I don't care for Naruto nor Bleach (not saying they are bad, long-running battle shounen just aren't my thing just like western movies are not my thing) so I feel your pain. It annoys to me no end how they said that people have nothing to worry about regarding them releasing Kakegurui's second season only to never release it. Like, people expressed worry about AL not releasing Kakegurui's second season due to AL having a track record of not licensing and releasing second seasons of March Comes in Like a Lion and Amanchu and AL says "Let's just say you don't have anything to worry about in that regard in Kakegurui's case" only to never give any updates or news regarding the release of second season and then just never releasing it. I guess their license for it either expired or they just quietly gave up on ever releasing it.
This is the juggling act. I dropped off Naruto long ago (Part 2 saw me off) but the Shonen Jump stuff remains evergreen in popularity and thus surely rakes in more cash for the company than various titles some of us would prefer.
THIS. I've waited for AL to release March Comes in Like a Lion S2 and didn't import the US version. Still no news (aside from a repeated "We're working on it") and the US version is now OOP and costs $2000 on eBay nowadays while I could've gotten it for just $100. Because of this I've started importing from the US on a regular basis and if something isn't released within a year after the US version, I'll just import it. Much less risk of missing out.
I've said this before but I feel AL are guilty of the same thing that hurt ADV- promising more titles than they can realistically bring to completion and as a result losing consumer confidence. I always preface my criticisms with open acceptance there's probably various specifics we'll never hear of, but for years now they've kept promising on various fronts and not delivering. And as highlighted this leaves fans up a creek without a paddle because by the time AL confirms they actually won't be bringing a long promised title to the UK, alternative means are long gone.
It's how it feels to me at least. The only Gundam stuff they've done in recent memory were the Freedom and GQuuuuuuX theatrical releases and those seem to have more been a case of Bandai bringing them in because (to give AL their due) they really push the boat out with theatrical releases. Other than that I think it's just the HD movie trilogy set, which was forced to use archaic subs by Sunrise and had a booklet full of errors and typos.
Sooooo pretty and lovely!No need to daydream?
The Italian edition of The Colors Within is listed with English & German dub & sub. The German edition is a store exclusive. Both include a special features disc & OST.
I guess it's quite likely that the Anime Ltd release will look quite close to one of these - and given the fact that the Italian & German releases are scheduled for June will be announced & released very soon.
I think sometimes they're at the whims of what the production committee/studio feel is in their own interest. I know there have been cases where season 1 of a show has gone to one service, exploded in popularity and then the rights for season 2 have been sold to a different streaming service.
Got the AL release of A-Ko just before the Early Bird ended. A case of partially putting my money where my mouth is.@HellCat Wasn't exactly sure what you were getting at in regards to A-ko. Were you saying you picked up AL's release of A-ko to illustrate the point you don't enjoy being negative about AL? Just felt I missed some context.
@Dave1988 It's incredibly annoying when 2 separate companies release something and their releases aren't even remotely similar. Like one company puts out a big fat collector's box using the official logo and some other company releases it in a standard set with their own completely different design with a huge BBFC logo bigger than the title and the text looks completely different alongside the other set.
Not that I'm OCD or anything
