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ADV Announces New Dates for Delayed Anime Releases (Updated)

ADV Films Senior Vice-President of Sales and Marketing Mike Bailiff has sent an e-mail message to retailers to announce new shipping dates for a slew of titles that were removed from the company's website last month and then delayed.

Notably absent from the list are Devil May Cry and Gurren Lagann.

ADV has not provided an official explanation as to why these titles were delayed. The following is an excerpt from Bailiff's message:

As you know, a number of recent releases have been delayed. Here are new ship dates for those titles:

2/26/08
Project Blue Earth SOS vol. 1
Kanon vol. 2
Kanon vol. 2 + Collectors Box
Kurau: Phantom Memory vol. 6
Moonlight Mile vol. 1
Tokyo Majin vol. 2
Tokyo Majin vol. 2 + Collectors Box
Welcome to the NHK vol. 3
Pumpkin Scissors vol. 3
The Wallflower vol. 2
The Wallflower vol. 2 + Collectors Box

3/4/08
5 Centimeters Per Second
Kanon vol. 3
Ah! My Goddess: Flights of Fancy vol. 6
Red Garden vol. 4

3/11/08
Project Blue Earth SOS vol. 2
Project Blue Earth SOS vol. 2 + Collectors Box
Venus Versus Virus vol. 3

3/18/08
Moonlight Mile vol. 2
Moonlight Mile vol. 2 + Collectors Box

We apologize for any inconvenience.

Update: The Right Stuf International's Shawn Kleckner notes that "Devil May Cry [Volume 1] is already shipping, so that one's out and will be replenished." Robert's Anime Corner Store reports that Bailiff "could not respond on a status for future Devil May Cry or Gurren Lagann releases but told [the store owner] that there would be further updates soon."