UK Anime Distributor Anime Limited Discussion Thread

Mangaranga said:
Rosencrantz said:
Is it the same encode as Sentai or will AL be doing their own for example.
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This is actually something I'm interested in too. Unless there's been some sort of improvement in the last few months, Sentai's video quality is about as good as their English dubs. God Awful
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Okay what is it with you and complaining about the Sentai english dubs, I've just seen a couple of episodes of Watamote (which was dubbed by them) and honestly I don't think it's that bad. It's just you (and others) have been saying this for months now and I'm curious to know why that is
 
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The french branch will release it on blu-ray and the boxart doens't have that ridiculous and stupid "@" on top of the A so i'm assuming it's shared between the 2 countries like Space Dandy.

And Elfen Lied is one of the worst show of the last decade.
 
SpaceDandy said:
The french branch will release it on blu-ray and the boxart doens't have that ridiculous and stupid "@" on top of the A so i'm assuming it's shared between the 2 countries like Space Dandy.

And Elfen Lied is one of the worst show of the last decade.
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While I'm glad to hear from new posters and Andrew has been very forthcoming in giving proper attention to complaints, would it be possible to avoid coming to the forum just to post insults about titles (and logos, apparently) which there's no real evidence even relate to the conversation?

Remember that everyone has different taste and while you may consider Elfen Lied one of the worst shows of the last decade, there are people out there who love it.

In case it isn't obvious, the official industry topics will be moderated more readily than the rest of the forum and without any previous posting history it's very hard to tell a troll from an actual customer. Please reassess your approach to our community and avoid the unwarranted hostility so we can all get along.

R
 
Invisible Crane said:
Okay what is it with you and complaining about the Sentai english dubs, I've just seen a couple of episodes of Watamote (which was dubbed by them) and honestly I don't think it's that bad. It's just you (and others) have been saying this for months now and I'm curious to know why that is
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Poor scripts, poor voice acting and complete miscasting are major issues with most Sentai dubs. They have the same band of regulars that they use and seemingly don't even bother trying to match them to the Japanese VA/character anymore. Some of their recent dubs are also on H-Dub levels of bad. The only decent one they did in recent memory was Dusk Maiden.
 
Elfen Lied was the catalyst that got me back into collecting & watching anime again. Sometimes it's good to just watch something that's dumb fun, else summer blockbusters wouldn't live up to their name.

If anime limited got it on blu-ray I'd definitely pick it up, though maybe not on release unless it's a quiet month.
 
I enjoyed Elfen Lied a lot. As someone who places a lot of stock in anime for its ability to often hit the 'shock factor' sweet spot precisely, Elfen Lied certainly doesn't beat about the bush - and while it's also flawed in many ways, a lot of the key imagery and moments from the show have stayed with me in a way many other shows haven't.

I'd probably pick up a Blu-Ray at some point if one was made available domestically (mainly because I don't like how the 101/ADV release is only four eps per disc).
 
Obviously don't want to turn this into a discussion about Elfen Lied but I'm not a fan of such shows. Seems like the type of show from a cursory glance at least to be something that tries to be shocking for the sake of it, whilst still trying to maintain that 'cute girl' aspect and thus like many of these shows (Madoka included for me) to be neither here nor there. Commit or don't really. In terms of licensors, wasn't this with ADV in the past?

To stay on topic, I really wonder what awaits us in terms of AL releases. It seems that with each release, they are picking up and subsequently dropping certain habits. Due to Giovanni's Island for example, it seems like they have seen the importance of having the title on the spine, or having a huge digi-pak a la GL is not the best way of doing things, but with the want for larger books to be packed in with these higher end releases, push may come to shove. I think KLK was a great release, but doesn't necessarily cut it for the price but I don't want to downplay the effort gone into securing the book etc. and its competitive price when compared to its overseas counterparts.

I am glad that AL is committed to Blu-ray as a format however, that is something I am really glad about. I think for me one of the best things about it is having everything in a smaller package, with less discs. Gone are the days of having 7 or more DVD keepcases for a single, average length show.

I'm really interested in seeing how Mai Mai Miracle turns out, along with LWA2 which comes out this year. I'm hoping to have some good quality stuff coming my way to pretty up my collection :p I hope Kickstarter is further considered down the line for things that might not see the light of day otherwise. With the Clannad VN making over 500k, I hope companies see that there's demand for this stuff if it wasn't obvious enough already.

In terms of future releases, I again like to reiterate that I would love to see Gunbuster AND Diebuster. Since last talking to MVM they said that the Patlabor Movies were with Beez initially and that MVM have no intention of getting them so maybe that's one for the books? Maybe Macross Plus? The rest of the Satoshi Kon films? Discotek are releasing the Blu-ray for Jin-Roh so I wonder about that? Who has the rights to Metropolis and SteamBoy? Some good stuff man, these need to find their way to the UK on Blu-ray pronto :p

Overall, I want to continue to see high end releases of great shows and I hope that all of these little issues are ironed out by the time we get Gunbuster (I'm holding you out on this one Andrew, don't let a brother down :p)
 
Rui said:
While I'm glad to hear from new posters and Andrew has been very forthcoming in giving proper attention to complaints, would it be possible to avoid coming to the forum just to post insults about titles (and logos, apparently) which there's no real evidence even relate to the conversation?
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The logo used on all france-only releases:
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I believe I have the right to express my opinion and say that this logo looks terrible. It's ruining the spine & boxart on all the titles released so far. The worst being Cat's Eye. it's literally EVERYWHERE.
 
