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MOONPHASE · 03-25-2023, 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by BigOnAnime

Bandai Entertainment actually shut down in 2012 (officially disolved in March 2013) by orders from Bandai Visual Japan, despite still being profitable.

But their sales dropped quite a bit in that time.

BigOnAnime · 03-25-2023, 10:18 AM

Yes, but they didn't go under when the bubble popped, and they were still profitable. You saw a decrease in output and more sub-only releases, but they did weather the storm better than say Media Blasters which by 2013 was almost at death's door (took until very recently for them to get back on their feet). Had Bandai Visual Japan not ordered them to shut down, they'd probably still be releasing stuff to this day.

Gowho · 03-25-2023, 04:43 PM

Regarding Bandai, they were also putting out defective discs during 07-08. Code Geass, Lucky Star, Gurren Lagann all suffered from it due to whatever issue they had with their old replicator.

Memade · 03-25-2023, 06:27 PM

Any news on Digimon Season 1 sub blu-ray? It's been months since the dub release.

jsevakis · 03-25-2023, 07:24 PM

It's coming. Designs just got approved, so it's in the home stretch. Since it's a pretty drastically different cut it had to be AstroRes'ed entirely separately.

LexInHD · Yesterday, 02:21 AM

I miss the Bandai catalog, but not their over-priced offerings.

Crimzon · Yesterday, 04:56 AM

I wonder if Discotek will do anymore limited numbered editions? I like the ones I have.

psychopuppet · Yesterday, 11:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gowho

Regarding Bandai, they were also putting out defective discs during 07-08. Code Geass, Lucky Star, Gurren Lagann all suffered from it due to whatever issue they had with their old replicator.

It was apparently the anti-piracy/copy protection they were using on the disc causing issues with most if not all DVD Players. Which funny enough could be bypassed by copying the disc.

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03-25-2023, 10:18 AM	#10342
BigOnAnime Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Mar 2015 Location:Minnesota, USA 4K collection:8 Blu-ray collection:530 DVD collection:625	Yes, but they didn't go under when the bubble popped, and they were still profitable. You saw a decrease in output and more sub-only releases, but they did weather the storm better than say Media Blasters which by 2013 was almost at death's door (took until very recently for them to get back on their feet). Had Bandai Visual Japan not ordered them to shut down, they'd probably still be releasing stuff to this day.

03-25-2023, 04:43 PM	#10343
Gowho Active Member Member since:Jul 2022	Regarding Bandai, they were also putting out defective discs during 07-08. Code Geass, Lucky Star, Gurren Lagann all suffered from it due to whatever issue they had with their old replicator.

03-25-2023, 06:27 PM	#10344
Memade Active Member Member since:Dec 2020	Any news on Digimon Season 1 sub blu-ray? It's been months since the dub release.

03-25-2023, 07:24 PM	#10345
jsevakis MediaOCD Insider Member since:Apr 2016	It's coming. Designs just got approved, so it's in the home stretch. Since it's a pretty drastically different cut it had to be AstroRes'ed entirely separately.

Yesterday, 02:21 AM	#10346
LexInHD Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Oct 2010 Blu-ray collection:226	I miss the Bandai catalog, but not their over-priced offerings.

Yesterday, 04:56 AM	#10347
Crimzon Member Top contributor Member since:Feb 2009 Location:Laugh Tale 4K collection:39 Blu-ray collection:1503 DVD collection:1075 MA collection:152 Digital collection:232 iTunes collection:186 Prime collection:152 Blu-ray reviews:19	I wonder if Discotek will do anymore limited numbered editions? I like the ones I have.

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