1st Death Note Movie In Stock / 2nd In Theaters SoonOn the heels of the early arrival this week of the first Death Note movie DVD, Viz Pictures announced that the second Death Note live action movie "The Last Name" will be shown in nearly 400 U.S. theaters in a two night special event on October 15th and 16th. This tops the first live action Death Note film which was shown on around 300 screens back in May. Jamie and I are huge Death Note fans, and we'll be taking in the 1st movie this weekend!
Future of FLCL (Fooly Cooly) on DVD Uncertain
I don't have any schedule changes to relay this week, but Synch-Point did send out a bulletin to all retailers that they will not be shipping anymore of the FLCL Deluxe DVD boxed set and that they have canceled all backorders for it. They did say that they are considering re-releasing FLCL on DVD again sometime in the future, but did not elaborate on when that might happen or what the new release (if any) would look like. We do have a few customer backorders booked for the FLCL Deluxe which unfortunately we will now have to cancel. We'll just have to wait and see if a future release is made available.
Bandai's Sept 2nd Releases Have Arrived - Mostly
After several frustrating delays, Bandai's Sept 2nd releases finally arrived Friday morning including Gurren Lagann #3, Lucky Star #3, the Galaxy Angel X Collection and the Silent Mobius Movie. Bandai has been in crisis mode recently trying to rectify certain issues with their presser, and it seems that the original batch of the Sept 2nd releases had to be returned to the presser to be reworked, otherwise these titles would have been here a couple of weeks ago. All of your pre-orders for these, so help me, are going to ship today. I can hear the whips of the task masters cracking in the warehouse as I write this. The only title that remains outstanding is the Limited Version of Lucky Star 3 which was the last to ship to us and should be in stock on Monday. They had overnighted these to us, but when the Japanese say next day they really always mean next week...
The good news in all this is that I was told good batches of all the Aug 5th titles (like Code Geass) are finally starting to arrive into Bandai's warehouse and are being dived up as they become available to retailers and customers who have requested replacements. I have already heard from a few customers that have received their replacement disks from Bandai and that they are working fine, which is music to my ears!
And while we're speaking of Bandai, as a side note we received our copies of Haruka Vol #6 this week from Bandai Visual. Now before you say anything, yes we are aware that we still have not received Vol 3, 4, or 5 and the irony does not escape me. BV is finally starting to ship again, but the progress so far has been very slow and spotty and I think they will need a little more time to get things ramped up. Still, patience is a bitch... :-)
Media Blasters Nov 08 Releases Posted
To round out the ever growing list of 4th quarter releases in the pipe-line, Media Blasters sent over their Nov plans this week and we've got them all posted to the site now for pre-order:
Go Lion (Beast King Go Lion) DVD Collection #3 (Eps #36-52)
Kujibiki Unbalance Complete Collection Premium DVD Boxed Set
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit DVD Bundle #1
Phoenix (Hinotori) Complete Collection DVD Boxed Set
Ramen Fighter Miki Complete Collection DVD Boxed Set
Strawberry Panic , Vol #5 Fifth Waltz DVD
Doll House DVD (Adult)Night Shift Nurses Ren Nanase DVD (Adult)
One thing that surprised me was how quickly they decided to release the Kujibiki boxed set - I mean it's coming right on the heals of the release of Vol #3 - but I'm sure they wanted it on the street for the holidays. The most exciting announcement is the first volume of Moribito Guardian of the Spirit which they have decided to dub. I've been looking forward to seeing for it some time! And it seems that MB has been intrigued by the way Bandai has done some recent releases, and has decided to offer 4 SKU's - two single DVD's (for the big box peddlers), a 2 pack including both, and an art box version with both DVD's. We'll only be offering the 2 pack and the art box version for sale as the 2 pack ($37.98 MSRP) is priced more than $12 less than the two individual DVD's together ($24.98 MSRP each). I'm not sure why anyone interested in the series would purchase just the first DVD when the 2 pack is such a good value, so we'll leave the individual DVD release to the trolls that haunt the Anime section at Best Buy... which is who it's intended for anyway. -_^
Notable Figure Pre-Orders
Due to the short week we were not able to get everything we wanted to posted, but we'll remedy that soon. Among the figures we've added (see below) is this absolutely beautiful figure of Gwendolyn from Odin Spear. She'll be coming in February or March of 2009 and since the amount of her allocated to the North American market will be limited we're only going to hold the pre-order window open for a short time - so be sure to check her out!
