This will be a quick post for lack of time, but I wanted to post a couple of things.
Funimation sent us their December release schedule this week, and we've got it all posted on the store site now for pre-order.
First, the announcements have answered the questions about what they are going to do with ADV's former unfinished titles, and I know many fans will be a bit disappointed because it appears that Kanon will be the only series they will finish as single volumes and the rest will all be re-released as full season or half season boxed sets. This applies to Welcome to NHK, Red Garden, Tokyo Majin and Pumpkin Scissors. I'm not sure if this is an ADV problem, or if Funimation has looked at the economics and decided they simply could not afford to carry the cost of these licenses while only deriving revenue from a small part of them, but I think it's important to remember that it was not Funimation who let fans down on these titles in the first place, and that without them it's likely they would never have been completed in any form.
Ok, nuff said about that, now on to the list.
The following December releases from Funimation are now available for pre-order:
Air Gear Complete Collection DVD Boxed Set
Funimation sent us their December release schedule this week, and we've got it all posted on the store site now for pre-order.
First, the announcements have answered the questions about what they are going to do with ADV's former unfinished titles, and I know many fans will be a bit disappointed because it appears that Kanon will be the only series they will finish as single volumes and the rest will all be re-released as full season or half season boxed sets. This applies to Welcome to NHK, Red Garden, Tokyo Majin and Pumpkin Scissors. I'm not sure if this is an ADV problem, or if Funimation has looked at the economics and decided they simply could not afford to carry the cost of these licenses while only deriving revenue from a small part of them, but I think it's important to remember that it was not Funimation who let fans down on these titles in the first place, and that without them it's likely they would never have been completed in any form.
Ok, nuff said about that, now on to the list.
The following December releases from Funimation are now available for pre-order:
Air Gear Complete Collection DVD Boxed Set
Xenosaga Complete Collection DVD Boxed Set
While I'm at it, we also managed to post a few new Q1 2009 figures for pre-order, and they are all pretty spectacular:
Full Metal Panic! Teletha Testarossa 1/6 Scale PVC Figure
While I'm at it, we also managed to post a few new Q1 2009 figures for pre-order, and they are all pretty spectacular:
Full Metal Panic! Teletha Testarossa 1/6 Scale PVC Figure
And finally, we added four more 2009 Import Calendars for pre-order based requests that folks e-mailed in this week:
Death Note 2009 Wall Calendar (Japanese Import)
Death Note 2009 Wall Calendar (Japanese Import)
Masamune Shiro Saber Tooth Cats 2009 Calendar (Japanese Import)
Due to heavy Japanese demand I've posted a disclaimer on the Saber Tooth Cats calendar:
Due to heavy Japanese demand I've posted a disclaimer on the Saber Tooth Cats calendar:
The Japanese publisher of this years Shiro Masamune calendar has designated it for the Japanese market only, and is not offering any unit to direct exporters. We have a partner in Tokyo that we have ordered them through that will transship them to us once it is released, however, the print run of this calendar is strictly limited and retailers will be filling Japanese orders first before our orders will be filled. This means that we probably will not get the amount that we ordered, so pre-orders for this calendar will be filled first come first served. Also keep in mind that we may not be able to obtain enough units to fill all pre-orders, so please keep in mind when ordering that our ability to fill your order will depend on circumstances beyond our control. We'll do our best, but we cannot guarantee that all orders for this particular calendar can be filled.
I'll be back tomorrow with lots more in our regular Friday newsletter. Have a great evening everyone!
