I'm still getting a half dozen e-mails each week from folks wondering when Geneon's old titles will be back on the market. Anime fans are consummate optimists. :-) I actually do have an update of sorts, and I have not mentioned anything up until now because I didn't want to get anyone's hopes up - but what the heck, here goes. Geneon has been in serious talks with a major US home entertainment distributor for about the past three months to get their titles back on the street. I know exactly who it is, how far along they are, and the details that are going to make or break the deal.
The trouble is I can't make any of that info public without jeopardizing our
relationship with the new company, but perhaps it's helpful to let you guys know that there is something serious in the works. Whether the deal is completed or not remains to be seen, and I would advise everyone to not get their hopes up, but I will tell you this:
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If we don't hear anything by mid-summer we probably won't hear anything.
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Even if a major deal is struck, it won't involve Geneon's entire catalog circa Sept007. The new company will cherry pick those releases like people at Ruby Tuesday pick over the salad bar.
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The 'major distributor' they are in talks with is NOT one of the existing US Anime studios. Please don't e-mail me scoping for more details, or to ask if this title or that title will be re-released soon. I don't know, and if I did, I couldn't tell you at this point anyway. If a big announcement comes through in the next few weeks, just remember you read about it here first. If it doesn't, well heck people, even space flight is 'possible'... -_^
The trouble is I can't make any of that info public without jeopardizing our
relationship with the new company, but perhaps it's helpful to let you guys know that there is something serious in the works. Whether the deal is completed or not remains to be seen, and I would advise everyone to not get their hopes up, but I will tell you this:
*
If we don't hear anything by mid-summer we probably won't hear anything.
*
Even if a major deal is struck, it won't involve Geneon's entire catalog circa Sept007. The new company will cherry pick those releases like people at Ruby Tuesday pick over the salad bar.
*
The 'major distributor' they are in talks with is NOT one of the existing US Anime studios. Please don't e-mail me scoping for more details, or to ask if this title or that title will be re-released soon. I don't know, and if I did, I couldn't tell you at this point anyway. If a big announcement comes through in the next few weeks, just remember you read about it here first. If it doesn't, well heck people, even space flight is 'possible'... -_^
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