Since no one has posted it, here's Manga UK's version of the Evangelion: 3.33 trailer (WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS)
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ConanThe3rd
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Was there any word on how that all shook out (release wise) eventually?NormanicGrav said:
ConanThe3rd said:
No news, except a Spring release date. Looking at the comments on the FB page, Andrew is still working on finalising how they are going to release the series.
Meanwhile in Australia:
Looks like the Sentai geolocking has now passed on to Australian Madman discs, starting with Horizon Season 2. Just a warning for those who want to import the Aussie Blu-ray discs.
Madman said:
Just Passing Through
The Wildcard
Should be fine for the UK if Manga are using Madman masters here. Horizon on the middle of nowhere season 2 was released here on Blu-ray.
Mangaranga
Za Warudo
Is there really any need for this outside of Region A discs though?
How many people do they think there are in Japan with multiregion BD players to import region B anime?
I'm assuming they are just re-purposing Sentai's lockout screen, which also makes me wonder whether this can be bypassed in the same way that the Wrong BD code screen can.
How many people do they think there are in Japan with multiregion BD players to import region B anime?
I'm assuming they are just re-purposing Sentai's lockout screen, which also makes me wonder whether this can be bypassed in the same way that the Wrong BD code screen can.
Rosencrantz
Dragon Knight
Mangaranga said:
Region B stuff is cheaper than US A, therefore there exists a market.
I've seen reports of UK Amazon items being flagged up in Japanese forums as a cheap source of Anime, Though this region lock thing seems so easily bypassed I'm sure anyone savvy enough to have a region B capable player in Japan also knows how to change its country,
Shiroi Hane
Dragon Knight
Strike Witches was an upscale too.Lawrence said:
Not necessarily; Madman (at least for DVDs; got less to go on where BDs are concerned) usually run off a separate version of the master for Manga with different trailers and (for DVDs) region code.Just Passing Through said:
See http://schoolgirlmilkycrisis.com/2011/09/07/ill-winds/ and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BevPFBmOdigRosencrantz said:
Just Passing Through
The Wildcard
Shiroi Hane said:
Given that AU DVDs are Region 4, and UK DVDs are Region 2, it makes sense that there would be separate masters. Authoring DVDs are cheaper and easier too compared to Blu-ray. But Manga's Blu-rays with Madman tend to have both company logos on at the head, and since they are both Region B, it would be a waste of money and time to create two masters, unless mandated by licensor requirements.
Peachy
Bumpkin
From the MangaUK podcast:
All those art works that were posted for Q1 aren't final, there's someone leaking images. The Eva 3.33 booklet isn't confirmed.
28th April for Guilty Crown Part 2.
Interested in Steelbook releases for Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Summer Wars, EVA'S, GITS etc, asking for comments on that.
If they could have any titles they'd have: Studio Ghibli. They wish they could have had Anime Limited's catalog, specifically Perfect Blue & Bebop (took some comical shots at Andrew lol) but love what he's doing with the titles. JG is jealous of MVM having Girls Und Panzer, I also believe someone mentioned Patlabor
Death Note all together has sold around 60,000 - 70,000
FMA: Brotherhood Complete: Over 4000 so far.
They believe the third Madoka Magica film will be picked up but not definitely by them, sounds like they want the third one but not the first two (personal opinion I got off what they said) ..also mentioned that the show didn't sell as well as expected.
The Dragonball Z Season 1 Part 1,2,3,4,5,6 was made for sale in the likes of Sainsburys for the kids section but it didn't work out so they put it out for all retailers (the usual, amazon, play etc) However, it's unlikely they'll release the other DBZ series this way.
Persona 4 1&3 & Code Geass Season 1 being OOP: Completely sold out. On January 27th all three volumes of Persona 4 will be re-released in separate Blu Ray & DVD cases, no more collectors edition packaging. Code Geass Season 1, more stock on the way but unsure on when.
All those art works that were posted for Q1 aren't final, there's someone leaking images. The Eva 3.33 booklet isn't confirmed.
28th April for Guilty Crown Part 2.
Interested in Steelbook releases for Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Summer Wars, EVA'S, GITS etc, asking for comments on that.
If they could have any titles they'd have: Studio Ghibli. They wish they could have had Anime Limited's catalog, specifically Perfect Blue & Bebop (took some comical shots at Andrew lol) but love what he's doing with the titles. JG is jealous of MVM having Girls Und Panzer, I also believe someone mentioned Patlabor
Death Note all together has sold around 60,000 - 70,000
FMA: Brotherhood Complete: Over 4000 so far.
They believe the third Madoka Magica film will be picked up but not definitely by them, sounds like they want the third one but not the first two (personal opinion I got off what they said) ..also mentioned that the show didn't sell as well as expected.
The Dragonball Z Season 1 Part 1,2,3,4,5,6 was made for sale in the likes of Sainsburys for the kids section but it didn't work out so they put it out for all retailers (the usual, amazon, play etc) However, it's unlikely they'll release the other DBZ series this way.
Persona 4 1&3 & Code Geass Season 1 being OOP: Completely sold out. On January 27th all three volumes of Persona 4 will be re-released in separate Blu Ray & DVD cases, no more collectors edition packaging. Code Geass Season 1, more stock on the way but unsure on when.
Ironic how the UK has the cheapest version for Madoka and yet it didn't sell well for them.
At least the DBZ Parts issue is solved.
