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

[sniper_samurai]

Seems MCM are pulling the plug on their Northern Ireland event and also apparently the Republic of Ireland event.

No great loss tbh as there was a severe lack of traders and activities at these events. While they had good guests a comic con/expo needs more than that.

Edit: Seems the Telford and Liverpool events are also being axed.

 

[Ian Wolf]

Nobuhiro Watsuki, the creator of Rurouni Kenshin, has been charged for possessing child porn. The "Hokkaido Arc" of Rurouni Kenshin has thus been put on hiatus.

Rurouni Kenshin Creator Nobuhiro Watsuki Charged With Child Pornography Possession

Rurouni Kenshin: Hokkaido Arc Manga Goes on Hiatus Due to Creator's Child Porn Charge

 

[ayase]

Why has nobody mentioned there's a new Mazinger Z movie out in January yet? You'd think you don't all love 1970s super robot shows (or worse, that you don't all love Ichirō Mizuki).

 

[Robbl]

Made in Abyss Anime Gets Sequel
PV

 

[crashmatt]

surprised nobody has mentioned but MVM are releasing the Familiar of Zero complete collection in March

 

[HdE]

surprised nobody has mentioned but MVM are releasing the Familiar of Zero complete collection in March

For those of us too lazy to do the digging, any idea how complete that complete collection is? I gather there's quite a bit of FoZ.

 

[Lambadelta]

The 4 seasons in 1 set

 

[HdE]

The 4 seasons in 1 set

Woo - it's like you're my personal question answerer tonight.

Cheers for that! Sounds like a sensible pick-up, then.

 

[ShipTeaser]

Arifureta anime... God next year is so bloody lenendary for anime... My hype levels are so high i may die...

 

[D1tchd1gger]

Trailer for a Batman anime film - Batman Ninja. Seems to have some impressive talent behind it.

 

[Watanabe Ken]

I'm no Batman expert but isn't Batman a ninja anyway, I mean he was trained by the league of shadows.

 

[sniper_samurai]

The next bluray release from AnimEigo will be Gun Smith Cats. The Kickstarter campaign is scheduled to go live in late February.

 

[Gemsy-chan]

The next bluray release from AnimEigo will be Gun Smith Cats. The Kickstarter campaign is scheduled to go live in late February.

I shall be pledging

 

[NoSurprises]

I feel like they've really been on the ball with the whole kickstarter thing. I've been very happy with how all the projects I've pledged for have turned out, so will also be throwing money at this one.

 

[IncendiaryLemon]

Might pick that up. I have the old ADV DVD but the animation is fantastic, it'll really shine on Blu Ray. Just a shame I hadn't seen it when Riding Bean was up on KS, kinda regret missing out now.

 

[sniper_samurai]

Might pick that up. I have the old ADV DVD but the animation is fantastic, it'll really shine on Blu Ray. Just a shame I hadn't seen it when Riding Bean was up on KS, kinda regret missing out now.

Its still available from the AnimEigo website.

Riding Bean

 

[IncendiaryLemon]

Its still available from the AnimEigo website.

Riding Bean

Ouch. Whilst that's cool and all, $30 for less than an hour of anime in a basic package? That's kinda absurd...

 

[sniper_samurai]

Ouch. Whilst that's cool and all, $30 for less than an hour of anime in a basic package? That's kinda absurd...

It evens out a bit. The price was $25 on the Kickstarter, plus $20 for shipping. It is now $30 plus $18 shipping.

You could see if someone will part with the error disc, each copy also came with a disc that was mislabelled as a dvd.

 

[Gemsy-chan]

Ouch. Whilst that's cool and all, $30 for less than an hour of anime in a basic package? That's kinda absurd...

I still have my error disks if you want them. Just pay for postage.

 

[IncendiaryLemon]

I still have my error disks if you want them. Just pay for postage.

I'll take you up on that, I'll shoot you a PM.