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Discontinued DVDs

posted on 2004-12-06 10:42 EST by Christopher Macdonald

Bandai's Mobile Suit Gundam Movie Collection and Geneon's Requiem from the Darkness DVD 1 + Artbox have been discontinued. The companies will no longer be manufactuing / distributing these releases, although they may still be available in some stores.

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