UK Anime Distributor Anime Limited Discussion Thread

[Temujin26S]

Why are anime limited, releasing the zeta trilogy bluray when they could be working on releasing Char's Counterattack or Thunderbolt before ZZ which is supposedly September.

 

[sniper_samurai]

Why are anime limited, releasing the zeta trilogy bluray when they could be working on releasing Char's Counterattack or Thunderbolt before ZZ which is supposedly September.

Anime Limited haven't stated that they are working on the Zeta Movies, that was my speculation due to the recently announced Blu-ray release from Nozomi. Even if AL were releasing the Zeta Trilogy it would be out at Christmas at the earliest.

 

[HellCat]

Also not much point releasing CCA before ZZ given former follows the latter. A location from ZZ is even a massive plot point in the movie.

 

[Temujin26S]

Fair enough, though instead of releasing Turn A after ZZ it should have been CCA especially since it's already been rated in UK plus it would be a win for French fans as I'm assuming they have never had it released there before. As well conclude a whole saga instead jumping to a AU title.

 

[Scavenger]

Fair enough, though instead of releasing Turn A after ZZ it should have been CCA especially since it's already been rated in UK plus it would be a win for French fans as I'm assuming they have never had it released there before. As well conclude a whole saga instead jumping to a AU title.

Beez released CCA on DVD in France.

 

[Temujin26S]

I stand corrected then lol. I guess AL wanna release Gundam titles first that have never been released in either territories before, in my opinion a title in the UC would've made more sense.

 

[HWR]

[Unboxing] Attack on Titan Junior High – All the Anime

Looks interesting might have to pick this up Sunday if they have any copies left

 

[NormanicGrav]

--For all of the new announcements, see MCM Comic Con London May 2017 News thread--

 

[Jon O Fun]

So looking at the unboxing of Anthem of the Heart.
[Unboxing] The Anthem of the Heart – All the Anime
Am I the only person who thinks that going by the colour scheme of the book and digipack the 'Zavvi Exclusive' was intended to be the standard?

 

[qaiz]

Did someone say....<gulp>...Gunbuster...?

Jesus you gave me a bloody heart attack

Spoiler

I'm sure this has happened before, my heart can take any more of this.

 

[HellCat]

If it helps, I got mine seeing Zeta on discount at their stand.

I hope that doesn't mean it's a low seller.

 

[Yami]

Has it been mentioned whether or not the Perfect Blue theatrical re-issue will be the same transfer as the Blu-Ray?

 

[HellCat]

Just quickly on the Gunpla thing- with Bandai selling Barbatos Lupus Rex for £43, stalls like Gundam Mad opted for £37. Neither price beats the 20 quid you can get it for from Japan but interesting to see that Bandai doing it themselves might have a knock on effect for third party sellers.

Also noticed some branding. There's British/French legal text on the ones Bandai are selling but Gundam Mad stock specifically has branding of Cosmic Group, the French licensor that has been handling stuff like Tamashii Nations at MCM last few years.

Just worth passing on when we're speculating on overall licensing.

 

[Anime1977]

Gundam Thunderbolt Offered on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray

I wonder if anime limited have any plans to release this in the uk on uhd.

 

[Scavenger]

I doubt they will, unless they import the Japanese release. UHD authoring is too expensive for most independents.

Have you authored any UHDs yet David?

I helped Samsung with their HDR calibration disc, although most of the work on that was done by Florian Freidrich, who's basically writing the book on HDR calibration and testing.

Since I work mostly with independents, it'll be a little longer before they dip their toes in. Right now, they have the same view of UHD BD that they did with BD in around 2006: it's too expensive, too new, only for experts etc. And of course it just doesn't make financial sense for them yet due to the higher costs involved. But when it does, I'll be there!

 

[Just Passing Through]

There's no Region coding with the 4K uhd format.

 

[Anime1977]

I doubt they will, unless they import the Japanese release. UHD authoring is too expensive for most independents.

So I guess it's going to a long time before we see Akira and other Classic anime titles on uhd.

 

[Anime1977]

There's no Region coding with the 4K uhd format.

I know that but it's expensive to import from Japan.

 

[Buzz201]

I know that but it's expensive to import from Japan.

JPT's point was that it's not in Sunrise's interest to allow Thunderbolt on UHD in the West, as Japanese fans could just import our cheaper copy and ignore theirs.

 

[Buzzkillington]

Do we know when/if A Silent Voice is going up on the Playstation store? I'm almost sure it was mentioned in the original announcement post but I can't find it, I could always rent from somewhere else if it's not coming anytime soon (I'm sure one of them must have an App on one of the consoles....).