London fire is a major set back for the UK anime industry

Paul · Last edited by Paul on Mon Aug 22, 2005 8:42 pm; edited 1 time in total

Following up last week's news of the huge fire at a London DVD manufacturer that destroyed a lot of MVMâ€™s newest releases, EyeOnAnime are now reporting to have been told that the massive blaze has temporarily â€œkilled 90% of the UK anime sceneâ€, causing wide spread DVD delays from all all the major UK anime companies (including Manga Ent.'s Stand Alone Complex #4 faulty disc replacements).

ADV, MVM and Manga Ent. were all effected by this fire and in a particularly unfortunate spate of bad luck, a lot of UK DVD masters were lost too- meaning that in the worst case scenario, several UK anime titles (currently unnamed) may even cease to be re-produced.

Martin · Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2005 8:36 pm Post subject:

blimey. i had no idea it was that bad - the master discs? the thought of entire DVDs being indefinitely unavailable is not a pleasant one. hopefully it won't come to that.

IanC · Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2005 8:40 pm Post subject:

Theyll hopefully be able to press new masters.

As i said in the GITSSAC 4 recall thread, the replacement discs are held up due to this as well.

Stuart · Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2005 8:43 pm Post subject:

Very, very bad news, although hopefully the word 'temporarily' has some bearing and we can expect to see the industry back up on its feet within a month or two.

Ramen89 · Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2005 8:46 pm Post subject:

Ouch, talk about taking a turn for the worst.

neptune2venus · Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2005 8:47 pm Post subject:

Another blow to UK anime industry. Sad

The master discs should have been ideally held in a fireproof safe located somewhere different for maximum safety.
I'm sure they will be more careful next time!

Unit 0 · Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2005 8:49 pm Post subject:

wow, thats not good at all.

Mangaminx · Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2005 8:49 pm Post subject:

Ramen89 · Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2005 8:51 pm Post subject:

Do they know what the cause of the fire was?

Charter_Mage · Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2005 8:54 pm Post subject:

Wow, thats horrible, indeed rubbish news for the UK anime industry. All we can do is hope they all get back on their feet soon, and that this won't effect the industry long term, plus hope they can do something about the master disks

JAKEMAN · Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2005 9:30 pm Post subject:

i hope this sisnt the reason why getbackers 5 has been pushed back by its release date

Mangaminx · Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2005 9:32 pm Post subject:

JAKEMAN · Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2005 9:36 pm Post subject:

im a sad panda

Shades · Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2005 10:10 pm Post subject:

didnt realise it was bad, hopefully no long term affects will be seen, Fingers crossed Cool

valha · Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2005 10:39 pm Post subject:

hopefully this will only be a small bump in the road. I dont see this killing the uk anime industry off, it take alot more.