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RightStufTanukiMinion
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 Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2016 9:21 am
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| Percival King wrote: | | I think we should just give up that they'll ever re-release Code Geass. |
Don't say that ;-; You're making me sad...
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Animegomaniac
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Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2016 9:45 am
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Yeah, Rage of Bahamut is a sure buy for me but not the edition that comes with a 320 art book that only increases the retail price by about 20 dollars- and that includes the 5 dollars for the chipboard box.
What kind of 320 page book is only 15 dollars? Not much of a question, actually...
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Aura Ichadora
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Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2016 1:28 pm
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| Percival King wrote: | | I think we should just give up that they'll ever re-release Code Geass. |
Sadly, there's not much Funi can do until they get the materials from Japan. I'm hoping we'll see an announcement of release for it and several other series they've announced sometime this year. Until then, all we can do is wait. 
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One-Eye
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Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2016 1:55 pm
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| Animegomaniac wrote: | | What kind of 320 page book is only 15 dollars? Not much of a question, actually... |
Yea, I'm wondering if it really is 320 pages. Maybe its a typo? Maybe its really 20 pages? Wouldn't be the first time something isn't listed right.
| Percival King wrote: | | I think we should just give up that they'll ever re-release Code Geass. |
NA companies make their fair share of screwups, but not everything is their fault. Sometimes its Japanese companies placing restrictions on when things get released, what format it can be released in, not sending materials promptly or sending wrong materials, etc.
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Percival King
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Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2016 2:10 pm
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| RightStufTanukiMinion wrote: |
| Percival King wrote: | | I think we should just give up that they'll ever re-release Code Geass. |
Don't say that ;-; You're making me sad... |
How many years has it been? How many years?
| One-Eye wrote: | | NA companies make their fair share of screwups, but not everything is their fault. Sometimes its Japanese companies placing restrictions on when things get released, what format it can be released in, not sending materials promptly or sending wrong materials, etc. |
Interesting that Kaze faced no such problems. Four years ago, or to this day. Interesting.
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One-Eye
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Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2016 5:01 pm
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| Percival King wrote: | | Interesting that Kaze faced no such problems. Four years ago, or to this day. Interesting. |
Kaze is not a NA company. They are not selling in the same region as Japan. Depending on their contract they may not have the same required holdbacks on releases that NA companies encounter. And it was 3 years ago not four.
Japanese companies can get pretty strict because of fear of reverse importation. At one point Kadokawa mandated that there would not be any BD releases in an upcoming year and sometimes companies could only release DVDs and no BDs until after a certain point. This is how we got stuff like Deadman Wonderland, Future Diary, Railgun, etc. only released on DVD at first and had to wait for BD much later.
Also depending on the licensor Japanese companies may require that they approve everything. They may request to approve the packaging, artwork, advertising and even dub casting choices and scripts. That can mean a lot of going back and forth communications. Licensing isn't always easy or clear cut. There's more but if you search the Answerman archives it will give you a clearer picture on licensing.
Again, not saying that NA haven't made mistakes (if we are talking Evangelion I'm quite willing to blame Funi), but sometimes its not their fault that something doesn't come out when you want it to.
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Covnam
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Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2016 1:33 am
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I hope we get a nice BD release for Code Geass, I'd happily re-buy it for a quality upgrade.
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Zalis116
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Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2016 3:20 am
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| getchman wrote: | | since the type of release is heavily dependent on streaming, no LE very likely means season 2 wasn't as popular |
Not to mention, it's the type of show popular with fans who tend to do more purchasing on the manga side of the aisle than the anime side.
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| Animegomaniac wrote: | | What kind of 320 page book is only 15 dollars? Not much of a question, actually... |
Yea, I'm wondering if it really is 320 pages. Maybe its a typo? Maybe its really 20 pages? Wouldn't be the first time something isn't listed right. |
I would guess 32, given the proximity of 0 and p on the keyboard.
*320pages*
"oops, missing a space" (whether seen manually or with spellcheck)
-> *320 pages*
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RightStufTanukiMinion
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Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2016 10:11 am
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| Percival King wrote: |
| RightStufTanukiMinion wrote: |
| Percival King wrote: | | I think we should just give up that they'll ever re-release Code Geass. |
Don't say that ;-; You're making me sad... |
How many years has it been? How many years? |
| Covnam wrote: | | I hope we get a nice BD release for Code Geass, I'd happily re-buy it for a quality upgrade. |
Maybe they're waiting for Akito! 
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Covnam
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Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2016 6:58 pm
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| RightStufTanukiMinion wrote: |
Maybe they're waiting for Akito! |
Oh, now that'd be a nice collection (...having not seen Akito yet, though for completeness it'd still be nice).
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Percival King
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Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2016 11:52 pm
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| RightStufTanukiMinion wrote: | Maybe they're waiting for Akito! |
If they had known Akito's release.....schedule, it might've hit them as not the best idea.
But, one can only hope.
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One-Eye
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Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2016 5:26 am
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| RightStufTanukiMinion wrote: | Maybe they're waiting for Akito! |
I have my doubts about that. I think the last part of Akito is scheduled for this April in Japan if there are no delays. I could see Funimation possibly releasing it in parts like they did with GITS:Arise. I think its more money for them to split things up, but who knows what they'll do.
I believe that Japan did a reprint of the Limited Edition BD boxed releases of Code Geass and those were released in 5/27/15 and 9/25/15. The BDs have probably been decent sellers for them, so its possible that some of the holdup might have been due to keeping clear of the Japanese re-releases. Maybe, that's just a guess on my part. Hopefully Funimation will go all out and release something similar to the FMA CE which wasn't too bad and hopefully we will get some news soon.
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Percival King
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Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2016 11:57 am
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As long as everything is included. Audio and picture dramas included.
Actually, that was what really pissed me off about Bandai's R2 releases. They completely ignored those in favor of the crappy mangas.
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RightStufTanukiMinion
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Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2016 1:12 pm
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| One-Eye wrote: |
| RightStufTanukiMinion wrote: | Maybe they're waiting for Akito! |
I have my doubts about that. I think the last part of Akito is scheduled for this April in Japan if there are no delays. I could see Funimation possibly releasing it in parts like they did with GITS:Arise. I think its more money for them to split things up, but who knows what they'll do.
I believe that Japan did a reprint of the Limited Edition BD boxed releases of Code Geass and those were released in 5/27/15 and 9/25/15. The BDs have probably been decent sellers for them, so its possible that some of the holdup might have been due to keeping clear of the Japanese re-releases. Maybe, that's just a guess on my part. Hopefully Funimation will go all out and release something similar to the FMA CE which wasn't too bad and hopefully we will get some news soon. |
Yeah, I know... I just like to come up with dumb benchmarks  Makes the wait more tolerable.
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Shenl742
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2016 3:09 pm
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Just got an email from Rightstuf: My Evangelion 3.33 BD just shipped.
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