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Question for classic anime fans. If Discotek decided to start a pre-ordering system for certain classic titles that might not be released otherwise, would you be interested?

Details are still being discussed and no decision has been made yet. We are looking at possible options though. This would not be through a Kickstarter site but probably through the Discotek web site or another site made for this purpose. This would be a little bit different than a normal crowd funding project.

The basic idea is this:

We would put up a title to be released if pre-orders reach a certain amount.

Title will be released exclusively to purchasers from the web site for about 6 months and only available to buyers who pre-ordered in the first month.

After the 6 months it may be entered into normal distribution if sales are strong enough or it will be put out of print.

Everyone that pre-orders will get their name on the DVD credits as a supporter. The price will be the same for everyone that pre-orders.

There won’t be special tiers or extra prizes. This is just to get a show released and translated that normally wouldn’t be and at the same time include everyone that helped out.

We will keep the crowd funding price of the set down to a reasonable amount. Let’s say for example $60 for a 26 episode series to get it translated, authored, manufactured.

We would do it based on number of sets pre-ordered and not total dollar amount for the funding. We will keep the pre-order requirements lower to reach the goal easier so the success rate is higher.

We would potentially do two of these per year. One in the January-February area and one in the October-November area.

The anime would be something from the 1970’s, 1980’s, or even maybe the 1990’s. But it would remain titles that would not likely get a normal release. This would be mainly DVD only to keep costs down but we may possibly do a Blu Ray of something more obscure at some point using this method.

They only have that realistic chance because they have no definite end date for pledging, otherwise they'd have all failed if given a month or two.

Anyone know where Pied Piper is on the English release of the Time of Eve: Another Act Novel? All I'm seeing in their emails is stuff about that artbook.

Dororo's first set made it in 2 months and a half despite no deadline. The second set however is at over 4 months and counting and still only one fourth of the way there...

There's a Kickstarter for an animated short film called Devil's Legacy: The Animated Series advertised on ANN



There was a lively discussion thread on the ANN ad which even included responses from someone who's part of the project but ANN moderators have deleted and locked it, which is unfortunate.

I was hoping to check back in on that thread since I offered some constructive feedback on that topic, and since one of the people involved was participating. Was there a reason for the deletion given prior to it being locked?