UK Anime Distributor Anime Limited Discussion Thread

I guess a small delay now is better than another replacement program later. Although I will admit, it's a little frustrating when this is about the third delay for KLK Part 3.
 
Frustrating but definitely the right call to delay it for a short while.

I haven't started the show yet but I may start now to bridge the gap between now and release. When volume 3 drops I can then go straight into it.
 
Rui said:
Why does Andrew have such good taste in anime? You can really feel it in their acquisitions too, rather than the usual haphazard selection of whatever bundles were going cheap at the last licensing event which other companies (in the US too) seem to go for.
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Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya was bundled with Blood Lad :p
 
For me they have been spot on with their series choices (except blood lad although I still enjoyed it). With Baccano coming up (which I'm itching for). Whereas (and I get the feeling I'm in the minority here) the only film release they've done that really captivated me was Patema. I still bought and enjoyed the rest of their film releases but not to the same degree as their series releases. I'm struggling to think of the last Manga/MVM releases that elicited the same level of excitement as the series that Anime Ltd are delivering. Probably Steins;Gate or Eden of The East.

Having said that, some of the films they seem to have in the line up do look quite promising and definitely looking forward to them too. (I'm in the apparently rare group of preferring dubs to the extent that I strongly prefer for the first time I see an Anime for it to be a dub which leaves me with limited streaming options)...
 
msgeek said:
For me they have been spot on with their series choices (except blood lad although I still enjoyed it). With Baccano coming up (which I'm itching for). Whereas (and I get the feeling I'm in the minority here) the only film release they've done that really captivated me was Patema. I still bought and enjoyed the rest of their film releases but not to the same degree as their series releases. I'm struggling to think of the last Manga/MVM releases that elicited the same level of excitement as the series that Anime Ltd are delivering. Probably Steins;Gate or Eden of The East.

Having said that, some of the films they seem to have in the line up do look quite promising and definitely looking forward to them too. (I'm in the apparently rare group of preferring dubs to the extent that I strongly prefer for the first time I see an Anime for it to be a dub which leaves me with limited streaming options)...
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Guess I've been even luckier - the series have been great, but then I've loved the movie slate as well - Perfect Blue, Wings of Honneamise, Garden of Words, Patema Inverted, Giovanni's Island - wow, what an incredibly strong line up and a nice mix of classic and newer stuff.
 
The acquisitions so far have been pretty good to say the least, but it seems to have fizzled out a bit for me, with MCM doing nothing for me at all. They sarted off with a bang with Cowboy Bebop and legendary films such as Perfect Blue which is one of the greatest animated films of all time bar none, and hot new releases such as KLK and Space Dandy which aren't the best series to say the least, but very popular and hot topics, which helps make them a good source of revenue and allows Anime Limited to stay in the public discussion and not just be the company that releases the old stuff, which although I'd rather they did, the UK market clearly doesn't care for that stuff outside of tent-pole titles like Bebop and Eva etc and isn't sustainable.

Having said that, things like Blood Lad were strange, and things like SAO and FMP are not titles that I'd have envisioned would come out of the company that claimed to be the criterion of anime. In the end, it is what it is, and the market will decide, but I really wished at first that this wold be the place we'd see things like Gunbuster, Angel's Egg, Robot Carnival etc. Classics that nobody else in the UK cares to release, a place where anime fans released things that they were proud to be a part of with a catalog which shows the best of anime. Escaflowne seems to be a good one I'm excited for, as is Baccano, and with Royal Space Force being a recent release, I'm hopeful that we'll see more actual good titles and not just hot properties that won't stand the test of time at all, and although I know why they're released, I hope that they don't take precedent, time and budget away from the things that deserve a new home, in my opinion of course. Its a pipe dream in the end, they need to make money.
 
qaiz said:
The acquisitions so far have been pretty good to say the least, but it seems to have fizzled out a bit for me, with MCM doing nothing for me at all. They sarted off with a bang with Cowboy Bebop and legendary films such as Perfect Blue which is one of the greatest animated films of all time bar none, and hot new releases such as KLK and Space Dandy which aren't the best series to say the least, but very popular and hot topics, which helps make them a good source of revenue and allows Anime Limited to stay in the public discussion and not just be the company that releases the old stuff, which although I'd rather they did, the UK market clearly doesn't care for that stuff outside of tent-pole titles like Bebop and Eva etc and isn't sustainable.

