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I wish something similar with happen with Durarara! Even Amazonhas bloody emailed me about "my order placed in February" and how they are now reaching out to the providers for a release date and I can cancel if I wish etc. Not cancelling as still currently was for the best price I spotted although now there's no price on that site lolol.
 
Yeah that is a bit of a let down, especially when you see that the manga for other recently aired/airing series are coming out in January, but at least it's coming out. That's the main thing.

While I wait, I suppose I should finish reading the volumes that are already on my shelf....
 
Looks like Funimation's stream for Psycho Pass is a bit dark..

Checking the latest sales for Blu-rays in Japan, here's a good round-up so far:

New additions to the chart:
- Glasslip v1 sells 584 BDs, DVDs do not rank.

Still in the chart:
- Free! Eternal Summer v1 adds 435/330, total 21,130.
- Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun v1 adds 1164/754, total 13,694.
- Aldnoah.Zero v1 adds 684 BDs, total 8,977.
- Barakamon v1 adds 778/384, total 6,873.
- Black Butler [Kuroshitsuji]: Book of Circus v2 adds 462/539, total 6,855.
- Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 2wei! adds 599 BDs, total 5,487.
- Hanayamata v1 adds 700 BDs, total 4,521.
- Tokyo Ghoul v1 adds 412/390 DVDs, total 4,469.
- Bakumatsu Rock v2 adds 523/304, total 3,372.
- Locodol v1 adds 724 BDs, total 3,198.
- Yama no Susume s2 v1 adds 406 BDs, total 3,272.
- Rokujouma no Shinryakusha!? v1 adds 527 BDs, total 2,855.
- Sabagebu! v1 adds 236, total 2,219 as a BD-only release.
- Love Stage v1 adds 301 DVDs, total 1,917.
- Zankyou no Terror v1 adds 248 BDs, total 1,767.
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UPDATE

Japanese Blu-ray and DVD volumes of Terra Formars will have English subtitles!
v1: December 19, 2014. 13 episodes solicited so far. Amazon Japan exclusive available for all 7 volumes (BD & DVD). EngSub for both BD & DVD.
- v1 to v6 BDs: 6400yen each; v7 BD: 5000yen
- v1 to v6 DVDs: 6400yen each; v7 DVD: 5000yen
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On Amazon JP, Volume 1 is about 6912 Yen (~£40)
 
NormanicGrav said:
Looks like Funimation's stream for Psycho Pass is a bit dark..
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FYI Grav, all of Funi simulcasts are like that. They have been for as long as I can remember. Here's one for Tokyo Ghoul for example.

NormanicGrav said:
Japanese Blu-ray and DVD volumes of Terra Formars will have English subtitles!
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Not too surprising since it's being put out by Warner Japan. They seem to be the only one who's interested in putting EngSub on their singles, granted they haven't done for a season or two now.
I haven't started anything from this season yet due to being ill, so I'm not sure if this show is even any good. I've heard it's heavily censored.
 
Mangaranga said:
NormanicGrav said:
Looks like Funimation's stream for Psycho Pass is a bit dark..
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FYI Grav, all of Funi simulcasts are like that. They have been for as long as I can remember. Here's one for Tokyo Ghoul for example.
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I learn something new every day, thanks for verifying that. I read some folks complaining about it on their FB page so I thought I mention it here to see what you (& others) thought of it.
Mangaranga said:
NormanicGrav said:
Japanese Blu-ray and DVD volumes of Terra Formars will have English subtitles!
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Not too surprising since it's being put out by Warner Japan. They seem to be the only one who's interested in putting EngSub on their singles, granted they haven't done for a season or two now.
I haven't started anything from this season yet due to being ill, so I'm not sure if this show is even any good. I've heard it's heavily censored.
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Like Tokyo Ghoul, the anime is censored and butchered/fast-paced/missing scenes/losing bits of character development but for those who haven't read the manga it's a fairly good series. The censoring in Episode 3 was hilarious though (note the show takes the JoJo timeslot so censorship was expected).
 
Why are FUNimation's streams darker when the actual BDs are lighter than the JP versions (which was cited as a possible factor in the Lain banding situation)? I know there are standards differences between Japan and the US but it doesn't make sense to me when the same hardware is able to display both!

R
 
Funimation have announced the release dates for their next Bandai rescue titles - the .hack shows.

Good news is all four of them will be available by the first half of 2015, the bad news is that they are DVD only.

.hack//SIGN - February 24th
.hack//Legend of Twilight - April 7th
.hack//Roots - May 19th
.hack//G.U. Trilogy - June 30th ~ No English dub will be produced, this title will be released as subtitle only.
 
