Need some help, but I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask.

I'm looking to purchase the Neon Genesis Death & Rebirth/End of Evangelion box set.

Can anyone tell me if this is a legitimate release?

http://www.amazon.com/Neon-Genesis-E...8718369&sr=1-2

I'm not looking to purchase a bootleg, so I thought I'd check here before I made the purchase.

Thanks in advance.

All four listings in the Amazon.com Marketplace are bootlegs.

GHackmann is correct. All four listings are bootlegs. In this case, the all region coded DVD and one disc are your clues for it being a bootleg product.

Is this normal or a *defect* in the BLACK HEAVEN anime boxset dvd packaging? It's still brand new, factory sealed. Notice the left upper and lower hand corners.

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...venBoxset4.jpg
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...venBoxset3.jpg
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...venBoxset2.jpg
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...venBoxset1.jpg

That is normal setup for a bailey box. I'm not sure why you would think it's defective.

Good to know. Thanks. *Damage* because I guess I don't see why it needed to be *cut* like so, exposing the artwork to the box. I would have figured protecting the artwork would have made more sense.

This is simply my first bailey box; never had a bailey box prior. I guess I also shouldn't worry when the Sol Bianca's bailey box is ordered either. I can sleep well now. :)


Plus, I've seen anime boxset listed with the following:

I *think* they're called this (what exactly are these?):

Alpha box
M- box
Brick boxset, etc.

Are there other boxset descriptions, and photographs to the above examples? Maybe it's been answered in the past, but are there exact photographs to these sort of packaging here on the forum (or elsewhere on the net)?

Yeah, it's normal. I can say for all the purchases I've made with them, if you receive anything from Rightstuf, they have the best shipping for box sets. FYI, the pics look like my own Black Heaven set as well.

I don't get it. Why would anyone want a bootleg version since there's a perfectly legal release of both movies?

I need help in regards to a purchase.

I'm looking to buy the steel case version of Trigun that was released by Geneon. There were two volumes that was released and was wondering if first of all they contain all of the Trigun episodes and how are they in regards to PQ and sound?

Who watched Chrono Crusade on one of Showtime channel yesterday? It ran marathon.

The 2 volumes together do contain all 26 episodes of the series.
Can't comment on PQ and sound as i'm not a fan of this particular show.

Gunslinger Girl second season will air in Japan on January 7, 2008. It would be called "Gunslinger Girl -Il Teatrino-".

Okay, how long till it release in USA? 2009?

I'm not 100% sure if the PQ is better, but I know the audio is much improved.

That's FUNimation probably. Depending on how quickly they work on licensing I'd say we could be looking at November/December of 2008. I think Gunslinger Girl was a popular series for them.

The following is from the december' anime bargain thread:

Eureka 7
http://www.rightstuf.com/cgi-bin/cat.../desc/asc/50/1

It looks like each and every volume of Eureka 7 has an *artbox*. I'm just wondering which volume actually has a *collector's artbox* that is suppose to house the remaining volumes of Eureka.

For most anime titles, it seems like the collector's artbox is usually paired with either: volume 1 OR volume 2 OR the last volume installment.

I'm wondering which one it is for Eureka, because from what I've seen in pictures it seems like there's a total of 10 collector's artbox or something to that extent.

Numbers 1 and 7 (of 12 total volumes)

Thanks. So the question is what's the *point* of all those other artboxes. Are they just as sturdy as a collector's artbox? or are they more cheaply made? Can you actually house the designated volumes within one of those other ones (i.e. 2, 3, 4, 5, etc).

As for the other ones, they're much less substantial, not designed to be opened regularly to access DVDs, and are really much more to physically hold the goodies that the SE versions contain inside at the point of purchase than anything else.

Thank you Maxflier and Abe. for the responses.

There are plenty of people out there who just want the cheaper product. -ohbfrank-

Thanks WTK.

I decided to move the following discussion here (from the Anime Bargain thread http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread....5&page=4&pp=25 ) because I just realized it's more appropriate/fitting here.

In summary, it's about the limited availability of *middle* volumes to anime series, regardless of title, but specifically about Fate/Stay Night (volume 5). Scroll all the way down this post to read my response to SDZeroG's valid point.

