UK Anime Distributor Anime Limited Discussion Thread
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qaiz said:With yourself releasing Perfect Blue on Blu-ray, I know you've showed further interest in releasing more films from the late Satoshi Kon when I've asked you about it in the past, but do you think that it's feasible/possible or a pipe dream? How did a film like Perfect Blue do for you so far sales wise? Did the CE sell out as fast as you expected and does there seem to be interest in the standard release? Finally, if you was to release, say Millennium Actress (probably my favorite animated film of all time) or even Tokyo Godfathers, how well would you think they'd sell aligned with your Perfect Blue release? Paprika has been available on Blu-ray for a long time, and has constantly been cheap. I wonder how well it's done, and if it was ever expected to end up that cheap. It was a 2007 release I guessThanks in advance.
Not opposed to doing them and I am actively looking - as I'd like to think first to BD is only one of the selling points. If we can provide an attractive proposition in terms of packaging and content we'd look at any of the Satoshi Kon films. Millenium Actress is probably the biggest of the three main ones out there due to no BD being out though
.Let's see what the next year brings
.AP
Buzzkillington
Cardcaptor
Is Kill la Kill box 2 actually coming out next Monday? Everywhere I look has the 16th, but you guys said the 2nd, was it delayed or is it still definitely on for the 2nd?
serpantino
Thousand Master
Do all the cowboy bebop complete collection blurays have poor chapter markers or am I just unlucky?
I waited for the complete edition because I thought the problem was supposed to be fixed on it but now I've got round to watching them disks 1 & 2 both only have 3 chapters per episode, not tried the other 2 yet.
I waited for the complete edition because I thought the problem was supposed to be fixed on it but now I've got round to watching them disks 1 & 2 both only have 3 chapters per episode, not tried the other 2 yet.
serpantino said:
It's hardly likely to be unlucky as that would mean your discs were especially not authored correctly...
What was fixed was simply the video glitches on the discs as the chapter marker point was raised much later. While it's annoying too it doesn't count really as a problem to be fixed as it doesn't critically impede your enjoyment so am sorry but that's the way the discs are and we were always very clear about what we were changing on the discs
.Also worth mentioning is it's not a common issue for us all in all given as you know we tend to produce with correct chapters and it's super rare as an occurrence attributed to being a studio not accustomed to anime who we moved on from after that project.
If we go back and re-do the show again for an Ultimate or otherwise (which inevitably we will sometime) then I'll look to redress the chapters then
.AP
qaiz
Pokémon Master
Thanks for the reply! I'm glad that you have an active interest in releasing them. I might be misunderstanding what you wrote so forgive me, but when you say that there's no BD out there for Millennium Actress, you mean there's no English friendly BD right? Because Millennium Actress was released on Blu-ray funnily enough exactly a year ago (Feb 21st 2014) in Japan, I know so because I own it (being a Satoshi Kon fan) but no subtitles are present on the release so no doubt I'm waiting for an English friendly release. I would love a release mimicking the Perfect Blue edition you released, but at the same time I think mimicking the Japanese release, as in just a white amaray with that lovely cover art would be perfect too!anime_andrew said:Not opposed to doing them and I am actively looking - as I'd like to think first to BD is only one of the selling points. If we can provide an attractive proposition in terms of packaging and content we'd look at any of the Satoshi Kon films. Millenium Actress is probably the biggest of the three main ones out there due to no BD being out though
Let's see what the next year brings
AP
serpantino
Thousand Master
anime_andrew said:It's hardly likely to be unlucky as that would mean your discs were especially not authored correctly...
What was fixed was simply the video glitches on the discs as the chapter marker point was raised much later. While it's annoying too it doesn't count really as a problem to be fixed as it doesn't critically impede your enjoyment so am sorry but that's the way the discs are and we were always very clear about what we were changing on the discs
Also worth mentioning is it's not a common issue for us all in all given as you know we tend to produce with correct chapters and it's super rare as an occurrence attributed to being a studio not accustomed to anime who we moved on from after that project.
If we go back and re-do the show again for an Ultimate or otherwise (which inevitably we will sometime) then I'll look to redress the chapters then
AP
Thanks Andrew. I'm not hugely bothered, I just (mis?)remember you saying on twitter it would be fixed in the complete release.
I'm used to it with some of the manga releases, I usually just slip a bit of paper in warning me. I did wonder why one of the episodes I was watching seemed so short.
I only brought it up in case it was a fixed issue and mine were faulty. I certainly don't expect you to replace every minor flaw as that'd be too much expenditure but if it was something you'd already been offering replacements for I would've considered as I'm so used to just hitting next to skip opening/closing.
Compared to a lot of UK anime releases it's still a well done, good quality release & bebop sure does have that special gorgeousness that only hand drawn anime has.
If you do get that ultimate release with the film I'll definitely be picking it up.
elaniel
Vampire Ninja
Wow, that's quite generous of them to offer £30 as an apology. Understandably the digipak's would have been a limited print run for them, so they've probably exhausted them.
I did send them an email a fortnight ago as I noticed mine had become busted (third hub had fallen off). I finished my rewatch of the show back in November and went to watch again and noticed mine had the fault. Never received a response though.
I did send them an email a fortnight ago as I noticed mine had become busted (third hub had fallen off). I finished my rewatch of the show back in November and went to watch again and noticed mine had the fault. Never received a response though.
Rosencrantz
Dragon Knight
Elaniel said:
Must of been quite a limited run, I put my request in about 10 days after the replacement programme started, though they perhaps prioritised those with smashed boxes rather than the loose digipaks.
Quite the generous offer indeed, with Bebop they offered a 25% store discount, though I guess now they have more products 25% could be quite a large sum
Stiivun
Pokémon Master
Also got this email, but received my Gurren Lagann replacement digipack ages ago. Guess everybody who filled in the form back when the replacement program started received the email.
Off course i will not make use of the £30 offer, that only seems fair since at my end everything is OK
Off course i will not make use of the £30 offer, that only seems fair since at my end everything is OK
I too was actually confused for the email given I also managed to get a digipack replacement. Then again the spine part for the replacement was worse than the original version so I'll probably go for the £30 offer in the end (and get Royal Space Force once it pops up).
Stiivun said:
It's more as some were wanting others replaced so I suggested sending it out to the list back to a particular date so some people who got ones they were OK with fell into that pile
.Basically just don't want anyone put out on it.
AP
Stiivun said:Thanks Andrew, guess was less work to filter that list
@NormanicGrav, interesting but i haven't noticed this myself. Will check again today, as i still have the original too. I can't throw anything away ... is this characteristic for a collector ? :wink:
Probably just me being picky but it does look weird if you get a closer look though.
Impressive customer service. I didn't bother replacing mine but it still means a lot to me that so much effort has been put into setting things right. When a company is taking problems seriously like this, even if you're not personally connected you can feel confident they're trying really hard not to make the same mistake again; it's hurting them too.
It means a lot more to me that the Anime Limited staff understand how fans feel instead of just telling people they're fans too, and expecting that to carry credibility on its own.
R
It means a lot more to me that the Anime Limited staff understand how fans feel instead of just telling people they're fans too, and expecting that to carry credibility on its own.
R