Sunrise and Right Stuf are teaming up to release some Gundam titles in the US!

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/20 ... ide/.79830

I'm mostly excited for Turn A but the rest is interesting too, especially as much of the series has been in limbo for a while. I wonder whether any of our UK companies have anything to reveal as part of this? Looking at Andrew in particular after his coup with the new show :)

R

Edit: Curse you, NormanicGrav! :D
 
Rui said:
Edit: Curse you, NormanicGrav! :D
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IT'S A RUI! :lol:

I'll edit the post and let you take the credit if you want.

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Now this is going to be tough. With Rightstuf handling the franchise, their sets generally look good (you know, those chipboard artbox sets like Funimation's but with thin-packs i.e. Utena) and since they're giving Blu-ray a chance at some point I'm torn between US and UK (as I can probably guess that Anime Limited will eventually have the UK rights to Gundam given Manga and MVM can't handle it).
 
NormanicGrav said:
I'll edit the post and let you take the credit if you want.

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Now this is going to be tough. With Rightstuf handling the franchise, their sets generally look good (you know, those chipboard artbox sets like Funimation's but with thin-packs i.e. Utena) and since they're giving Blu-ray a chance at some point I'm torn between US and UK (as I can probably guess that Anime Limited will eventually have the UK rights to Gundam given Manga and MVM can't handle it).
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We both know who really won the race :)

It's definitely going to be interesting - having a choice of two different tempting releases is definitely better than the alternative! It would be great if they can share production duties so both sides get the best possible release in terms of discs. Both companies are capable of gorgeous physical releases :)

Sorry Andrew, don't mind us just assuming you're going for the other Gundam titles too even if you haven't actually said so; it's fun to speculate!

R
 
Rather late but Aniplex of America have more sets incoming for December and January.

Alongside Gurren Lagann Set 2 and Sword Art Online: Extra Edition, Onimonogatari will be released in December.
Coming 12/30

ONIMONOGATARI Limited Edition Blu-ray Set

Blu-ray Specs
Language: Japanese
Video: 16:9 Widescreen
Episode: SHINOBU TIME Episodes 1-4
Number of Disc: 2 Blu-ray Discs
Subtitles: English
Total Run Time: Approx. 105 min.
Rating: 16 UP

Bonus Contents
■Textless Ending
■PV & CM Collections
Bonus Materials & Special Package
■Deluxe Booklet
■Pinup Postcard Set
■Package Illustrated by AKIO WATANABE (character design)

*Bonus contents and materials subject to change.

SRP: $64.98
Sales Price: $49.98
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I can probably guess we will expect Koimonogatari (Hitagi End) to appear in February and Hanamonogatari (Suruga Devil) in April, thus releasing all of Monogatari so far (HURRY UP WITH KIZUMONOGATARI SHAFT!!!)

Meanwhile Valvrave the Liberator Season 2 is scheduled for January.
VALVRAVE the Liberator: Complete 2nd Season Blu-ray Set

Coming 01/20/2015

Bonus Contents
■ Textless Opening
■ Textless Endings
■ Battle Scene Collections

Bonus Materials
■ Collectable Postcards
■ Deluxe Poster Exclusively Illustrated by Katsura Hoshino (Original Character Designer)
*Bonuses Subject to Change

Disc Spec
■ Spoken Language: Japanese
■ Subtitles: English
■ Aspect ratio: 16:9 HD Widescreen
■ Episodes: 12 Episodes
■ Number of Disc: 3 Discs
■ Total Run Time: Approx. 300 min.
■ Rating: 16 UP

SRP: $149.98
Sales Price: $119.98
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Also some additional info regarding the Gundam releases from Right Stuf.

Confirmed Gundam titles from Rightstuf:
- Mobile Suit Gundam
- Turn A Gundam ~ Never released in English, once licensed by Bandai but was never released due to the distributor's closure
- Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ ~ Never released in English, was available on Daisuki
- Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin ~ Latest Gundam title for 2015

All existing English dubs from Bandai will be included on the Right Stuf version.

Regarding Blu-ray versions:
Bluray releases are yet to be determined. We'll be announcing more about formats at a later time.
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Regarding Broadcast rights:
Sunrise will have the broadcast rights to the Gundam franchise. There are no definite plans for TV airings at this time, but we'll pass along the feedback!
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Regarding release dates for Gundam ZZ:
The first of these releases is planned for the 1st quarter of 2015. We don't have a specific release date for ZZ, but you can be sure we'll keep you posted
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