Wake Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 According to their official site, Bandai Entertainment's online store closed on December 29, and now the subsidiary of Namco Bandai Holdings will be ceasing production and distribution of new products. Starting in February, Bandai Entertainment will no longer offer new DVD, Blu-ray, and manga releases.While there will be no new products emerging, Bandai Entertainment will continue to offer existing releases from its catalog after February and plans to produce new stock if needed until licenses expire. Below is a list of cancelled releases:Anime:GosickNichijouTurn a GundamManga:Code Geass: Shikkoku no RenyaGurren Lagann volume 7Kannagi volumes 4-6Lucky Star Boo Boo Kagaboo (spinoff by Eretto)Mobile Suit Gundam 00ITales of the Abyss: Tsuioku no Jade volumes 1 and 2Sources: Bandai Entertainment Online Store, ANN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeroOfFate Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 Seriously? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mordeth_Kai Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 that sucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-Lord Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 That truley does suck! If I were to get some of the cancelled items they definently would be the:Code Geass: Shikkoku no RenyaGurren Lagann volume 7 Cheers for the update Wake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSJSilva Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 Heart... stopping... can't breath... WWWWWHHHHHHHYYYY!!!!!!????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmingllama Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 This distresses me. I guess that downloading is slowly killing off some of the smaller companies. Well, maybe they will be assimilated by Funimation and that will be that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrumRoll Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 awwww I feel bad for pirating now. I know! Some anime will cheer me up! *disappears to the downloads section* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
†RazorDan Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 if there was a like button, I'd like your comment drum lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkin Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 This is disappointing newsvery saddening indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koby Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 Honestly Bandai has been neglecting fans for years. The series they release here are few and far between and usually high priced compared to companies like FUNimation. On top of that they've failed to produce Blu-rays for anything other than the Gundam 00 movie and Gundam Unicorn despite shows like Code Geass and Gundam 00 having Blu-ray releases in Japan. Also they've even failed to release complete box-sets for like half their series to begin with. So yeah despite them doing quality stuff when they did get around to it... I kind of think this move is for the best as it'll allow someone like FUNimation to snatch them up and actually give the shit proper releases here Stateside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
animenerd99 Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 Aww this does kinda suck, well i hope funimatino saves some of bandai tites and even some of the VA's from bandai do some funimation dubs, that would be awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shirotora Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 I don't know much about the entertainment field, but it seems to me that doing this would only hurt them more than it already does. I get the impression from reading other reviews that this is either a very bad thing or a reasonably good thing, but I'm pretty sure that this will set back fans of these series. Whoever picks this deal up, whether it be FUNimation or any other company, will have either no business or increased revenue from famished fans frantically buying.That's just me though. I'm probably not as informed as I should be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s0ccerb0y2oo5 Posted January 5, 2012 Report Share Posted January 5, 2012 Thats depressing, I think every anime fan can agree they grew up with bandai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
†cloud1414 Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 Alot of the voice actors im friends with on facebook epically Chris and Greg Ayers are blaming it 100% on pirating. And alot of people are like "OMG BLARG PIRATES BURN" and I'm like facepalm. Its funny how they are all anti-piracy but then when the voice actors arnt looking they pirate. Trust me, I know some people are like that. Hell even I pirate, am I ashamed of it, not really. Yeah I have a job but I only get paid 190 every two weeks. And the prices bandai had on their releases, yeah bandai you can go fuck your selves and dig your selves a bigger hole you put your selves into making the prices exactly the same prices over in japan pretty much. I never bought a item from bandai and now im glad I will never buy one because I would of been ripped off.*Sorry for the text wall*Anyways, Im hoping other companies get their hands on the titles that will be thrown into the air next month. Really hoping Funimation gets most of them, they have been treating alot of titles very well. It was only a matter of time before this happened. And really all you can do is just move on, this isnt the first time a company closed doors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xstar5 Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 Sucks bad. Though not unexpected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
great_tairei Posted March 15, 2012 Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 I think this sudden movement should let us realize that piracy does not help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koby Posted March 15, 2012 Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 I think this sudden movement should let us realize that piracy does not help.Doesn't have anything to do with Piracy. The simple fact is, to make money you need to actually release something. Bandai has been holding out for a long time. Especially with their Gundam series which is their biggest and highest seller. They failed to even release Gundam 00 on Blu-ray despite being released on Blu-ray in Japan. The same problem occurred with Code Geass which would have sold like crazy had they released it on Blu-ray with reasonable prices.Instead though, they wanted to release way over priced sets of just 7-9 episodes and only on DVD.So Bandai pretty much built their own coffin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Ryan Posted March 15, 2012 Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 I hope FUNimation or some other company decides to both license and english dub Nichijou. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitee_rabbit Posted March 15, 2012 Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 Now this news really sucks ass... but on a positive note, at least Funimation may now have a chance to acquire all those anime after the license expires. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warderick Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 Now this news really sucks ass... but on a positive note, at least Funimation may now have a chance to acquire all those anime after the license expires.I would have to agree with you considering on wikipedia it says:"The company announced on January 2, 2012 that they will stop offering DVD, Blu-ray disc and manga releases by February. Bandai Entertainment will be restructured to focus on licensing anime to other companies."And the ANN site says:"Releases in Bandai Entertainment's current catalog will still be available after February, and Bandai Entertainment plans to produce new stock on these existing releases, if needed, until their respective licenses expire."Hoping FUNimation or some other company BLU-ray releases Code Geass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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