The panel started with a trailer showing off Attack on Titan's English dub, part one of which is released on DVD and Blu-Ray on September 15th, of course. The collector's edition will contain a DVD with 104 minutes of extras, including a "Making of" feature for the series. The distributor also gave us a sneak preview of the Ghost in the Shell Blu-Ray Steelbook (which is looking good, incidentally), which will be released on September 29th. Manga Entertainment hold worldwide rights to the film (outside of Japan), so will also be releasing this edition in the US, Canada and Australia. Prior to the UK release, there will also be a number of screenings across Picturehouse cinemas around the country. Also confirmed was a release date for The Devil is a Part-Timer, which will be arriving by October 27th 2014. One brand new license announcement is that the company have licensed The Princess and the Pilot, which will be released in a subtitle-only form - more details will follow. The company also had plenty of One Piece news to talk about, confirming the release of its first nine films as three film DVD triple packs, but with the eighth movie also released as a standalone film on both DVD and Blu-Ray with both English and Japanese language options. Alongside that, the distributor has also licensed more of the TV series, taking the UK through to Collection 12. The company are also talking to Toei about One Piece Film Z, but have nothing to report at this time. Continuing down the shounen track, the distributor have announced that they have acquired Naruto Shippuden Movie 5 - The Blood Prison on DVD and Blu-Ray by December 22nd. The final two Hellsing Ultimate OVAs (parts IX and X) should be released early in 2015 after the company receive masters from FUNimation, hopefully in October. Also confirmed are release plans for the third Berserk movie, which is currently slated for an uncut UK release on DVD and Blu-Ray on October 6th. Questions from the audience included discussion of shows that the company would be interested in licensing - Jerome cited Knights of Sidonia, Terraformers, Sword Art Online II and Black Butler's new series amongst them. Also noted were Captain Earth and Gatchaman Crowds (the latter of which Jerome has been involved in talks with Tatsunoko Productions regarding), as well as Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (Jerome has been talking to Warner Bros Japan) and the BlazBlue anime. Evangelion 3.0: You Can (Not) Redo has been confirmed of further delays to its western release for reasons outside of the distributor's control.
Before this panel, we exclusively revealed that MVM Entertainment have licensed The Garden of Sinners for an October UK DVD release. Other licenses announced by the distributor consist of: Further Patlabor OVAs, Bunny Drop, Blast of Tempest, Kokoro Connect (which we've confirmed to be DVD-only) and The Familiar of Zero Season 3. Formats are yet to be confirmed on many of these. The company have also confirmed that Bodacious Space Pirates will be re-released on Blu-Ray. Meanwhile, Anime Limited have announced that they will be releasing Psychic School Wars (aka Nerawareta Gakuen) on both DVD and Blu-Ray, and with both English and Japanese language options. Also picked up by Anime Limited is all of Full Metal Panic, which the distributor will be releasing on DVD and Blu-Ray - the company are currently looking into what materials they can get a hold of with a view towards a potential Collcector's Edition. During the panel's question and answer stage, the prospect of Sailor Moon being licensed was raised, with Andrew Partridge and Ross Liversidge both noting that it didn't perform well on either TV or DVD during its prior UK release, even if they would like to see it licensed. The prospect of a license for Kyoto Animation's Free was also raised, with Mr. Partridge pointing out that it is a difficult proposition as someone currently holds worldwide rights outside of Japan, while there's also a significant holdback on any Blu-Ray release of the show outside of its homeland. On that note, Sgt. Frog and Macross were also noted as being difficult to pick up for various reasons, with the former having passed through numerous hands while the latter is held up in rights issues even though many involved in the production of the various iterations of the show would like to see it gain a wider release.
Links234 wrote: » qwertee have a death note tee up at the moment, in case anyone's interested?
GalwayGuy2 wrote: » Imo, they look to similar. They shouldn't have blocked out their mouths. I wonder will there be another black lagoon season? I thought it was an incredible anime.
Links234 wrote: » 100th Anniversary of Toyko Station video
Links234 wrote: » Eva tee on qwertee atm! https://www.facebook.com/Qwertee/photos/a.10150131346647524.333240.397969197523/10153441134442524/?type=1&theater
QwertyCookie wrote: » Hi! New here and to anime Only started watching it since September last year. Mainly into Psychological, Thriller, Horror and Action anime And a bit of Ghibli too of course xD
Gunmonkey wrote: » Welcome to the party. What have ya watched so far? Also, saw Psycho-Pass in HMV for €30, pretty damn good for the whole series.
Gunmonkey wrote: » Also, saw Psycho-Pass in HMV for €30, pretty damn good for the whole series.
Links234 wrote: » Wait, what? :eek:
Links234 wrote: » I've actually been itching to get it, but you know they're airing the hour long episodes with extra scenes, so I'm kinda wondering if I should hold off on getting Psycho Pass
PopePalpatine wrote: » You can't go wrong with Cowboy Bebop.
