I posted another item from this seller in the bargains thread yesterday, was quickly confirmed to be a fake item. The print quality of the cover in that picture looks rather poor (I noticed it on Regu's face)
Vols 5 & 6 have finally dispatched.
Much as I do like AnimEigo a lot for bringing us so much Sonoda (though I was a wee bit miffed over the GSC cover art situation - listening to people is not always a good idea because a lot of people are idiots, one of the flaws of Kickstarter, also democracy) these prices are getting a little hard to justify especially when you add in the $30 international shipping (approx. £30 at current exchange rates, though it's likely we'll be the 51st State by the time it's shipped anyway so it might end up being less). I'll probably still end up pledging though, should it go international.
Fair enough on the participation front, but I'm no longer so sure of the "may otherwise not get made" part any more - AnimEigo have surely gauged and captured their market for retro anime on Blu-ray now given how massively successful all their Sonoda show Kickstarters have been, I'm not sure their new releases really all need to be done that way any more. I'm thankful for everything they've released on BD so far and have backed every single one of them up to this point, but I'm kinda missing the days when they also released longer shows like Urusei Yatsura and You're Under Arrest (I don't know how it sold for them, I'm guessing poorly, but YUA very definitely needs a re-release).
To be fair to them, the idea is to avoid customs charges by bulk shipping them to Europe first and then on to the end customers from within the EU, but at $30 I'm not certain it's actually any better than just sending by regular mail and chancing the charges. 20% of $90 is $18, about £14.80.
