[MST3KFan]

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Originally Posted by Shin Henshin

When it comes to anime in Japan, DVD sales are a big indicator of a show's success. The better it sells, the more likely the series is to get more promotion, merchandising or even a continuation via a second season, OVAs or a movie.

It indicates popularity within the community since fans are paying the prices to want to both keep the series and support it. So the less a series sells, the less popular it is. If the show itself isn't going to sell, why bother putting the money into any merchandise for it?

I still recall buying anime on VHS here in America until they forced me to buy DVD when they stopped putting them out in the VHS format. I'm old school, what can I say?
I still have a ton of VHS tapes of movies I liked from the 80s and 90s. Half aren't even on DVD or Blu-Ray as far as I've seen.