Dai
Dragon Knight
It might just be the stock allocated for the sale period that's sold out. We'll have to wait and see once they revert the storefront to regular pricing.
UK Anime Distributor Anime Limited Discussion Thread
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sirijo
Kiznaiver
Looks like just the Movie Edition. I didn’t see confirmation anywhere other than this tweet (they attended MCM in person and sat through it)
RaeDra
Hunter
Note the word standard there with regards to Macross Plus. Makes sense, and for some reason I thought this was confirmed a while ago, where its just the movie for the standard edition, but maybe it wasn't.
It should be noted that France, where of course the publisher is also Anime Limited, in addition to a more limited version of the Ultimate Edition for that market, the Collectors Edition they released contained the Movie and OVAs. Macross Plus - OAV + Film - Édition Collector Blu-ray.
Now, maybe im missing something, but if the licensor is ok with that in France, for that price point, I don't really see why that won't be offered here, outside of wanting buyers to be pushed towards the UE (or the Vinyl set thats even more). We shall see though, it hasn't been a year and it can backfire. I would like those OVAs (and their corresponding dubs) in a different form as to what is currently offered.
It should be noted that France, where of course the publisher is also Anime Limited, in addition to a more limited version of the Ultimate Edition for that market, the Collectors Edition they released contained the Movie and OVAs. Macross Plus - OAV + Film - Édition Collector Blu-ray.
Now, maybe im missing something, but if the licensor is ok with that in France, for that price point, I don't really see why that won't be offered here, outside of wanting buyers to be pushed towards the UE (or the Vinyl set thats even more). We shall see though, it hasn't been a year and it can backfire. I would like those OVAs (and their corresponding dubs) in a different form as to what is currently offered.
HellCat
Dragon Knight
Dai
Dragon Knight
My guess is that it has something to do with the terms of their licence for the dub. Maybe they would have had to pay more to include it in more than one SKU. I'm reminded of the eyebrow-raising situation with the ADV dub of Eva being on a separate set of discs and only in certain (massively overpriced) SKUs. That's only a guess, of course. We could really do with more transparency from AL about why these things happen.
It's frustrating, since I'm only interested in the OAV version. I would have paid collector's edition pricing in a heartbeat, but couldn't justify £150 for four episodes, a chopped down clipshow movie, and a book. No doubt they would point to the 200-page artbook as the big expense on their end, but if Udon can release a 300-page translated artbook for Bubblegum Crisis at $60 then I have to wonder.
Lucky_Deity
Dragon Knight
Project A-KO (CE) has been dispatched for me.
SpaceDandy
Student Council President
Fair chain of thoughts but that's not the case. NGE ADV dub (and subs) are simply deprecated in favour of the khara-approved translation. The dub was merely presented in an announced-very-limited-but-at-the-end-of-the-day-absolutely-not-limited LE to satisfy customers, and have them pay the premium MSRP.
And that SKU/dub cost thing is neither the reason why M+ OVA is not getting a basic set as of yet. They will just milk the movie version until it dies off then relaunch again the interest with an OVA boxset - customers who had given up and settled for the movie version will pay again for the OVA. That's just basic marketing strategy.
Falcon1991
Brigade Leader
No home release announcement for The Colors Within.
FML.
FML.
Girls with Guns
Shinki
I just pre-ordered The Colors Within steelbook yesterday from Crunchyroll US, and they had a 25% off code available to get it down under $20. GKids is releasing it over here in the US.
Conversely, I also pre-ordered the MVM Early Bird Offers for the Ergo Proxy and Serial Experiments Lain steelbooks yesterday, since there's been no word of any similar releases in the US yet, if at all.
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Yep, it's a shame. I have been waiting for this movie ever since the first trailer was released and I have been daydreaming about what kind of beautiful Collector's Edition AL will give to it. I guess Naruto and Bleach are taking all their time.
