Region 2 Market about to take a major hit?

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Ryo Chan

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just looking on AnimeonDvd and found next years releases for Revelations shows

Tsubasa
Volume 3: 21 January 2008
Volume 4: 21 April 2008
Volume 5: 21 July 2008
Volume 6: 20 October 2008

School Rumble
Volume 1/Starter Set: 21 January 2008
Volume 2: 21 April 2008
Volume 3: 21 July 2008
Volume 4: 20 October 2008
Volume 5: January 2009
Volume 6: April 2009

Hell Girl
Volume 1/Starter Set: 16 February 2008
Volume 2: 19 May 2008
Volume 3: 18 August 2008
Volume 4: 17 November 2008
Volume 5: February 2009
Volume 6: May 2009

Mushi-Shi
Volume 3: 18 February 2008
Volume 4: 19 May 2008
Volume 5: 18 August 2008
Volume 6: 17 November 2008

Beck
Volume 3: 24 March 2008
Volume 4: 23 June 2008
Volume 5: 22 September 2008
Volume 6: 15 December 2008

Moon Phase
Volume 5: 24 March 2008
Volume 6: 23 June 2008

Peach Girl
Volume 4: 24 March 2008
Volume 5: 21 July 2008
Volume 6: 17 November 2008

that's 3 months between each volume

now with it already quicker to buy R1 dvd's that it is to wait on R2, surely making people wait 3 months per volume is going to hurt R2 sales, specially given that most R1 volumes are release monthly or bymonthly at the worse
 
2009 on some of them!? WHOA I could be dead by then, oh well, oh it also seems the final volume of Beck would make a nice Christmas present for me. ; D
 
needless to say, i won't be buying any Revelation's titles anytime soon, by the time i'd of completed a series i'd have another 50 to watch XD
 
Next year to finish Beck. SRSLY. I'll import the rest I think. I like how for the most part R1 DVD's are monthly. Just as soon as you get some money again, It goes on the next volume. =/
 
These could be provisional, or even made up, dates. Time will tell. Though it obviously wouldn't be too peachy if true.
 
That's absolutely ridiculous! If I would have known I'd have to wait until this time next year to finish Beck and Mushi Shi, I wouldn't have started collecting it!
 
CitizenGeek said:
That's absolutely ridiculous! If I would have known I'd have to wait until this time next year to finish Beck and Mushi Shi, I wouldn't have started collecting it!
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Exactly my thoughts. I usually take a long time to get through series but not that long.
 
I somehow doubt that those are real dates, I doubt FUNimation would allow Revilation to be that crap with they're release dates. But meh if they are at least it means that I’ll have easily enough time to save up for the new volumes, blow the money on some other series then still have time to re save XD
 
I don't mind the wait as it gives me time to save up for each volume, ha ha. :D Am collecting Mushishi so was very interested to see the dates, didn't expect it to be a year before completing the series though. In looking on the up side there are three anime tv series I am keeping track of at the moment so it does help try and space out the spending!

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Have just read dates for the other anime series and the ones like Tsubasa do seem awfully spaced out, can see why people are not impressed.
 
I would have preferred that they complete two series, say Moon Phase and Peach Girl before starting two new ones. For someone who'e four volumes into Moon Phase having to wait six months for the last two has got to sting.
 
pneboy said:
hey how did you get region 2 only on animeondvd
ps. nice work on finding these
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There is a board on the forum dedicated to R2UK and R4 (Australia) where the original topic was posted.
MONONOKE said:
I don' mind waiting for the rest of tsubasa to come out but it will give me time to save up for hell girl and school rumble.
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That is one way of looking at it but given the size of School Rumble and Tsubasa (both 52+ episodes long) it will take about 4 years to release them at that rate. That is a long time and a huge commitment.
 
Another way to look at this is by releases per month


January 21st
Tsubasa: Volume 3
School Rumble: Volume 1

February 18th
Mushi-shi Volume 3
Hell Girl: Volume 1

March 24th
Beck: Volume 3
Moon Phase: Volume 5
Peach Girl: Volume 4

April 21st
Tsubasa: Volume 4
School Rumble: Volume 2

May 19th
Hell Girl: Volume 2
Mushi-shi: Volume 4

June 23rd
Beck Volume 4
Moon Phase: Volume 6

21st July
Tsubasa: Volume 5
School Rumble: Volume 3
Peach Girl: Volume 5

18th August
Hell Girl: Volume 3
Mushi-shi: Volume 5

22nd September
Beck Volume 5

20th October
Tsubasa: Volume 6
School Rumble: Volume 4

17th November
Peach Girl: Volume 6
Mushi-shi: Volume 6
Hell Girl: Volume 4

15th December
Beck: Volume 6


If you are trying to keep the number of releases down to around three a month, that makes sense. There are also logical slots for Suzuka in April, June, September and December.
 
that's a good way to think of it 'just passing through'.

Another thing to think about as well, is if the cost for Revelation to release new volumes that quickly was hitting their finance pretty hard.

It could have been a lot worse. it could have been a longer gap in between releases.

If you look at the list 'just passing through' made, it actually seems quite logical to me.
 
Just Passing Through said:
Another way to look at this is by releases per month

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If you are trying to keep the number of releases down to around three a month, that makes sense. There are also logical slots for Suzuka in April, June, September and December.
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I have no doubts that it makes perfect economic sense but from a consumer point of view it could be very painful, especially if you were only collecting/interested in a small amount of anime which you could easily afford. This could very easily be a side-effect of Revelation's aggressive pricing and release strategy or possibly an indication of saturation in the UK market. Certainly a slower rate of release does give more consumers the chance to pick up titles at a rate they are more likely to be able to afford but there is the chance that the slower release rate will put some consumers off committing to such a long schedule. Remember that some people complain about bi-monthly releases, even as it stands. What those same people will think of quarterly releases is anybody's guess.

I can see both sides of the argument but personally I prefer the current rate to the slower quarterly presented here.
 
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