Nice to see standard versions of P4A happening for those who don't mind Kaze (so far no version is definitive for this series, US is stuck with Dub only [BD only] and UK/AU is stuck with locked subs and some issues).
At least the DBZ Parts issue is solved.
Nice to see standard versions of P4A happening for those who don't mind Kaze (so far no version is definitive for this series, US is stuck with Dub only [BD only] and UK/AU is stuck with locked subs and some issues).
Rosencrantz
Dragon Knight
NormanicGrav said:
Did they actually bother to advertise it? I recall we had discussions months before it's release hoping they'd do a solid ad campaign and I can't say I saw much of anything
kuuderes_shadow
Thousand Master
Seven Seas have licensed D-FRAG
Very interesting that Madoka Magica underperformed in its bargain bin release, while AoA's deluxe version is almost sold out ( https://www.facebook.com/AniplexUSA/pos ... 7447746536 ). Perhaps people will eventually realise that demanding lower and lower prices to attract extra sales which will never materialise is not going to work out in the long term for every series ^^;
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With Madoka Magica, you really just have to think about it like this: The AniplexUSA sets were released first, had amazing extras and were region free. Despite the UK edition being the cheapest in the world, the more dedicated fans would have snapped up the sets with the fancy extras (like I did), which being region free, will cut into the sales here. I imagine that this situation will replicate itself with Sword Art Online as well.
The only way I can really see this situation changing is for AniplexUSA to let the release gap between the US and UK shorten, to actually region lock their releases (which won't be a popular decision here xD) or to let us have the cool extras too (which I doubt MangaUK would actually do, at least without a lot of careful consideration). It's a shame that AniplexUSA and MangaUK can't come to an agreement like, MangaUK will pay to have the big Aniplex releases BBFC'd, then Aniplex simply do one print-run (as they're region free anyway) and give MangaUK a percentage of the stock to distribute. Unfortunately, as the UK market is so small, I doubt Aniplex would want to as they wouldn't really gain anything (and they would most likely have to delay releases for BBFCing).
Maybe the UK anime distributors should get together and lobby parliament or something to amend the act that states that the certificates have to be burned on the disc, using the reasoning that putting limitations on them encourages importers, taking money away from the UK economy or something like that?
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(Also, the Madoka movie question was mine =3).
The only way I can really see this situation changing is for AniplexUSA to let the release gap between the US and UK shorten, to actually region lock their releases (which won't be a popular decision here xD) or to let us have the cool extras too (which I doubt MangaUK would actually do, at least without a lot of careful consideration). It's a shame that AniplexUSA and MangaUK can't come to an agreement like, MangaUK will pay to have the big Aniplex releases BBFC'd, then Aniplex simply do one print-run (as they're region free anyway) and give MangaUK a percentage of the stock to distribute. Unfortunately, as the UK market is so small, I doubt Aniplex would want to as they wouldn't really gain anything (and they would most likely have to delay releases for BBFCing).
Maybe the UK anime distributors should get together and lobby parliament or something to amend the act that states that the certificates have to be burned on the disc, using the reasoning that putting limitations on them encourages importers, taking money away from the UK economy or something like that?
.(Also, the Madoka movie question was mine =3).
Joshawott said:With Madoka Magica, you really just have to think about it like this: The AniplexUSA sets were released first, had amazing extras and were region free. Despite the UK edition being the cheapest in the world, the more dedicated fans would have snapped up the sets with the fancy extras (like I did), which being region free, will cut into the sales here. I imagine that this situation will replicate itself with Sword Art Online as well.
The only way I can really see this situation changing is for AniplexUSA to let the release gap between the US and UK shorten, to actually region lock their releases (which won't be a popular decision here xD) or to let us have the cool extras too (which I doubt MangaUK would actually do, at least without a lot of careful consideration). It's a shame that AniplexUSA and MangaUK can't come to an agreement like, MangaUK will pay to have the big Aniplex releases BBFC'd, then Aniplex simply do one print-run (as they're region free anyway) and give MangaUK a percentage of the stock to distribute. Unfortunately, as the UK market is so small, I doubt Aniplex would want to as they wouldn't really gain anything (and they would most likely have to delay releases for BBFCing).
Maybe the UK anime distributors should get together and lobby parliament or something to amend the act that states that the certificates have to be burned on the disc, using the reasoning that putting limitations on them encourages importers, taking money away from the UK economy or something like that?
'Forcing' customers to buy the budget release instead of the nice one won't win back trust from customers like me. I am against adding more region locking in principle, no matter where in the world it takes place and for whose benefit it is intended. Give fans as much choice as possible. Also, if the fans all choose nice things over cheap things, perhaps try and listen to them. I don't often buy UK things because I have the perception that UK things suck, and that's a perception that the industry has intentionally cultivated.
Of course, it's impossible to know how much it missed its unknown expected amount by, and it could still be profitable for them to keep devaluing anime. ^^; But next time AoA announce a nice set for something Manga UK has also licensed, the knowledge that I won't get a nicer version if I wait will mean I continue to import. If they want to stop this behaviour they have to make their sets nicer than AoA's to make people worry that they could regret their choice (or just encourage them to buy it twice, which I'd do for a good series if it had two good releases with different incentives). If I knew Manga UK's version would be as good or better than AoA's I'd be happy to wait.
The BBFC restriction needs to die though, I agree.
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