The News Thread (for news that does not need a thread)

Lutga said:
In more serious news, 101 Anime are re-releasing Elfen Lied, this time in a BR edition that includes the OVA ep the DVD edition missed out. It'll be in a 'metal case' (presume that means a steel book?) and comes with a 36 page booklet. Current price is £59.99 on Amazon, but imagine that'll drop closer to £45 by release date:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Elfen-Lied-Coll ... ed+blu-ray
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Never seen the show before but I've heard some good things about it. Might consider picking it up when the BR comes out.
 
Lutga said:
kuuderes_shadow said:
King Jimmeh said:
Twitter does default to Tailored Trends, so based on what you tweet and follow.
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Which is why all the top 5 of mine are anime related at present.

Triage X
Hestia
#danmachi
#LLSIF
Kekkai Sensen
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Hestia's boob ribbon is apparently the new keyhole turtleneck. It's taken the internet by storm.
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I wondered why I kept seeing constant pictures pop up on my twitter feed of some girl with bob boobs and a blue ribbon under them.
 
Lutga said:
In more serious news, 101 Anime are re-releasing Elfen Lied, this time in a BR edition that includes the OVA ep the DVD edition missed out. It'll be in a 'metal case' (presume that means a steel book?) and comes with a 36 page booklet. Current price is £59.99 on Amazon, but imagine that'll drop closer to £45 by release date:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Elfen-Lied-Coll ... ed+blu-ray
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The Elfen Lied news is really welcome! But also frustrating.

I really like that show. When I saw it last year, it came as a really unexpected surprise - much different to what I thought it would be. And I'd love to get hold of the OVA AND have the whole thing on BD... but I'm not sure I can be tempted to double dip at that price (although I'm also not sure that I won't, if that makes sense.)

It's great that it's getting another lease of life, though. And it shows that it must be a good marketplace performer to warrant these fresh releases. Really wish we could see more of that.
 
HdE said:
The Elfen Lied news is really welcome! But also frustrating.

I really like that show. When I saw it last year, it came as a really unexpected surprise - much different to what I thought it would be. And I'd love to get hold of the OVA AND have the whole thing on BD... but I'm not sure I can be tempted to double dip at that price (although I'm also not sure that I won't, if that makes sense.)

It's great that it's getting another lease of life, though. And it shows that it must be a good marketplace performer to warrant these fresh releases. Really wish we could see more of that.
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Sentai's BD is £26.64 on UP1USA if the price is your only issue.
 
Lutga said:
It'll be in a 'metal case' (presume that means a steel book?)
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Stiivun said:
Real steel book aficionados would probably start to look funny at you :D

There are differences between a steel book and a metal case. Here is a nice explanation regarding the differences between a steel book, metal pak and iron pack.

Yes steel book aficionados are about as crazy as anime fans :twisted: :mrgreen:
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ADV have done metal cases before (the only one in the UK being Eva). I really fancied the one they did for Konomini in the US, but couldn't get it for some reason. With only two discs and a thin book, they may be intending something more steelbook-esque however (I have anime in both steelbooks and steelbook clones).
Actually, I think that was before or around the time the steelbook brand first emerged. You used to get a variety of special metal packaging back then (I have the Stellvia tin, but not the maligned Gantz ball or any of the Paul Chanpagne cases).
 
Man, if I had a time machine I would so go back and pick up a copy of that Eva box...

I remember back in the days when you could get steel cases for VHS's and it was basically like a biscuit tin - the whole front basically just came off.
 
Lutga said:
Now you get to see arms and legs coming off in high definition - what more could you want? ;-)
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[flippant] A girl on all fours about to have her christmas (also, self) thoroughly deflowered? [/flippant]

Serious answer : "A decently written plot".
 
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Emulsion said:
I have that Evangelion box :). The discs are in a digipack inside the box, not slim cases like that Amazon image shows.
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They might have changed that as mine are in slim cases as they are in that image.
 
IncendiaryLemon said:
Emulsion said:
I have that Evangelion box :). The discs are in a digipack inside the box, not slim cases like that Amazon image shows.
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Damn, how much did that cost you? I haven't seen it for sale for under £150.
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I picked up my copy for £30/£40 in Oxfam, so it is possible! :)
 
Mangaranga said:
Sentai's BD is £26.64 on UP1USA if the price is your only issue.
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If you can confirm the region code and OVA on that, I will quite literally [COMMENT SELF CENSORED FOR FEAR THAT THIS MIGHT ACTUALLY WORK OUT AND I'LL HAVE TO DO THE CRAZY THING I JUST PROMISED.]
 
HdE said:
Mangaranga said:
Sentai's BD is £26.64 on UP1USA if the price is your only issue.
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If you can confirm the region code and OVA on that, I will quite literally [COMMENT SELF CENSORED FOR FEAR THAT THIS MIGHT ACTUALLY WORK OUT AND I'LL HAVE TO DO THE CRAZY THING I JUST PROMISED.]
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That set is confirmed Region A & B compatible on bluray.com but i can double check with my set of it in the morning :)
 
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