I like how Jerome instantly makes the same bloody mistake half their sodding audience does by listing the RRP rather than the actual sales price (~£105 on Rightstuf)
Let's put that into context. Depending on the title, that's four Sentai half sets for around the same price (Or slightly more), for less in the way of episodes and bog standard packaging.
I don't really think that he's is in a position to complain when Manga is the company which is partially the problem when it comes to licensing anime for the UK. This is the same company which wants to sell as many bog standard copies as physically possible for a dirt cheap price, and then wonders why companies like Aniplex impose licensing restrictions, or why the deal for CSS fell through.
I'm also going to guess that part of Jerome's rant stems from the fact that the deal to release CSS here fell through, but why he feels the need to rant about the release strategy of another company for a older niche title on twitter, which comes on BD with 70 Dual Audio episodes, an artbox and artbook for a reasonable price is beyond me, especially considering
nothing Manga releases is anything like this at all. Do they not consider that people don't always want the bare minimum? I honestly couldn't tell you the last time I bought a MangaUK release.
The whole rant just screams, "I am the embodiment of the UK fandom and I want it cheap, agree with me people".
Are you aware that on 80% of all anime licenses we acquire for UK we have to adhere to strict holdbacks allowing the US distributor up top 6 months exclusivity on their release.
Well, looks like we've gone from 3 months to 6 months all of a sudden. If you stopped creating your own PAL conversions then maybe you'd be able to get titles out a bit faster.
Don't get me wrong, I really like the people behind Manga, but this whole stupid rant just puts them in a negative light.
