Friday, June 28, 2019

Upcoming Releases from Eastern Star, Eleven Arts, and Shout Factory - Now Available for Pre-Order!

We've just posted new upcoming releases from Eastern Star, Eleven Arts, and Shout Factory to the store site for pre-order!

Here's what's coming:

Eastern Star

Kimagure Orange Road OVAs + Movie BLURAY - Aug 27
Sorcerer Hunters BLURAY - Aug 27
Lupin the 3rd Blood Seal of the Eternal Mermaid DVD - Aug 27
New Cutey Honey OVA Series DVD - Aug 27

Eleven Arts

Penguin Highway Limited Edition BLURAY - Nov 26

Shout Factory

The Case of Hana & Alice BLURAY - Sep 17

Upcoming Manga Added to the Store for Pre-order! - Week of Jun 25th

We've added another set of upcoming manga to the store site for pre-order!

Here's what's coming:

Magus of the Library , Vol #1, Graphic Novel - Jul 9
Waiting for Spring , Vol #11, Graphic Novel - Jul 23
Witchcraft Works , Part #12, Graphic Novel - Jul 23
Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches , Vol #19-20 Omnibus, Graphic Novel - Jul 23
Voices of a Distant Star , [Novel] - Jul 30
Reincarnated as a Sword , Vol #1, [Novel] - Aug 6
Captain Harlock: Dimensional Voyage , Vol #9, Graphic Novel - Aug 13
Classmates , Vol #2, Graphic Novel - Aug 13
Machimaho: I Messed Up and Made the Wrong Person Into a Magical Girl! , Vol #3 - Aug 13
A Certain Scientific Railgun , Vol #14, Graphic Novel - Aug 20
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid Elma's Diary , Vol #2, Graphic Novel - Aug 20
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation , Vol #9, Graphic Novel - Aug 20
Wonderland , Vol #3, Graphic Novel - Aug 20
Magus of the Library , Vol #2, Graphic Novel - Sep 3
20th Century Boys The Perfect Edition , Vol #5, Graphic Novel - Sep 17
Fire Force , Vol #17, Graphic Novel - Sep 24
Missions of Love , Vol #18, Graphic Novel - Sep 24
Quintessential Quintuplets , Vol #5, Graphic Novel - Sep 24
Reincarnated as a Sword , Vol #2, [Novel] - Sep 24
Again!! , Vol #11, Graphic Novel - Oct 1
Tokyo Tarareba Girls , Vol #9, Graphic Novel - Oct 1
Boarding School Juliet , Vol #8, Graphic Novel - Oct 8
Knights of Sidonia Master Edition , Vol #3, Graphic Novel - Oct 8
O Maidens In Your Savage Season , Vol #4, Graphic Novel - Oct 8
Skeleton Knight In Another World , Vol #3, [Novel] - Oct 15
Tomo-chan is a Girl! , Vol #5, Graphic Novel - Oct 22
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation , Vol #3, [Novel] - Oct 29

Friday, June 21, 2019

Upcoming Manga Added to the Store for Pre-order! - Week of Jun 18th

We've added another set of upcoming manga to the store site for pre-order!

Here's what's coming:

