Physical Ownership Scare! Why Blu-ray Anime Isn't Going Anywhere!

[@connorwaltman4966]

It’s misinformation that some anime news outlets are saying They are just ending the BD-R and BD-W discs BD-ROM and BD Movies (I.e. Anime, Movies, TV Shows) are still going to be produced and sold.

[@jeff666p]

This was discussed last summer. Seems everyone forgot

[@antrite08]

This is why i don't follow people like Chibi Reviews he's just doom posting about this

[@Falmosta]

Just like yesterday with the password issue with CR, when most likely the accounts that we posted were phished instead of breached. Changing PW is still a good thing.

[@tama47_]

@@Falmosta yeah everyone been saying Crunchyroll got hacked, while they haven’t said anything about it. Like where is the confirmation. Just misinformation spreading everywhere.

[@ousou78]

Lol I immediatly thought of him seeing this video. I'm still subbed to Chibi but I feel like I skip 80% his video when I see the clickbait coming from miles always. I saw his video on "the end of physical media" and skipped it of course but now by pure curiosity I want to check if at least he was more honnest in the video than his thumbnail.

[@tama47_]

@@ousou78 he did acknowledge that it was blank disks at least, in that video.

[@ousou78]

@tama47_ good at least this time he sparkled bit of truth insteed of going full fear mongering.

[@Ryuseishun]

Thank you for the clarification! Too many people spreading misinformation about this.

[@providencebreaker1558]

Physical media isn't going anywhere. Even if it has to go underground and become a bootlegging industry. Streaming is getting way too expensive and everything is getting censored.

[@pickupplay5]

Thank you for actually explaining the situation instead of click baiting people. There's far too much of that going on in the community.

[@Dunkeli27]

thanks for the clarification, it seriously eased my worries ^~^ when everyone was posting about it my only questions were "what about upcoming video games?" and "what about anime id like to watch when my internet is down?" so hearing that those two aspects are apparently unaffected really soothes my heart x.x

[@baronhausenpheffer]

Thanks for clearing things up! I watched a previous video from a KZbinr who was hopping on the scare train and spouting a bunch of BS. Thanks for shooting for light rather than heat on this story.

[@Sunnernite]

They won't because, in their motherland, digital media is not as big as physical.

[@JH-pe3ro]

My suspicion is that the BD recordables market moved into the hands of Verbatim, because they have the halo effect of the M-Disc, and a lot of people buying optical now are looking specifically for cold-storage archival, not just everyday ripping and burning. BD-R using HTL recording is not a bad technology for that - although it's had less time to prove itself, those discs aren't formulated with the fickle organic substrates of previous formats - and the base cost and availability of archival BD is better than LTO tape, the usually cited alternative for cold storage. LTO is the kind of tech that it's someone's job to work with, while a Blu-Ray disc has proliferation on its side. We do have a need for a higher capacity optical format since cold storage is going to remain a thing - there are promising lab developments to that end, but industry has to buy in for it to actually get in our hands.

[@providencebreaker1558]

Thanks for clarifying this.

[@antrite08]

Also the lost of license's not the best quality on streaming is exactly why i've bought all of Bang Dream! On bluray you can't even watch season 1 on HiDive but they have the other seasons.

[@InfamyOrDeath-__-]

Yea I’ve been buying up all the anime I like over the last year, got around 70 now, need to get Frieren next week.

[@UncoolForYou]

Thanks man 👍👍

[@olincekongo]

I'm down for 4K HD to replace and try to end the region problem once and for all‽ [And start making free region players by big companies] 2:35 3:00 20 40 5:20 board of companies 6:20 8:00 08 mushoku tensei parts s1-1 s1-2 s2-1 s2-2 no wonder. 9:27 40 exactly [on that note only the west countries benefit the rest of the world doesn't] The market shrunked little bit for almost everything dvds Blu-ray players.

[@duhalt]

@Otaku Spirit you have been mentioned Otaku Spirit (Andrew) is such a great guy and he always brings the most factual correct content. I follow you Espiritu, I follow Chibi.... but I must say I most follow Otaku Spirit (Andrew). I hope more people will appreciate your content

[@garusan2130]

Thanks so much for the clarification.