Having said that, things like Blood Lad were strange, and things like SAO and FMP are not titles that I'd have envisioned would come out of the company that claimed to be the criterion of anime. In the end, it is what it is, and the market will decide, but I really wished at first that this wold be the place we'd see things like Gunbuster, Angel's Egg, Robot Carnival etc. Classics that nobody else in the UK cares to release, a place where anime fans released things that they were proud to be a part of with a catalog which shows the best of anime. Escaflowne seems to be a good one I'm excited for, as is Baccano, and with Royal Space Force being a recent release, I'm hopeful that we'll see more actual good titles and not just hot properties that won't stand the test of time at all, and although I know why they're released, I hope that they don't take precedent, time and budget away from the things that deserve a new home, in my opinion of course. Its a pipe dream in the end, they need to make money.
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Personally, I'm very much the opposite. I'd be fairly disappointed if they stopped releasing newer titles or give precedent to the older titles. I don't have any interest in older shows and I'd much rather them focus on bringing newer titles to the UK with great releases, unlike Manga. I guess they can't please everyone. I good mix would probably be the best middle ground.
 
qaiz said:
The acquisitions so far have been pretty good to say the least, but it seems to have fizzled out a bit for me, with MCM doing nothing for me at all. They sarted off with a bang with Cowboy Bebop and legendary films such as Perfect Blue which is one of the greatest animated films of all time bar none, and hot new releases such as KLK and Space Dandy which aren't the best series to say the least, but very popular and hot topics, which helps make them a good source of revenue and allows Anime Limited to stay in the public discussion and not just be the company that releases the old stuff, which although I'd rather they did, the UK market clearly doesn't care for that stuff outside of tent-pole titles like Bebop and Eva etc and isn't sustainable.

Having said that, things like Blood Lad were strange, and things like SAO and FMP are not titles that I'd have envisioned would come out of the company that claimed to be the criterion of anime. In the end, it is what it is, and the market will decide, but I really wished at first that this wold be the place we'd see things like Gunbuster, Angel's Egg, Robot Carnival etc. Classics that nobody else in the UK cares to release, a place where anime fans released things that they were proud to be a part of with a catalog which shows the best of anime. Escaflowne seems to be a good one I'm excited for, as is Baccano, and with Royal Space Force being a recent release, I'm hopeful that we'll see more actual good titles and not just hot properties that won't stand the test of time at all, and although I know why they're released, I hope that they don't take precedent, time and budget away from the things that deserve a new home, in my opinion of course. Its a pipe dream in the end, they need to make money.
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It is one thing releasing classics but they do have to sell enough to justify the license. While I would like Gunbuster (the series not the film) and Escaflowne I doubt I would buy Angel's Egg or Robot Carnival.
 
IncendiaryLemon said:
Personally, I'm very much the opposite. I'd be fairly disappointed if they stopped releasing newer titles or give precedent to the older titles. I don't have any interest in older shows and I'd much rather them focus on bringing newer titles to the UK with great releases, unlike Manga. I guess they can't please everyone. I good mix would probably be the best middle ground.
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I don't disagree in the slightest, I think like I said, its part wishful thinking and part selfish of me, Anime Limited is what it is and its not their fault that they didn't fit my criteria, but I guess when I heard them touting to be the criterion of anime, I knew that was a point at packaging and such, but if not Anime Limited, I wish somebody would releases the classics. Discotek and even Sentai actually do a great job in this regard, just a shame most of it is DVD only for Discotek. Things like Windy Tales and Patlabor and Robot Carnival are amazing and all my most hyped releases for this year or any year to be fair. I'd trade all of Anime Limited releases for those, but I'm alone there.

