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*** ANIME CORNER UPDATES ***
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Store Stuff, News, and Tab Clearing
Couple of bullet list items to pass on this week.
First, I have been in contact with the folks at Media Blasters and have been told that the
Ladies vs. Butlers BLURAY edition (the DVD edition is already in stock) will be ready to ship around the middle of December, so if you still have a pre-order open for it just hold on a little longer.
NISA let us know last week that their license for the first season of Wagnaria expired at the end of November and they have no plans to renew. That means the current
Wagnaria!! (Working!!) Season 1 Complete Collection DVD Set (Standard Edition) is now officially discontinued and out of print, so whatever we have left in the warehouse will be it. Get em
while they last!
I'm glad to see the recently released Girls und Panzer movie doing well in Japan, though it is a little disconcerting to realize that this was probably done in place of a second season. Still keeping my figures crossed on that though. Movie trailer
here - can't wait to see this!
And finally I wanted to mention that we're now up to
Salvo #8 in our Barrage of Bargains holiday sale, and some of the items that we put up in the earlier salvo's are starting to sell out and are coming off the sale pages. Sale prices will be good thru Dec 24th, but remember a lot of the sale items won't be available at that price for that long as they run out. Just a heads up, so if you miss anything don't say I didn't tell you! -_^
Friday Night Figures Unboxings
The boys at Friday Night Figures are at it again! They recently got around to unboxing their copies of the
Black Lagoon Limited Edition boxed set, and have put up a couple of great videos, so be sure to check them out
here and
here!
I'm so jealous of these guys, I mean come on gals, they are so damn good looking! :-) Their
coupon offer (gotta watch the video) by the way, is actually good through the 6th of December so you can still take advantage! -_^
Media Blasters In House Replication Dust-Up
James wrote in this week to ask my opinion of the recent dust-up regarding Media Blasters doing in house pressing on DVD-R, and I wanted to share that conversation:
"Bob,
There are reports on the anime forum I use that Media Blasters have been using dvd-r's instead of regular dvd's there is a boycott from every one on the forum for Media Blasters now I just wanted your opinion before I bought any thing from them...
-James"
"James,
From what I understand Media Blasters acquired a Rimage system a few months ago to facilitate doing in house replication and printing of their DVD releases. I think sell through on many of their titles is now so low that it is no longer cost effective for them to press or repress disks in quanties of even a few hundred units and expect to keep their titles (in particular the Kitty catalog) in stock for reorder. They went a couple of years trying to follow the traditional replication model, but could only afford to have a few titles repressed every month, causing a good portion of their catalog to be perpetually out of print, so they decided that they were going to go to a sort of in house 'print on demand' model for retailer fulfillment. I know every time we order restocks from them whatever they didn't already have laying around they will now make for us on an as needed basis. It usually only delays our shipments a couple of days.
I think this move also allowed them to no longer use outsourced warehouse space at TRS since they would no longer have to store vast amounts of unsold DVD units. Given the state of the industry and MB's business (niche) in particular, I think this makes a lot of sense, but it does give the issue that some of their disk releases will now be pressed as DVD-r's. Sony does this on a larger scale with a few of their releases, and other big publishers also are moving a number of low volume titles to a 'print on demand' model (and in the grand scheme almost every Anime release is considered 'low volume' now as far as the entertainment industry is concerned), so I think as long as MB's quality control on the pressings is good and they are priced accordingly, I'm not opposed to it. I suppose being on this end of the business and seeing how low the national sell through on some of these titles really is now (some Anime releases from indy's like MB or Discotek are lucky to sell 500-1000 units - ever), I think John's new model is more of a 'publish this way or not at all' proposition.
I'm sorry to see Anime fans calling for a boycott over this. That will certainly not help things get any better. I know John has been through a lot to keep that company open and remember last year when he was more than ready to walk away but didn't. I do understand everyone's frustration with this, and I'm not sure if there is a solution that can make everyone happy. It's a tough business.
Anyway, hope this helps, :-)
Bob (aka Robert)"
RACS Chocolate Coins Are Back!
Some Anime stores like to spend their time and money on empty content, but we'd rather spend ours on substance, and now that the weather has started to turn a bit cooler, I'm happy to announced that the RACS Chocolate Coins are back - and this time better than ever!
