Forum - View topicNEWS: Manga UK Cancels Future FMA: Brotherhood Blu-ray Discs
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Anime Remix
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Oh well. Sucks for the UK people.
   
Good News is, at least they are still releasing the series on DVD... |
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Megiddo
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Ouch, only 750 copies.
I'd say that they imported the US BD, but aren't the UK in a different region for BDs? |
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Lincolne
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yes blu ray will work from usa to uk if i am remembering correctly
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jmfsilenthill
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This sucks for UK Brotherhood fans. It shouldnt be too disconcerting though, as Funimation's Brotherhood BD's are both region A and B, so import away! (that is, if Funimation continues to produce them that way).
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Hardgear
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luckily for our homies across the pond, they should be able to import ours just fine.
Though I gotta admit, I almost had a heart attack when skimming the title, for a second there I thought it applied to us... |
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Blood-
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Cor blimey! I guess UK anime purchasers are too busy rioting over their government's austerity measures to buy the FMA BDs...
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InuNaruPokeAlchemist
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I got some fellow FMA fans who live in the UK, I feel so bad for them DX
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asimpson2006
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All of Europe, except three countries, Africa, Greenland, the Middle east, Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania use Region B. I don't know if the Funi BD's are All region or Region A. IF they are All Region which a good many BD are they should be able to play them on their BD players. |
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dragonrider_cody
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Manga usually coproduces it's blurays with the American licensors (in this case Funi), so they are generally region A-B. So yes, these usually will work in the UK. However, Funimation may make them region A only if Manga is no longer involved. So future sets may not work. |
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ExtraRegards
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Worry not.
The US and Australian versions are region AB: http://www.asianblurayguide.com/detail/1402/fullmetal_alchemist_brotherhood_part_1_anime_usa/ |
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Jaymie
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Obviously this wasn't going to do well. FUNimation is releasing their own Blu-Rays and people from the UK could just import them.
Even if they're region locked, there are ways to get around that. |
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The King of Harts
 Posts: 6712 Location: Mount Crawford, Virginia |
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Viz Media sure could learn a thing or two from Manga UK.
It does suck that they had to cancel it. I don't live in the UK, but since they're still going forward with DVD, I have to assume blu-ray isn't as popular there as it is here. I hope this doesn't affect their decisions to release High School of the Dead and The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya on BD since I plan on importing those (assuming they're A compatible) if they don't get one here. |
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Shiroi Hane
Encyclopedia Editor
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You need to lend your Crystal Ball of Hindsight to Manga then, but yes they certainly did lose sales to impatient people importing from the US - how many we'll probably never know.
It doesn't: http://twitter.com/MangaUK/status/14296831408209920 http://twitter.com/MangaUK/status/14358447382335488 http://twitter.com/MangaUK/status/14358994827083776 http://twitter.com/MangaUK/status/14359184766148608 On-off releases like movies and one season titles aren't a problem, since they don't suffer the sales drop off that longer series like FMA:B do. However, they are likely to be Region B only. Last edited by Shiroi Hane on Mon Dec 13, 2010 8:06 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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hikaru004
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But the UK isn't buying too many BD anyways, 1.5 BD movies/year/BD player owner. |
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The American Average
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bloody hell
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