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

DragonBlaze67 said:
Don't forget MVM mainly sticks to doing DVD only for most shows as well even when it's been released on Blu-ray in the USA but they usually have to rely on the Australian companies such as Hanabee to reduce production costs.
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My response to that is admitting that I literately forgot that MVM existed.
 
Lutga said:
That actually sounds pretty cool, and a nice way to pick up five volumes in one - although I'm not sure how Fairy Tail would benefit from the larger format size apart from the obvious *ahem*
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When you get above 2 volumes in a compilation it can get a bit unwieldy to read without cracking the spine, or even just to hold, I dread to think what 5 in 1 will be like.
 
Now if they could do what a ceratin OTHER Manga pub house won't do and release the omnibus digitaly that would be swell cause FUN to buying Five volumes of FT at 6 a piece.
 
NormanicGrav said:
The thing about Funimation's upcoming release for Haruhi is the video source. Season 1 has two versions. Will they use the original BD-Box that had both seasons, or the Season 1 Broadcast Order BD-Box? That is what I want to know.
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Didn't someone once say that it would never be released in broadcast order again?
I still don't get the fuss about the wretched broadcast gimmick. If it weren't for fansubs no-one would even know or care...
 
NormanicGrav said:
The thing about Funimation's upcoming release for Haruhi is the video source. Season 1 has two versions. Will they use the original BD-Box that had both seasons, or the Season 1 Broadcast Order BD-Box? That is what I want to know.
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I hope it's not the BD masters from the Season 1 Broadcast order Box. From the images you've posted here before, it looks worse than the original BD Box (Which I own).
The original BD was more of a slightly botched SD Upscale, whilst the Broadcast BD was an equally botched SD upscale that had also been over sharpened and over saturated.
 
Mangaranga said:
NormanicGrav said:
The thing about Funimation's upcoming release for Haruhi is the video source. Season 1 has two versions. Will they use the original BD-Box that had both seasons, or the Season 1 Broadcast Order BD-Box? That is what I want to know.
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I hope it's not the BD masters from the Season 1 Broadcast order Box. From the images you've posted here before, it looks worse than the original BD Box (Which I own).
The original BD was more of a slightly botched SD Upscale, whilst the Broadcast BD was an equally botched SD upscale that had also been over sharpened and over saturated.
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Maybe they'll go for option 3 and botch their own SD upscale?

I've never understood the appeal of the broadcast order either.
 
Shiroi Hane said:
If it weren't for fansubs no-one would even know or care...
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Given that this argument potentially carries itself all the way through and up to "anime in general outside of Japan" I'm not sure what purpose it serves on such a small scale as this. ^^;

I thought the original broadcast order was quite interesting, but since the series was revised in 2009 (the area I would rather be pedantic about is calling the first run "Season 1" or anything along those lines) I agree it's obsolete now.
 
ilmaestro said:
I thought the original broadcast order was quite interesting, but since the series was revised in 2009 (the area I would rather be pedantic about is calling the first run "Season 1" or anything along those lines) I agree it's obsolete now.
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Yeah, the 2009 episodes made the 2006 episode order redundant. Personally I would prefer any on-disc release to have all the episodes together in the 2009 order, although I wouldn't complain either way just as long as it's Haruhi on BluRay :p
 
Question from Manga UK's Facebook wall: So I've seen news that JoJo's Bizzare Adventure season 1 is finally getting a western release over in the US so I was wondering if you were thinking of picking it up and releasing it over here

Jerome Mazandarani: Yes we are but unfortunately Warner Bros Japan has made no decisions about releasing JoJos in the UK as of yet.
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It's certainly odd re. Jojos - I mean, on one hand considering Warner is a global company you'd think they'd just port the release to the UK straight off the bat. But tbh, looking at the US release (DVD only, and rubbish cover art), I almost think we'd be better off waiting.
 
Dannielle said:
Crunchyroll have added Amagi Brilliant Park, sadly, us in the UK can't view it due to licensing restrictions.. : http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2 ... to-catalog

EDIT: As noticed in MVM's thread, Amazon have leaked a couple of announcements : http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=sr_st?key ... -desc-rank
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Looks like they added a price and date for Love Live now. Glad to see it's coming soon, 27th of July, but almost £40 for a DVD is pushing it a bit IMO. Also, the description says Japanese audio only which, if true, is also a little disappointing considering they announced a dub.
 
Regarding All the Anime releases, "The first season of Tokyo Ghoul will be released uncensored, and the Collector's Edition will contain a hard-cover book." Source
 
IncendiaryLemon said:
Dannielle said:
Crunchyroll have added Amagi Brilliant Park, sadly, us in the UK can't view it due to licensing restrictions.. : http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2 ... to-catalog

EDIT: As noticed in MVM's thread, Amazon have leaked a couple of announcements : http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=sr_st?key ... -desc-rank
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Looks like they added a price and date for Love Live now. Glad to see it's coming soon, 27th of July, but almost £40 for a DVD is pushing it a bit IMO. Also, the description says Japanese audio only which, if true, is also a little disappointing considering they announced a dub.
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That's because MVM would have to get their masters from the Australian distributor, and they only have a sub only version since the dub hasn't even been done since NISA is doing a third print run of the season 1 PE before doing the SE version which would have the dub.
 
demonix said:
IncendiaryLemon said:
Dannielle said:
Crunchyroll have added Amagi Brilliant Park, sadly, us in the UK can't view it due to licensing restrictions.. : http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2 ... to-catalog

EDIT: As noticed in MVM's thread, Amazon have leaked a couple of announcements : http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=sr_st?key ... -desc-rank
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Looks like they added a price and date for Love Live now. Glad to see it's coming soon, 27th of July, but almost £40 for a DVD is pushing it a bit IMO. Also, the description says Japanese audio only which, if true, is also a little disappointing considering they announced a dub.
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That's because MVM would have to get their masters from the Australian distributor, and they only have a sub only version since the dub hasn't even been done since NISA is doing a third print run of the season 1 PE before doing the SE version which would have the dub.
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Kind of makes me wish they'd wait a bit and see if they could release a dual audio blu ray down the line. I mean, like JoJo, a DVD release is better than no release, but it seems a little silly to release what is soon going to be a bit of an obsolete edition. Maybe they'll do what Manga did with Blue Exorcist and release a 'Definitive Edition' or something later on.
 
Yowanda-san said:
To be fair, it's probably for the best. Would you honestly trust anyone else to play Nico-Nico? Also, to be fair, it's not like the NISA release will be much cheaper presumably and especially as a hot product, I think £40 is pretty reasonable. I mean, paying £15-20 for a season set seems a little cheap - though this issue has already been debated elsewhere, so I don't really think adding my opinion changes much at this point. I suppose anime is only worth as much as the value you put into the series itself.
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I agree there, the Japanese probably will be better, it's more just out of curiosity that I want to hear the dub.

In regards to the price, I'm just comparing the price to others on the market. I'd never say a show is too cheap, if Anime got much more expensive, I wouldn't be able to buy it at all, or at least a lot less frequently. Normally a 13 episode show runs anywhere from £20-£30 on DVD. I'd say £40 would be okay on Blu Ray. I'm think I'm going to hold judgement on the price a bit, If its a CE release with an artbox or something, then I'd probably say it's a decent price.
 
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