mangaman74 said:
It is one thing releasing classics but they do have to sell enough to justify the license. While I would like Gunbuster (the series not the film) and Escaflowne I doubt I would buy Angel's Egg or Robot Carnival.
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Yeah I guess that's where I differ, those two are a million time more exciting to me than the whole of the AL catalog, and although the sales potential for them aren't high, I think that's doing them a disservice. English friendly releases of these would attract eyes I'd have thought. In the end, people like myself are lead to import them and add our own subtitles, which I guess is fine. Gundam is a nice middle ground I suppose, being both classic and still maintaining a high sales potential. Lets just hope that they don't ignore the older Gundam series...you know...the good ones. Speaking of which, no release for things like Ideon makes me sad.
 
I'd imagine the Gundam news will be re a home release for Gundam Reconguista in G, but it would be nice to get some of the older shows I agree, even if it were just DVD.
 
I think the BBFC situation really hurts older TV shows. They cost a bomb to put out even though they will never sell to a wider audience, whereas movies and short OAVs at least have lower costs associated if the actual license negotiations go well enough. The infamous MVM Sailor Moon experiment was a disaster (even taking into account other problems with the release format they chose) and that's considerably more well known than classic mecha shows made before many fans were born.

I'm content with having Discotek (and occasional Sentai/Nozomi) filling the gaps in the available classic TV shows at their own pace and having AL cherry pick the titles they think can support a UK release. Unless someone can do something about the unfair BBFC situation in the UK we'll never get any long-running titles at all aside from the massive sellers that can be relied on to turn a decent profit.

R
 
Lavigne said:
I'd imagine the Gundam news will be re a home release for Gundam Reconguista in G, but it would be nice to get some of the older shows I agree, even if it were just DVD.
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Apparently the hint mentioned the word 'turn' so my guess would be Turn A Gundam.
 
NormanicGrav said:
Lavigne said:
I'd imagine the Gundam news will be re a home release for Gundam Reconguista in G, but it would be nice to get some of the older shows I agree, even if it were just DVD.
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Apparently the hint mentioned the word 'turn' so my guess would be Turn A Gundam.
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Guessing that would be DVD-only like in the US but still more than welcome. Sadly already on my import list though.
 
Rui said:
I think the BBFC situation really hurts older TV shows. They cost a bomb to put out even though they will never sell to a wider audience, whereas movies and short OAVs at least have lower costs associated if the actual license negotiations go well enough. The infamous MVM Sailor Moon experiment was a disaster (even taking into account other problems with the release format they chose) and that's considerably more well known than classic mecha shows made before many fans were born.

I'm content with having Discotek (and occasional Sentai/Nozomi) filling the gaps in the available classic TV shows at their own pace and having AL cherry pick the titles they think can support a UK release. Unless someone can do something about the unfair BBFC situation in the UK we'll never get any long-running titles at all aside from the massive sellers that can be relied on to turn a decent profit.

R
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Yeah I'm really not too in the clue about how much of an impact BBFC has in actuality, all I know is, it prevented MVM from bringing over the Patlabor TV series when I asked them, and it still hurts. The the Gods for Sentai/Discotek, the true saviors of anime.

In terms of Turn A, I'm pretty sure that Right Stuf said that they'd look into a BD release if the DVD does well sales wise.
 
I'd love for the Gundam annnouncement to be Reconguista. That would be a major coup, as I don't believe there's any current home video release for that in the West.

That heavy hint does indeed suggest it's Turn A, though. So I'm torn now as to whether to bother importing RightStuf!'s release.

In an ideal world, we'd get super-luvvly Anime Limited editions of both. But maybe I'm just dreaming there.
 
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