Made from delicious imported Belgian milk chocolate and embossed with Noemi's cute profile, we will be including them with order shipments beginning this week. This years batch comes in three different foil colors - red, blue, and green, but instead of just a color variation, we've gone a step further with three different flavors as well:
RACS Red = Belgian Milk Chocolate
RACS Blue = Belgian Dark Milk Chocolate
RACS Green = Belgian Dark Mint Milk Chocolate
I just hope we can get these shipped out to you guys and gals before we eat them all. Yum! :-)
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New Licenses
A few new manga announcements since the last NL. Kodansha has announced it will release a prequel series to the bestselling Fairy Tail manga in Summer 2016. Series creator Hiro Mashima will draw
Fairy Tale Zero, a series which depicts the founding of the Fairy Tail guild. The story follows Mavis Vermilion, a servant of a guild master and his daughter Zera on Sirius Island. Mavis is mistreated by her masters, but she stays positive because her mother always said fairies never visit people who cry about problems. When the guild is attacked, Mavis saves Zera and they escape into the woods. Several years later, wizards arrive on the island looking for a power gemstone, and encounter the girls.
Seven Seas Entertainment has announced new English licenses for
Lord Marksman and Vanadis,
My Pathetic Vampire Life, and
Love in Hell: Death Life. They also recently announced
Holy Corpse Rising and
Monster Musume: I Heart Monster Girls for release in May of next year.
Yen Press announced that they will publish new chapters of Jun Mochizuki's new manga series
Memoir of Vanitas (Vanitas no Carte) and Shinta Fujimoto's new manga adaptation of Ryohgo Narita's
Baccano! light novel series concurrently with Japan.
Upcoming Releases
Since last time Discotek has updated their release schedule with new stuff coming in both December and January. A couple of these in fact, were only a couple weeks away when we got the notice! Here's what's coming:
Discotek
Space Adventure Cobra the Movie BLURAY - Dec 15
Street Fighter II The Movie DVD - Dec 15
Venus Wars BLURAY - Dec 15
IGPX Immortal Grand Prix Complete Collection DVD Set (Eps #1-26) - Jan 12
Yowamushi Pedal Season 1 Collection DVD - Jan 26
Wicked City Special Edition DVD (Remastered) - Jan 26
Giant Gorg DVD - Jan 26
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Customer Corner
Michael writes in this week to tell us about his Black Friday experience at RACS:
"Hello Rob and RACS Crew,
Just wanted to say a big Thank You for your hard work over Thanksgiving weekend. I placed my Black Friday order Thursday night and received it this evening on Cyber Monday! As always it was well packaged and the figure arrived in great shape. The card and chocolate are nice touches as well. And I think I was lucky enough to snag one of the last ones of this figure as when I went to the website to show a friend, it was no longer listed! Anyways, thanks again for working hard for us fans to bring us legit, quality goods at reasonable prices.
Hope you had a great Thanksgiving, Michael"
No standing in line all night or fighting with other shoppers either. To heck with all that.
Zac also writes in this week to tell us about his first experience with us:
"RACS,
Don't be alarmed, my order arrived without harm. I simply wanted to tell you first hand how impressed I was. The delivery time especially during a peak holiday was outstandingly fast. As a first time buyer I was awfully skeptical. Needlessly to say i'm at a crossroad. I wasn't expecting the level of quality or great shipping that you provided. I've got another order placed and can only hope for the same. If so you've more than earned my respect and trust as a continued customer. Thank you every so much.
Sincerely, Zac"
And then Zac wrote in again to tell us about his second experience:
"RACS,
I just wanted to respond back and say i'm astonished and impressed. My second order arrived today which I wasn't expecting at all. Your shipping times are remarkably fast. Even the boxing is great. My second order though the box it's self was rather heavily damaged, but the contents were sound. Not a mark on them. In the future I may request writing on the package fragile/handle with care. It's not your fault shipping companies can't handle people's orders with care. Well i'm going to try and convince a friend of mine to try your site out. Sure it won't take to much after he see's all the blu-rays. Again thank your so much.