Other Figures We've Recently Made Available for Pre-order:
Ah! My Goddess: Belldandy Battle Wings 1/8 Scale PVC Figure
Bastard!!: Kai Harn 1/6 Scale PVC Figure
Bible Black: Yukiko Minase 1/8 Scale PVC Figure
Bubble Gum Crisis: Motoslave w/ Nene 1/15 Scale PVC Action Figure
Bubble Gum Crisis: Motoslave w/ Linna 1/15 Scale PVC Action Figure
Captain Herlock: Harlock w/ Commander's Chair Statue
Chichinoe+ Black Haired Waitress Uniform 1/6 Scale PVC Figure
Chichinoe+ Young Hip Cover Gal Cassis 1/6 Scale PVC Figure
Comic Aun Lala Pipiruno Pipiru Paparemmo 1/6 Scale PVC Figure
Chaos Gate Jingai Makyo: Ignis Creator's Labo # 16 1/7 Scale PVC Figure
Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 Kokoro 1/6 Scale PVC Figure
Demon Bane: Chibi Al Azif Non-Scale PVC Figure
Evangelion: Rei Ayanami New Movie Version 1/8 Scale PVC Figure
Evangelion: Rei Ayanami Creator's Labo #015 1/6 Scale PVC Figure
Evangelion: Rei Ayanami Rouge 1/7 Scale PVC Figure
Evangelion: Rei Ayanami Noir 1/7 Scale PVC Figure
Fantasy Figure Gallery: Akira PVC Statue
Fate/Stay Night: Rider ebCraft Version 1/7 Scale PVC Figure
Fate/Hollow Ataraxia Saber Maid w/ Mop 1/6 Scale PVC Figure (2nd Wave)
Genmukan: Nozomi 1/7 Scale PVC Figure
Gurren Lagann: Yoko 1/8 Scale PVC Figure
Gurren Lagann: Yoko Revoltech #10 Action Figure
Hoshiful: Kotone Kuruhara 1/8 Scale PVC Figure
Hoshiful: Ruka Hoshikawa 1/8 Scale PVC Figure
Ikki Tousen Kanu Mogdan Drawing 1/7 Scale PVC Figure
Ikki Tousen: Ryomou Shimei Maid in Cuffs 1/6 Scale PVC Figure
Ikki Tousen Dragon Destiny Zhang Fei 1/8 Scale PVC Figure
Ikki Tousen Dragon Destiny Ryubi Gentoku 1/8 Scale PVC Figure
Ikki Tousen Dragon Destiny: Sonsaku Hakufu School Swimsuit 1/6 Scale PVC Figure
Ikki Tousen Dragon Destiny: Kanu Unchou Wet Uniform 1/6 Scale PVC Figure
Iinari Aibutration: Shizukuishi 1/7 Scale PVC Figure
Jiburiru: The Devil Angel Episode 3 Jiburiru Zero 1/8 Scale PVC Figure
Kangofu Rock (Nurse + Rock): Elena Varenskaya 1/8 Scale PVC Figure
Kangofu Rock: Elena Varenskaya 1/8 Scale PVC Figure - Olive Black Version
Kanokon: Chizuru Minamoto 1/5 Scale PVC Figure
Kara no Kyoukai: Ryogi Shiki Kimono Version 1/7 Scale Figure
Kimi ga Nozomu Eien Mitsuki Hayase 1/8 Scale PVC Figure
Koihime Musou: Ryofu (Ren) 1/6 Scale PVC Figure
Linebarrels of Iron: Emi Kizaki 1/8 Scale PVC Figure
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS: Hayate Yagami 1/7 Scale PVC w/ ReinforceII
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS: Signum 1/7 Scale PVC Figure
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS: Unison Vita 1/7 Scale PVC Figure
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS: Vita 1/7 Scale PVC Figure
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS: Nanoha Takamachi 1/8 Scale PVC Figure
Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya: Ryoko Asakura Blue Bunny 1/4 Scale PVC Figure
Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya: Mikuru Asahina Gothic Punk 1/7 Scale PVC Figure
Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya: Mikuru Asahina Bunny 1/4 Scale PVC Figure (2nd Wave)
Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya: Haruhi Suzumiya Swim Wear 1/7 Scale PVC Figure
Monster Princess: Hime 1/7 PVC Figure