[@AnimeEssays-qi3td]

This is still bad news if, like me, you like burning games and old media onto discs to play on retro devices. For example, internet archive have many ISOs and other file formats that I have to burn into a disk before I can enjoy them.

[@donaldcollins753]

I imagine sony stopping its production will give other companies (possibly smaller) an oppourtiny to take advantage of the market space left by them.

[@kontobiol3020]

you still are able to download or use capture apps to capture videos

[@Kozmo-Kamuy]

Yeah no sounds like your missing a few points

[@blaze2293]

Thank you for being the only one to explain it correctly. I thought I had to start hoarding blu-rays..

[@reiisthebestgirl]

Not my mini discs!

[@TBoneTony]

Misinformation aside, yes it is bad that ANN and other media groups refuse to even give context to the actual topic that SONY is phasing out. But there is also a real fear that if it was Blue Ray Burnable disks that they are stopped producing, eventually it will lead to actual physical media down the track in the next few years. By 2030, I don't think many retailers would be able to survive without physical media to keep customers walking into their shops unless if they have other alternatives like toys and figures.

[@goldenangel158]

Glad we still getting anime on dvd

[@hellstorm2343]

physical media is forever

[@AtelierOfWeebs]

let's be honest, we're ALWAYS in shambles

[@jeffm8895]

Ya know Sony is not the only disk manufacture. And most of my Anime is published by Senti. I also think the Anime producers will keep putting out disk.

[@migueltupayachi8238]

I recently starting to collect blu-rays again. Because I want better picture quality of my movies that I love and I know I want to see it again. Movies and some tv-series. Because quality of the picture of streaming is not always good and some show I don't find it on streaming sites. And I don't like to watch from my computer. 🙃. And some streaming doesn't show behind the scenes/making of which I love to watch. But I also buy some digital movies aswell.

[@saschawagner5167]

Just got and NAS with raid 1 and 2 18TB HDDs ,-)) while i have plenty pf BDs and DvDs on shelfe (plus VHS, and LD in Storage) i also have most of them from the 7th seas on HDD for a reason.

[@Sebanisu]

There was alot of panic yesterday or when this broke heh. I thought you might make a video clearing it up. :)

[@marzipanhuman2356]

I'd say that it's not a bad thing, discs are now just an obsolete technology, why don't we just move to protected USB-sticks for physical content distribution?

[@Untolddead]

You will own nothing and be happy! We must Dissent.

[@gumballdarwin2330]

End of the era of Blu-ray recordable?

[@toomanyinterests2271]

Thank you for doing your research before posting a video.

[@Yurinkin]

Lot of things happening in real life or online huh. 2025 year

[@HanSDevX]

Anime DVD just isn't worth it in 2025, if it's a collectors edition or something with some kind of promo i'd consider getting it but a dry DVD? not for me.

[@agafemo]

there's too much fucking censorship and skipped content in anime adaptations, so it's rare that I buy BDs, I'd rather just buy merch, I think far more people would buy them if that was not the case by buying a butchered/censored adaptation I'm telling them "it's ok" to censor, and I will never support censorship if I know about it beforehand

[@chadgrimwell8380]

You Sir is a treasure of the Anime community 💫🫡👍

[@JeremySayers38]

I have some blu-rays and every one has skipping issues. Blu-Ray has degradation issues, so now I only buy DVDs as they last longer.

[@providencebreaker1558]

Sounds more like your player is degrading. Over time the laser weakens and struggles to read BD while still reading DVD fine. It's especially prevalent in sony players and playstations.

[@stevelordofdarkness2340]

@@providencebreaker1558 My PS3 hasn’t been able to play games for years and now I finally know why. I don’t understand how that never came up when I was trying to find out how to fix it before I finally just gave up. Like, for some reason the information I was finding at the time was telling me to reformat the hard drive and wipe all the irreplaceable update data. I just tracked down and ordered the part I need to fix it, so thank you random person in a comments section for pointing out information that really should have come up last time I looked for a solution!