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Thu, 8 May 2008 6:33am-0700, longlostanimegal
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> Hi, can anyone tell me why anime dvds/boxsets go out of print here in
> the United States? One example is Marmalade Boy. I find out now that
> it is no longer for sale (I recently bought all 4 sets online but the
> barcode was scratched out because it was =93out of print=94)
>=20
When the barcode is scratched out, it means it's not for resale,
not that it's out of print.
Even if something is out of print, anything that's already made
can still be sold.
>
> I=92m sure there are other anime dvds no longer being printed in the US.
> Is it because their license has expired or is it because it didn=92t do
> well? Will this happen to all the other anime dvds that are licensed
> after a certain period of time?
>=20
Eventually, everything can go out of print.
Obviously, if the company no longer has the license,
they're not allowed to make any more.
Most, if not all, license are time-limited
(not sure how co-productions work).
It costs companies money to send orders to DVD printing factories.
Usually, there's a minimum order (# of DVDs to print),
and the larger the order, the cheaper the cost per DVD.
Add in the DVD cases, box art prints, storage, distribution costs.
Unless and until there's enough perceived demand,
a company won't pay for another print run,
especially if another title/series is a better priority.
Laters. =3D)
=09=09Stan
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