Updates  

I've got several updates to pass on this week, so lets get to it! 

First, Viz has finally announced their release of the first Berserk: The Golden Age Arc movie, which is coming to DVD and BD on November 27th:

Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I - DVD - Nov 27
Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I - BLURAY - Nov 27  

Now that is all sweetness. Really, can't wait to see this! :-)

Media Blasters sent us their latest schedule sheet, and so far everything on the schedule for this fall is holding firm except for two changes. They have added the boy love title Ai no Kusabi OVA DVD for Dec 4th, and they have also bumped the release of the KITE BD again, now all the way back to November 27th.

Funimation sent over a note this week letting us know that they have bumped Shana 2 - yet again. After just being moved up last week from Sept to Oct, they have now bumped it again from Oct all the way to Dec 11th:

Shana (Shakugan no Shana) Season 2 Part 1 Complete DVD/BD Box - Oct 16 to Dec 11
Shana (Shakugan no Shana) Season 2 Part 2 Complete DVD/BD Box - Oct 16 to Dec 11

Patience is an Anime Fan that's for sure. But in fairness, one of the folks at Funimation told me  that they have a 'good reason' for the delay, and they will be making that reason public in a few weeks. Ohhhhh the intrigue!

In better news, Funi also announced that they are finally re-scheduling the Strike Witches 2 BD/DVD set! It's being added to the October schedule and is now setup to street Oct 2nd. At last! And yes, it will remain a DVD/BD combo set, which is why it took so long to be released in the first place. Gotta satisfy those irrational Japanese re-importation fears.

NIS let us know last week that the just released Bunny Drop Premium set would be sold out at wholesale after filling retailer pre-orders and that the next batch would not be available until the end of September. We'll, it looks like they have been able to advance that time table a bit - Mitsu told me a couple days ago that we can now expect the next shipment of Bunny Drop by the end of August, so there should be no worries about our existing stock selling out before the next batch becomes available.

And finally, I've got a little personal rant, so the next paragraph is probably NSFW: 

It seems some ass$#%@ felt it necessary to post a little blurb over at Fandom (and then cross post it over to our FB page) last week saying that he felt like I was a bit of a 'douche' for some of my recent comments on the Anime Industry. (Recent comments?) Now, I know I like to speak up about things that other folks just stay quiet about because they don't want to do anything that could threaten their precious revenue streams, but of all the things I've said over the years about the dumb decisions that other Anime companies make (like this, this, this, or this), he actually called me out on my stance against AniPlex's high pricing and limited distribution policy, a policy that I find frankly indefensible. I really have to question if the guy actually knows what a 'douche' is, and my guess is that he probably doesn't since he's clearly never had a girlfriend. Now if the guy works as a paid troll for AniPlex (all the big boys have them on the payroll), then I can just write it off as a lame attempt to discredit me from a company that seems perfectly capable of doing anything in order to maintain their monopolistic business practices. But if the post was made by a real person (i.e. - someone that just had nothing better to do with their time), then I can only conclude that the dude either doesn't know what the heck he's talking about, or has been totally brainwashed by the corporate machine, and I find that prospect a bit disconcerting. My experience is that, unlike this guy, most Anime fans really don't live in their mothers basements into their late 20's - because they are much smarter than this. So from one 'douche' to another - seek help dude. :-) Seriously, you need it.