The Anime and Manga Special Offers Thread

[Xellos-_^]

made my purchase on 09/12

This is my current status. Lets see who get thier stuff first.

1 pd12614 Ah! My Goddess the Motion Picture DVD (Hyb) [DTS V 0.00 On Order From Manufacturer
1 pd11973 Gatekeepers 21 DVD 1 (Hyb): Invader Hunters 0.00 Reserved For Your Order
1 pd11974 Gatekeepers 21 DVD 2 (Hyb): The Final Gate 0.00 Reserved For Your Order
1 geneonsale25 Geneon Special Promo: 25 for $100 offer 100.00 Gift product
1 pd12046 Haibane Renmei DVD 1 (Hyb): New Feather 0.00 Reserved For Your Order
1 pd12047 Haibane Renmei DVD 2 (Hyb): Wings of Sorrow 0.00 Reserved For Your Order
1 pd12048 Haibane Renmei DVD 3 (Hyb): Bird of Freedom 0.00 Reserved For Your Order
1 pd12049 Haibane Renmei DVD 4 (Hyb): Day of Flight 0.00 Reserved For Your Order
1 pd12127 Last Exile DVD 4 (Hyb): Breakthrough 0.00 Reserved For Your Order
1 pd12128 Last Exile DVD 5 (Hyb): Grand Stream 0.00 Reserved For Your Order
1 pd12129 Last Exile DVD 6 (Hyb): Queen Delphine 0.00 Reserved For Your Order
1 pd12130 Last Exile DVD 7 (Hyb): Sealed Move 0.00 Reserved For Your Order
1 pd12498 Melody of Oblivion DVD 1 (Hyb): Arrangement 0.00 On Order From Manufacturer
1 pd12499 Melody of Oblivion DVD 2 (Hyb): Monotone 0.00 Reserved For Your Order
1 pd12500 Melody of Oblivion DVD 3 (Hyb): Metronome 0.00 On Order From Manufacturer
1 pd12501 Melody of Oblivion DVD 4 (Hyb): Solo 0.00 On Order From Manufacturer
1 pd12502 Melody of Oblivion DVD 5 (Hyb): Refrain 0.00 Reserved For Your Order
1 pd12503 Melody of Oblivion DVD 6 (Hyb): Final Score 0.00 On Order From Manufacturer
1 pd12431 Mermaid Forest DVD 1 (Hyb): Quest for Death 0.00 Reserved For Your Order
1 pd12432 Mermaid Forest DVD 2 (Hyb): Bitter Flesh 0.00 Reserved For Your Order
1 pd12433 Mermaid Forest DVD 3 (Hyb): Unquenchable Thirst 0.00 On Order From Manufacturer
1 pd12434 Mermaid Forest DVD 4 (Hyb): Unending Nightmare 0.00 On Order From Manufacturer
1 pd12347 Tsukihime, Lunar Legend DVD 1 (Hyb): Life Threads 0.00 Reserved For Your Order
1 pd12348 Tsukihime, Lunar Legend DVD 2 (Hyb): Lunar Dance 0.00 On Order From Manufacturer
1 pd12349 Tsukihime, Lunar Legend DVD 3 (Hyb): Nocturnal Fat 0.00 Reserved For Your Order
1 pd11705 Vandread DVD 3 (Hyb): Great Expectations 0.00 Reserved For Your Order

[the.Merines]

Several of mine shipped, but the majority of the list was placed on "backorder"... which I thought should have been avoided since everything I ordered had mass quantities of product in stock...

[Xellos-_^]

My order now said "process" so i guess it is shipping soon.

I did receive my labors day order form adv. The cheapsaktes included a vol1 of Dunbine as special gift.

[Potatochobit]

i got my order today, there was an error processing the order a few weeks ago when they prepared to ship the package originally. anyway, the service was great and they sent me an extra CD.

[Forbin]

Doh, I got mine on monday and all the extras I got was a Catalog.

[zrdb]

Originally Posted by mit7059

woo great deal!

