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Kurau Phantom Memory in the UK.




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hentai4me



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:14 pm Reply with quote
Ok.

According to the ADV press release from earlier this year Kurau (and Red Garden) were meant to be released in a box set (they got to 4 of the singles before announcing this) by the 28th of August or something...well...I can't find those releases on Play UK or Amazon UK and the other major sites I have checked don't carry it either.

Oddly some sites say that they have DVD singles of Kurau 6 available/on the way/etc while no mention of Kurau 5 at all.

Anyone know what on earth of going on?

Am I best served by just getting a fansub of the series...I've not finished it yet as the DVD's haven't come out.

Also, I shouldn't have to buy an f'ing R1 release as they said they would do an R2 UK one...

Did Funi get this from ADV during their re-licensing spree?
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Zin5ki



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:27 pm Reply with quote
hentai4me wrote:
According to the ADV press release from earlier this year Kurau (and Red Garden) were meant to be released in a box set (they got to 4 of the singles before announcing this) by the 28th of August or something

That I did not know. My hopes are up.
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...well...I can't find those releases on Play UK or Amazon UK and the other major sites I have checked don't carry it either.

...and right back down they go. Looks like this'll be another anime to put on the 'expensive singles/import or nothing' list. God save the Queen.
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Zalis116
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 12:52 am Reply with quote
I think I remember hearing that those boxed sets had been cancelled. Don't remember when or where, though. Kurau was not in the batch of titles that Funimation got from ADV; it was licensed back in 2004 before the Sojitz deal started up, but had a long delay before it was actually released.
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hentai4me



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 3:58 pm Reply with quote
On a side note, does anyone know who the current UK distributor for ADV is?

I know they closed up shop themselves and hired someone else to do it for them...but the old articles don't say who it is. Anyone know? What's their website, etc?

Thanks.
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Shiroi Hane
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 7:51 pm Reply with quote
IIRC they announced the box set thing before ADV in the US announced losing all the Sojitz titles. I think there was some mention at the London Expo about still working on some titles.

ADVs distributor in the UK is Lace (LDMS).

Their website: http://www.lacedigitalmediasales.com/
The old article that says who it is: animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2008-02-08/ldms-partner-with-adv-films

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here we go:
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There is some movement in regards to the Sojitz titles, but nothing concrete
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