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Press release from AL: https://blog.alltheanime.com/toho-anime-ltd/ I would think this is absolutely a positive development given the volatility and uncertainty associated with Embracer Group.

Another paltry set of announcements in terms of size, I think the third(?) month in a row. One month is one thing, two is troubling, three suggests this is the new normal. :confused: Given the overwhelming majority of what Crunchyroll UK releases are the same as what the US gets, this is going...

I liked I'm Standing on a Million Lives a lot and have been waiting for it ever since it was originally announced Sentai had licensed it. I was waiting to be sure that AL had done a good version i.e. not one of those few that come from AL France (I think?) and some lesser authoring house so now...

Red Kangs are best! (I think I got that right...but it's been a long time since I have seen it)

Posted earlier today a member received the UK version from AOL:

Oh that's right; I forgot exactly how the Sentai version was. From the image above of the AL version, the way the background looks, it could be foil similar to the Frieren slipcover, but as that's hard to photograph that might not be it at all, but that's why I asked.

That Spice & Wolf LE was puzzling to me as soon as it was announced. It barely cost any more than the standard edition, and while the mockup promo images aren't overly consistent in how they portray the box thickness, it was fairly obvious this was likely only the thickness to hold one case...

Is that Call of the Night box foil? Looks like it may be from your image. The one Sentai did is foil or glows in the dark or something special, but from AL's original pictures I wasn't sure if they were doing something like that or not.

I need to do a better comparison, because using Youtube I'm sure is throwing too many other variables into the mix. I've only seen little bits of the animations via the promos that were done, but the ones I've seen I don't think I could watch an entire one, especially after they started doing...

Season 13 is what got me to start really looking at this. I don't have it as I buy the standard editions so lag about two years behind which means so far I've avoided all these sets with the obvious AI. But I've been going back and comparing the earlier blu-rays to the DVDs...well, via youtube...

I'm not usually in favor of DVDs over blu-rays when the latter is available, but you made a wise choice here. Season 25 I think was the first one where the "restoration" for the blu-rays has obvious use of AI tools with the expected awful results.

When I rediscovered they had anything viewable for free after thinking they had completely eliminated it, I did notice that for shows such as The Apothecary Diaries. That actually surprised me since popular shows would be what they'd presumably have more success in getting people to pay for. But...

It was like they didn't want you to know. Maybe I overlooked it, but I never found any way to just browse the shows that could be watched for free, so you just had to look at the complete show list or search for specific shows and then see if they were available to watch free or not. Maybe that...

Yes, announced recently: https://en.bandainamcoent.eu/tales-of/tales-of-berseria-remastered

Lime Wood Media, who ship for AL as well as blu-ray boutiques Indicator, Radiance, and Second Sight, are using HS tariff code 8523.49 (or 8523.49.40) which is going through just fine without incurring any fees. Playasia and CDJapan are also using this code to ship games, which are also going...