UK Anime Distributor Anime Limited Discussion Thread

Nice video too, really looking forward to get my copy of the Collector's Editon.

And wow getting that cover out and especially back in place in one nice smooth move :mrgreen:
 
I'm guessing the 8/3 episode split for Blood Lad means one BD50 and one BD25. If so, that might be the first time they haven't used two BD50s for this type of release.

Packaging looks great but I don't think the show is for me.

Also, was any reason ever given for the lack of song subtitles in Space Dandy? Will it be rectified for the second series? This is one of the reasons I'm leaning towards the Funimation release.
 
fabricatedlunatic said:
I'm guessing the 8/3 episode split for Blood Lad means one BD50 and one BD25. If so, that might be the first time they haven't used two BD50s for this type of release.

Packaging looks great but I don't think the show is for me.

Also, was any reason ever given for the lack of song subtitles in Space Dandy? Will it be rectified for the second series? This is one of the reasons I'm leaning towards the Funimation release.
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Not sure off top of head but pretty sure still 2 x BD50s for a reason I forget given I'm jetlagged and on way to next destination right now! Split was just due to authoring house in question plus matching the US job :).

Try the show out on Netflix or similar if curious++ too - but that sounds fair!

Song subs will be rectified for part 2 - they're essential for the show there :).

AP
 
anime_andrew said:
Not sure off top of head but pretty sure still 2 x BD50s for a reason I forget given I'm jetlagged and on way to next destination right now! Split was just due to authoring house in question plus matching the US job :).

AP
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Had the check discs to hand, and they're BD50 and BD25 (A BD 50 would be Aniplex overkill for just three episodes)
 
Does your release of Blood Lad use the exact same materials as Viz's release? I'm torn between which release to get at the moment in all honesty.
Seeing as Justin did both Accel World and Blood Lad for Viz (and a great job on the former), I'm kind of tempted to get that since Accel World had a quality downgrade (Audio and Video wise) when it came to the UK/AUS release.

anime_andrew said:
Not sure off top of head but pretty sure still 2 x BD50s for a reason I forget given I'm jetlagged and on way to next destination right now! Split was just due to authoring house in question plus matching the US job :).
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Viz seem to use 2xBD50s for their releases regardless of whether that space is required or not. Accel World is their only release which required two as each episode had dual 24bit PCM tracks and a high video bitrate, and then there's titles like Lagrange which use something like 27gb of each disc. Waste of money.
 
So can I assume my question about the Honneamise film is a 'no comment' as yet?

Speaking of classic anime films, Section 23 has just announced that they're releasing the first Patlabor film on Blu-ray. I'd personally love for AL to release that (& the second movie), but I'm guessing Manga Ent. probably still have the rights. I mean they did produce the (excellent) dub & vaguely mentioned being interested in releasing them if they believed they would be financially viable. As the public face of the company have pretty much been stripped away, who knows what the situation is with it now. It just sounds more like the kind of product that would fit in with AL's catalogue, even if there's probably plenty of Bandai premium sets still around. Either way, as long as the original dub on the disk, I'm a confirmed buyer. Anyone know what the current licensing rights are over here? Is it still with manga?
 
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Emulsion said:
anime_andrew said:
plus matching the US job :).
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Not got the US release but going on some unboxing videos the US release has 1-5 on disc one and 6-10 + OVA on disc 2.
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That would match for the dvd anyway, I'm not so sure for BD.
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If you check this unboxing video and skip to 2:38 you can see the Blu-ray discs are 1-5 and 6-10+OVA. Unless they got the labeling wrong of course.
 
Emulsion said:
If you check this unboxing video and skip to 2:38 you can see the Blu-ray discs are 1-5 and 6-10+OVA. Unless they got the labeling wrong of course.
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Interesting! I'm pretty sure it's wrong labelling on it but maybe I'm tripping! Not checked a Viz USA disc set yet! Cheers for the link :).

