UK Anime Distributor Anime Limited Discussion Thread

I've never been particularly keen with the AL model of doing a more involved Collector Edition and then later rereleasing just the discs. In particular it's annoying to hear "New releases incoming!" and it's just the budget version redo.

There's 100% an argument FOR it and elements of it I'd defend but when you're waiting for new titles it gets annoying.
 
HellCat said:
I've never been particularly keen with the AL model of doing a more involved Collector Edition and then later rereleasing just the discs. In particular it's annoying to hear "New releases incoming!" and it's just the budget version redo.

There's 100% an argument FOR it and elements of it I'd defend but when you're waiting for new titles it gets annoying.
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The issue for me is that most of Anime Limited's collector editions seem to be very "copy and paste" these days (i.e., chipboard box, amaray case, art cards + poster/booklet). I understand that what they can put out is largely directed by the licensor, but some of AL's older releases look much more creative than they do nowadays.

So unless it's a series I really want now, like Naruto or Bleach, I'll just wait for a standard edition and even then, I'll just wait for it to pop up in the Spring or Xmas sale.

If it were me, I'd just pump out standard editions for 90% of releases and keep the collector edition format for when I could do something special with it, like including CD soundtracks, for example. But that's probably why I'd make a terrible businessman - stick some paper in a cardboard box and you can charge £20 more and sell it as a Collector's Edition 😛
 
fabio de lunatico said:
It's interesting that AL have decided to not do CEs for every release. Can't help but feel that's a sensible idea given how low profile/outright bad some of them are. I mean... King's Game.

(I was going to add "and Big Order" to the above sentence but, unless I'm somehow missing it, both the CE and SE have entirely disappeared from the AL store. Huh.)
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In most cases, it's simply down to available materials - if there isn't enough available that would make for a feasible Collector's Edition release, then we'll switch to just a Standard Edition. If we can do a Collector's set we will in almost all instances.

RedundantSquash said:
I noticed that ABCiee Working Diary is currently up for early bird preorders. Does anyone know if some sort of collectors edition will be likely? I'll happily buy the standard version if not but it would be great to know for sure as I prefer to buy the collectors edition of new releases if I can.
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This is a Standard Edition only title - if pre-orders open on our site and there's no Collector's Edition in sight, you can infer that it's a Standard Edition-only release.
 
MindGameCider said:
Really enjoyed GQuuuuuuX, my only complaint and this is for other similar anime screenings is that the font outline for the subtitles is dreadfully thin, it made it really hard to read the subs in lighter scenes

is this just the font they're given? is there no way to edit that

I wonder if it's just a me problem but it has happened a few times I've gone to alltheanime screenings
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More often than not, the DCP isn't hard subtitled, so subtitles are generated by the playback setup in-cinema, and thus quite a lot of choices around placement, font, outlines etc is entirely out of our control.
 
Geriatric hedgehog said:
@Hanners any news on a UK release for The Colours Within? I need help to hold off the temptation to pre-order the US steelbook!!
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Yes, I am here playing forum catch-up.

No news just yet, but we are very aware of the US release schedule and so we're putting our plans into motion as quickly as possible. Can't give you any more details on what our set might contain but we're definitely keen on bringing it to UK folks as soon as we can!
 
Hanners said:
Yes, I am here playing forum catch-up.

No news just yet, but we are very aware of the US release schedule and so we're putting our plans into motion as quickly as possible. Can't give you any more details on what our set might contain but we're definitely keen on bringing it to UK folks as soon as we can!
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My mind goes to the idea of a holofoil cover (card or metal) to play into the synesthesia motif.
 
Does anyone know if the Gundam Thunderbolt: December Sky blu-ray will be brought back to print?

If not, does the Italian release from Dynit have English subtitles?
 
Pengi said:
Does anyone know if the Gundam Thunderbolt: December Sky blu-ray will be brought back to print?

If not, does the Italian release from Dynit have English subtitles?
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I'm not sure about the Italian release, but the Japanese release has English subtitles (and English dub too).
 
Dynit releases don't have English subtitles, except for Cowboy Bebop The Movie.

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