My Wedding Plan Angelica Rotosiruto Armor 1/8 Scale PVC Figure
Odin Sphere: Gwendolyn 1/8 Scale PVC Figure
Oneechan Bara: Vorte X Aya 1/7 Scale PVC Figure (Orchid Seed)
Oneechan Bara: Vorte X Aya 1/7 Scale PVC Figure (Alter)
Persona 3: Elizabeth 1/8 Scale PVC Figure
PLA-Wrestler Sanshiro Creator's Labo Sakurahime 1/1 Scale PVC Figure
PLA-Wrestler Sanshiro: Creator's Labo #17 Sakurahime 1/1 Scale PVC Figure
Please Teacher: Mizuho Kazami 1/7 Scale PVC Figure
Queen's Blade Alice Excellent Model 1/8 Scale PVC Figure
Queen's Blade Mellona Excellent Model 1/8 Scale PVC Figure
Sengoku Rance: Suzume 1/8 Scale PVC Figure
Sexy Magical Girl: Ai 1/8 Scale PVC Figure
Shana (Shakugan no Shana II): Shana 1/7 Scale PVC Figure w/ Removable Top
Shining Tears X Wind: Clalaclan Philias Noir 1/8 Scale PVC Figure
Shining Wind: Blanc Neige 1/8 Scale PVC Figure
Shining Wind: Elwing (Elwyn) 1/8 Scale PVC Figure
Shuffle! Memories: Asa Shigure 1/8 Scale PVC Figure
Shunya Yamashita: Nasuka Character Series 1/8 Scale PVC Figure
Shunya Yamashita Character Series: Kanaru 1/7 Scale PVC Figure
Tandem Twin Animal Girls Dog Brenda 1/6 Scale PVC Figure
Take Moon Magical Amber 1/7 Scale PVC Statue
To Heart 2: Sasara Kusugawa Swimsuit w/ Maid Outfit 1/7 Scale PVC Figure
To Heart 2 Another Days: Nanako-chan White Sukumizu Version 1/5 Scale PVC Figure
To Heart 2 Another Days: Nanako-chan Black Sukumizu Version 1/5 Scale PVC Figure
To Heart 2: Sasara Kusagawa 1/6 Scale PVC Figure
Unity Marriage: Unity Yuno 1/8 Scale PVC Figure
Witchblade: Maria 1/6 Scale PVC Figure
Witchblade: Masane Amaha 1/6 Scale PVC Figure [KOTOBUKIYA]
Witchblade: Shiori Tsuzuki 1/7 Scale PVC Figure
Xenosaga: Kos-mos EPIII Version 4 1/8 Scale PVC Figure [Alter]
New Arrivals In Stock This Week
In the new DVD dept this week we have the first Death Note live action movie a couple of weeks early from Viz (which I'm pretty excited about!). We also have those missing Bandai releases like Gurren Laggen and Lucky Star 3 that should have been here a little sooner, plus a couple more re-releases from ADV like the Gantz complete box (at last!) and the new Tin Box version of This Ugly Yet Beautiful World. We can't expect much more from ADV right now until they get though their middle age crisis, so we'll take whatever they can send us...
It's the first week of the month, and thus we have a pretty large batch of new manga arrivals in stock for you including Gentlemen's Alliance Cross #7, Vampire Knight #5, the first volume of Mixed Vegetables and about 38 more! We also have the limited Bleach Mega Collection in stock which includes the first 21 volumes in a nice carry handle boxed set. And for you Cos-Play fans we have the first volume of Broccoli's gorgeous Cosmode USA hardcover magazine.
We only have three new figures in this week but the excellent Ringo Noyamano Masked Hentai figure is one of them and as of today we only have about a dozen left to go around. Don't let her get away, she's absolutely stunning! We also have the Motoslave version of Sylia from BGC in stock and the newest Doggie (bow wow!) from Tandem Twins - you know, for you animal lovers out there! -_^
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