My DVD wantlist « hontou ni

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Calawain
April 15th, 2008 - 10:07

Code Geass – Will get this even if R2 bombs.

Don’t know about anything aside from R1, but over here in the states it’s going to be airing on AS at the end of April, so we can’t count on DVDs to start releasing until late summer at least. Which means almost 2 years between the start of airing and a DVD release. And they wonder why DVD sales are down…

Nanoha As – Haven

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Zyl
April 15th, 2008 - 10:15

Asatte no houkou – I don

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suguru
April 15th, 2008 - 14:10

Having the DVD wishlist is definitely key…I ended up putting a hard cap on how many DVDs I buy a year, just to keep my anime library from growing completely out of control. Having what’s coming out listed out makes it easier to make the tough decisions on what to buy. I’m still waiting for Da Capo to hit region 1, but I’ll probably wait forever on that one…

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vexx
April 15th, 2008 - 16:00

As stated, Nanoha and Nanoha A’s are in limbo because Geneon USA got cremated. They’re supposedly looking for someone else to pick it up for distribution. We know dub/sub work is still being conducted (one of the AS posters is actually a known translator who’s still doing work on it).

The series Karin (the blood-giving vampire) is also in limbo for the same reason which is horrible because it already had 3 volumes released.

Kanon R1 is caught in the ADV “we’re so unprofessional we can’t even keep our lies straight so we just don’t say anything” mess. They keep releasing street dates but were hugely short-stocked on volume 1 & 2(with box or without) and have missed their volume 3 street date by a month, though they’re taking volume 4 pre-orders.

Makes it kind of hard to support the industry when they seem so unprofessional.

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Stripey
April 16th, 2008 - 06:03

Calawain: Gao! Missed the ROD offer! Thanks for the info. Looks like I need to start looking at R3 releases for Nanoha As. For such a popular series, I wonder what the holdup is all about.

Zyl: Actually the R3 releases for Asatte is already out. 6 vols but as usual, they are cutthroat. XD I guess I could still fall back on them if we don’t see R1s

suguru: Would you mind R3s? Since the Taiwanese licensee for Da Capo died, the DVD set is being sold at severely reduced prices (8 DVDs at $150 Singapore dollar). If you are keen, I could snag them and have them mailed to you.

vexx: Looks like another reason to go R3s for Kanon. XD Good to hear that there’s a sliver of hope for that As’ release in the near future. I need my Gundam-esque loli mahou shoujos! XD

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double
April 16th, 2008 - 08:19

For Byousoku 5cm, I suggest getting the R2 Limited Box edition. It’s totally worth the money, since there’s a soundtrack that comes with it, and a random film cell strip too.

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Stripey
April 16th, 2008 - 09:12

Thanks for the highlight. Personally I prefer R1s or R3s so that I can try to propagate the anime passion to the uninitiated.

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Xellos-_^
April 16th, 2008 - 09:50

Here is my dvd list:

http://www.intervocative.com/dvdcollection.aspx/Ryviux

Stripey, you miss the Genon sale last year where they had the entire box available for $28

For Shuffle, I am waiting for the box set. I bought the Noein single for $45 then they rls a box set for $25 never again i vow

EF – I doubt with the current market this will get rls in R1.

Nanoha – Heard either MB or Funi has it.

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Beowulf Lee
April 16th, 2008 - 14:51

Kara no Kyoukai?! Type Moon fans have been waiting on this forever. DVD’s hit next month.

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muhootsaver
April 16th, 2008 - 18:57

You can always wait for the blu-ray realeases. That’s what I’m doing for all the new series since I don’t want to double dip. By the way, 5cm/s is getting a blu-ray release in Japan, so you might want to consider blu-ray for that title. ^^

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Stripey
April 17th, 2008 - 07:50

Xellos-_^: thanks for the info. I think i’ll hold out for As. Taiwan will surely license Ef so I probably turn to them for R3s

Beowulf Lee: I’ll have to see it first to decide

muhootsaver: heh blu-ray would be great except that it cost an arm and leg to get the disc and the player now. Maybe in a couple of years then it becomes more common and affordable

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suguru
April 17th, 2008 - 18:39

I appreciate the offer, it’s tempting…but sadly, usually I watch anime on my work laptop, which has a region 1-only DVD drive T_T I’ll have to settle for Otoboku hitting R1 this June for my bishoujo fix

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vexx
April 20th, 2008 - 16:54

Actually there’s are several solutions for hardware region-crippled drives:
http://www.dvdidle.com/dvd-region-free.htm

It works beautifully for me on Windows XP (haven’t tested it on Vista and hope never to have to ).

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Stripey
April 22nd, 2008 - 07:35

suguru: Oh I didn’t know Otoboku will be getting a R1 release!

vexx: Thanks! Now I can play my Mahoro R2s on my notebook

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Viny
May 6th, 2008 - 01:49

Ef ~ a tale of memories – Can I just buy the Chihiro bits?

I actually wanted the Miyako buts more

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