Because the majority of people have no problems with them. I have had more packages from AL arrive damaged than from Zavvi. And that was only one package.
The subtitled screenings at my local Odeon are usually pretty full of people, but not at the local Showcase. And it seems to only be Showcase doing the subtitled version; sadly my local didn’t make the cut.
There are a whole five subtitled screenings in the country, that’s not nothing. Cinemas clearly have no confidence subtitled screenings would sell; blame UK anime fans for not supporting subtitled theatrical releases enough.
It isn’t odd at all, it’s Funimation brand cheapness. Replacement schemes cost money, whereas a correction in the next print run, whenever that happens to be, is already a cost that is factored in.
As far as I’m aware, AL are just the importer of record for those imports. They just facilitate the import on our behalf including any taxes and paperwork.
I'm aware they've been hit hard by supply chain issues, everyone has. You'll notice I'm not holding delays to current products against them, that's out of their hand. The UK team are all lovely people, and I genuinely feel bad for them having to work for their (relatively) new corporate...
And who could ever forget how the Akira 4K release didn't warrant a replacement with HDR until US fans started receiving their copies of the US release?
It’s not them being actively malicious. It’s just the UK market being an afterthought for any release that mirrors a Funi US release. They just ship over the materials from the US CE print run for a handful of UK copies and shove the UK standard edition inside. Then they can say they did it. We...
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