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Bandai Entertainment winding down; ....what.
Topic Started: Jan 2 2012, 11:20 AM (331 Views)
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http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-01-02/bandai-entertainment-to-stop-releasing-new-dvds-bds-manga

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Bandai Entertainment, the subsidiary of Namco Bandai Holdings (USA) that handles anime and manga in North America, will stop offering new DVD, Blu-ray Disc, and manga releases next month. It will continue to distribute in its existing catalog lineup, but it will no longer produce and distribute new releases as of this February.

Instead, Bandai Entertainment will focus on licensing rights to other companies, particularly in digital distribution, broadcast, and merchandising. The company will be restructured as a result, and most of its contractors and three of its five fulltime staff members will be laid off. ANN will publish an interview with Bandai Entertainment President and CEO Ken Iyadomi on Tuesday.

The following releases have been cancelled:
Anime DVD/Blu-ray Disc

Gosick
Nichijō
Turn A Gundam
Manga

Code Geass: Renya (Code Geass: Shikkoku no Renya)
Gurren Lagann volume 7
Kannagi volumes 4-6
Lucky Star Boo Boo Kagaboo (spinoff by Eretto)
Mobile Suit Gundam 00I
Tales of the Abyss: Jade's Secret Memories volumes 1 and 2

Releases in Bandai Entertainment's current catalog will still be available after February, and Bandai Entertainment plans to produce new stock on these existing releases, if needed, until their respective licenses expire.

Bandai Entertainment closed its own online store in December, but other retailers can still order and carry Bandai Entertainment's current releases as before.


WE WERE GETTING NICHIJOU?! THE FUCK!
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Shining Blaze
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And that explains why we haven't gotten Turn A Gundam. What the fuck Bandai?
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Yoshi6400
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Bandai Visual: "If I'm going down, I'M TAKING YOU WITH ME!"

Jokes aside, Bandai Entertainment's quality of service has dropped significantly over the past few years. I'm not surprised at this news.
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Posted ImageHobbes
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Good lord, it's the end of era. =(

I'm glad they'll still be around in some fashion, but it's sad to see we won't be getting Turn-A Gundam from them after all. I was really looking forward to it.

But what about the second half of the First Gundam Complete Collection? Is that still coming out? It was due out February 7th, and though logic would say it's been cancelled, it's not among the titles listed above. Did it manage to squeak through due to the DVDs already being pressed or some such?
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Arado Balanga
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What? You can't be tired, you can sleep in the grave.

*sigh*

And the economy claims another victim.
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NurikoBaka
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You know, I was too calm in the Turn A cancellation topic...

FUCKING GODDAMN IT!!!!!!
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PhoenixGundam13x
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Jan 2 2012, 02:29 PM
But what about the second half of the First Gundam Complete Collection? Is that still coming out? It was due out February 7th, and though logic would say it's been cancelled, it's not among the titles listed above. Did it manage to squeak through due to the DVDs already being pressed or some such?
It should be coming out still. Bandai will be doing production after February and they haven't said that it's been cancelled yet.
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Lowe Gear
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*cries for Nichijou & Gosick*

I'm upest about Turn-A, natch, but it's been around in fansubs for a while and has a pretty dedicated fanbase, so I'll get over it. But I was so excited that we were getting Nichijou and Gosick, both of which deserved far more attention than they got, and now they're just two more victims....
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