Sincerely, Zac"
We've been around so long I always wonder how fans can still be skeptical of our commitment to the industry, but hey, I suppose we've been the best kept secret in the Anime business for 18 years - you know with the retro website and the great service and the kooky owner who actually answers everyone's e-mails... -_^
Thanks to both Micheal and Zac for taking the time to write in and let us know how we did - we worked very hard over the holiday weekend and we really appreciate it! :-)
And Finally...
Our
Barrage of Bargains Holiday Anime Sale continues this week, and we now have fired off a full eight salvos of savings with another one coming up very soon! We'll have these coming at you from now until about Dec 18th, each containing around a hundred items we've specially discounted for the holidays.
Sale prices will be good through Dec 24th but will be limited to a certain amount of stock we have set aside for the sale, so don't expect everything to be on sale for the entire time, especially once we hit the peak shipping period a couple of weeks from now. Be sure to
check back often, because we're going to keep the savings coming at ya all season long!! :-)
Robert's Random Thoughts
"Whenever I feel the holiday season blues I just try to remember that we are all nobody to somebody...."
RACS Collectable Art Cards - Coming to an RACS Order Near You!
To say Thank You for your continued support of RACS, our Spring/Summer Omake this year is a series of RACS exclusive collectable art cards that we have had printed and will be including with orders for the next few months.
These limited edition 5x7 collectible cards (only 2,500 per design) will be numbered and will include various RACS store art.
There will be 10 cards in all + a special chase card, in series as follows:
01 - The Girls of the Anime Corner
02 - Happy Summer Days
03 - Saint Noemi
04 - Okinawan
05 - Cute on Campus
06 - Ranshin Dojo
07 - Goth Polymer Project
08 - An Anime Corner Holiday
09 - Horror of Macabre Manner
10 - Shotoken Hearts
Each card will be limited to 2,500 units each. Eight of them are shipping with orders now, and the last two will be added in the fall. A special chase card (#11) is also being added at random to 1% of our daily orders. That card will be strictly limited to 500 units, and will be personally signed by Noemi herself! :-) If you place regular orders with us you should have a good shot at collecting them all.
Good luck! :-)
Amazon Gift Codes - You Can Use em @RACS!
If you have an Amazon gift card or code (or codes), and you want to use them here at the Anime Corner Store instead, don't worry - you can! The process is simple - just setup and place your order, and while you are checking out, drop the Amazon code (or codes) you want to use in the comments box on the order form along with the amounts next to each code that you want to use. Then finalize and place your order. Once it's done, we'll manually apply the codes to your order on our end and only bill your credit card for the balance left over after we deduct them.
Easy peasy, but if you have any questions just drop us a line.
Hot Off the Truck!
The following new title just hit the dock and is currently being checked into the warehouse:
Daimidaler : Prince V.S. Penguin Empire Complete Collection DVD/BD Combo Set
We'll update it on the store site later this afternoon, but it will be available to be included with outgoing shipments today!
That's a wrap for this issue. Check below for all the great new stuff that has come in this past week. Have a great weekend and enjoy your Anime! :-)
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Based on the manga from Yun Kouga, creator of the beloved manga Loveless, Riddle Story of Devil sends twelve female assassins to a prestigious boarding school to compete against each other in a secret killing game. The winner will be granted anything her heart desires, but only one girl can come out on top. The mission is simple: send fellow student Haru Ichinose to an early grave. The task should be easy for heartless assassin, Toukaku Azuma - but everything changes when she finds herself strangely drawn to her naive target. Her decision to use her lethal skills to keep her new friend alive will raise the stakes of the game and push the girls closer together as the other beauties threaten to tear them apart.
 After Fairy Tail makes a triumphant return to Magnolia, it's back to business as usual. The guild starts taking on some seriously odd jobs and gets a sneak peek into the daily goings-on of the Sabertooth Guild - but when something strange starts happening to one of their own, it's a sure sign that things are about to get serious. Lucy begins having trouble summoning her celestial spirits, and when they finally appear, they've transformed into opposite versions of themselves with no memories of her. When the angry spirits demand their freedom at any cost - even death - it's up to the guild to enter a series of unusual battles to seal them away until the mystery of what's gone wrong in the Celestial Spirit World can be sorted out. From an epic dance battle between Gray and Cancer, to Lucy trying to escape a sadistic Virgo - it's up to Fairy Tail to save the celestial world from itself.
