Podcast #47 – May 23rd 2018
All The Anime Podcast #47 - Season 3, episode #05:
"MCM London May 2018 Preview"
[Recorded on 23rd May 2018]
It's a busy week for Team Anime Ltd. as the MCM London Comic Con event takes place this weekend, but Jeremy and Andy find some time to get together to preview the weekend for both attendees and those not attending know what we'll be doing at the show and what to be on the lookout for.
Though the scheduling of the podcast has gone completely AWOL recently (again), we're hoping to record some audio for you over the MCM London weekend. So be on the lookout as for all you know there could be an extra podcast without warning!
If you're coming MCM London we look forward to seeing you there.
NOTE: As always please note this podcast may contain strong language and any views expressed by individuals in this podcast do not reflect those of Anime Limited.
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Signing out~!
Jeremy
[UNBOXING] Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale. Check out our Ltd. Collector's Ed. which arrives on 28th May.
The world of Sword Art Online requires little introduction, and we know that many of you are more than excited to be able to finally get your hands on our home video release of Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale when it hits the UK on Monday, 28th May 2018.
While we're sure nothing will assuage your impatience to own our Limited Collector's Edition release of this title for yourself, perhaps an in-depth look at what you'll find once your copy arrives will help to momentarily quench your desires? Read on below for everything you need to know about this release!
MCM London Comic Con attendees: Before getting to tell you about the product itself and whatnot, we're happy to confirm that the first opportunity to get your hands on this release will be next weekend at the MCM London Comic Con event (25-27th May 2018). We will have copies of this available to purchase (while stock lasts) from our stand, stall #1600 in the South Hall.
ABOUT SWORD ART ONLINE: ORDINAL SCALE
Synopsis: "The NerveGear, the world’s first dedicated full-dive device developed by the genius programmer, Akihiko Kayaba in 2022…a revolutionary machine that opened up infinite possibilities for the world of VR (Virtual Reality).
4 years later…. A next-generation, wearable multi-device called the Augma has been released to compete with the NerveGear’s successor, the Amusphere. A cutting-edge machine boasting the ability to enhance AR (Augmented Reality) to the maximum, the Augma offers a safe, user-friendly experience, as it can be used while the player is awake, making it an instant hit. Its most popular title is an ARMMORPG developed exclusively for the Augma, “Ordinal Scale (a.k.a. OS).”
Kirito is about to join Asuna and the others as an Ordinal Scale player, but they’re about to find out that it isn’t all fun and games…"
You can watch a trailer for the film below, taken from our theatrical release of the movie last year:
WHAT's inside?
Let's start with the gorgeous rigid box for the film, which uses a foil finish effect applied to certain parts of the artwork and design to give an eye-catching style to the release that'll look beautiful in your hand or on a shelf.
Within that box, you'll find a digipak adorned with striking artwork featuring a number of core characters from the film, which is of course used to store the film itself in both DVD and Blu-ray formats. Both discs contain the main feature with both English and Japanese 5.1 audio together with English subtitles. The Blu-ray disc also contains a number of extras including a subtitled commentary track featuring the film's director, Tomohiko Ito, and the Japanese voice actors for the characters of Asuna and Kirito, Haruka Tomatsu and Yoshitsugu Matsuoka respectively, as well as trailers for the movie and an Ordinal Scale edition of the show's regular Sword Art OFFline feature.
Also inside you'll find a set of five art cards, each of which provides you with one of the film's key visuals to make full use of all of the artwork at our disposal.
Last but certainly not least, we've compiled a wealth of information, content and artwork to produce a 60-page book - within these pages you'll find a breakdown of the Sword Art Online story so far, information about the new technology that sits at the heart of Ordinal Scale's story, a wealth of character and setting information and artwork, in-depth character profiles for some of the major players in the film, and a comprehensive gallery of illustrations used to promote the film in Japan and beyond. It's as comprehensive a record of all things Ordinal Scale as you could possibly hope for.
WHERE CAN I BUY THIS?
We're currently taking orders for all of our editions of Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale via our AllTheAnime.com web shop, and you can find our product listings for the film (as well as our other Sword Art Online-related releases) below.
Sword Art Online at AllTheAnime.com
Of course, you can also order our Collector's Edition from other retailers, using the buttons below:
Order at Amazon UK
Order at Zavvi
Order at Base.com
Order at HMV Online
Order at Anime-on-Line
PHOTOS OF THE FINISHED PODUCT
And now it's time to show you photos of the finished product itself. Don't forget you can click on them to enlarge them. Also POTENTIAL SPOILER WARNING for the photos below; more specifically for any pages of the book we show. Continue Reading
[UNBOXING] Hyouka Part 2. Check out the Ltd. Collector's Ed. Blu-ray set being released 25th June.
