Googlyhead
School Idol
I have the Manga UK “Macross Plus Ultimate Edition” DVD (3 discs, 2 cases, card sleeve), and the discs AREN’T mislabelled. I just chucked them in to make sure.
Defective or Disappointing UK Anime Discs
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sniper_samurai
Time-Traveller
Iirc the single sets that came with the Manga Force magazine were mislabeled though.
Googlyhead
School Idol
Well, as luck would have it; I’ve also got the “Manga Force” discs…
They don’t seem to be mislabelled either.
Specific to LD’s points: The disc labelled and packaged as “The Movie” is indeed the movie (code VFC01466 same as the retail disc), and the episodes 1/2 disc correctly contains the episode 1 and 2 (both by menu and end credits)
Would CEX even have taken non-retail/barcodes discs (back when they took DVDs)? My inference was that LD had a partial/split retail set.
Lucky_Deity
Dragon Knight
I checked both discs of my copy and disc one which says Episode 1 - 2 contains Episode 3 - 4 and disc two which says Episode 3 - 4 contains the Movie Edition.
I've ordered the Movie Edition from CeX which should match up with this set to see what is contained on that disc.
If I have no luck I'll get rid of both copies and just watch the OVA's on Disney+ eventually and wait for the standard edition of the Movie Edition on blu-ray to release.
I've ordered the Movie Edition from CeX which should match up with this set to see what is contained on that disc.
If I have no luck I'll get rid of both copies and just watch the OVA's on Disney+ eventually and wait for the standard edition of the Movie Edition on blu-ray to release.
Neil.T
Idolm@ster
For what it's worth, I have the Macross Plus Ultimate Edition 3-DVD set from Manga Entertainment as well as the Manga Force version of Macross Plus: The Movie, and I can report that my discs are NOT mislabelled either.
Maybe there was a separate print run at some point that resulted in mislabelled discs? Dunno.
Just to jump on this as I still have my original copy and can confirm initial copies were mislabelled. As mentioned, mine also has disc labelled movie which is actually parts 1 & 2, parts 1 & 2 is actually 3 & 4 and 3 & 4 is actually the movie. Very confusing the first time you put it in!For what it's worth, I have the Macross Plus Ultimate Edition 3-DVD set from Manga Entertainment as well as the Manga Force version of Macross Plus: The Movie, and I can report that my discs are NOT mislabelled either.
Maybe there was a separate print run at some point that resulted in mislabelled discs? Dunno.
Lucky_Deity
Dragon Knight
My copy of Macross Plus: Movie Edition arrived from CeX but it ended up being the Manga Force version of it so it has the corrected disc. I'll just trade these back in and either pick up the double-pack so I know whatever version I get will have all the discs will be there, mislabelled or not or just not bother and hope AL will release a standard edition or regular sized CE containing the OVA's.
I did take a gamble with CeX online tbf as even if a title has multiple releases, sometimes they're all under the same listing so you could receive whatever version.
Aion
Chuunibyou
In-step with the above mislabeling, I have some work for @Roy. 'Tis fortuitous you made this topic for me.
I don't think it's widely known as few buy CEs to actually watch anime but there's been a major
-up with the UK AoT final season steelbook. I learned about it via Amazon reviews--there are only 6 ratings. A user posted this illustration of ery... which makes it more confusing tbh. But as I'm much too lazy to do my own diagram, heyho(e)~
The TLTR is, the first 3 discs are correct. The last 4 are all mislabeled. I confirmed this myself:
Disc 6 is disc 4.
Disc 7 is disc 5.
Disc 4 is disc 6.
Disc 5 is disc 7.
I suggest everyone that pre-ordered checks so we can arm ourselves with e-pitchforks.
Not sure whoooo to complain to given CR have no staff on AUKN. Thus, I'm complaining to Roy. That is all.
