amusing fact from animeondvd.com

Tom the Fish · Post by **Tom the Fish** » Tue Jan 06, 2004 8:22 am

"As of today, there are an equal amount of anime DVDs released in 2004 as there were in all of 1997."

I said it before and I'll say it again, we're in a Golden Age.

Tom

DJ_Izumi · Post by **DJ_Izumi** » Tue Jan 06, 2004 9:30 am

Of course, let's not forget that in 1997 the deployment of the DVD was greatly behind scedual.

This is about as much as an accomplishment as saying 'I have as much computer power as the original space shuttle'

Darksyde · Post by **Darksyde** » Tue Jan 06, 2004 9:48 am

I think that was kind of expected. Just like what DJ_Izumi said, in 1997 the deployment of DVD was behind schedual. And in 1997 the production and usage of DVDs is not close to the amount of DVDs produced and used these days.

So it is normal to have an equal amount of anime DVDs released in 2004 as there were in all of 1997.

DJ_Izumi · Post by **DJ_Izumi** » Tue Jan 06, 2004 9:50 am

DVD started off slowly. Rosy predictions of hundreds of movie titles for Christmas of 1996 failed to materialize. Only a handful of DVD titles, mostly music videos, were available in Japan for the November 1996 launch of DVD. The first feature films on DVD appeared in Japan on December 20 (The Assassin, Blade Runner, Eraser, and The Fugitive from Warner Home Video). By April there were over 150 titles in Japan. The first titles released in the U.S., on March 19, 1997, by Lumivision, authored by AIX Entertainment, were IMAX adaptations: Africa: The Serengeti, Antarctica: An Adventure of a Different Nature, Tropical Rainforest, and Animation Greats. (Other movies such as Batman and Space Jam had been demonstrated earlier, but were not full versions available for sale.) The Warner Bros. U.S. launch followed on March 24, but was limited to seven cities. Almost 19,000 discs were purchased in the first two weeks of the US launch -- more than expected. InfoTech predicted over 600 titles by the end of 1997

DJ_Izumi · Post by **DJ_Izumi** » Tue Jan 06, 2004 12:06 pm

Whoops, missed a line:

By December 1997, over 1 million individual DVD discs were shipped, representing only about 530 titles

And remember, that's including both 1997 and 1996, and a lot of niche titles, like the ill-fated 'interactive movie' type DVDs and all the other crap.

And porno.

dokool · Post by **dokool** » Tue Jan 06, 2004 6:38 pm

DJ_Izumi wrote:And porno.

I find it kinda dissapointing that porno is really the only genre of DVD to use the multi-angle feature. While it's not exactly meant for every genre, I'm sure there are action movies with alternate takes that would work, or TV shows like 24...

DJ_Izumi · Post by **DJ_Izumi** » Tue Jan 06, 2004 6:40 pm

Multiple angles. *nudge*

I don't think it's that supprising really. When a director makes a shot, that's the shot, that's the way he wants it to be, why should the shot be done from two radically differnet angles?

Charizard305 · Post by **Charizard305** » Tue Jan 06, 2004 8:17 pm

dokool wrote:
DJ_Izumi wrote:And porno.
I find it kinda dissapointing that porno is really the only genre of DVD to use the multi-angle feature. While it's not exactly meant for every genre, I'm sure there are action movies with alternate takes that would work, or TV shows like 24...

Very True, Very True. I can think of a few Anime's that could use the different Angle Option.

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Tue Jan 06, 2004 8:19 pm

Hey, hey! Concert DVD's use that, too!

J-0080 · Post by **J-0080** » Tue Jan 06, 2004 8:21 pm

You mean like, orgies?