It's been a while since we released the first part of the series Hyouka, but for good reason as we were cooking up something special to be part of our release of the second half of the series that would also fit nicely into the storage box that came with Part 1*. Today we show you what to expect from this ahead of its release on 25th June.
But in case you need a quick reminder about the series, or you not familiar with at all and want to know more, have a read of the information below.
MCM London Comic Con attendees: Before getting to tell you about the product itself and whatnot, we're happy to confirm that the first opportunity to get your hands on this release will be next weekend at the MCM London Comic Con event (25-27th May 2018). We will have copies of this available to purchase (while stock lasts) from our stand, stall #1600 in the South Hall.
ABOUT "HYOUKA: PART 2"
Synopsis: Hotaro Oeki joined his school's Classic Literature Club in the hope of an easy low-energy after-school life. However, he reckoned without the inquisitive Eru Chitanda, a fellow club member who simply can't leave even the smallest of mysteries untouched without demanding to know eveything about them.
As a result, and buoyed on by their mutual friends, Chitanda's infectious energy and insistent nature sees Oreki dragged into the heart of numerous low-key mysteries revolving around their school. From the strange happenings at the annual culture festival to a simple missing box of chocolates, Hotaro will have to use all of this investigative intellect and powers of deduction to get to the bottom of the unusual occurrences which emerge around him - hopefully without expending too much of the previous energy which he guards so carefully.
Studio: Kyoto Animation (A Silent Voice, K-ON!, Full Metal Panic: The Second Raid)
Check out a preview for Part 2 below:
WHERE CAN I BUY THIS?
You order your copy from the following retailers now:
Order at Amazon UK
Order at Zavvi
Order at HMV
Order at Anime-on-Line
And we'll be taking pre-orders from 8th June, but in the interim you can view the listings at our web shop in the link below:
WHAT'S INSIDE? WHAT'S ON THE DISCS?
This comes packed in a rigid case that will fit inside the storage box that came with Part 1*. So it'll sit nicely beside Part 1 and fill out the large space you may have noticed. Following on in similar style to Part 1*, inside the Part 2 rigid case is a digipack to hold the two Blu-ray discs. We've been cooking up something special for this release, so also inside the rigid case is an 84 page art book!
What's so special about this? Well, it's an art book that features all the available material we could get out hands on from booklets included in the original Japanese releases, translated into English! That's right, we've translated all the details - in this book there's a lot of fine detail - which (as far as we're aware) is the first-time this material is being released in an English speaking territory! So a nice little exclusive to show how demonstrate how excited we are at being able to release the series, as well as knowing how much fans will get kick out of it too.
On the discs themselves, you'll find:
-- Episodes 12-22 [end] of the series with English and original Japanese with english subtitles language options.
-- You'll also be able to enjoy textless versions of the opening theme song "Mikansei Stride" and the ending theme song "Kimi ni Matsuwaru Mystery"
WHAT DOES THE FINISHED PRODUCT LOOK LIKE?
And now it's time for photos of the finished product! You can click to enlarge them too if you want. Continue Reading
[UNBOXING] Wolf’s Rain ULTIMATE ED.
The time is nearly here! In just under a week you'll be able to get your hands on the latest addition to what we would call our most premium range of releases; the ones where we have so much material to work that we can go the extra mile that when we could have imagined originally! This coming Monday (28th May 2018) sees the release of our Wolf's Rain Ultimate Edition Blu-ray set!
There's a lot of information to cover about this release. So if you didn't read our post a while back detailing the plans for this release, have no fear as you can catch up below.
MCM London Comic Con attendees: Before getting to tell you about the product itself and whatnot, we're happy to confirm that the first opportunity to get your hands on this release will be next weekend at the MCM London Comic Con event (25-27th May 2018). We will have copies of this available to purchase (while stock lasts) from our stand, stall #1600 in the South Hall.
ABOUT WOLF'S RAIN
From Studio Bones, the studio that brought you Fullmetal Alchemist and Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, Sword of the Stranger, Blood Blockade Battlefront, and Eureka Seven.
Directed by Tensai Okamura (The Seven Deadly Sins, Darker Than Black, Blue Exorcist).
Synopsis: "Paradise - a legend, a myth, and a hopeless dream in a world that has become a wasteland. It is not meant for everyone, only the wolves thought to be extinct yet still roam the lands. When the Flower Maiden awakens, the path to the end will open.
