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That doesn’t ever make silence more useful than facts, merely more legal. In this case, it works against Manga because lack of information in the past is a big reason people still are a bit wary of their products. It doesn’t matter much that their silence may be justified (or legally required)...

I don’t get it, either. Never have. “Just the disc in a functional case” is all I ever ask for. And I have passed on releases that don’t do that, as not only do I lack the funds but I also lack storage space for (and any interest in) the additional goods. See: T-shirt in avatar. See: Vlog in...

To be honest, I tend to take that approach with any UK release, regardless of distributor. Books too, to be honest. I’m still sore about a book trilogy that the author abandoned after two books leaving many mysteries unresolved. I prefer complete stories. That, and with long-form stories or...

I enjoyed Wolf Children but don't really feel the need to rewatch it. Plus, I think my girlfriend has the BD anyway. Summer Wars I already have. Note to self: overdue a rewatch! TGWLTT... one I always meant to watch but never get around to.

I did pick up Manga's SAO releases at point of release. They weren't perfect but they were significantly cheaper than the Aniplex release, they were the outside edge of what I am willing to pay for the episode count and it was a legal not-dependant-on-the-streaming/network-gods option. As for...

Do what I do. But something or don't, based on a judgment call of whether the product at the time seems worth it at the time. Then stick with it. it's the price of being an early adopter. If you're not 100% convinced by a special edition then maybe you should pass it ever, even at the risk of...

One thing I thought of this morning regarding how much streaming can eat into physical sales. I was thinking that I rarely skip a release simply because I've seen a stream but then I remembered... I do if the show is crap! (Or simply doesn't push my buttons) Shows I might have dropped after...

Indeed. My personal sweet-spot is around £20-30 per cour. £35-40 on the outside edge, depending on how much I like the show, how desperately I want it and the quality and amount of any on-disc extras. Anything more just doesn't equate to good value for me, personally. Especially when the extra...

I guess part of the problem is that "intrusive" and "legible" are subjective. As is where on the scale any given set of subtitles sits. As I've said the last time this came up, for me there has the be the right amount of contrast for the words to be legible for me. White subs have a higher...

Here's the other thing on that, and I say this as someone who doesn't even exactly like it, but this is pretty normal. It's not specific to AL or even Anime in general. Look at books. They still come out hardback first, with the paperback coming out months after. And the ebook prices tend to he...

If it's a Sentai title elsewhere and MVM don't have it here then my guess would be on Manga/Animatsu. If so, I'd expect the discs to be clones of the Sentai version. Hopefully with a standard edition. I hate paying a few extra quid for a slipcase I'll just be binning anyway. Either way, not...

Well, that is a fair bit cheaper that the £57.47 I paid overall earlier this year. Having said that, what I paid was still significantly cheaper than the special edition which I'd waited quite long enough for. So I'm happy with my purchase.

Exactly this. If I enjoy something, and feel it has rewatch value, I'm ready to own a copy there an then. Regardless of whether film or TV, English, American or Japanese. Anything I watch via Crunchyroll (or similar) I can make do with the stream in the meanwhile. But movies after the cinema...

It could work, up to a point, but I think it would ruffle more than just a few feathers. Firstly, it's whether there's enough of the anime/dub/VOD audience intersection to justify it. Secondly, it would potentially tick off a large swathe of the anime fandom. Even those that enjoy watching...

The Guildford store itself was downsized. They moved to a smaller unit that just feels more cramped and less enjoyable to browse. And with an inevitable reduction in Blu-ray (and DVD, I guess) shelving space.

They don't have the geographical coverage that they used to, though. They closed their Woking store, the one closest to me. I didn't necessarily buy a lot there but I'd pop into it whenever I was in town and see what was out or what was on offer. And even if I didn't buy something there...

Next October is a little(!) disappointing. For me it's exactly the kind of thing I love to watch at home but not quite enough to drag me out to a cinema. Especially not with A Silent Voice hopefully coming up soon-ish. Neither my GF nor I are huge cinemagoers so if we're going to go to one...

A going theory is that as Toei are one of ACJ's shareholders, the streaming comes courtesy of "Toei Prime". Plus, apparently Daisuki shows are meant to have no regional restrictions unless one company has a regional exclusive. So if Daisuki get a show that no one has any UK right for, we...

Very little of Toei's CrunchyRoll shows are available over here. And some of those don't even have a UK distributor. Period. So I'd imagine it's more fair to say that Toei Europe have little interest in UK streams and it's convenient (although not for us) that Manga feel similarly. But if Toei...

Yes, I'm pretty sure. I wouldn't have cited it as an example of Aniplex being Aniplex if I wasn't pretty certain of my memory of the situation. And as MVM aren't afraid to admit to something being DVD-only by their own choice, I very specifically remember them stating that GoS was out of their...