I don't think it's widely known as few buy CEs to actually watch anime but there's been a major
-up with the UK AoT final season steelbook. I learned about it via Amazon reviews--there are only 6 ratings. A user posted this illustration of ery... which makes it more confusing tbh. But as I'm much too lazy to do my own diagram, heyho(e)~The TLTR is, the first 3 discs are correct. The last 4 are all mislabeled. I confirmed this myself:
Disc 6 is disc 4.
Disc 7 is disc 5.
Disc 4 is disc 6.
Disc 5 is disc 7.
I suggest everyone that pre-ordered checks so we can arm ourselves with e-pitchforks.
Not sure whoooo to complain to given CR have no staff on AUKN. Thus, I'm complaining to Roy. That is all.
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sniper_samurai
Time-Traveller
You could have finished that thought with CR have no staff. The UK arm is run from the US via a PR firm as they closed the UK office the second the ink was dry on the merger, which is why Classroom of the Elite Season 1 will never be fixed despite having multiple episodes with missing subtitles.In-step with the above mislabeling, I have some work for @Roy. 'Tis fortuitous you made this topic for me.
I don't think it's widely known as few buy CEs to actually watch anime but there's been a major
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The TLTR is, the first 3 discs are correct. The last 4 are all mislabeled. I confirmed this myself:
Disc 6 is disc 4.
Disc 7 is disc 5.
Disc 4 is disc 6.
Disc 5 is disc 7.
I suggest everyone that pre-ordered checks so we can arm ourselves with e-pitchforks.
Not sure whoooo to complain to given CR have no staff on AUKN. Thus, I'm complaining to Roy. That is all.
Girls with Guns
Claymore
Hmm, I'll have to check my copies of the US steelbook releases more closely - but they are downstairs in my basement theater room, and it's too chilly to go down there right now for me to bother, with it being 10° F / -12° C outside at the moment - I didn't really notice much if any difference in the whiteness of the text on the US steels, and it's hard to tell in the one photo I took of all four spines together. The color of the text looks fairly uniform here...
Aion
Chuunibyou
That's less than ideal, then. Multiple eps unsubbed reads like an even worse cock-up. If that went uncorrected... welp.
One of the unhappy Amazon reviewers mentioned getting replacement discs, so I assumed was some form of replacement scheme. They most likely ordered a replacement from Amazon, and suffice to say likely all copies are the same.
...This reminds me that there is actually another issue with the AoT steelbooks: the text on the spines differs for meeee. S1/final season for some reason have text that is nigh invisible unless a light source is nearby. S2-3 have clearly visible white text. At first I thought it a bizarre start/end stylistic choice. Most likely another error. Anyone else's the same? 'Twas a great decision to get rid of my mixed Manga/CR box sets to save space~
Pretty sure I can tell at a glance; all four of yours match the spines on my S1+final season steelbooks as rather than plain white, the text is greyish. 'Tis the same effect the Studio Canal Ghibli steelbooks have.
It can be hard to tell in a photo as, if like mine, the text will appear more clear/silver and react under a light bulb etc. Not sure what the term for it is but for whatever reason, only my S1/the final season match your uniform four. No clue if a UK specific issue. Or if it's specific to each steelbook vs RNG.
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Girls with Guns
Claymore
Yes, that photo can be a bit deceiving - because the photo was taken at an angle, the lettering is also picking up some of the purple color of the carpet reflected by the camera flash, which is making the lettering look a bit duller than it actually is. That CR logo on the Final steel is also glowing from just the correct angle of camera flash causing a bright reflection, so it is not nearly as brilliant as it looks in the photo, either - I noticed that right away when I took the photo.
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Aion
Chuunibyou
On my S2/3 sets, the text does not react to light/reflections, is ze thing. Now that I look closer, the S1 CR logo on my copy has a matching finish with the text... where as on the final season the logo is plain white, unlike whatever they did to the text. So it's not even consistent on the same steelbook.
It's difficult to highlight on a photo but the TLTR is, my S1/final season text has a reflective, silver finish. S2-S3 doth not.
Iuno about the logo appearing white in your image re
, but on mine the difference between logo and and text is not the lighting.
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