Kiba, a lone white wolf, wanders into a poverty stricken city on a quest. The scent of Lunar Flowers and the will to find Paradise is all he has. Along the way, he runs into other outcast wolves: Tsume, Hige, and Toboe, each with their own story and troubles. Fate bringing them together, and together they seek out the Flower Maiden, Cheza, and their way to Paradise. But, doing so is no simple matter.
Up against a world that fears them and a man with mysterious abilities, their journey is overrun with challenges and worse-sacrifices. With limited time, they must fight to protect Cheza against everyone who seeks her and discover the hidden path to their destiny. This group of broken souls will form a pack and take their journey to the doors of Paradise. But is it worth the end of the world?"
Check out the trailer below for the series -
WHAT'S IN THE ULTIMATE EDITION?
As we've developed the concept of our Ultimate Edition releases over the years, we've taken lots of feedback on board and combined that with our own thoughts to help mould them into what they are today! Our most recent Ultimate Edition release, Eureka Seven (at time of writing), was a great amalgamation of all that feedback and has helped shaped the future direction of what our Wolf's Rain release will be ultimately (no pun intended) be and contain.
Contents of the Wolf's Rain's Ultimate Edition:
- Much like our Eureka Seven Ultimate Edition release, the entire contents of this will come packed in a bespoke mailing box so the contents can be packaged and stored safely.
- There will be a rigid case that will house a digipak containing four Blu-ray discs and 9 art cards.
- On the four Blu-ray discs themselves you'll find the complete series of Wolf's Rain - this being 26 episodes plus the 4 OVA episodes that conclude the story. All the episodes will have both English and Japanese (with English subtitles) audio options. On the fourth disc specifically there will also be some additional content as well. That being -
- Two Japanese cast interviews (featuring comments from (Mamoru Miyano (voice of Kiba), Kenta Miyake (voice of Tsume), Hiroki Shimowada (voice of Toboe), Akio Suyama (voice of Hige), Unshou Ishizuka (voice of Quent Yaiden), Takaya Kuroda (voice of Darcia), Kaho Koda (voice Cher Degré), Mitsuru Miyamoto (voice of Hubb Lebowski), Arisa Ogasawara (voice of Cheza))
- A Japanese staff interview with comments from Masahiko Minami (Producer), Kazuhiro Wakabayashi and (Sound Director)
- Plus Japanese promotional material including the Pilot Film, two Promo Films and television promotional videos.
- There's even the textless version of the opening song “Stray” and two textless versions of the closing song "Gravity".
- The 9 art cards will showcase some of the beautiful art created for the series. (You can get a better look at those in another visual below.)
- You'll also get three - yes, three - A3 posters that will be rolled up in their own tube to ensure safe transit with the other contents. (Again, referring back to our Eureka Seven Ultimate Edition as an example.) The three images themselves that will be present on the poster showcase some of the gorgeous art created for the series. One will be portrait whereas the other two designs will be landscape. (See visual above for a preview of those.)
- If that wasn't enough you'll also get a 100 page art book that has been specially curated for our release! If you've been following our releases in general, let alone Ultimate Edition releases, you know we try to take advantage of every single piece of art we have at our disposal and this book is no exception! The book itself will be split into four sections total: Characters, Concept Artwork, Settings and The Art of Wolf's Rain.
HOW MUCH IS IT?
WHERE CAN I BUY THE ULTIMATE EDITION?
As we mentioned, there are 1000 units of this Ultimate Edition being produced. This release is not exclusive to any one retailer.
The suggested retail price for this will be £149.99, but as has been seen in the past with previous Ultimate Edition releases the price that will ultimately (no pun intended) be charged by retailers (including us at alltheanime.com) will be cheaper. For example (at time of writing) Amazon and Zavvi are charging £99.99 for it, whereas Base.com are charing £94.99 for it.
You can pre-order this now from the following retailers -
Order at Amazon UK
Order at Zavvi
Order at Base
Order at HMV Online
order at Anime-on-Line
View listing at AllTheAnime.com
NOTE: At the bottom of this post there is an FAQ about this release. Be sure to give it a read.
PHOTOS OF THE FINISHED PRODUCT
And now it's time to show you photos of the finished product. You can click on them to enlarge them too! Also worth noting, POTENTIAL SPOILER WARNING for the images below. Continue Reading
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
By Andrew Osmond.
One of the virtues of Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust is that it’s a franchise film that doesn’t ask you to know anything about the franchise. You can enjoy the film as a one-off weird tale, a spaghetti Hammer which transposes vampires and their hunter nemeses into a fantasy Wild West, millennia into the future. But the film’s history is linked with the history of anime as a foreign export, travelling from the mysterious East into the heart of Western culture. Not unlike a certain Transylvanian count… Continue Reading