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Comment on Top 10 Most Expensive Things in Japan by Shippoyasha:

$50 for about 2 to 3 (THREE!) episodes of anime is an utter travesty. So is buying $100 games in retail and the game rentals being illegal in Japan.

And yeah, LOL at mentioning taxes in Japan. For the social services they get, to proper upkeep of public infrastructure, they get a decent enough deal. Every European and American nation probably has a more legit reason to rage at tax rates.

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  Azure, I wish I can agree. Except Japanese fans paying through their NOSE to pay $600-700 for ‘complete series packages’… The most people had to pay in America is something like $150 for total packages…

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