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Lucky_Deity said:
With the pre-order of Hello World going up today, the artwork reminded me of another movie, The Relative Worlds.
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So true about the similarities on artworks and visuals to the extent that I was actually thinking of the plot of Relative Worlds and getting confused when trying to remember that for Hello World! I remember @Neil.T actually mentioning the similarities way back as well.
 
Big pleased about seeing VE the Movie 4K ( dub is included, assuming this is the Netflix dub and not the one made for some Middle Eastern markets), Captain Tylor is also good to see.
 
HellCat said:
Nah, because we'd actually have the news now in that scenario.

It actually feels cruel at this stage to keep leading Gundam fans on. People have money. People want to support the official releases. It really shouldn't be this bloody drawn out and continuously feel like Gundam just is no longer a priority for them.
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It isn't true to suggest the Gundam isn't a priority for us at all - as always, there are many moving parts in play with releasing any title, and that can change timeframes markedly at times. We're still as committed to releasing more Gundam titles and have plenty of plans in the pipeline, and we're working on it constantly, but ultimately it takes as long as it takes. Just because we don't have anything we're ready to talk about doesn't mean that it's not happening, or that we don't care.

A little more patience, and you should be seeing more on our next Gundam release pretty soon at this point. I know we've been saying that for a while, but we're seeing the progress week by week at this point so it really is moving along.
 
HellCat said:
Nah, because we'd actually have the news now in that scenario.

It actually feels cruel at this stage to keep leading Gundam fans on. People have money. People want to support the official releases. It really shouldn't be this bloody drawn out and continuously feel like Gundam just is no longer a priority for them.
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Tagging in with Andy here on this to add a few points to keep in mind:

1) With Bandai Namco Arts & Sunrise currently merging into one entity - some of the important elements like paperwork and materials are understandable a lot slower than ideal here. Certainly than when things were discussed earlier in the year there. Nobody at fault on either side but it takes time to sort.

2) Gundam remains a priority for us - but please do. understand that firstly the US company releasing it had effectively only Gundam for that period - we have a considerably wider pipeline in the UK of titles and commitments to balance with it too. Combined with (1) it adds another dimension to things.

There certainly isn't a case of when we feel like it though, as we love Gundam and the audience for that is super strong so delivering to folks there is a high priority to us :)! We have a considerable amount of Gundam mapped out but it relies on some administration that is going to naturally take a bit longer just now too. As you know - we try very hard to only announce things as they are close on the horizon nowadays too as mentioned before.

Hope this helps somewhat and we'll be back with more as soon as we can!

Andrew
 
anime_andrew said:
Tagging in with Andy here on this to add a few points to keep in mind:

1) With Bandai Namco Arts & Sunrise currently merging into one entity - some of the important elements like paperwork and materials are understandable a lot slower than ideal here. Certainly than when things were discussed earlier in the year there. Nobody at fault on either side but it takes time to sort.

2) Gundam remains a priority for us - but please do. understand that firstly the US company releasing it had effectively only Gundam for that period - we have a considerably wider pipeline in the UK of titles and commitments to balance with it too. Combined with (1) it adds another dimension to things.

There certainly isn't a case of when we feel like it though, as we love Gundam and the audience for that is super strong so delivering to folks there is a high priority to us :)! We have a considerable amount of Gundam mapped out but it relies on some administration that is going to naturally take a bit longer just now too. As you know - we try very hard to only announce things as they are close on the horizon nowadays too as mentioned before.

Hope this helps somewhat and we'll be back with more as soon as we can!

Andrew
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While you're here, is there any possibility of local 4K Ultra HD releases of Gundam titles? For instance the UHD release for the Gundam Movie Trilogy was well-received last I checked.
 
Dai said:
That Violet Evergarden CE looks lovely, but I'm disappointed there's no blu-ray-only version of it. The early bird price for the first movie was £30, so an extra £20 for a UHD disc I can't watch is making me seriously consider the standard edition instead, much as I'd like the CE.
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Yeah I'm in the same boat. No 4k player so the significant price increase for something I can't use is disappointing. Tbh i do feel a bit left out considering the first collector's set was blu-ray only.
 
It would be interesting if we get G Gundam, X, 0080, 08th MS Team and Build Fighters Season 1 and Try this year for Gundam releases.
A soild Gundam lineup I would say.

Of course the predictable Seed Destiny may be coming this year.
 
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