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[anotheriori]

http://www.advfilms.com/Sales.asp

some good prices for memorial day, just head up.

cheap prices on older anime/manga
also there's a 40% sale on alot of other adv stuff at rightstuf.com

From now until 6/5, get 40% OFF Retail price on all currently available ADV Films and Softcel DVDs and 33% OFF all currently available ADV Manga and Audio CD titles!* This means you can pick up fantastic new releases like Cromartie High School, Elfen Lied, Gantz, and Madlax for a steal!

Coupon Code: school
Expires: 6/5/05

 

[Gantz]

Thanks, but I wouldn't buy any ADV licensed products with a 10ft pole.

 

[Pellham]

Thanks, but I wouldn't buy any ADV licensed products with a 10ft pole.

not even gems like Cromartie?

 

[anotheriori]

oh? reason?
not even Gantz?

on related note rightstuf carries UMD anime: *(preorder)

Appleseed UMD (Hyb) - Feature Only $14.99
Gungrave UMD 1 (Hyb) (eps 1-2) $11.24
Hellsing UMD 1 (Hyb): Impure Souls (eps 1-3) $11.24
Samurai Champloo UMD 1 (Hyb) (eps 1-2) $11.24

 

[radios shipping overview]

Thanks, but I wouldn't buy any ADV licensed products with a 10ft pole.

lol adv is satan lol

 

[anotheriori]

i've heard that supposedly their transfers suck or something? but other then that why the adv hate?
i was interested in picking up plastic little since i was interesting in the art/animation quality in it.

 

[radios shipping overview]

My post above was sarcasm; ADV is one of the best companies in the business right now, funding plenty of interesting projects from the ground up (like Kino's Journey) and doing high-quality translations with great transfers and packaging (they're using chipboard boxes now instead of paper). A certain group of fans has latched onto the idea that ADV is evil because they're very large and doing very well for themselves and because of a few scattered and dubious incidents - supposed translation plagiarism from some Rahxephon fansubs; kicking somebody's dog, etc.

ADV has done some crap jobs in the past, like transfer problems with some show or another and overlays in early Eva and Nadesico discs, but they've since cleaned those up and later releases of the shows were fine. They've continued refining their processes and listening to fans' feedback, which is what any company in this business should be doing.

 

[anotheriori]

oh i see, thanks

 

[aceface]

I don't know if I would order anything off of their web site though. One of the sales they had a few months back was a huge fiasco. Edit: by their web site I mean ADV. Right Stuf is all good.

 

[Shouta]

ADV is nowhere near one of the best in the business now. One of the largest perhaps but nowhere near the best. Too many mistakes, lots of inconsistency, poor transfers, and a whole host of other things. They're not quite as moronic as Bandai in a lot of regards but they still have many many problems in their actual work.

 

[anotheriori]

here's a question, sometimes the fansub seem to be better then the actual translation by the company that licenced it. Since fansubbers try to help the anime community couldn't the company that licenced that anime in that area use portions of the translated script?

 

[Dead]

Just so you know whatever DVDs you order from ADVs website will most likely have holes punched through the sleeve. Just a warning to those anal about packaging like me

 

[Shouta]

here's a question, sometimes the fansub seem to be better then the actual translation by the company that licenced it. Since fansubbers try to help the anime community couldn't the company that licenced that anime in that area use portions of the translated script?

They could if they asked for permission from the person or people that did the script. They don't automatically inherent any right to any script they want if they license the material though.

 

[bjork]

The only problem I have with ADV is their manga release schedule. It's like:

Vol 1: now
Vol 2: whenever the hell we feel like it, maybe never

We've carried so many ADV mangas that never got a second volume, or haven't in almost a year. Hell, Gunslinger Girl 1 and 2 were like 15 months apart... could you imagine them releasing GTO or something of that length? Sheesh. The sad thing is, they've got Cro High manga...

That said, I ordered two Mechazawa plushies, as I can't find them in stores.

 

[anotheriori]

The only problem I have with ADV is their manga release schedule. It's like:

Vol 1: now
Vol 2: whenever the hell we feel like it, maybe never

We've carried so many ADV mangas that never got a second volume, or haven't in almost a year. Hell, Gunslinger Girl 1 and 2 were like 15 months apart... could you imagine them releasing GTO or something of that length? Sheesh. The sad thing is, they've got Cro High manga...

That said, I ordered two Mechazawa plushies, as I can't find them in stores.

yeah thats annoying, i'm still waiting on 'your and my secret' vol 2..

 

[Rorschach]

That said, I ordered two Mechazawa plushies, as I can't find them in stores.

Please tell me you didn't order like 100 of them ><

 

[Tabris]

Do they ship to Canada? I have like barely any anime dvd's and there's a bunch I'm interested in that are now very cheap.