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I would imagine they've been forced to sign non-disclosure agreements. You might get some comments made by freelancers like voice actors or translators, but most of them are too dependent on work to think about permanently burning bridges through publicly airing grievances. After all, they...

No real surprises at all in that article for anyone paying close attention to the industry or the coy murmurings from older ex-CR staff. The company of the early-mid 00's has largely vanished, with the public faces of its fan-focused enthusiasm long gone or silent. Your Evan Minto's, Nate...

I recall several years back MVM mentioning that Aniplex had become increasingly difficult to work with, at least in terms of replying to acquisition requests, signing off on things etc. Who knows how that might have changed, but some huge sea-level changes have occurred since then, namely Sony...

I've heard it mentioned from a few sources that attempts at releasing pre-90's (& not-Gundam) titles have performed terribly. Like double-digits bad in some cases. There's no established historical exposure, & thus fandom here, or even appreciation for the classics like in France & Italy, nor is...

O Maiden's is great little coming of age story. I've honestly never been a huge fan of Mari Okada's approach to melodrama or relationships, but the show tones down a lot of her worst excesses and becomes a lot more thoughtful & considered as a result. So there's far less scenes of people...

Does the CR shop still not allow international orders?

Oh ****, you're right! I wonder why that wasn't included in the press release that went out to other news outlets? Also why Tenjo Tenge was on that same press release, but not on MVM's personal announcement link on the UK Anime Network? Odd. Either way, it's great news. Demon Girl Next Door...

Fairly slim picking in terms of shows I'm interested in, but I'll definitely pick up Made in Abyss S2. I think I have the Sentai version, but that's a series so good/horrible as to justify buying twice.

I'm honestly happy enough with those announcements. I'm not a massive fan of Macross Plus & even less so of Zero, but it's nice they're both getting releases. It is funny to me that the Ultimate edition uses the same artwork as my ratty 20+ year old dvd set, but I guess those designs are...

I picked up Irresponsible Captain Tylor. I had been meaning to check it out for years, but I wasn't going to blind-buy at full price. The lack of the ova release is a bit odd, but all I've heard about them is that they're kinda crappy filler that eventually builds up to future arcs that were...

It's a much smaller sale than their bi-annual ones but there's some decent US exclusive titles worth picking up if you haven't already. Hataraki Man, all three seasons of Chihayafuru, & Hakumei & Mikochi, a show I will forever hype up as one of the best iyashikei titles ever I've watched. I'm...

I'll admit to being a bit glib. Obviously blu rays are more expensive to produce here (Justin Sevakis recently said getting BBFC certification adds roughly an additional £5 per 13 episode release), particularly with CE packaging, while I still had to use a proxy shipper & pay imports to get my...

Oh the JP audio is also included. That's generally just treated as an unspoken given,

They've actually quietly added that it's solely the Bandai dub in the product details section. A bit weasely if you ask me but there we go. So it's £30 per film or £70 if you buy all three at once. Looks over at my Sentai boxset that includes all 3 films, the original 7 episode Oshii ova, the...

I caved. The prices seem to have gone up a few pounds for each blu ray set now, but fortunately I already had them all in my shopping basket. Apparently ebay commits to fixing the amount in place when you do that, which is a welcome change to the likes of Amazon. .

Also, what does this mean for the future of MVM? It seemed like 80% of their releases were Sentai sub-licenses, with the rest being Aniplex... and that ship seems to have sailed to the Sony/CR graveyard.

I guess the current strategy is just to sub-license as much of Sentai's library as possible. It's a reasonable enough decision in the short-term, although given how Sentai has been nearly strangled out of the US licensing market, there probably won't be many recent acquisitions coming from that...

It's a bit like that, although I'd say the better comparison would be Keep Your Eyes Off Eizouken. Just with the focus being more on creators working within the studio system, rather than the joy of creation for the sake of it. In any case, it's a damn good show & one of the darlings of the...

I was genuinely hoping we might get a re-authored disk of the two Patlabor films with the Manga Dub, but seeing as the reveal trickled out at the same time as the 12 Days offers being filled with old Sentai releases, I'm not going to hold my breath. I bought Sentai's box set (along with both...

Sadly nothing in the sales for me once again. I think the only titles I'd be willing to blind buy would be Emma & Captain Tylor, & neither of those showed up in the 2/1 section. Maybe next year.