UK Anime Distributor Anime Limited Discussion Thread

[NormanicGrav]

As a fellow Hosoda fan I too am looking forward to this. Was surprised to see it show up for initial release in Jan, considering the US release date isn't until April.

Technically the US release has been available since August of last year. Anime Ltd aren't using the same disc as GKIDS for their 4K release, so the holdback is probably the collector's packaging as per usual.

 

[Girls with Guns]

Yes, I received the US 4K/Bluray steelbook for Wolf Children on 5 August last year, as an Amazon Exclusive.

 

[Hanners]

Wolf Children stock is all in with us now, so that should begin shipping shortly on our side - the additional retail delay is simply because of the additional turnaround time required for stock processing for other retailers.

In fact we have all sorts of initial samples dropping into our office currently, with full stock deliveries not far behind!

 

[D1tchd1gger]

@Hanners What's the Perfect Blue situation now?
Looking at the law those of us that miss out are only due the money back and I guess an extra print run would diminish the exclusivity and thus would be out of the question, but I would hope for some compensation like a coupon?

 

[Hanners]

@Hanners What's the Perfect Blue situation now?
Looking at the law those of us that miss out are only due the money back and I guess an extra print run would diminish the exclusivity and thus would be out of the question, but I would hope for some compensation like a coupon?

I've been told as of today that stock is on its way back to us - I'm not taking that as gospel until we have it in a warehouse and checked in, but the process has been... well, processed, so we're waiting stock arrival to see what's what. We'll update when we can from there!

 

[Hanners]

@Hanners What's the Perfect Blue situation now?
Looking at the law those of us that miss out are only due the money back and I guess an extra print run would diminish the exclusivity and thus would be out of the question, but I would hope for some compensation like a coupon?

So as an update to the update, I've tentatively heard that our main warehouse is expecting plenty of units of this back - more than enough for our outstanding orders plus an opportunity for us to open up ordering again. (In other words, what we were supposed to have in the first place)

I stress tentatively - again, I'm still believing nothing until I can get hold of the stock and get it to where it needs to go, but the initial reports this afternoon are positive, and I'm continuing to push to keep the process moving as quickly as I can here. Very appreciative of the patience of everyone who has been stuck waiting for this one, I realise it's been a miserable experience!

 

[Lucky_Deity]

Wolf Children (4K Deluxe Edition) has been dispatched for me!

 

[sniper_samurai]

Wolf Children (4K Deluxe Edition) has been dispatched for me!

I'll be waiting a while due to whatever issue AL are having with customs clearance in Ireland atm.

 

[Hanners]

I'll be waiting a while due to whatever issue AL are having with customs clearance in Ireland atm.

That was only specifically on sale orders; regular orders should be processed as normal.

 

[timemeleer]

had some of my orders arrive today, still waiting on the big ones but seeing the smaller ones trickle in now is enough to keep me happy. i'm hoping we're nearing the end of this saga. cheers for the constant updates hanners

 

[D1tchd1gger]

Wolf Children (4K Deluxe Edition) has been dispatched for me!

Same

 

[sniper_samurai]

This weeks EB is the standards for SAC 2045. The CEs are also back down to their EB price

 

[FathersBane]

@Hanners Any chance the English Dub is included in the standards for SAC 2045?

 

[Hunter_Killer]

Wolf Children (4K Deluxe Edition) with Diebuster - Collector's Edition is on the way!

 

[sniper_samurai]

@Hanners Any chance the English Dub is included in the standards for SAC 2045?

Nope, same discs. Blame Netflix and their creative accounting. Modern contracts for anime dubs have the rights to the dub go to the production committee once the costs have been recouped, those costs will never be met on Netflix dubs due to the usual accounting scams in Hollywood allowing Netflix to essentially charge whoever releases it on home video the entire cost of the dub or higher.

This is why Sentai redub any Netflix titles they get as it's literally cheaper for them to produce a new non union dub than the fee Netflix charges.

 

[Dai]

@Hanners Any chance the English Dub is included in the standards for SAC 2045?

As mentioned above, AL have previously said that the English dub was prohibitively expensive (I can't remember if it was @Hanners or @anime_andrew). I do wonder how much they would have need to increase the set's RRP by to offset licensing the dub though. Ghost in the Shell is one of those nostalgia-soaked properties where I can only imagine the characters with the 90s English dub cast voicing them. I would have paid a premium for the dub to be included with SAC2045, and haven't bought the series yet due to it not being there.