I think in terms of Anime Ltd's releases to date, I think Kill La Kill definitely represents the most consistent package for me:

Normal Blu-Ray size (important for shelf space)
Nice book
Quality of materials/card
Imagery used

(although I would say the price is a little on the high side compared to episode count, but understand the issues with this in terms of the long-term release strategy for the series)

That aside, I think the Patema set is absolutely stunning and represented incredible value for money, although again, it does irk me slightly that it's not regular size. The quality of materials used for the case itself is just such a step on from the Gurren Lagann set.

I think special mention has to go to Time of Eve too, just for getting a regular sized special edition so right - nice and simple, but really beautifully done.

In terms of ongoing strategy - I'm all for more license rescues. If someone asked me my No. 1 wish for the UK anime industry, it'd be that there is always a domestic edition available for all the 'big-name' shows (eg. the landmark titles that you'd recommend to people to see). I hate seeing stuff OOP/unavailable, and hopefully over the next couple of years we can see that rectified a bit.
 
Kill La Kill is definitely the pinnacle of their Collectors Edition releases. Everything just gels together fantastically in the package. With regards to UE, Patema is a bit special, however Giovannis Island runs it close imo. I absolutely love the release and the artbook is astounding (if it wasn't for the missing full slip and missing name on the spine then it would be my overall favourite)

SpaceDandy said:
I believe I have the right to express my opinion and say that this logo looks terrible. It's ruining the spine & boxart on all the titles released so far. The worst being Cat's Eye. it's literally EVERYWHERE.
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You do, but maybe change your tone a little :) Also, this is the "UK ANIME DISTRIBUTOR" thread, so discussion about the French logo may well not fit in here....
 
Hey guys, just to say that we managed to get about 90% of the Cowboy Bebop replacement discs were sent out this week! The remainder will be posted next week.
 
Jeremy_Graves said:
Hey guys, just to say that we managed to get about 90% of the Cowboy Bebop replacement discs were sent out this week! The remainder will be posted next week.
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Nice, I got mine a few days ago but when trying to swap the discs I got my hands muddled up and have no idea which is the old one and which is the new one now lmao. I think the new discs have a different REG number on them. I guess I'll have to pop them in and find out for myself :p
 
I thought Space Dandy had a very good booklet without being too big, as well. I remember thinking "Hey, this is nicer than I expected!" when I opened it up. The top-loading box has its critics (I personally don't mind either way) but aside from that and the box artwork being folded in a way that wasn't a perfect fit on the spine of mine - something FUNimation boxes also occasionally suffer from - it was spot on.

britguy said:
SpaceDandy said:
I believe I have the right to express my opinion and say that this logo looks terrible. It's ruining the spine & boxart on all the titles released so far. The worst being Cat's Eye. it's literally EVERYWHERE.
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You do, but maybe change your tone a little :) Also, this is the "UK ANIME DISTRIBUTOR" thread, so discussion about the French logo may well not fit in here....
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Yes, it would be different if you were also posting positive comments (in other threads, if necessary) but storming in and stating your personal opinions as facts when you're a complete stranger really isn't how to behave. "Stupid" is pretty harsh for unsolicited feedback on a logo, and it comes across as an attack on a company which has no obligation to come here and answer our questions in the first place.

If you want to start another thread on effective distributor logos or something I'm sure people would be happy to talk about it. Or a topic about Elfen Lied, which may be tied up by ADV in the UK as was pointed out above.

I don't mind fans posting about French releases here if the Anime Limited folks don't - it's interesting to see how things are different over there - but please be more respectful.

R
 
Hmm, I wonder if we have just been provided with a potentially useful piece of information. Is it actually true that cross country releases have the same logo? I don't see why they'd have to, after all there's the need for English Text and French Text on the back at the minimum so it's not like they can use just 1 design, they have to add the appropriate text so at the same time they may aswell add the appropriate logo.

That French logo is a bit ugly, I wonder why they feel the need to have a different design from the UK one?
 
Just an idea for an alternate design on the logo front. How about replacing the spindle on the floppy disk (middle of the A) with the @ symbol instead of having it atop? I'm guessing that was probably looked at already though.

Personally I've never cared much about logos & where they are on disks or whether the art is rubbish as I just buy them to watch & we're lucky to get releases at all. It's really a minor issue & we should all be supporting the companies that make an effort to release anime.

Ultimately would you rather have a design you don't personally like or no release at all? If the latter I can pretty much guarantee you're in the minority.

Andrew & co make the most effort to communicate with fans & give them what they want out of all UK distributors & deserve some respect for that.
 
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Ultimately would you rather have a design you don't personally like or no release at all? If the latter I can pretty much guarantee you're in the minority.

Andrew & co make the most effort to communicate with fans & give them what they want out of all UK distributors & deserve some respect for that.
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I think it's a fair bet at this point that SpaceDandy is from France, and as Andrew indicated earlier things haven't gone well and they are going to work hard over the next few years to rebuild their rep.

We've actually been quite spoiled here in the UK, Andrew was feeding us info all the way. We've had trivial errors that while annoying are basically trivial, and we've had major issues that AL have been upfront on and are dealing with. (e.g. I just got my replacement bebop discs).

Rui mentioned possibly discussing French releases here, that might be interesting but might also be a minefield given how it seems UK and French fans perceive AL.
 
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