Kamen Rider W on Blu-Ray!
 

The mysterious adventures of Fuuto City are set for re-release in perfect high-definition!


The first boxset of W's re-release will be out in mid-July, containing 16 episodes all for the low, low price of 20,700 Yen. Details on the rest of the series are not yet available, so stay tuned for more!

Is it dubbed, is the question

For the low, low price of 20,700 Yen, it better be dubbed, subbed, and come with a bag of chips. Real chips too, none of that strange octopus flavored crap Japan gets.

I like Crab Chips. Potato Chips smothered in Old Bay.

Such low, low prices for an incredible number of 16 episodes. Who can scarcely believe it? Everyone should get one!

Is 20k yen roughly 20 bucks? Why is that expensive or am I way off?

You're WAY off. Its about $230.

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay off. It's $222.36 according to today's exchange rate.

Nononono, it's closer to 230USD.

Price aside, someone needs to get Overtime these BDs so we can have awesome Full HD W. :D

.... Screw that noise. That price it better damn sight be subbed, dubbed, and come with a Figuart Cyclone Joker Metallic Finish with Die-Cast.

My rule of thumb for estimating $-to-¥ is "100¥ is about 1$."

Also, why is this so expensive?

I know. I mistook 20k Yen for 2k Yen. Like a dumbass :lol

Blu-Ray sets are always extremely expensive in Japan so that's actually not that surprising a price.

If you go to CDJapan for the first time and see the DVD prices, you could get the shock of your life. Think the toys are expensive? A DVD volume of Fourze costs about $62 and comes with a whopping number of FOUR EPISODES.

Some of us here can afford it, though, like Dr Kain. :D

That's Japan for you. Their media is amazingly expensive. And for the life of me, I don't know why. We are able to release box sets of new shows for $60 or so bucks, and our film industry doesn't collapse in on it's self. But in Japan they apparently HAVE TO sell them at those high prices or else. It's not like the stuff is even being manufactured differently. I can't imagine DVD authoring being in China/Korea/Taiwan being that more expensive than it is USA/Mexico.
They even keep anime from being released on Blu-Ray over here in a timely manner to prevent "reverse importation".
I just gotta wonder... If they can have something like this sell a bunch of copies at that price, couldn't they expect even greater sells if they just lowered their price by a couple thousand yen?

at $207 I have never been able to understand how dvds are a viable source of revenue in japan, heck when I was over there a few years ago I bought a random dvd vol. of JAKQ containing 4 episodes. cost me $40.
(And I'm not getting into that exchange rate BS again, a Dollar is a Dollar is a Dollar no matter what you call it.)

Look, I love W but this is just not worth the price.

One argument I've read online is that Japan has a very established DVD rental system, so the vast majority of people rent instead of buy DVDs. As such, DVDs are a niche market so they don't have to sell as cheaply as they do in the rest of the world.

At least that's how the argument goes. I still say it's a lousy business decision to ever sell home entertainment for so much, but then again, I'm an outsider so I probably don't know the full situation.

Well technically it is the same price as 4 volumes.

Anyway, Amazon has listed three box sets containing 1-16, 17-32, and 33-49.

If I get a full time job for the new school year, where I'll be making 3 times the amount I am now, I'll probably pick them up.

That's normal price in Japan. First off, everything costs more in Japan. I have a friend who lives out there and movie tickets are like $19. Secondly, from my understanding, DVDs/BDs are only bought by collectors, everyone else just rents them because of how little space they actually have in their homes. As such, they have to charge more to make up for the lower demand.

I don't get it either, but Japan seems to run on the exact opposite of what we learned in Economics.

lol

When I was working full time I could.

In Australia movie tickets are $19 - $23. :D However, luckily our DVDs are still $20-30 at full price so they're still affordable (they drop in price drastically after a short period).

Japan has to pay out the ass for this kind of stuff for whatever strange reason.

I think of one yen as one cent. So I move the implied point two spaces forward/divide by 100 in my head. It's not entirely accurate at all, but it allows me to get an idea of what I'm up against without having to memorize conversion rates.

Also, that's a lot of money for DVDs.

I do the same thing. It won't give you an exact amount, but when it's for crazy expensive stuff that you probably couldn't' afford anyway...

I know when I buy a series on DVD, I like to pay the better part of a grand for them.

I must say, if the Blu-rays/DVDs were the same prices as you'd find in the US, UK or Australia (or most parts of the world, really), I'd be really tempted to buy a few complete sets, even without the subs. :D

Oh Japan, you and your outrageously high DVD costs.

lolwtf Who would honestly pay that? W is good but not THAT good.

It's not really that strange. Back in the terrible old VHS days of the 80s, a movie would cost like $100 on VHS... in the US. And $100 in the 80s would be like $200 in today's dollars. Laserdisc was really expensive too, because it was aimed solely at collectors.

It's rental pricing. There wasn't yet a market for buying VHS so everyone rented, and to get a cut of the rentals the studios massively marked up VHS tape prices on their movies. It wasn't until the late 80s/early 90s that studios started realizing they could make a fortune selling $20 VHS tapes of big name movies, and the floodgates opened.

Bargain. Just like all Japanese blurays :lol

At the time of this very post the conversion of 20,700 yen = $222.65. That price for only 16 episodes is highway robbery. Hell you can get the entire Might Morphin Power Ranger 19-disc DVD set from ShoutFactory right now for $79.99.

Or you could download the Tv-Nihon or Overtime subs for free-ish (you're paying for your internet connection).

I love W, but F this set.

people do realize there's absolutely nothing out of the ordinary regarding the pricing of this set right?

that's a good idea, and actually a very basic principle of economics. Cent & Yen are just terms used to label the currency, they each represent the most basic form of monetary value and each hold the same purchasing power in their home territory.

And this is why I've been turned into a scumbag torrent user. I guess I gotta support the show through figure purchases.

I don't like blue-ray, it looks to real to me

This show was filmed with real actors in real, handmade costumes. So yeah, there's a bit of realness there.

*yes, I realize I'm being a snarky bastard. Couldn't resist. :) *

Much as I love W, no way would I pay that much for just sixteen damn episodes...

So about a dollar an episode give or take?

Not really. Unless it actually comes with 222 episodes instead of 16.

Whoa I read the Yen wrong. Fuuuu.

MAybe not to you, but if I had a full time job, I would be buying them. I think W is one of the best KR series of all time.

That is the whole point.

Oh yeah, I agree...

But $222 for 16 episodes?