Part 18 contains episodes 200-212.
 Library War is set in an alternate future Japan, where all forms of expression are strictly regulated by the Media Betterment Act. Libraries are the only oases of free thought, which puts them under constant threat by the government's Betterment Special Agencies. The only ones capable of opposing them are the Library Forces, militarized prefectural organizations that protect the content of local libraries for the sake of the people. After a dangerous brush with government forces and salvation by a mysterious "prince," a young girl named Iku Kasahara is inspired to join her local Library Force. Although Iku clearly has the skills, she leaves a lot to be desired in the discipline department: a source of both amusement and irritation to her instructors and squadmates. Balancing harsh training, interpersonal drama, and political intrigues, Iku and her team repel aggression from all those who would seek to threaten the freedom of speech represented by their local libraries. Adapted from Hiro Arikawa's award-winning light novel series, Library War is at once a work of serious speculative fiction, and an ensemble adventure examining the sometimes comedic, sometimes tragic situations faced by a colorful group of young men and women in a near-war situation...
 Asuka Tennouji's life looks normal on the outside. Living in Kobe, Japan, the hardest thing he has to deal with is balancing school with working at a restaurant and taking care of his sick mother. With such a peaceful life, it's easy to forget that outside of Kobe, portals to another world have swallowed up major cities and plunged most of Earth into chaos! Called "Black Spots," these portals allow beings of immense power, referred to as "Zillions of Enemy X" or Z/X, to invade Earth. The Z/X use Earth as a battleground to wage a war between each of their worlds--White, Red, Green, Blue, and Black--where it isn't just survival at stake, but their world's very existence! Earth, too, finds itself caught in this struggle, and the only weapon they have to defend themselves is the Card Device: a technology that allows humanity to fight fire with fire by allowing them to capture and control Z/X! With Kobe being one of the last places on Earth where you could forget the conflict with the Z/X, Asuka thought he was safe. But his peaceful life turns upside down when he meets a mysterious girl called the Dragon's Priestess, who claims she has chosen him, and grants him a Card Device. Not long after, an angel, wounded from a fight, descends from the sky and lands in his arms. This is only the beginning, as soon after an army invades Kobe, threatening to destroy its peace forever! Find out what happens in this Z/X Ignition boxed set containing all twelve episodes!!
 Falling right into Izaya's trap and framed for the murders of their members, Shizuo finds himself on the run from the Awakusu Group. Meanwhile, the rumor that the Dollars members are engaging in assaults against the Toramaru gang enrages Chikage Rokujo, the leader of Toramaru, and he rushes to Ikebukuro for revenge. Mikado is frustrated with the current situation that the Dollars are in but is unable to do anything to mend the situation. At the same time, Aoba proposes that Mikado become the new leader of the Blue Squares. Mikado makes a decision that may damage his friendship with Masaomi and Anri. Various emotions come together as an ominous scent fills the city.
Contains episodes 7-12 and OVA episode 4.5, plus a 16-page deluxe booklet and illustration post cards!
 Yozora's an abrasive loud-mouth whose only friend at school is imaginary. She knows she's difficult - which makes her better off than Kodoka, a new transfer student who picked up an undeserved bad reputation the second he stepped on campus. Inspired by their shared status as social catastrophes, the two loners unite and start the Neighbors Club, an organization dedicated to finding other misfits and making friends. In no time, a third member joins their ranks: Sena, a pretty, popular rich girl who annoys Yozora to no end. With Kodoka in the middle of the chaos, the brash brunette and the blonde boy-magnet go round and round, even as the Neighbors Club begins to grow. Hopefully, the girls can get past their rivalry. Because sometimes the friendship you're looking for is right in front of you. And sometimes the best friends are the friends you never even wanted.
