Spice & Wolf BD to be $100
The basicchannel blog reports that the Japanese Spice & Wolf II home video release will be four volumes with the first volume released on DVD and Blu-ray on October 7. The first Blu-ray disc will contain episodes 0-4 in 1080p and retail at 9,999 yen (presently $104 US). Blu-ray volumes 2 & 3 will retail at 7,980 yen each. The DVD volumes will retail at 6,930 (US $72) each.
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For what it’s worth. it’s actually that the first Blu-Ray volume contains 4 episodes starting at episode 0 (episodes 0 to 3). Episode 0 was already released on DVD earlier. From Volume 2 on, each volume will contain 3 episodes. There’ll be 4 volumes in total.
And yeah… this is basically the same as the first season, except that they’re releasing the Blu-Ray from the get-go (thankfully), and they’re putting 3 episodes per disc over 4 volumes (the way the Blu-Rays were released) instead of 2 per disc over 6 volumes (the way the DVDs were released). Actually, if you compare the prices, the Blu-Ray box for the first season cost 33,600 Yen, and the total of these 4 volumes will be 33,939 Yen.
Wow. No wonder pirating is so common. How can they really expect people to pay so much for so little?
These prices aren’t that uncommon in Japan. Just be thankful anime is so cheap over here. If it was $100 per disc, it just wouldn’t sell.