EyeOnAnime Forum

Just Passing Through · Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 6:01 pm Post subject:

So what titles will be vanishing from the shop shelves?

As far as I can tell it's

Blue Gender
Fruits Basket
Kiddy Grade
Gunslinger Girl
Lupin the 3rd
Yu Yu Hakusho
Full Metal Alchemist

and Vampire Princess Miyu of course.

Damned shame about Gunslinger Girl. It was barely around long enough to make an impression.

Edit to add.

They killed Full Metal Alchemist! The bastards! Evil or Very Mad

_________________
"I thought what I'd do was, I'd pretend I was one of those deaf-mutes."

Anime@MyReviewer

Gawyn · Elite Poster Joined: 09 Aug 2006 Posts: 568

The only real losses there as far as MVM are concerned are Fullmetal Alchemist and Gunslinger Girl as two recent releases, with FMA still going strong. Yu Yu Hakusho was already being written off as a loss and the rest have pretty much had their shelf life already.

Bubblegum Crisis, which is again unrelated, is also out of print if I remember correctly.

Toraman · Shinigami Joined: 08 Aug 2006 Posts: 2099 Location: London

I seriously want MVM to do a bargain basement sale on all these titles.

*needs Gunslinger Girl and Kiddy Grade*

Lost a bit bit of respect for Funimation though...

IanC · Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 6:33 pm Post subject:

They better rerelease titles like Kiddy Grade and Gunslinger Girl......

*sigh again*

I know one nutcase who will be happy about this.....
_________________
Avatar: Misa Amane from Death Note

My LiveJournal, Facebook

GrantM · Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 7:08 pm Post subject:

Toraman · Shinigami Joined: 08 Aug 2006 Posts: 2099 Location: London

IanC · Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 7:37 pm Post subject:

Just Passing Through · Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 3:38 pm Post subject:

The new distributor has been announced and it's

Revelation Films http://www.revfilms.co.uk/index.cfm

according to this report...

http://www.uk-anime.net/news.asp?IntID=331

Colour me underwhelmed Confused

Seems like a step down to me.
_________________
"I thought what I'd do was, I'd pretend I was one of those deaf-mutes."

Anime@MyReviewer

Gawyn · Elite Poster Joined: 09 Aug 2006 Posts: 568

Yes. From a distributor who has succeeded in releasing anime to one who failed miserably. But, hey, Navarre like them and that is what counts in the end...

If they start releasing FMA from the first disc then I will boycott that release in favour of a US import. I simply will not wait up to two years (near enough at one volume every other month) to complete that series having collected it for over a year already.

Still, at least we have some information and there is hope on the horizon. Just hope it isn't a false dawn.

Toraman · Shinigami Joined: 08 Aug 2006 Posts: 2099 Location: London

Odd choice, Funimation probably wanted more of a say of how their anime was handled in this country.

This is all specaltion, but perhaps MVM's principle of only releasing a maximum of 6 DVDs per month had an effect on their own titles and they wanted more of their own stuff coming out?

If all they do is rip their R1 DVD masters like ADV do with their US counterpart, then I'm sure they'll do fine.

Damo · Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 9:05 am Post subject:

Just Passing Through · Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 10:16 am Post subject:

I've only seen one Revelation disc to date and that was

Oktober.

It's an old ITV tech thriller.

The contents aside, the aspect ratio was wrong, and the presentation was lacking. (The copyright warning warned that you shouldn't copy this 'videocassette') Shocked

I hope that all Revelation do is distribute, and that Funimation take care of the authoring.
_________________
"I thought what I'd do was, I'd pretend I was one of those deaf-mutes."

Anime@MyReviewer

Gawyn · Elite Poster Joined: 09 Aug 2006 Posts: 568

Apparently (and thankfully) they will begin their distribution with volume 9 of Fullmetal Alchemist, a Fruits Basket boxed set and Spiral volume 1 according to this post on Anime UK News. That at least gives it some hope.

IanC · Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 4:35 pm Post subject:

Well at least it means FMA wont restart from the beginning....

And a FruBa boxset is always good news.
_________________
Avatar: Misa Amane from Death Note

My LiveJournal, Facebook

Fudce · Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 5:42 pm Post subject:

weren't MVM planning a Fruba box anyway?
_________________
UK Anime DVD of the Month Awards
September: Black Lagoon Second Barrage - Volume 1 (MVM)
October: Voting now open! (No Registration Required)

signed, 'F'