butch-cassidy
Straw Hat Pirate
Alright guys, I just got my hands on the new Fruits Basket boxset, one of Revelation films first anime releases over here! And what do I think? I’m quite pleased 
The box is hard cardboard with nice artwork which is only distracted by badly stuck on stickers with age rating and the boxsets details on the back. This could be because it’s the US box imported but I can’t be sure.
The discs and box’s are the same as the MVM release however there are some slight changes. The box’s now have numbers added to them which unfortunately fails to blend into the rest of the text. With the exception of the Revolation films logo the back is the same. The adverts on the inside of the cover have now been replaced with a piece of Fruits Basket promotion artwork, same as the first of the box.
So how is Revelation staking up? They seem to be very similar to MVM’s releases however this is to be expected since it is still only another company releasing for Funimation.
The biggest changes I noticed where with price and with distribution. I found Full Metal Alchemist 9 and Spiral 1 on the shelf, at £15.95 and £12.95. This is definitely better value that MVM’s single discs. The FB boxset however did cost £50 which is abit much considering an MVM set would sell for £40 RRP and when FB was released on single discs it would have been £80 for the full series.
I also noticed that in my local HMV they were very well stocked with the new Revelation releases. I had never seen so much of one release other than Manga boxsets or Studio Ghibli releases. I look forward to seeing where they are going though and look forward to more Funimation releases making it over the pond.
The box is hard cardboard with nice artwork which is only distracted by badly stuck on stickers with age rating and the boxsets details on the back. This could be because it’s the US box imported but I can’t be sure.
The discs and box’s are the same as the MVM release however there are some slight changes. The box’s now have numbers added to them which unfortunately fails to blend into the rest of the text. With the exception of the Revolation films logo the back is the same. The adverts on the inside of the cover have now been replaced with a piece of Fruits Basket promotion artwork, same as the first of the box.
So how is Revelation staking up? They seem to be very similar to MVM’s releases however this is to be expected since it is still only another company releasing for Funimation.
The biggest changes I noticed where with price and with distribution. I found Full Metal Alchemist 9 and Spiral 1 on the shelf, at £15.95 and £12.95. This is definitely better value that MVM’s single discs. The FB boxset however did cost £50 which is abit much considering an MVM set would sell for £40 RRP and when FB was released on single discs it would have been £80 for the full series.
I also noticed that in my local HMV they were very well stocked with the new Revelation releases. I had never seen so much of one release other than Manga boxsets or Studio Ghibli releases. I look forward to seeing where they are going though and look forward to more Funimation releases making it over the pond.