10/05/2001 Edition

I'll start by apologizing for how late I am getting this week's column out. Non-forum life consumed me more than I could handle this week. This is going to be a short column this week, but I'll make up for it next week... I promise :)

The life of a forum in a week

I'll watch any DVD, as long as you didn't make it
 

Lots of discussion about Viz and how they are going to treat the upcoming Inu Yasha video release. Nothing from Viz officially yet, but a lot of people are worried about how it will turn out, especially in light of them recently taking their DVD production in-house.

Didn't vol 2 just come out?
 

Crest of the Stars has hit the shelves for some people. Manages to take care of that nasty cliffhanger from disc 2... only to end on another one. Damn

Release Dates drive me Berserk
 

Queen dropped in on a thread about upcoming fantasy anime Berserk to make a correction about a possible release date. Current claim is March 2002.

Silly name, serious anime
 

Clarifications regarding the release of Boogiepop Phantom: volume 1 - October 9th, volume 2 - October 30th, volume 3 - November 27th, volume 4 - January 29th. The boxset is a 4-disc alphapak, may have extras not avaliable with individual discs.

Soul Hunter? I'd rather hunt women
 

Soul Hunter Vol 1 - 12/18/01. 5 eps per disc.

Porn for all!
 

Sakura Diaries Collectors Edition is not a direct-order only

Unlike a certain upcoming DVD, this isn't subtitled
 

Early impressions of The Hakkenden were feared to be dubtitled. This turned out to be false. It is a proper subtitle track.

X - The most vicious letter!
 

It's ultra pretty, it's massively confusing, and it's generating a lot of opinion questions. X has been described as pretty, but with a nearly non-sensical plot. Check out one of the existing threads in the general forum for more information.

Quality Quotes
 

I just couldn't come up with any good statistics for this month, so I've selected TWO quotes of the week this time around.

How about a special chromium reply card? ^_^; -taku
Don't you know? The letter "S" is the most costly one when putting together a DVD. Skipping that on packaging and in subtitles saves huge bucks. -Chris Beveridge
 

About to pass out from lack of sleep...

-Sean Broestl
broestl@animeondvd.com