cheaper, but only includes the essentials (ie: dub/sub episodes only, nothing else).

So when you think about it, it is actually more fair to those harcore spenders.

[Crawlspace]

Well, the point of a thinpack is to give people who actually spent all of their money on the individual DVD's some fairness.


You don't really believe that do you? ADV is on record as saying the reason the extras were stripped is because they want more people to buy the singles because they make more money from those than they do box sets. It's singles sales that drive the industry, and everyone waiting for box sets was hurting their bottom line. It's got nothing to do with fairness. They do whatever makes them the most money, and trust me, if it was full-on, jam-packed with extras box sets at the conclusion of the singles, that's what they'd be selling. Fairness... that's just funny.

[MightyDustLoop]

Luckily, selling full on boxes at the end of a release for uber cheap would kill singles sales, and ADV knows this. They're dabbling in other ideas. Instead of waiting to release a box set at a discount and attaching a monetary value to time in a market that is becoming saturated, they attach a monetary value to the extras. They strip them, and then release the box whenever the hell they feel like it, being the end of the release or a couple of years, and since there's still some incentive attached to the singles release due to the extras, hopefully that induces them to sell.

Obviously, ADV's the only one seeing their financial numbers per title. We cannot. I suspect that if singles sales still continue to dwindle, they will indeed try something else. Maybe revert back to the time of and rareness of regular boxes, AND strip the extras. I don't know. We'll just have to wait and see what tricks ADV will continue to play to increase the revenue of a title on their bottom line. At this point, I doubt THEY even know.

[Crawlspace]

Obviously, ADV's the only one seeing their financial numbers per title. We cannot. I suspect that if singles sales still continue to dwindle, they will indeed try something else.

Singles sales actually haven't dwindled all that much, if we go by what we've been told by the companies. They dropped a bit to match the decline in the entertainment market, but what happened wasn't that people were buying less. They're just passing up more because sales just didn't grow as much as expected in the year following the license binge. ADV was hurt the worst by this, because of how much they bought all at once compared to other companies. All the R1's lost thier heads and saw dollar signs in a growing market, and it wound up not panning out. As a result, they took on more debt than the market could reimburse them for, and that's where their financial problems are coming from. Smaller and obscure series that would have sold reasonably well in a smaller market died on the vine because there was too much to choose from.

Add in that ADV also tried to branch out in obscure toys (ie soap and grill-a-menchi) and cd's, along with sinking money into the live action Eva movie and The Anime Network, and they're stretched just a little thin. That's where the sudden onslaught of box sets came in. Quick cash. They made some money, and tried out this experiment to see what would happen and if extras really were enough incentive to get people to buy singles over box sets. Now they've got the money and the info, and are slowing down to decide where to go next.

[MonkeyBoy0314]

You don't really believe that do you? ADV is on record as saying the reason the extras were stripped is because they want more people to buy the singles because they make more money from those than they do box sets. It's singles sales that drive the industry, and everyone waiting for box sets was hurting their bottom line. It's got nothing to do with fairness. They do whatever makes them the most money, and trust me, if it was full-on, jam-packed with extras box sets at the conclusion of the singles, that's what they'd be selling. Fairness... that's just funny
Did I do something recently to piss you off? You've really been on my case lately

[zrdb]

When I 1st saw ADV's thinpacks I went hogwild and got about 13 of them in the last 3 or 4 months (I work for BB and of course get an employee discount). As far as extras-I watch anime, not extras-if extras are there-fine-if not I don't lose any sleep over it. Right now I'm making my way through Wedding Peach boxes 1 & 2. When I get to Kino's Journey I'll get there cause I've just got to much stuff to watch and not enough time to do it. I got a Stratos 4 boxset a couple of weeks ago and it's surprising cause Bandai usually charges an arm and a leg for their stuff-it cost me 16 bucks plus tax-no way could I pass that up. I guess you could say I like boxsets-thinpack or otherwise (as long as the price is right).

[gameoffreak8]

I have a quick question: Do Azumanga Daioh thinpack have the extra?

