Prove me wrong, but with the best will in the world, I seriously doubt that Cat's Eye has enough of a fanbase here to make a physical UK release viable.
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Mangaranga
Za Warudo
Serial Experiments Lain, Haibane Renmei and Tenchi Muyo are all titles we're constantly looking to get back. Lain and Ergo Proxy are a high possibility for BD as well, but the trouble with doing titles that have been available on BD for import for ages, tends to affect our sales - Samurai Champloo was just recently released on BD but hasn't fared particularly well. Still, we're actively chasing them and hopefully might have news come May Comic Con.
Just Passing Through
The Wildcard
MVM said:
Champloo was Region AB from the US and cheap to import.
Ergo Proxy hasn't had a Western Blu-ray release yet, while Lain is Region A from the US and more expensive Region B from AU, and Tenchi is Region A from US only at this point, so they should fare better in the UK if only for that reason. Then again, Champloo is the most popular of those titles...
elaniel
Vampire Ninja
I agree with Just Passing Through.
Samurai Champloo has been out for ages in the states, and can be picked up for $22 (about £15). I still haven't picked it up, and was waiting for the UK set, but the cheapest I can find it for is £27. Quite a bit more in comparison.
I understand matching that price is simply not how it can work over here, but I imagine this is what attributed to lower sales than expected.
Samurai Champloo has been out for ages in the states, and can be picked up for $22 (about £15). I still haven't picked it up, and was waiting for the UK set, but the cheapest I can find it for is £27. Quite a bit more in comparison.
I understand matching that price is simply not how it can work over here, but I imagine this is what attributed to lower sales than expected.
VoxPhantom
Stand User
If you import Serial Experiments Lain from Australia, you also run the risk of getting a copy with the out of sync subs. I picked a copy up whilst I was over there on holiday and Sony Home Video haven't answered any of my emails about replacing the disks.
Just Passing Through
The Wildcard
VoxPhantom said:
Try contacting them through The Viewing Lounge on Facebook. That's how I got my discs replaced.
VoxPhantom
Stand User
Will drop them a message in the New Years, cheers for that.Just Passing Through said:
VoxPhantom
Stand User
Was wondering when this would air, looking forward to July. Hopefully it'll see a NISA release down the line too.NormanicGrav said:
Lutga
Mad Scientist
MVM said:
I hope things like Champloo doing badly doesn't put you guys off doing Blu-Ray rescues/re-releases in the future. My personal opinion, but although Champloo is popular, I think to a certain type of anime fan, it doesn't hold as much appeal - plus also, as others have said - it's been available on DVD for a long time (as well as a BR as an import).
I'd like to think, and hope, that a title like Lain that has been OOP in the UK for ages would sell a good deal more.
Mangaranga
Za Warudo
Other than being half the price, the US release was also pretty visually pleasing when it came to cover/packing/disc design. The UK release looks like a bootleg.Just Passing Through said:
Presentation is a pretty big thing to me, and being brutally honest I find most MVM releases pretty ugly. I actually imported Funi's FLCL months ago purely because it looks a million times better.
That said, MVM have definitely made steps in the right direction recently in that regard.
cyborg 002
School Idol
MVM said:
The american BD release of Lain has very poor picture quality compared to the japanese BD.
If MVM can release something that is superior to the American product. I'm sure people will upgrade. I didn ot buy Lain US BD because of the poor quality,
so if MVM do go through with it and Lain will be a superior BD release, my money will go to MVM.
Kodansha puts Vinland Saga on suspension temporarily. Rumours say the manga sold poorly and could be dropped.
Honestly though they did release them in 2-in-1 hardback volumes at a high price.
Shame really, I was really interested in picking up the series since I hear it's basically Berserk with a Viking setting.
Honestly though they did release them in 2-in-1 hardback volumes at a high price.
Shame really, I was really interested in picking up the series since I hear it's basically Berserk with a Viking setting.
Lutga
Mad Scientist
NormanicGrav said:
It's kind of depressing to think stuff like that could still happen in this day and age - I thought we were past the age of incomplete releases.
Though the cynic in me says that anything that doesn't fall easily into the 'moe' look of the moment automatically has the odds stacked against it.
Also - surely in an age of digital releases, going e-book only for some more risky manga should be an option too?