UK Anime Distributor Anime Limited Discussion Thread
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serpantino
Thousand Master
I can't help but notice that every blu-ray in that Q4 lineup says collector's. Regardless nothing i can see there actually tickles my fancy.
Jaysgba
Combat Butler
HellCat said:
I'm mostly wanting After War Gundam X, but after Andrew's comments that all UK Gundam is blu-ray and the licensor wanting PAL DVDs if there're DVD releases, I'm really curious as to what's going to happen with Gundam titles that are DVD-only in Japan and the US.
serpantino
Thousand Master
Jaysgba said:
What I meant is there's no standard BD releases at all, including older releases that haven't yet received a standard edition. Maybe I misread the list but I thought it was for all AL's upcoming Q4.
bailey1985
Vampire Ninja
What i will pick up
Project Itoh: Harmony: Collector's Edition Steelcase [Blu-ray & DVD Combo Pack]
The Anthem of the Heart: Collector's Edition [Blu-ray & DVD Combo Pack]
The Murder Case of Hana & Alice: Collector's Edition [Blu-ray & DVD Combo Pack]
Persona 3 the Movie #1: Spring of Death: Collector's Edition [Blu-ray & DVD Combo Pack]
Persona 3 the Movie #2: Midsummer Knight's Dream: Collector's Edition [Blu-ray & DVD Combo Pack]
Your Lie in April: Part 2 (Episodes 12-22) Collector's Edition [Blu-ray]
Maybe
Erased: Part 1 (Episodes 1-6) Collector's Edition [Blu-ray]
Pigtails and Other Shorts (aka the Production I.G. Short film collection): Collector's Edition [Blu-ray & DVD Combo Pack]
The Tatami Galaxy: Complete Series Collector's Edition [Blu-ray]
Tokyo Marble Chocolate: Collector's Edition [Blu-ray & DVD Combo Pack]
Project Itoh: Harmony: Collector's Edition Steelcase [Blu-ray & DVD Combo Pack]
The Anthem of the Heart: Collector's Edition [Blu-ray & DVD Combo Pack]
The Murder Case of Hana & Alice: Collector's Edition [Blu-ray & DVD Combo Pack]
Persona 3 the Movie #1: Spring of Death: Collector's Edition [Blu-ray & DVD Combo Pack]
Persona 3 the Movie #2: Midsummer Knight's Dream: Collector's Edition [Blu-ray & DVD Combo Pack]
Your Lie in April: Part 2 (Episodes 12-22) Collector's Edition [Blu-ray]
Maybe
Erased: Part 1 (Episodes 1-6) Collector's Edition [Blu-ray]
Pigtails and Other Shorts (aka the Production I.G. Short film collection): Collector's Edition [Blu-ray & DVD Combo Pack]
The Tatami Galaxy: Complete Series Collector's Edition [Blu-ray]
Tokyo Marble Chocolate: Collector's Edition [Blu-ray & DVD Combo Pack]
Buzzkillington said:
Re FMA - that's a shame because it's anything but tacky and I'm kinda sad you feel it sounds that way. Wait until the painted shots are revealed, hopefully later this week and you'll see it's definitely not. The artbook will be the biggest & best one yet from us too and unique in the western world too but hey, I understand
.For ERASED: Have you actually seen any other release we've done before that are AoA? Confused by the reaction all of a sudden... That said, looks like SRP was wrong, but is £59.99 any better for you really? Extras are pretty good for ERASED actually - will keep folks updated on that one but I think basically we get what the USA does minus the OST and Manga extract. Which given the US SRP is £90, I think isn't a bad saving...
AP
Gemsy-chan said:
Shame, it's out next month!
AP
Jaysgba said:
Life is full of uncertainties really - it's not illogical, but we could just do Part 1 at a higher cost and include both extras then do Part 2 at £59.99 SRP and drop Part 1 to £59.99 SRP after. But somehow I don't think that's as nice a way to handle it.
Sales time has shown me that if you bought Part 1 and really want Part 2, you could totally do that with 3-4 months before it runs out. There's no guarantee if we print 2000 of Part 2 for example that the 1000 who buy Part 1 will get the book either. It extends the odds but there is literally no guarantee ever unless you provide an infinite supply, which rather defeats the point.
The gap is a fair point but is alas nothing we can do. You can always file it the other way as the spines are nice and clean on the box-side too I'd say which reduces the insanity (unless you live on a boat, then please look forward to the sound of movement with every movement of the hull...!)