[Jeikobu]

Afraid not. Stupid ADV I believe only put extras on the thinpaks for Full Metal Panic, Noir, and RahXephon. The Azumanga thinpak definitely has no extras. I light of this, I highly recommend buying the barebones. You should still be able to find vol. 1 w/ the art box, and for very cheap I might add, and in places you can find the rest of the series for extremely cheap too (like $7 a disc). The biggest reason I recommend this route is because of the mini movie extra. It's short, but fun, and it's really cool seeing the characters in movie-style animation.

[gameoffreak8]

Geez, ADV Films lost their ****ing mind for remove extras. Oh well, it can't helped then. I notice Azumanga vol. 1 and vol.2 was OOP and it's not good.
Btw, thank you for answering my question, Jeikobu!

[HitokiriShadow]

Afraid not. Stupid ADV I believe only put extras on the thinpaks for Full Metal Panic, Noir, and RahXephon.

I think the GANTZ thinpacks had the extras on them since they had the same number of discs as the regular release.

[Jeikobu]

Geez, ADV Films lost their ****ing mind for remove extras. Oh well, it can't helped then. I notice Azumanga vol. 1 and vol.2 was OOP and it's not good.
Yeah, ADV is easily one of my least favorite anime licensors.

*still needs to get vol. 2 himself...*
Btw, thank you for answering my question, Jeikobu!
Iie (in the case I guess it could mean along the lines of "think nothing of it"). ;)

[LadyWhiteWolf]

As I agree with you, but I believe you buy the DVDs for the animation not the extras. Thinpacks are the greatest thing to happen, especially for an underbudget college student :P . ADV films did a great job.

I also think thinpacks are great. I really don't buy dvds for the extras [unless its one of my absolute favorite animes].

[shinmusashi44]

I think singles are dwindling a little is cause well they are overpriced. I cant see myseld paying $20-30 for a 4 or sometimes 3 episodes on a disc. I can get a full run of an american show for that price. Anime is more than HBO boxsets. If anyone here buys anything from HBO they know what i mean.

Oh and most extras on anime are a joke. So i really dont miss them for the thin packs. But most of the time the art on the thin pack sucks to the normal box art.

[Bezerker]

The reason why anime is so much is that they have to pay the translators, dubbers, subbers, timers, etc.

Just look at manga, average retail price for RAW manga is between $3-$5. But they gotta pay people to translate it so when it hits here they're $8-$10+.

[shinmusashi44]

The reason why anime is so much is that they have to pay the translators, dubbers, subbers, timers, etc.

Just look at manga, average retail price for RAW manga is between $3-$5. But they gotta pay people to translate it so when it hits here they're $8-$10+.

Then why are normal Asian movies not overpriced? They have to go through all that too but arent over priced.

I dont like this show but i'll use it as an example. The show Friends cost way more than any anime ever made. But you can get a season of that show for 20 bucks.

Theres no real reason Anime needs to cost as much as it does. But atleast we dont pay as much as Japan does.

[tigeress02]

I dont like this show but i'll use it as an example. The show Friends cost way more than any anime ever made. But you can get a season of that show for 20 bucks.Your missing one thing though. Anime isn't mainstream. Given the popularity of the show, those season sets of Friends will sell way more copies than most anime releases could ever hope to, so they can afford to sell Friends at $20 a set.

[Area88]

Anime only accounts for 7% of all dvd sales.

It's a nice statistic i picked up from an article over a year ago.

I'm afraid Anime is still only a large niche product. I'm sure the Studio Ghibli titles Disney released will containue to help expand the fanbase further as they are still among the top anime sellers over at Amazon.

Voltron also looks to be one of the best sellers of the year which can be nothing but good news for Media Blasters. It seems nostalgia is still a winning forumula as it was with Robotech's release.

[emotoaster]

Geez, ADV Films lost their ****ing mind for remove extras. Oh well, it can't helped then.

It good business since, it gives people a choice...

If you want extras you'll have to pay more
If you don't care then you get the cheap thinpack

[hitoyou]

does anyone know if the new Planetes - Complete Collection is a thinpak or not?