SDZeroG, you make a valid point. It's understandable but if that's the case, wouldn't units of volume 6 be even *more* limited. Why would volume 6 (Fate/Stay Night) be more abundant than 5. With the business model theory, wouldn't the availability of vol. 6 be lower than vol. 5.

Another example is Basilisk. There is a total of six volumes. Currently, volume 3 and 4 "limited edition (LE)" versions are supposedly hard to come by while the LE volume 5 and 6 are relatively, easily accesible.

EDIT: In other words, wouldn't it be more fitting if the availability of subsequent volumes dropped.

I initially left LE versions out of my original post because they do complicate production numbers but I have noticed, for the most part, that if you happen to miss the boat on an LE version there tend to be plenty of regulars floating around still. As for specifics to why certain series have given supply issues, I cannot answer that as 100% fact, I can just formulate a theory on why companies do so.

I can see the LE version packaged with an art box at vol. 1. Volume 1 is your gateway to the series and since more units need produced, you can more easily split this between LE and regular.(As a consumer though I must make a personal aside and mention I like how ADV is shifting their art boxes to v. 2. This lets us, the consumer, purchase volume 1 and see if we like it. If we do we will be more inclined to purchase the art box and volume 2. I don't know about anyone else, but I don't like buying v. 1 + art box if I don't know I will complete the series.) It's kind of harder to forecast your LE's as you travel down a series especially if you do not release one every volume.
If you released one each volume and your market was 40% LE/60% regular, it's easier to breakdown the market. If your LE's are only vol. 1 and 6, it can be a lot tougher. Will all of your v. 1 LE's want a vol. 6 LE, what kind of extras do the LE's contain? Is it special casing? Pencil boxes? A clock? chewing gum?
You have to give a higher share than normal to the % split towards the LE version with the art box in this industry, some people (coughMEcough) absolutely love them. So if you run a 40/60 LE split, the art box might run at 50/50 or higher, again depending on your data.


Your extreme cases as to why you could possibly find more last volumes than near end volumes could be double dippers and "end piece collectors". Double dippers either buy both SE and regular, or accidentally buy the regular and then when they realize there is an SE they buy that too for whatever cool extras lure them in. The end piece collector may have watched the series and liked it, so they buy the last volume because "that final boss scene was the coolest". Think DBZ here. We know the Z warriors do a lot of talking for endless episodes, why own them all when you can just own the last volume and see the end?

To tackle the F/Sn question, the increase to the volume 6's could be that Geneon made a higher initial print run than normal to account for going under. If they have plans that X months from the initial print run, we will run another wave to the press to replenish the stock, they knew v. 6 likely falls beyond this date for that treatment so they increase the initial stock slightly.
Volume 5 could have likely been set to have a repressing for a second wave, but if finances don't meet, the second wave doesn't get made. They have to devote time to this second wave, and they probably likely devoted their limited press time left towards pushing out first wave new volumes than minor second wave represses.
A second option is that a higher quantity of vol. 6's made it to online stores than 5. This could very well mean that many 5's are still sitting on store shelves (I highly advise if you want F/Sn btw to check your local Best Buys. I actually looked for a month+ unsuccessfully for vol. 5 and happened across it on an out of town trip). The news of Geneon going under could have affected the amount of stock your B&M stores wanted, so Geneon shifted the remaining vol. 6's to online stores. Since we all likely primarily shop online here, we "see" these online stocks more than B&M stocks.

As for the Basilisk 3 and 4, I would guess that their marketing saw how quickly their 3 and 4 LE's were bought up and they slightly increased supply for their 5 and 6 LE's compared to what they were initially scheduled to run. That or it is another potential issue of what we see online vs. B&M availability.

For you Blood+ fans...
 

Blood+ Release Information w/ 3D Cover Arts

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• 5 episodes
• Full Screen Presentations
• Audio: Japanese and English Stereo
• Subtitles: English, French and Korean subtitles

Blood+, Part 1

• 25 episodes (5 episodes per disc)
• 6-Disc Gift Set in Collectible Packaging
• Inside Blood+ Bonus Disc – includes interviews
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• Audio: Japanese and English Stereo
• Subtitles: English, French and Korean subtitles
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