Forum - View topicGeneon boxset releases
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kushiel
 Posts: 94 Location: Saskatchewan |
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Does anyone know how long it usually takes from last DVD release to boxset release for Geneon? Kyo Kara Maou and Gankutsuou both had their last volumes released in Sept. 06 but there's no word of boxsets for either yet. Usually I'm one of those horribly cheap people who waits for a cheap thinpak release years later (I just picked up Berserk last Christmas) but these two series have hooked me in.
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darkhunter
 Posts: 2992 Location: Los Angelas |
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Geneon usually don't release cheap boxset. Most of their recent boxset have been like 20 dollar cheaper than buying the single
Example: Trigun, Samurai Champloo, GunGrave, etc. |
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kushiel
Posts: 94 Location: Saskatchewan |
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Oh, I know boxsets aren't cheap right off the bat. My reference to buying cheap boxsets was when years later a series isn't in demand anymore so places like RightStuf sell them cheap or some companies do release cheaper packs. I'm just wanting to know if there'll be boxsets at all for those two titles. |
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HitokiriShadow
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Geneon seems to usually wait a bit longer than other companies for their sets. There are exceptions (I think Samurai Champloo came out pretty quickly) but they usually wait closer to two years for their sets, I think.
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Buster Blader 126
 Posts: 1206 Location: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada |
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I bargain hunt, but I don't nearly have that kind of patience to wait years before a boxset goes down in price (assuming they were expensive before).
Gankutsuou will most likely have a boxset release, as it seems to be popular enough to warrant one. Kyo Kara Maoh! will probably have one as well, but hey, you never know. My estimate is that a Gankutsuou box will appear near the end of the year, or at least by Q2 2008. |
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Zalis116
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 Posts: 6883 Location: Kazune City |
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^ Yes, Geneon generally doesn't release "rediculously cheap" boxed sets like many other companies do, and their intervals between last volume and collections are among the most inconsistent in the industry. Some show up very quickly after the last volume, even at the same time, while others go for years without a collection. And the popularity of the series doesn't make a bit of difference, guys.
Rumiko Takahashi Anthology - 1 week Ai Yori Aoshi ~Enishi~ - 2 years, 5 months (if you count from the release of Vol 5. of the first series, it's 3 years, 6 months) Samurai Champloo - 6 months Girls Bravo - 6 Months Last Exile - LE set same day as Vol. 7, thinpack 10 months later I my me Strawberry Eggs - 4 years, 4 months Human Crossing - 1 year, 7 months Chobits - 1 year, 8 months, not counting the half-series sets[/url] GunGrave LE set same day as Vol. 7, thinpack 5 months later DearS - 1 year A Little Snow Fairy Sugar - still awaiting a collection after 3 years, 3 months CardCaptor Sakura - 1 year, 11 months Paranoia Agent 2 months (probably to get it out in time for Anime Expo) So I guess the answer, based on this random sampling, is that it's the luck of the draw if you're waiting for boxed sets on Geneon series -- I don't think they're doing simultaneous releases of boxed sets and last volumes anymore, but you might get lucky and have one within 6-8 months. Or you might get unlucky and have to wait a few years, though Geneon seems to be on a re-releasing spree these days. |
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Randall Miyashiro
 Posts: 2451 Location: A block away from Golden Gate Park |
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I buy almost all of my Geneon titles as they are being released since their box sets tend to cost around the same price as the individual releases. I recall pre-ordering Gad Guard, Last Exile, Herlock, Takahashi Anthology, Mermaid Forest and ROD box sets since the preorder 25% off was a little better than the standard 10% off for the already released volumes at TRSI. Had I been on top of things I would have preordered these series individual discs at pre-order prices.
I don't know how I feel about the half box sets like the ones for X, Chobits, and Heat Guy J. ADV's Get Backers and Gantz, or Bandai's Wing Gundam make sense since they are longer series, but dividing a 26 episode series in half (didn't Bandai do this to Wolf's Rain?) seems a bit silly. |
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DuelLadyS
 Posts: 1705 Location: WA state |
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Snow Fairy Sugar had a boxset, I bought it on sale from Rightstuf ages ago. Let me check my order history and get you a date... Edit: I ordered that January 27th, 2005. So it's been out awhile. |
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Porcupine
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Hey nice pic, Buster Blader.
I bought DVDs 1-5 of Gun x Sword just to see Priscilla pictures and no other reason. I had seen Gun x Sword 1 earlier and thought it was junk and I didn't buy the rest until Priscilla appeared on the covers. Unfortunately even though Gun x Sword is finished now, I'm not buying the last 2 DVDs even though Priscilla is in them because only 3 episodes per DVD is too expensive (greedy Geneon) for me considering how much Gun x Sword sucks (to me) and I only want to see Priscilla pictures and she doesn't get enough screen time.  I'm hoping if I wait until Christmas again, maybe Suncoast will have super sales again and they will be like $8 to $14 a DVD like before.
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