[tigeress02]

^Seeing as Planetes is a Bandai Ent. release, I'd say it's either a brick (http://home.earthlink.net/~kilala11/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/brick2.jpg) or a digi-pak (http://home.earthlink.net/~kilala11/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/digi.jpg). Bandai rarely does thinpaks, if ever. The only one I remember off the top of my head was for Zeta Gundam.

[Crawlspace]

Then why are normal Asian movies not overpriced? They have to go through all that too but arent over priced.
The difference in licensing and production costs, as well as the studios releasing them. An Asian movie released by Geneon or Media Blasters is going to run about the same as one of their anime discs. One released by a major studio might run $5 or so less because of the overall resources of the company. Then you've got the sheer amount of work that has to be done. One ~2 hour movie vs a 24 episode tv series that runs ~10 hours. Which one do you think has more billable work put into it?

I dont like this show but i'll use it as an example. The show Friends cost way more than any anime ever made. But you can get a season of that show for 20 bucks.
As was pointed out, a mainstream series will sell leaps and bounds more than an anime release. Also, a show like Friends makes back all of its production costs, as well as its profits, during its tv run. The dvd sales are just icing, pure profit for the studio releasing it. Anime makes all of its money on dvd sales. Even when it airs on tv (which is really just for exposure - a commercial to help push sales of dvds and merchandise), the company still relies on dvd sales to make back licensing and production costs, as well as any profit for the company releasing it. So the cost of anime dvds really is at what it is for a reason. Of course, it should be noted that as anime has gained some popularity, the price has come down. Do you remember the VHS days? That was painful financially, especially if you were a sub fan.

[gameoffreak8]

Do Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu thinpack have the extras?

[Gibb]

The Ranma 1/2 first season thin pack just came out. Not surprisingly, it has no extras, just like the original box set. :P You cant beat the $40 price tag tho ^__^

[MightyDustLoop]

It good business since, it gives people a choice...

If you want extras you'll have to pay more
If you don't care then you get the cheap thinpack

Even as a collections buyer, I think it's the better decision. It provides some actual long term value to people who buy the singles. Is it truly fair that the patient should get the full monty for only a small portion of the price?

Either way, if you're patient, there's almost always deals on the singles anyway. I kind of like having the option to pursue either path. But alas, many feel opposite.

Either way, ADV licensed the extras, and they're purposely withholding them to support the people who helped pay a large quick portion of the licensing retain some measure of "exclusive value" in their dvds.. I think its actually somewhat honorable, but that's truly just my opinion.

[Rhye]

Do Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu thinpack have the extras?

I checked my thinpack of FMP? Fumoffu and the only extra's are previews and the credits on the first disc -> thats it. :naughty:

[Len]

My Noir thin pak had extras.. so did my Eva thin pak.

[gameoffreak8]

I checked my thinpack of FMP? Fumoffu and the only extra's are previews and the credits on the first disc -> thats it. :naughty:

I see. I will getting FMP? Fumoffu thinpack. Thanks, Rhye.

[Bebop]

I like boxes. I want all of my series in boxes. Sucks when the singles have extras the boxes dont. So I hope boxes are made for them, official boxes, not custom boxes from online sellers who charge ridiculous amounts of money for a four sided piece of cardboard.

Planetes boxset doesnt have the special edition singles, grr, I'll wait 12 months and see if a box appears. Am also waiting to see if Cowboy Bebop remix has a box.

*sits in lotus position and waits*

[Jeikobu]

I couple great thinpaks I don't see mentioned yet are Super Gals Season 2, and the 2 Trigun LE sets.

[Haruhi]

I pre-ordered the Super Gals season 2 thinpack.

While we're on the subject, what are some of ADV thinpacks currently out/soon to be released?

[AsukaxSohryux]

Well I know ADV released Yumeria, E Otherwise, FMP Fumoffu thinpacks recently. Mabaraho thinpack is suppose to be released in April. Thats all that I know of at the moment.

[tigeress02]

^Besides these, the only other thinpak ADV has on schedule is for Samurai Gun on February 20. The Maburaho thinpak is scheduled for April 3.