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NEWS: Section23 'Postpones Indefinitely' 1st Guin Saga BD Set


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Unholy_Nny



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 10:18 pm Reply with quote
I bet a bajillion dollars that this has to do with the Japanese company having reverse importation fears.
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proxysix



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 10:31 pm Reply with quote
Not really a big deal it's only the blu-ray version even though I did
pre ordered on blu-ray Anime hyper
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luffypirate



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 10:48 pm Reply with quote
Ouch...

Guess I still might pick it up on DVD?? Either way, shitty situation.

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ZakuAce



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 10:53 pm Reply with quote
Never a good sign
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Zalis116
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 11:08 pm Reply with quote
Unholy_Nny wrote:
I bet a bajillion dollars that this has to do with the Japanese company having reverse importation fears.
Most likely. Guin Saga doesn't appear to have a BD release in Japan at all, and the licensors have already shown reluctance at letting North American licensees release BDs of shows that do have Japanese Blue-Rays.
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jmfsilenthill



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 11:55 pm Reply with quote
Crap. Still gonna hold off on the dvd release in hopes of a future BD release.
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bj_waters



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 12:47 am Reply with quote
jmfsilenthill wrote:
Crap. Still gonna hold off on the dvd release in hopes of a future BD release.


I very much feel the same way. Now that anime is hitting BD, I'm more interested in getting it that way, especially something as epic as Guin Saga.

On a tangent: Does anyone know the possibility of a second season of this?
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hissatsu01



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 1:06 am Reply with quote
bj_waters wrote:

On a tangent: Does anyone know the possibility of a second season of this?


Poor sales, probably zip.
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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 1:27 am Reply with quote
hissatsu01 wrote:
bj_waters wrote:

On a tangent: Does anyone know the possibility of a second season of this?


Poor sales, probably zip.


Japanese don't know quality? Laughing
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Kit-Tsukasa



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 1:38 am Reply with quote
enurtsol wrote:
hissatsu01 wrote:
bj_waters wrote:

On a tangent: Does anyone know the possibility of a second season of this?


Poor sales, probably zip.


Japanese don't know quality? Laughing

Nah, it's because the show dragged its feet. With that many novels out despite the recent passing of the author, one would expect significantly larger amount of material for a 26 episode series.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 1:58 am Reply with quote
Kit-Tsukasa wrote:
enurtsol wrote:
hissatsu01 wrote:
bj_waters wrote:

On a tangent: Does anyone know the possibility of a second season of this?


Poor sales, probably zip.


Japanese don't know quality? Laughing

Nah, it's because the show dragged its feet. With that many novels out despite the recent passing of the author, one would expect significantly larger amount of material for a 26 episode series.

Dragged its feet? Are you nuts?

It covered _16_ novels in 26 episodes. Haruhi has covered 5 novels in 24 episodes and a movie.

The anime cut out and glossed over large parts of the story, simplifying things considerably from the original.

The problem in my opinion was it was tied back a bit from being the gritty, gorey pulp fantasy of the novels by airing on NHK in a time slot that didn't allow any blood Sad
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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 2:52 am Reply with quote
samuelp wrote:

The problem in my opinion was it was tied back a bit from being the gritty, gorey pulp fantasy of the novels by airing on NHK in a time slot that didn't allow any blood Sad


Then it should've been on NHK's equivalent of Adult Swim instead of Toonami. Laughing
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 2:55 am Reply with quote
In related news, me spending any money on S23 titles "has been postponed indefinitely due to circumstances beyond my control."

(That's not to say I'm boycotting them. This is just the only title of theirs I particularly wanted).
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GrilledEelHamatsu



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 5:26 am Reply with quote
ikillchicken wrote:
In related news, me spending any money on S23 titles "has been postponed indefinitely due to circumstances beyond my control."

(That's not to say I'm boycotting them. This is just the only title of theirs I particularly wanted).


Nobody cares. End of story.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 7:36 am Reply with quote
Zalis116 wrote:
Unholy_Nny wrote:
I bet a bajillion dollars that this has to do with the Japanese company having reverse importation fears.
Most likely. Guin Saga doesn't appear to have a BD release in Japan at all, and the licensors have already shown reluctance at letting North American licensees release BDs of shows that do have Japanese Blue-Rays.


Hmm, interesting. I had been under the mistaken impression that virtually all releases in Japan over the last few years have been in both DVD and BD.
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