On a more cheerful note asides from just responding to stuff, I figured I'd drop in and discuss a few things we're working on to get feedback from folks.
We're doing our Q1 / Q2 planning and here are some things that cropped up when planning:
1. DURARARA
We listened to folks requests to not split things in two and we're willing to test it on Durarara!! for BD and DVD, the downside is that basically we have to keep the costs about the same as the two sets to actually not lose money on the title.
This means:
- Rigid box the same quality as Cowboy Bebop had, but a bit bulkier possibly depending on what kind of Digipack we use and final disc count.
- Complete series using same discs as Siren (we're co-authoring with them).
- Set of 4 art cards with it at least.
BLU-RAY will have an SRP of £79.99 - meaning it'll be less on Amazon for sure.
DVD will have an SRP of £49.99 and come with a different set of 4 art cards plus different artwork to the BD, basically in line with Bebop on DVD
Depending on the second set of discs authoring from Siren, we're aiming to get this out in March latest but it really does all hinge on when the masters are delivered to us. This means we have about a month to make any changes.
2. GURREN LAGANN
I'd like to throw this one out here a bit - what we were toying with so as not to cause too much trouble to the (now mostly sold out) US model points was to do it like this now:
- 1 ULTIMATE SET (Blu-Ray) - £149.99 SRP / Rigid Collectors Box (like Bebop but accommodates all the extras) + Digipack / Numbered and limited to 1,000 copies / TV Series + Movies + Parallel works / Hardback artbook (size tbd, A5 or A4).
- 1 TV SERIES Blu-Ray - £69.99 SRP / Rigid Collectors Box (like Bebop) + Digipack with different art to the ULTIMATE / TV SERIES only
- 1 DVD SERIES - £49.99 / Rigid Collectors box (Like Bebop) using different artwork again + Digipack / 4 art cards to go with.
Realistically depending on how many suggestions we can take on board or changes we have to make - we're looking at around April for this I'd say depending on what your fine selves think of the above ideas and how approvals go. But my team's working on packaging concepts already + sourcing artworks so on that end it's moving and video has been digitised so we can start authoring mid-November.
3. HOW YOU CAN HELP
Feedback! Basically things like:
- Ideas - things you'd like to see in the future perhaps?
- If we could revise the editions in one way, what would you want us to do?
- Items you'd like to see - keep in mind I'll tell you if they are likely too costly!
What we're looking for here is constructive and ideally polite comments on the ideas above - in the case of Durarara!! we don't have much time if we want to make any changes so speak quickly I suggest!
If this works, I'll come back for more opinions in future while at this stage and detail more of how it works .
Speak soon folks!
Andrew,
El Presidente, Anime Ltd
We're doing our Q1 / Q2 planning and here are some things that cropped up when planning:
1. DURARARA
We listened to folks requests to not split things in two and we're willing to test it on Durarara!! for BD and DVD, the downside is that basically we have to keep the costs about the same as the two sets to actually not lose money on the title.
This means:
- Rigid box the same quality as Cowboy Bebop had, but a bit bulkier possibly depending on what kind of Digipack we use and final disc count.
- Complete series using same discs as Siren (we're co-authoring with them).
- Set of 4 art cards with it at least.
BLU-RAY will have an SRP of £79.99 - meaning it'll be less on Amazon for sure.
DVD will have an SRP of £49.99 and come with a different set of 4 art cards plus different artwork to the BD, basically in line with Bebop on DVD
Depending on the second set of discs authoring from Siren, we're aiming to get this out in March latest but it really does all hinge on when the masters are delivered to us. This means we have about a month to make any changes.
2. GURREN LAGANN
I'd like to throw this one out here a bit - what we were toying with so as not to cause too much trouble to the (now mostly sold out) US model points was to do it like this now:
- 1 ULTIMATE SET (Blu-Ray) - £149.99 SRP / Rigid Collectors Box (like Bebop but accommodates all the extras) + Digipack / Numbered and limited to 1,000 copies / TV Series + Movies + Parallel works / Hardback artbook (size tbd, A5 or A4).
- 1 TV SERIES Blu-Ray - £69.99 SRP / Rigid Collectors Box (like Bebop) + Digipack with different art to the ULTIMATE / TV SERIES only
- 1 DVD SERIES - £49.99 / Rigid Collectors box (Like Bebop) using different artwork again + Digipack / 4 art cards to go with.
Realistically depending on how many suggestions we can take on board or changes we have to make - we're looking at around April for this I'd say depending on what your fine selves think of the above ideas and how approvals go. But my team's working on packaging concepts already + sourcing artworks so on that end it's moving and video has been digitised so we can start authoring mid-November.
3. HOW YOU CAN HELP
Feedback! Basically things like:
- Ideas - things you'd like to see in the future perhaps?
- If we could revise the editions in one way, what would you want us to do?
- Items you'd like to see - keep in mind I'll tell you if they are likely too costly!
What we're looking for here is constructive and ideally polite comments on the ideas above - in the case of Durarara!! we don't have much time if we want to make any changes so speak quickly I suggest!
If this works, I'll come back for more opinions in future while at this stage and detail more of how it works .
Speak soon folks!
Andrew,
El Presidente, Anime Ltd