 Every two hundred years, good and evil wage a Holy War. On one side, the Goddess Athena leads her 88 Saints in order to protect the world from destruction. On the other, Hades, God of the Underworld, commands his 108 Specters to sow chaos upon the face of the Earth. But in the 18th century, the repeating cycle of war takes a new twist, as the reincarnations of these powerful entities happen to be friends! Having growing up together in an orphanage in Italy, Tenma, Sasha, and Alone thought they would be together forever, a promise they remember by flower bracelets each of them wear. It wasn't to be, however, as Sasha turns out to be the reincarnation of Athena, Tenma the reincarnation of the Pegasus Saint, and Alone... the reincarnation of Hades! Now the battle rages, with Tenma struggling to find the strength to protect his friends. Can he keep Athena safe while fighting against his best friend? Must Alone perish so that the world can be saved? And will the three of them be able to keep the promise they made as children? Find out what happens in this clash of friends turned enemies with Saint Seiya The Lost Canvas Complete Series, containing all 26 episodes of the original video animation!
 What is true happiness? For Giovanni, the answer is as far away as the stars. Mired in hardship, the young kitten faces problems that should be unknown to someone his age. At school, his classmates mock and ridicule him, and after the bell rings, Giovanni toils at a job to earn enough money for bread. Then at home, instead of being taken care of by his mother, he must take care of her. The sole bright spot is that of the Festival of Stars, where he hopes to run into Campanella, his only friend. When they finally meet up, however, it isn't while looking up at the stars, but rather traveling amongst them... as the Galactic Railroad whisks the two away for parts unknown! Night on the Galactic Railroad is adapted from the novel written by famous Japanese children's author, Kenji Miyazawa. Born in 1896, Miyazawa grew up during a tumultuous time in Japan's history, and his humanist sensibilities feature most prominently in this work. While the movie features delightful cat characters, the symbolism and deeper meaning of the film can touch the young and old alike. This story is one that every child in Japan must experience in school, and now, you can too!
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Ancient Magus Bride , Vol #3, Graphic Novel
Aquarion Evol , Vol #4, Graphic Novel
Aquarion Evol , Vol #5, Graphic Novel
Assassination Classroom , Vol #7, Graphic Novel
Bloody Mary , Vol #1, Graphic Novel
Cage of Eden , Vol #19, Graphic Novel
Dragonar Academy , Vol #8, Graphic Novel - Restocked!
Dragon Ball Omnibus Edition, Vol #11, Graphic Novel (Vol #31-33)
Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma , Vol #9, Graphic Novel
Inuyashiki , Vol #2, Graphic Novel
Komomo Confiserie , Vol #2, Graphic Novel
My Little Monster , Vol #11, Graphic Novel
My Neighbor Seki , Vol #5, Graphic Novel
New Lone Wolf and Cub , Vol #7, Graphic Novel
Oh My Goddess! Omnibus Edition #2 (Vol #4-6) Graphic Novel
One Piece Omnibus #14, Vol #40-42 Graphic Novel (576 pgs) (Water Seven)
Seraph of the End , Vol #7, Graphic Novel
Seven Deadly Sins , Vol #11, Graphic Novel
Silent Voice , Vol #4, Graphic Novel
So Cute It Hurts , Vol #4, Graphic Novel
Steins Gate , Vol #2, Graphic Novel
Toriko , Vol #31, Graphic Novel
Tsubasa, RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE Omnibus (Vol #16-18) Graphic Novel
Ultimo , Vol #11, Graphic Novel
UQ Holder! , Vol #6, Graphic Novel
Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches , Vol #5, Graphic Novel
Witch Buster Omnibus 8 (Vol #15-16) Graphic Novel
"Bloody" Mary, a vampire with a death wish, has spent the past 400 years chasing down a modern-day exorcist named Maria who is thought to have inherited "The Blood of Maria" and is the only one who can kill Mary.
To Mary's dismay, Maria doesn't know how to kill vampires. Desperate to die, Mary agrees to become Maria's bodyguard until Maria can find a way to kill him. Mary is not your typical vampire. He can withstand sunlight, holds a reflection in mirrors, refuses to drink blood - and he wants 17-year-old high school student-slash-priest Maria to kill him. In order to do so, Maria must uncover the Power of Exorcism, which is supposed to have been passed down through his bloodline. But while searching for insight into the Power, Maria suspects someone might be sabotaging his efforts.
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