AP
HellCat said:
Actually, we just haven't scheduled 'em yet. Watch this space
.AP
Demelza said:
In short - it's an licensor restriction on parts here folks, what was everyone expecting me to have to do? I'd love to do a complete episode set but you all know how this game is played now and as much as I'd love to change that, we have to be respectful of our agreement I'm afraid too. That said, the SRP was wrongly listed and should be £59.99 so it'll settle circa KLK prices probably - but again we're kind of hands-bound on this one folks so we're working with the best we have. I'm confident the AL special offer at least will bring it to under £40 though even if Amazon et al don't (I think they may).
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Jaysgba
Combat Butler
anime_andrew said:
Personally, I'd have preferred you include the OST and up the SRP. £60 SRP for 6 episodes really doesn't sit right with me, regardless of how rigid the box is. Going all the way and making it a £90 SRP CE that included the OST as well would've actually been more agreeable to me. For the first time ever, I'm going to now have to consider importing the AoA release over the UK release.
SnowWolf said:
Licensor restriction I'm afraid and cost for that one set vs splitting it into two. £59.99 a set + retail discount vs £119.99 + retailer discount or so for a complete seemed like a logical choice. We try our best on that frontier of course though!
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Buzz201
Mad Scientist
anime_andrew said:
Are we reading the same special features listing?
One audio commentary and a couple of songs are "pretty good" for £40-60?
As somebody that owns Aldnoah.Zero, Baccano! and all three Durarara!! releases, I would genuinely be amazed if you even sold 500 copies...
Buzz201 said:
That's the on-disc extras, the Japanese releases come with a large booklet separate to the manga chapter as well per part which we'll be working on too
. On disc extras for that kind of release are always less interesting than the packaging ones to be honest anyway . So I was referring to the print component there - sorry for the ambiguity on my part!As I say, we can only work within the lines of what we have there on it and as always, just because it's been listed doesn't mean there won't be firstly special deals on All the Anime's site and secondly doesn't mean that it's the final fixed price. We will always try to fight that corner too but as you know, we have some limitations on this particular show...
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Jaysgba said:
As you can imagine, I totally asked for the option of the OST as well. Let me see what we can do on the pricing frontier though - as ever the issue is the comparative pricing in the USA and it falls more into the KLK camp than it does SAO. But let me see what I can do
.AP
Lutga
Mad Scientist
It's an interesting discussion, and one that's got me thinking, especially with some of the comments Jerome was making on Twitter last night re. how well collectors editions sold.
At the end of the day, it seems like a restriction that can't be avoided (re. price) - and while I feel the majority of hardcore UK anime fans are used to this by now, and will stump up the cash if they care about the show enough, it does kind of avoid the casual market a little (even if a cheaper edition does come further down the line).
While I think this is academic to a certain degree as they're served by streaming / and I imagine it's still possible to make a profit, via more expensive editions, going back to some of Jerome's comments, I can't imagine the sales numbers for these are great, unless you have a genuine rocket fuel show like SAO or Tokyo Ghoul on your hands.
That of course depends on whether you measure the success of the product/show by sales numbers or profit, but I think from the fan side of things, and purely sentimentally, if you're invested in a show you obviously want it to feel like it's selling 'well' - and sometimes I do feel the more expensive editions restrict that in a way that didn't happen so much in the glory days of 'cheap' Manga releases - even if that is trying to compare chalk and cheese to a certain degree...
At the end of the day, it seems like a restriction that can't be avoided (re. price) - and while I feel the majority of hardcore UK anime fans are used to this by now, and will stump up the cash if they care about the show enough, it does kind of avoid the casual market a little (even if a cheaper edition does come further down the line).
While I think this is academic to a certain degree as they're served by streaming / and I imagine it's still possible to make a profit, via more expensive editions, going back to some of Jerome's comments, I can't imagine the sales numbers for these are great, unless you have a genuine rocket fuel show like SAO or Tokyo Ghoul on your hands.
That of course depends on whether you measure the success of the product/show by sales numbers or profit, but I think from the fan side of things, and purely sentimentally, if you're invested in a show you obviously want it to feel like it's selling 'well' - and sometimes I do feel the more expensive editions restrict that in a way that didn't happen so much in the glory days of 'cheap' Manga releases - even if that is trying to compare chalk and cheese to a certain degree...
Jaysgba
Combat Butler
anime_andrew said:Jaysgba said:
As you can imagine, I totally asked for the option of the OST as well. Let me see what we can do on the pricing frontier though - as ever the issue is the comparative pricing in the USA and it falls more into the KLK camp than it does SAO. But let me see what I can do
AP
It's a real shame; there isn't even an option to import a standalone sondtrack for Erased seeing as it's exclusive to the Japanese BD Boxes as well.