UK Anime Distributor Anime Limited Discussion Thread
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qaiz
Pokémon Master
Rui said:I think that's a pretty reasonable response. And it offers a challenge to Anime Limited: qaiz openly admits a personal bias in taste but if things keep getting better then it's the company's job to make their releases too good to pass up. Really sad to hear about the wrecked Patema set though as mine was pristine and it's disappointing when something arrives messed up.
Japanese releases are delicious (I sometimes get my Mononoke BD set out just to look at it happily) and of course they keep the really good stuff back for themselves a lot of the time, but I think we're moving in the right direction now. I think that what Anime Limited are trying to do for us is good stuff, from commissioning unique art from the actual creative staff (love it or hate it, I really liked that they did that with Patema) to fixing little niggles people flag up on the forums when many competitors don't fix large niggles people flag up, ever. qaiz doesn't agree at the moment, but as quality improves who knows where things will end up
I like the idea of the companies using their best efforts to try to tempt people away from the alternatives by making the best local versions possible. The buyer generally wins.
R
I really appreciate your comment and I'm glad that you can see where I'm coming from, and to be fair I think everybody else here understands too, it's just got a lot to do with the fact that I can find it difficult to articulate myself at times
Like you said, I do have a personal bias, one that is very particular and revolves around ideas that might not hold as much weight or value for others so the idea that Anime Limited should contort their ideas to suit me is silly. I truly believe in artistic vision/integrity and would be upset if I was to dissuade Anime Limited from pursuing ideas and concepts that they feel strongly for just to make me happy, and I'm thankful that in the real world it doesn't work like that. My wants don't hold more weight than anyone else’s, but that doesn't deter me from voicing them
Most people were happy with how Patema turned out, but even outside of the damage I still had some distaste for it. I understand why it is the way it is, but I still don't believe in that size/form-factor. I don't own Giovanni's Island but that's another release that others were happy with in regards to how it turned out. I thought that it looked really nice from a cursory glance, so you can hazard a guess to my reaction when I found out the dimensions of the thing. It's a weird thing to complain about, but...is it really? Does a 2 disc digipak really need to be that big? I like art-books, I own a few myself but generally I feel happy enough importing one from Japan for £30+ by itself than compromise the whole Blu-ray package just for an art-book that generally never justifies itself. I thought that the artwork used for the Patema cover was more than fine, but again just looked odd on that massive box and the practically plain inside of the digipak again was a strange waste of a huge canvas.
Japanese releases are 9 times out of 10 just sublime to look at, and that's not due to contents because in terms of on disc content I think Anime Limited are one of the best, in regards to the ultimate sets at least. You get a lot of mileage for your money in terms of on-disc content with Lagann, but it's the physical stuff that lets it down. I thought that the KLK set Anime Limited released was pretty good when it was all said and done, but the show itself for me just doesn't justify its price point for the complete set. And yes, let me make that clear, that’s my opinion on the show and again I understand why it costs what it does and have seen the regional breakdowns. But that kind of release of a show like Lagann? 3 high quality boxes, with normal sized digipaks and a nice little book for £40 each? I would have preferred that a lot more, but again I'm in the minority there 100%.
For me, on paper everything Anime Limited release is pretty good, and I say good because the things like the dip in video quality of Lagann lets it down from being great on paper. It's just the fit and finish and the way in which everything is put together that falls flat on its face for me.
Lutga said:
I agree, like I said it would be a shame if Anime Limited followed my advice as that would ultimately be its demise in a market that sees 1000 copies sold for a whole month as a huge success and everything else in the triple or even double digits. Scary numbers indeed from a person who follows video games sales and sees games selling millions of copies labelled as failures, but that's a different industry all together
I'm happy with that I guess, what Anime Limited are doing works for them, and ultimately for what it's worth they have the highest quality packages in the UK anime space. Does that speak more about the competition than anything else? Maybe. I guess I was just projecting my upset at what the state of anime is like here in the UK and how anime is treated here on home releases in particular, and that being like kids movies, disposable.And I'm glad you too like the Patlabor sets!
It was more to do with the sentiment really, the idea that I'm happy paying the money for quality packages and hold very little value for tat and trinkets contrary to popular belief. It was an extreme but real examplebritguy said:
Stiivun said:
Not really. It's kind of embarrassing but I own loads of Blu-ray imports that lack English dub/sub...just because I love the source material soo much. Money can't get in the way of my Patlabor love I guess. A lot of it might be dubious legally speaking so I won't go too much in depth but I do back them up on my computer and extract subtitles from DVD copies I own. A lot of work but worth it
NoSurprises
Hunter
Stiivun said:
I bought the Gunbuster/Diebuster boxsets which are in the same situation, and I'm totally incapable of understanding. The sets were just THAT pretty (I think I may have a problem...). Though to be fair I've watched their subbed counterparts enough to understand what was going on.