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HellCat
Dragon Knight
This is the thing that worries me, especially now they're no longer fully independent. The idea they're scooping up and prioritising stuff that would have been the domain of Manga or a Crunchyroll that actually cared about the UK.
Hearing that multiple volumes of Bleach are ready to go whilst other titles including ones they've been involved with for years merit not even a peep...
Girls with Guns
Shinki
ugh, this really peeves me. Blecch(!) is probably the reason they gave up on releasing We Rent Tsukumogami that I was hounding them repeatedly to release for the last 5 years, and they kept promising it was in the works - until their license for it probably expired. I couldn't give two squats about Blecch.
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I don't care for Naruto nor Bleach (not saying they are bad, long-running battle shounen just aren't my thing just like western movies are not my thing) so I feel your pain. It annoys to me no end how they said that people have nothing to worry about regarding them releasing Kakegurui's second season only to never release it. Like, people expressed worry about AL not releasing Kakegurui's second season due to AL having a track record of not licensing and releasing second seasons of March Comes in Like a Lion and Amanchu and AL says "Let's just say you don't have anything to worry about in that regard in Kakegurui's case" only to never give any updates or news regarding the release of second season and then just never releasing it. I guess their license for it either expired or they just quietly gave up on ever releasing it.
sirijo
Kiznaiver
As much as I agree that Bleach and Naruto (both of which I have less than zero interest in) have likely taken up significant time and effort away from the things we might think are or interesting (or even worthy) its probably fair to recognise that these releases will be popular (particularly in physical retail such as HMV) and will fill the AnimeLtd coffers to go and license the weird and wonderful we all want.
Of course we'll never know but if people buying Bleach means they could afford to go get Carole & Tuesday then I can live with it.
I would love to see them maintain a public Schedule with a "announced but not dated" section to confirm what they are actively working on (that has been confirmed).
Of course we'll never know but if people buying Bleach means they could afford to go get Carole & Tuesday then I can live with it.
I would love to see them maintain a public Schedule with a "announced but not dated" section to confirm what they are actively working on (that has been confirmed).
HellCat
Dragon Knight
This is the juggling act. I dropped off Naruto long ago (Part 2 saw me off) but the Shonen Jump stuff remains evergreen in popularity and thus surely rakes in more cash for the company than various titles some of us would prefer.
RedundantSquash
Dandy Guy, in Space
Does anyone know if the customer service staff were away at the latest convention or if the are back in their offices now? My collectors edition of Blue Giant is freezing and skipping so I emailed them on the 22nd, got a reply asking me to check for scratches and try it in another player which I did and replied straight away but I haven't had any other replies since 
Puringa
Kiznaiver
THIS. I've waited for AL to release March Comes in Like a Lion S2 and didn't import the US version. Still no news (aside from a repeated "We're working on it") and the US version is now OOP and costs $2000 on eBay nowadays while I could've gotten it for just $100. Because of this I've started importing from the US on a regular basis and if something isn't released within a year after the US version, I'll just import it. Much less risk of missing out.
And I realize some things are outside of AL's control (the silent treatment from Aniplex for several years comes to mind), but that's exactly why companies should be careful with promising things they can't guarantee to fulfill.
HellCat
Dragon Knight
I've said this before but I feel AL are guilty of the same thing that hurt ADV- promising more titles than they can realistically bring to completion and as a result losing consumer confidence. I always preface my criticisms with open acceptance there's probably various specifics we'll never hear of, but for years now they've kept promising on various fronts and not delivering. And as highlighted this leaves fans up a creek without a paddle because by the time AL confirms they actually won't be bringing a long promised title to the UK, alternative means are long gone.
For me personally I wish I'd pounced on obscure Nozomi drops like Gundam-san because at the rate AL are going I've lost a lot of enthusiasm and keep expecting to hear they've lost what ownership they had of Gundam here. Not helped by in recent years they've been making Macross their priority mecha focus.