Production Reed is an old studio which was folded into Sunrise back in the 70's, and since Sunrise is a wholly owned subsidiary of Bandai Visual Japan, the above titles are being reissued on Blu-Ray for the enthusiast collector, which explains the high price for the first boxsets.
Blu-Ray adoption in Japan is also grater by a factor of four compared to the US since the major anime production houses get a break on fees for Blu-Ray production in order to spur sales to collectors.
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Production Reed is an old studio which was folded into Sunrise back in the 70's, and since Sunrise is a wholly owned subsidiary of Bandai Visual Japan, the above titles are being reissued on Blu-Ray for the enthusiast collector, which explains the high price for the first boxsets.
Blu-Ray adoption in Japan is also grater by a factor of four compared to the US since the major anime production houses get a break on fees for Blu-Ray production in order to spur sales to collectors.