Since we're back on the topic of packaging... I would really like to see releases like the sets qaiz is suggesting too. They may be a bit spartan for some people, but their beauty is in their simplicity. I love the fact I can choose to display a pretty box, or just to have the blu-rays out to save a bit of space. Though packaging isn't as much of a deal breaker for me, I'd be happy with just a release of some stuff...
I've probably mentioned before that I'm not oppose to digipaks done right either, and I must say, they've totally knocked it out of the park for the Kill la Kill sets as far as I'm concerned, they're amazing. If I had any really minor criticisms of them, it'd be that the spine artwork doesn't quite hide where the art has been wrapped around the box, and possibly the card used on the digipak itself being prone to scuffing.
NoSurprises
Hunter
Lutga said:
I don't have much interest in Blood Lad, but the packaging looks solid. The only thing I don't really like is the fact it's all glossy, part of the reason I adore the Kill la Kill sets so much is the part matte part gloss artwork. I suppose having an interest in the show and the artwork used too goes a long way towards approval too.
I have a couple of the other anime limited digipaks like Bebop and Perfect Blue, my main complaint with them is that they're a bit too thin (as well as the all gloss whining), they have a tendency to lean, since the artwork is glued under itself, it doesn't sit quite level. This seems to have been sorted by the slightly wider digipaks that include an art book or something.
jonno394
Za Warudo
Yeah I think AL have hit the nail on the head with colectors editions since releasing kill la kill. Need to just replicate that quality with every release going forward and I'll be happy.
Can't say I've been disappointed with any of the AL releases physically (other than the flimsy feeling digipack for TTGL)
Can't say I've been disappointed with any of the AL releases physically (other than the flimsy feeling digipack for TTGL)
qaiz
Pokémon Master
NoSurprises said:
Agreed, I've bought Laser Disc sets and all sorts of Blu-rays just because of the source material or the way the packaging looked (The End of Eva Laser Disc set is phenomenal!) I agree with you in regards to the comment on how with most Japanese releases, the beauty is from the simplicity itself. Rarely are those releases frilly, although you do get some more exotic sets like the Limited edition Ping Pong Blu-ray and the weird FLCL Blu-ray in the non-resealable wrapper and jewel case, but a vast majority of them are just a nice box, with nice art with a black or white amaray and like you said, I find myself lost in the artwork from time to time, and often pick them up off my shelf just to look at them.
Digipaks are fine in and of themselves, but I'm very peculiar in regards to them. The line between a good one and a bad one is very fine, which is weird for something that looks so simple. And yeah, the artwork not lining up on the spine is something that drives me mad and something I've seen a lot on the Anime Limited releases, with the paper fraying and coming off common too.
I don't own it, but it looks fine I guess. I can't say either way as the artwork is not to my taste, and neither is the show. It came with a keepcase did it not?Lutga said:
In any case, here's the latest Anime Limited Newswire Link with an un-boxing of KLK #2 Link and an update for the Mai Mai Miracle Kickstarer Link
More at the link.
qaiz
Pokémon Master
Thanks, maybe I'm thinking of the DVD set, or maybe my brain is failing mebritguy said:
Fake Edit: I see what confused me, there's an image on Google of the standard DVD keepcase release on top of the Blu-ray set, since somebody was presumably un-boxing both of them and I got confused and didn't realize they were two different products
jonno394
Za Warudo
For me the set for Blood Lad is one of my favourites but that's just because I really like the art style of the series and the fact the book contains plenty of this made me very happy.
RE keepcases, I hope Space Dandy season 2 sticks with the keep case and top loading just so the two parts match each other.
RE keepcases, I hope Space Dandy season 2 sticks with the keep case and top loading just so the two parts match each other.
NoSurprises
Hunter
britguy said:
1000x this. I hope the cover art has a similar look to part 1 too, I really liked what they did with the solid colour and sketches.
For those of you interested, some news from us this morning: http://blog.alltheanime.com/seraph-of-t ... to-the-uk/
ConanThe3rd
Railgun
I'm a Dog and I live DTOs I'm Love DTOs I'm a Dog.Jeremy_Graves said:
st_owly (witch)
Time-Traveller
Awesome news. Was worried that Funi would get it and therefore no legal stream here, or even worse, it would've ended up on ***max...
Lutga
Mad Scientist
Will be happy if it ends up on Viewster - although I still think the ideal would be Crunchyroll, seeing as I already have a subscription there.
I really appreciate what Viewster are doing, but they still have quite a few teething issues - ie. player not as good, visual quality not as good, no way to get rid of the adverts.
I really appreciate what Viewster are doing, but they still have quite a few teething issues - ie. player not as good, visual quality not as good, no way to get rid of the adverts.