Little Witch Academia : The Nonsensical Witch and the Country of the Fairies , [Novel] - Jul 2
Barakamon , Vol #18, Graphic Novel - Jul 16
Gabriel Dropout , Vol #7, Graphic Novel - Jul 16
Interspecies Reviewers , Vol #2, Graphic Novel - Jul 16
Yuri Life Graphic Novel - Jul 16
How Not to Summon a Demon Lord , Vol #5, [Novel] - Aug 6
If It's for My Daughter I'd Even Defeat a Demon Lord , Vol #4, [Novel] - Aug 6
The Magic in this Other World is Too Far Behind , Vol #4, [Novel] - Aug 6
Hinamatsuri , Vol #4, Graphic Novel - Aug 13
Arifureta From Commonplace to World's Strongest Zero, Vol #1, Graphic Novel - Sep 10
The Ideal Sponger Life , Vol #3, Graphic Novel - Sep 17
Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts , Vol #7, Graphic Novel - Sep 17
The Ancient Magus Bride , Vol #11, Graphic Novel - Sep 24
How Not to Summon a Demon Lord , Vol #6, [Novel] - Oct 1
If It's for My Daughter I'd Even Defeat a Demon Lord , Vol #5, [Novel] - Oct 1
The Magic in this Other World is Too Far Behind , Vol #5, [Novel] - Oct 1
If It's for My Daughter I'd Even Defeat a Demon Lord , Vol #4, Graphic Novel - Oct 8
Golden Kamuy , Vol #12, Graphic Novel - Oct 15
Hinamatsuri , Vol #5, Graphic Novel - Oct 15
Tokyo Ghoul Re , Vol #13, Graphic Novel - Oct 15
High School Prodigies Have it Easy Even in Another World , Vol #5, Graphic Novel - Oct 22
Angels of Death , Vol #8, Graphic Novel - Oct 29
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon : Sword Oratoria , Vol #9, Graphic Novel - Oct 29
Nyankees , Vol #4, Graphic Novel - Oct 29
SCHOOL-LIVE! , Vol #11, Graphic Novel - Oct 29
Sekirei , Vol #10, Graphic Novel - Oct 29
Woof Woof Story I Told You to Turn Me Into a Pampered Pooch Not Fenrir! , Vol #3, [Novel] - Oct 29
Zo Zo Zombie , Vol #5, Graphic Novel - Oct 29
The Saga of Tanya the Evil , Vol #8, Graphic Novel - Dec 24

Monday, June 17, 2019

Update on the Current Discotek / Eastern Star Backorder Situation

As many of you are aware, we've been having increasing problems restocking Discotek and Eastern Star releases for the past few months. So much so that we have discontinued ordering exclusively from their master distributor and are restocking from all available sources. Even so, Discotek catalog titles are selling out (especially their BluRay releases) and many haven't been available for restocks since last year. New releases are also starting to fall to the wayside, and I have been concerned that the boys at Discotek might be having some "business" problems, if you understand my meaning.

On June 12th, they finally made the following post on their Facebook page to address the issues:

"We're been working through some major issues with the new warehouse/distribution center, and it’s causing delays. They are having problems checking the stock into their system and sending to retailers. Also attempting to restock catalog titles (Fist of the North Star movie BD, SF II movie BD, Rayearth BD, etc). Sonic X SDBD and Twelve Kingdoms BD both were delayed. Hopefully will ship by the end of June. Also, we are planning to have the out of stock catalog titles back by the end of June. Our distributor moved their warehouse and staff to new locations at the beggining of 2019 and it’s caused many delays."

We're going to take their explanation at face value, but I've been in this business a long time and have seen a lot of publishers go to the wayside. Physical media sales of Anime continue to fall across the board - especially DVD format - which makes up most of Discotek's back catalog. It always starts with supply problems and catalog stock outs, as it's hard to order another 500 or 1000 units of a catalog title that's annual national sales have dropped to a couple hundred units or less. Then it moves to delays on new releases. And then..... I think the inquiries about the delays in shipping the May releases finally obliged them to post something about it, and I'm glad they did.

Just the same, I would also advise everyone who is interested in their titles to think about picking up what you want while they are available. Anime is a funny business, and you never know what's going to happen.

Funimation's September Anime Releases - Now Available for Pre-Order!

We've posted Funimation's September 2019 Anime releases to the store site for pre-order!

Here's what's coming:

Ace Attorney Season 2 Part 1 DVD/BD Combo Set - Sep 3
Kakuriyo Bed & Breakfast for Spirits Season 1 Part 2 BLURAY - Sep 3
My Hero Academia Season 3 Part 2 DVD/BD Combo Set - Sep 3
The Tatami Galaxy DVD/BD Combo Set - Sep 3
Yu Yu Hakusho Season 1 Steelbook BLURAY Boxed Set (Eps #1-28) - Sep 3
Interviews with Monster Girls Complete Series BLURAY (Essentials) - Sep 3
Wolf's Rain Complete Collection BLURAY (Classics) - Sep 3
Lord of Vermilion : The Crimson King Complete Series BLURAY - Sep 10
Full Metal Panic FUMOFFU Complete Collection BLURAY (Classics) - Sep 10
Full Metal Panic the Second Raid Complete BLURAY (Classics) - Sep 10
My First Girlfriend is a Gal Complete Series BLURAY (Essentials) - Sep 10
Seven Mortal Sins Complete Series BLURAY (Essentials) - Sep 10
Akashic Record of Bastard Magic Instructor BLURAY (Essentials) - Sep 17
Classroom of the Elite Complete Series BLURAY (Essentials) - Sep 17
Nobunagun Complete Series BLURAY (Essentials) - Sep 17
Super Lovers Complete Series BLURAY (Essentials) - Sep 17
Love Live! Sunshine!! Complete Collection (Seasons 1 & 2) BLURAY - Sep 24
Magical Girl Raising Project Complete Series BLURAY - Sep 24
One Piece : Episode of East Blue TV Special DVD/BD Combo Set - Sep 24
AOKANA Four Rhythm Across the Blue Complete Series BLURAY (Essentials) - Sep 24
A Centaur's Life Complete Series BLURAY (Essentials) - Sep 24
Dragonar Academy Complete Series BLURAY (Essentials) - Sep 24

Friday, June 14, 2019

Upcoming Manga Added to the Store for Pre-order! - Week of Jun 11th

We've added another set of upcoming manga to the store site for pre-order!

Here's what's coming:

Cocoon Entwined , Vol #1, Graphic Novel - Jul 16
Count Fujiwara's Suffering , Vol #1, Graphic Novel (528 pgs) - Jul 16
The Dirty Way to Destroy the Goddess's Hero , Vol #1, [Novel] - Jul 16
Final Fantasy XIII-2 : Fragments Before [Novel] - Jul 16
Goblin Slayer Brand New Day , Vol #1, Graphic Novel - Jul 16
Killing Me! , Vol #1, Graphic Novel - Jul 16
Secretly I've Been Suffering About Being Sexless Graphic Novel - Jul 16
Skull-face Bookseller Honda-san , Vol #1, Graphic Novel - Jul 16
The Survived Alchemist with a Dream of Quiet Town Life , Vol #1, Graphic Novel - Jul 16
Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki , Vol #1, [Novel] - Jul 23
Goblin Slayer Side Story Year One , Vol #2 [Novel] - Jul 23
Last Round Arthurs : Scum Arthur And Heretic Merlin , Vol #1, [Novel] - Jul 23
Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online , Vol #4, [Novel] - Jul 23
Do You Love Your Mom And Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks? , Vol #1, Graphic Novel - Aug 20
One Piece Omnibus #29, Vol #85-87 Graphic Novel (608 pgs) (New World) - Sep 3
Inside Mari , Vol #6, Graphic Novel - Sep 10
Splatoon , Vol #7, Graphic Novel - Sep 10
Hakumei and Mikochi Tiny Little Life in the Woods , Vol #7, Graphic Novel - Sep 17
Restaurant to Another World , Vol #2, [Novel] - Sep 17
Komi Can't Communicate , Vol #3, Graphic Novel - Oct 8
The Hero Is Overpowered But Overly Cautious , Vol #2, [Novel] - Oct 22
Bungo Stray Dogs , Vol #2, [Novel] - Oct 29
A Certain Magical Index , Vol #19, Graphic Novel - Oct 29
Creature Girls A Hands-On Field Journal in Another World , Vol #2 Graphic Novel - Oct 29
Empty Box and Zeroth Maria , Vol #7, [Novel] - Oct 29
Final Fantasy XIII-2 : Fragments After [Novel] - Oct 29
Hatsu*Haru , Vol #9, Graphic Novel - Oct 29
My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong as I Expected , Vol #8 [Novel] - Oct 29

Sentai's September Anime Releases - Now Available for Pre-Order!

We've posted Sentai's September 2019 Anime releases to the store site for pre-order!

Here's what's coming:

This Art Club Has a Problem Complete Collection BLURAY - Sep 3
The Book of Bantorra Complete Collection BLURAY (Eps #1-27) - Sep 10
Di Gi Charat Ultimate Collection BLURAY - Sep 17
Initial D Legend Theatrical Collection BLURAY - Sep 17
Tada Never Falls in Love Premium Edition Box Set BLURAY - Sep 24
Tada Never Falls in Love BLURAY - Sep 24