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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rui" data-source="post: 428584" data-attributes="member: 2">Re: [UK Anime Distributor] MVM Entertainment Discussion ThreadI will buy local when the local companies meet my expectations. AL is doing this and they've made up a large percentage of my UK purchases for the last year, whereas MVM is still experimenting. I preordered Nagi-Asu the moment it went online because that's exactly what I want from a UK release; a version of the series which is exactly equal to the US edition (of course, I'll take 'better' too) without me having to compromise on anything, at all. I bought MVM's Samurai Champloo because they're using region free US discs; great, why not? Buying locally has the advantage that I can use coupons and familiar shops, and avoid paying those leeches at Parcelforce a penny for their shocking service. I'm happy to support that but not at the cost of buying a product I view as inferior to the overseas version.I don't like waiting in principle when we're actually waiting for some pointless turnaround process where Company A blocks Company B from releasing their inferior Australian issue for X months then Company C in the UK buys the materials from Company B, but when the wait is purely logistical (BBFC/shipping) it doesn't bother me at all. It's not like I don't have a backlog, and streaming takes the stress out of waiting. I'm not ever going to wait for a UK release where the entire value they're offering is to waste time and money making the localisation process unnecessarily complicated and introducing new defects that weren't present in the US ^^;So what I'm trying to say is I approve of MVM's experimenting. It's a shame that Maid Sama has lost out this time - but to be honest, there's a US edition out there for those who can't wait and it's actually the kind of show which might sell better on DVD anyway due to its demographic. MVM will lose out if UK buyers import, and strict UK-only BD fans will lose out if the experiment fails and the BD doesn't appear, but ultimately as fans this is a pretty good arrangement where we can still get the right version of the show from somewhere if we really want it, and as a bonus DVD-only fans get another release here. That's a lot better than most series ever get. I hope one day we'll be in a place where the system is streamlined to the extent that MVM can produce BDs cheaply and not suffer by trying to cater to the hardcore BD fans as well as the more casual ones. Until then I'm going to support the releases I like and pass over the ones I don't think are worth my money.R</blockquote>

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