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nokishoff
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here-and-faraway
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Just wondering... does it go against ANN policy to report anything about a company or its titles if the company has not released the information in an official press release or in an interview? I'm not saying ANN should be like The Enquirer or anything, but obviously ANN's staffers know some inside information because they rub elbows with people in the industry. (Like the Geneon example.) ANN reporters can't write things that state, "An employee from Viz, who wishes to remain anonymous states that..." or "Sources indicate that..." like they do in other entertainment journals? Not an attack, just something I've been wondering about for a while... |
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batou37
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If I had to guess (and I am guessing of course so I could be way off the mark) I think that its because that ANN is run by true fans of anime. Saying things like that, while it might get readers to read more, would lessen their access to anything that they have currently, and also could actually cause damage to the sadly at this time fragile industry that we rely on for our fix. Most magazines, newspapers, etc.. seem to be more interested with ratings, #'s sold, and popularity instead of just supporting something that they truly enjoy, which I think is more the case of ANN.
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Hardgear
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If the show/whatever other item is something I know I want and will buy when it comes out, I preorder it even if it dont have a release date. What's the harm really, you dont get charged for it until it ships. Unless you maybe think you wont have the $$ available when they finally do ship it.
For me this makes for some nice surprises at times. Once I preordered something that was delayed for I think 1.5 years total, and by the time it shipped and I got it I had forgotten about even doing the preorder. Made a nice surprise present for myself. |
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jenthehen
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Yes, when the hell IS the rest of Queen's Blade being released? Things are getting ridiculous ... I expected to have the second volume in my hands the beginning of August ... but no. I actually canceled my preorders of volumes 2 and 3, because you could already preorder the blu-ray complete collection for less money
I just don't understand what the hold up is ... |
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Sunday Silence
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And the industry wonders why people flock to illegal means to get their fix. |
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Sailor S
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Oh do shut up. Most every post you've made is just you being an asshole. We get it. Go away. |
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zanarkand princess
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As far as pre-ordering goes, I have a bit of a tendency to pick and choose which distributors to pre-order from based on recent cancellations/history/reputation. Semi obscure slice of life from Bandai? Maaaybe not.. CLAMP title from Funimation? Sure. I realize this isn't a perfect system of course.
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MorwenLaicoriel
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For some reason Ahrem's letter had me laughing pretty hard. Maybe I find exclamation points really funny?
Oh yeah! That thing!
Eh, I wouldn't say that. There's exceptions out there, but I think the majority of the companies that cater to anime fans in the west do it out of a love of the medium, and by extension the fans. I think it's less that other companies don't care and more that a lot of Funimation's marketing is built on making fans feel like they're "in the know." It probably helps that Funimation's got a solid enough base at this point that they can afford to be a little less cautious. That's not to say that I don't wish other companies would take a page out of Funimation's book, just that I don't think it's a sign of other companies not caring about fans and more a sign of other companies being reeeeally worried about doing anything that could harm them in the long run. (Of course, I'm mostly speaking based on observational guesses, so...grain of salt, etc.) |
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poonk
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Having said all this, though, it still kinda cheeses me off when something with a release date of, say, November suddenly becomes July of next year (as has happened with some of my manga preorders recently). I realize there are reasons for this that are probably beyond the publisher's control but it's still pretty disappointing. Yet I keep preordering anyway-- it's pure optimism, which is really so unlike me. 
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The King of Harts
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Apparently, the complete DVD and BD collections and volume three are supposed released "sometime in the first quarter", so somewhere between January and March. Yes, they are guessing their release dates. And the second volume has been shipping out for a couple weeks, I believe. On preorders, I used to never do them because I hate seeing something I preordered delayed, but I've been doing them more often lately, and I'll be doing a lot next year thanks to Funimation and their LE releases. I actually think I'll send that in as something I'm looking forward to... |
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Shichimi
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^ Yeah, I don't think I'd be happy to have to constantly wait for stuff I'd ordered to finally come out. More often than not, I usually just get box sets in. Probably not helpful to marketing, considering they're released months down the line...
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ikillchicken
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The real kick in the teeth with Monster as I see it is that they've already dubbed the whole thing and obviously they've got the license for the entire thing. I mean it aired on TV and everything. So really, they've mostly put in all the work and expenses necessary for releasing the series. How hard is it to put out a boxed set or something to be done with it already if nothing else?
Comparing not releasing a totally different game to not releasing the rest of the same series which you have already licensed is pretty apples/oranges though don't you think? Nobody expects them to 'announce' that they won't be releasing a vaguely related game because obviously there's no concrete reason to think they will be. On the other hand it pretty much goes without saying that a company will release a series they license. That's how it works. |
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Sunday Silence
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Be nice. Or the obake will take your tongue!! |
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Redd the Sock
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STill, one might think that at least some form of "early cancelation warning system" might do more to benefit sales than harm them.
As someone mentioned Queen's Blade, that was a good example of what happens: people (meself included here) see singles knowing a cheaper box set is on the way and sit back and wait. In this case, media blasters did the smart thing and skiped right to the box set. Viz probably would have canceled the project. Some notice that sales are low and things won't either get finished or released in prefered forms if sales don't improve might get a few of us off our entitled rears and buying things we were holding off on. |
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