UK Anime Distributor Anime Limited Discussion Thread

sniper_samurai said:
Kaiji season 2 is this weeks EB.
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Kaiji season 2 already but they STILL haven't releases Kakegurui season 2. It has been three years since they claimed that we have nothing to worry about in regards of them releasing the second season when we voiced our worries that they might never release the second season.
 
Anyone know whats happening with the solo levelling vinyl record set - amazon said i was suppose to get it today however just got an email saying its been delayed and they will update me - i did some searching all the anime took it off there website and hmv are saying its not coming out until jan 2026!

I think it already got delayed once as well and annoying that you have to pay that far in advance if it really is delayed until 2026
 
Witch From Mercury sets arrived and I'm really mixed. I genuinely believe this should have gone to AL, especially after 9 years of shepherding the franchise here.

At the same time, the slim steelbook packaging which uses each season's teaser key visual as the cover and the airing one as inner tray art...I'm sorry, but that looks better than a cardboard box displaying whatever random art Sunrise could be bothered to send.
 
HellCat said:
Witch From Mercury sets arrived and I'm really mixed. I genuinely believe this should have gone to AL, especially after 9 years of shepherding the franchise here.

At the same time, the slim steelbook packaging which uses each season's teaser key visual as the cover and the airing one as inner tray art...I'm sorry, but that looks better than a cardboard box displaying whatever random art Sunrise could be bothered to send.
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Mine have arrived too, I've opened the cardboard envelopes they came in, but not taken off the shrinkwrap to properly look at the sets yet :)
 
Just seen this image on AL's Facebook page. Reminds of the kind of thing you see for different editions of video games.

I know AL probably had very little wiggle room in terms of how they presented the sets and what was included, but I wonder what will be the first Blu-ray release with 7-days early access.

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BrokenPhoenix said:
Just seen this image on AL's Facebook page. Reminds of the kind of thing you see for different editions of video games.

I know AL probably had very little wiggle room in terms of how they presented the sets and what was included, but I wonder what will be the first Blu-ray release with 7-days early access.

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Feels totally unnecessary as well. The bluray and DVD are just that. The steel book is the 4k release with a spare bluray and bonus disc and the deluxe set has the black and white movie. There done, I just described them.

Also fyi the deluxe edition is cheapest at aol. I have it preordered there.
 
HellCat said:
Witch From Mercury sets arrived and I'm really mixed. I genuinely believe this should have gone to AL, especially after 9 years of shepherding the franchise here.
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It appears that the idea of AL's Gundam Collection being a complete collection is already dead. My dream of having a nice matching set of UC shows feels like it's slipping away, unless AL managed to licence some of the other series' before Funicrunchymanga and their SODDING BLUE BAR SLIPCASES got their grubby mits on Gundam.
 
ayase said:
It appears that the idea of AL's Gundam Collection being a complete collection is already dead. My dream of having a nice matching set of UC shows feels like it's slipping away, unless AL managed to licence some of the other series' before Funicrunchymanga and their SODDING BLUE BAR SLIPCASES got their grubby mits on Gundam.
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It's such a terrible thing to do but sadly completely in keeping with so much of what I've seen from Sunrise from both a fan and official capacity.

On top of everything else, AL have platformed LGBTQIA+ voices. I have no doubt they'd have done right by Witch From Mercury. Add in rumblings from the US that Crunchyroll have basically binned Nozomi's previous Gundam work.
 
Suzu said:
Kaiji season 2 already but they STILL haven't releases Kakegurui season 2. It has been three years since they claimed that we have nothing to worry about in regards of them releasing the second season when we voiced our worries that they might never release the second season.
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Sales of the first series of Kaiji must have warranted the costs of getting the second series released, whereas I suspect sales of the first series of Kakegurui must not have been good enough.

Not the first time it's happened for AL, nor MVM. Best to import the second series if you still want it.
 
Kite said:
Sales of the first series of Kaiji must have warranted the costs of getting the second series released, whereas I suspect sales of the first series of Kakegurui must not have been good enough.

Not the first time it's happened for AL, nor MVM. Best to import the second series if you still want it.
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Kaiji sales were probably helped by the popularity of Squid Game on Netflix. Additionally, Kaiji (along with Liar Game) has been noted publicly as the inspiration for Squid Game.

Not only that, but Kaiji is the superior "gambling" anime compared to Kakegurui, in my opinion. The gambling anime sub-genre is already quite a niche proposition, and the 'gambling' in Kakegurui isn't very good; as there seems to be very little consequence or cost for losing the gamble (aside from a bit of school bullying).

Kaiji has higher stakes and more on the line. It's a bloke trying to pay off his mounting debts or he'll lose his fingers and live the rest of his life doing hard labour versus rich school kids gambling with daddy's money. I think it's fairly clear which would be the more interesting watch and have a wider appeal.

Squid Game was popular and interesting for the same reason - participants in the games all had financial issues and the cost of losing the game was death.
 
BrokenPhoenix said:
Kaiji sales were probably helped by the popularity of Squid Game on Netflix. Additionally, Kaiji (along with Liar Game) has been noted publicly as the inspiration for Squid Game.

Not only that, but Kaiji is the superior "gambling" anime compared to Kakegurui, in my opinion. The gambling anime sub-genre is already quite a niche proposition, and the 'gambling' in Kakegurui isn't very good; as there seems to be very little consequence or cost for losing the gamble (aside from a bit of school bullying).

Kaiji has higher stakes and more on the line. It's a bloke trying to pay off his mounting debts or he'll lose his fingers and live the rest of his life doing hard labour versus rich school kids gambling with daddy's money. I think it's fairly clear which would be the more interesting watch and have a wider appeal.

Squid Game was popular and interesting for the same reason - participants in the games all had financial issues and the cost of losing the game was death.
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Having not seen either show, but having interest in both, sales for both were probably negatively impacted somewhat by Kaiji's UK release not having the dub included, and Kakeguri's not having the dub from Netflix that's generally regarded as better than the Sentai Filmworks dub included on the release :)
 
RadFemHedonist said:
Having not seen either show, but having interest in both, sales for both were probably negatively impacted somewhat by Kaiji's UK release not having the dub included, and Kakeguri's not having the dub from Netflix that's generally regarded as better than the Sentai Filmworks dub included on the release :)
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That's very true, and a good point. I think there was some statistic thrown around that the majority of anime is consumed dubbed (in the UK and US at least).
 
Undecided on Witch from Mercury

Pro:
Loved the series
Steelbook looks nice

Cons:
£90 is pretty high
Reviews suggest no sign or music subs. (I cant remember if the simulcase had either of these)

Tempted to hold out to see if they go on sale, but they're already sold out in the US so maybe shouldnt leave it too long to decide

Edit: Regarding on screen text translation, there is loads of it but I highly doubt Crunchyroll/Sunrise would use an untranslated video for it... So I'm going to guess that review is rubbish lol
 
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