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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Smeelia" data-source="post: 428585" data-attributes="member: 273">Re: [UK Anime Distributor] MVM Entertainment Discussion ThreadIt's not often easy from the outside looking in to figure out what makes a release turn out the way it does but it'd be risky to just buy sub-standard products in the hope that it's something out of their control or that they might be able to fix with support from sales.  I can't help feeling sympathetic when a company is struggling but it's quite possible that sympathy is misplaced at times.I guess part of the problem is that people have different standards in the first place so even when a company puts in it's best effort it'll probably still hear complaints about something.  I don't think that's really an excuse either but it can make it difficult to really decide what should count as an "acceptable" release and what falls short.I'm not sure there are less fans but since there are more streaming options and other alternatives these days not every fan will be buying physical products (I guess such fans might also be less visible to others).  It is tough because I'm quite fond of owning physical copies of things but that's not such a big priority for some and it does mean there are less of us to support that aspect of the industry.  Still, if the physical side of anime died off I don't think it'd necessarily be the end of anime in the UK.  We could end up in a situation where there is still plenty of anime available and even through more "mainstream" channels (more anime on Netflix is a pretty good start really) but no one buys physical copies of anime anymore.  It'd be bad for those of us that like owning physical copies of anime but it wouldn't necessarily be bad for anime itself.I think Anime Limited have done pretty well with their standard edition releases as well.  It seems they have a reputation for being the "special edition" company, which isn't undeserved but I think they do a bit more than that.  It may seem like you have to wait ages for the standard edition but I can't help feeling that's influenced by the fact there's a special edition release already out there making it feel like a longer wait.  Other companies tend to release things long after they've been streamed and often quite some time after the US release but it probably doesn't feel like much of a wait because to many people there's simply no option available to them until the UK release (or not one they feel is reasonably accessible, at least).I don't know if it's something that Anime Limited really have any control over but their releases do often seem to go on sale or otherwise temporarily drop to pretty good prices.  I think it's especially true of their standard editions (you could get the entire Cowboy Bebop on Blu-ray for less than £20 at one point) but it certainly seems to pay to keep track of their releases and/or be lucky about when you get them.I feel kind of bad talking about Anime Limited (and other companies, for that matter) in the MVM thread but I think that what the competition is doing is relevant.Rui posted while I was writing this but I don't have much to say about that except that I pretty much agree.</blockquote>

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