AP
 
Mangaranga said:
Does your release of Blood Lad use the exact same materials as Viz's release? I'm torn between which release to get at the moment in all honesty.
Seeing as Justin did both Accel World and Blood Lad for Viz (and a great job on the former), I'm kind of tempted to get that since Accel World had a quality downgrade (Audio and Video wise) when it came to the UK/AUS release.

anime_andrew said:
Not sure off top of head but pretty sure still 2 x BD50s for a reason I forget given I'm jetlagged and on way to next destination right now! Split was just due to authoring house in question plus matching the US job :).
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Viz seem to use 2xBD50s for their releases regardless of whether that space is required or not. Accel World is their only release which required two as each episode had dual 24bit PCM tracks and a high video bitrate, and then there's titles like Lagrange which use something like 27gb of each disc. Waste of money.
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Spoiler, guess who did our discs too ;)? Same content barring the chalk thingy from Anime Expo.

AP
 
Yes it's cheaper to use fewer discs, which is why Bootleg DVDs try to cram so many episodes onto 3 discs.

For example, there is a Evangelion boxset floating around on ebay, which crams not only all 26 episodes of the TV series onto 3 discs, but also 5 movies (Death & Rebirth, End of Evangleion and 1.11 - 3.33...where as the official release has them spread out over 7 discs for the TV series and one each per movie, so 12 discs in total.

So, as you can expect that is going to look awful.
 
Are there BBFC costs per disc as well as per minute they have to watch?

I remember the Kaze releases (Code Geass and K) where they put 12 episodes on each Blu-Ray disc.
 
BBFC fees are an initial base fee, then a fee per minute I believe. Number of discs doesn't matter with them.

But yeah, disc authoring is expensive from everything I've read.
 
fathomlessblue said:
So can I assume my question about the Honneamise film is a 'no comment' as yet?

Speaking of classic anime films, Section 23 has just announced that they're releasing the first Patlabor film on Blu-ray. I'd personally love for AL to release that (& the second movie), but I'm guessing Manga Ent. probably still have the rights. I mean they did produce the (excellent) dub & vaguely mentioned being interested in releasing them if they believed they would be financially viable. As the public face of the company have pretty much been stripped away, who knows what the situation is with it now. It just sounds more like the kind of product that would fit in with AL's catalogue, even if there's probably plenty of Bandai premium sets still around. Either way, as long as the original dub on the disk, I'm a confirmed buyer. Anyone know what the current licensing rights are over here? Is it still with manga?
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The last company to have the Patlabor rights in the UK was Beez. I guess they're floating in limbo now... or have been bought by someone? I wouldn't mind a UK re-author for those. Those movies deserve better than Sentai's big yellow subs, but I think one UK collector's edition of them was enough. Actually, just sell the movie Blu-ray discs for £20 a pop in a paper sleeve, and I'll swap out the DVDs and put them in my Beez Collector's Edition packaging! :D
 
Just Passing Through said:
The last company to have the Patlabor rights in the UK was Beez. I guess they're floating in limbo now... or have been bought by someone? I wouldn't mind a UK re-author for those. Those movies deserve better than Sentai's big yellow subs, but I think one UK collector's edition of them was enough. Actually, just sell the movie Blu-ray discs for £20 a pop in a paper sleeve, and I'll swap out the DVDs and put them in my Beez Collector's Edition packaging! :D
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Well I'm glad someone is replying to me. I'm not sure what the Beez situation is, but as Lutga said, MVM seem to be interested in the rest of the New Files ova & tv series, but I guess it all depends on how well the original ovas did for them. I can't imagine the franchise sells too well outside of the movies.

I recall a Manga Ent. podcast, maybe a year back, where Jerome mentioned the possibility of picking up the Patlabor movie Blu-ray rights, depending on how much interest there was in them, so I can only assume that the rights are currently in the air right now. What's sad to note is the Section 23 release will only be including the middling Bandai dub & the disks with include no extras. http://www.fandompost.com/oldforums/sho ... ie-2-WXIII

Someone mentioned on ANN that the reason for this is that whoever owns the rights in Japan refused to let Bandai use the original dub, & forced them to create a new one, although I haven't been able to verify that. Maybe the UK will have better luck seeing as it was created by a still operating company here. That dub is one of the few works I consider to be core part of the experience; I don't mind who releases it or how basic the sets are (like you said, we already have the premium dvd sets to store disks); if someone makes a Blu-ray with the Manga dub on it, It'll be a day one purchase for me.
 
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