pd12046 Haibane Renmei DVD 1 (Hyb): New Feather 1 $0.00
pd12047 Haibane Renmei DVD 2 (Hyb): Wings of Sorrow 1 $0.00
pd12048 Haibane Renmei DVD 3 (Hyb): Bird of Freedom 1 $0.00
pd12049 Haibane Renmei DVD 4 (Hyb): Day of Flight 1 $0.00
pd12476 Koi Kaze DVD 1 (Hyb) 1 $0.00
pd12477 Koi Kaze DVD 2 (Hyb): Budding Attraction 1 $0.00
pd12478 Koi Kaze DVD 3 (Hyb): The Decision 1 $0.00
pd12144 Lain, Serial Experiments DVD 1 (Hyb): Navi - Geneon Signature Series 1 $0.00
pd12206 Lain, Serial Experiments DVD 2 (Hyb): Knights - Geneon Signature Series 1 $0.00
pd12240 Lain, Serial Experiments DVD 3 (Hyb): Deus - Geneon Signature Series 1 $0.00
pd12241 Lain, Serial Experiments DVD 4 (Hyb): Reset - Geneon Signature Series 1 $0.00
piocd52212 Last Exile CD Soundtrack 1 1 $0.00
pd12124 Last Exile DVD 1 (Hyb): First Move 1 $0.00
pd12125 Last Exile DVD 2 (Hyb): Positional Play 1 $0.00
pd12126 Last Exile DVD 3 (Hyb): Discovered Attack 1 $0.00
pd12127 Last Exile DVD 4 (Hyb): Breakthrough 1 $0.00
pd12128 Last Exile DVD 5 (Hyb): Grand Stream 1 $0.00
pd12129 Last Exile DVD 6 (Hyb): Queen Delphine 1 $0.00
pd12130 Last Exile DVD 7 (Hyb): Sealed Move 1 $0.00
pd11935 Patlabor Movie 3: WXIII DVD (Hyb) 1 $0.00
pd12143 Trigun DVD 1 (Hyb): The $60 Billion Man - Geneon Signature Series 1 $0.00
pimt0004v Trigun DVD 4 (Hyb) 1 $0.00
pd12261 Trigun DVD 5 (Hyb): Angel Arms - Geneon Signature Series 1 $0.00
pd12262 Trigun DVD 6 (Hyb): Project Seeds - Geneon Signature Series 1 $0.00
pd12263 Trigun DVD 7 (Hyb): Puppet Master - Geneon Signature Series

Total savings on items on your order: $586.00!

This makes me feel better about myself now that I can trash my illegal copies of Last Exile

You call that a great deal? Not in my book!

[Forbin]

That's a great set if you are into the high drama animes. Though I would've changed Trigun (which is mostly comedy) with something like Tsukihime.

[microlith]

25 DVDs for $100 isn't a deal to you?

$4 a disc?

What would be a deal to you?

Personally I loved the sale, I finished Daphne and got the entirety of:

Last Exile
Gad Guard
Haibane Renmei
and Tsukihime

all at once, along with Patlabor WXIII (which had too little patlabor.)

[Chibi_Faerie]

Hey peoples, I know this post wont help everyone, but my fellow Canadian fans should be interested to know that there is some anime available for 4.99. I was going through a 4.99 bin at Zellers and found a bunch.

Mini Goddess Volume 4,
Yu-Gi-Oh Volume 10,
Boys over Flowers (don't remember what the volume number was and it's too far away to check... Laaaazyyynessss)
Medabot volume 1.
Yu-Gi-Oh Battle City 1 and 2
Tenchi Muyou GX(dont remember what volume again),
Gasaraki(Same as previous),
Soul Hunter(same as previous previous)

All 4.99, all a fairly larger sum to buy online O.o.. Especially the minigoddess when I was checking. So if you live near a zellers I would check things out in those sale bins that have all those cheap movies we wouldn't watch anymore(well I shouldn't say that since there were a few other good movies in there like a Narnia Documentary) I know it made me feel warm and fuzzy inside

[Forbin]

Since we should not discuss the sale on the 'Where to buy' thread, here is a post for the sale to keep those aware and for those who don't read the 'Where to buy' thread.

Just like Last Years Geneon sale, Rightstuf has an ADV sale!
10 for 50
25 for 100.

Kudos to Xellos for getting a hold of FMP1 Artbox (/cry for me who missed it).

Now that my wallet is lighter, I'm waiting for a Funi and Bandai sale! hehe.

[Xellos-_^]

Originally Posted by Forbin

Since we should not discuss the sale on the 'Where to buy' thread, here is a post for the sale to keep those aware and for those who don't read the 'Where to buy' thread.

Just like Last Years Geneon sale, Rightstuf has an ADV sale!
10 for 50
25 for 100.

Kudos to Xellos for getting a hold of FMP1 Artbox (/cry for me who missed it).

Now that my wallet is lighter, I'm waiting for a Funi and Bandai sale! hehe.

i am hopping for a bandai or funimation sale next as well.

Now I need to find room to put all my new dvds.

[rooboy]

Thought I'd point out some stuff in case some people are sitting on the fence. Initially (yesterday) when I saw that the sale was going to be "select ADV" titles (select seems to mean pre-2006), I was going to pass on the sale. ADV is always really good at thinpacking their collections (most of these are already thinpacked), so I was thinking I wouldn't end up saving very much money.
However, after I thought about it for a little bit, I realized that I was very wrong. If you get the 25 DVD's, you're spending $4 a DVD, meaning a series like Chrono Crusade (7 DVDs) costs $28, as opposed to $50-something (at DVDPacific) for the thinpack. Also, as Forbin hinted above, the DVD+Artbox sets are also in the sale - I was able to get box+complete discs for Kino's Journeys, and Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi. I managed to get all of Chrono Crusade (plus the box) except volume 2, and I managed to get all of Excel Saga and Elfen Lied (but no boxes for either).
Just thought I'd point it out in case anyone was thinking like me. While it's not as great a sale as it would have been if it was, say, Funimation (who never thinpacks anything and only occasionally offers complete sets), it's still quite a deal.

I missed last year's Geneon sale (it happened right when I was broke). I'm hoping the next sale is Funimation, though I'd like it to happen next year so that the selected items will include last year's releases (yes, I'm a greedy bastard).

[bayoab]

Originally Posted by rooboy

Thought I'd point out some stuff in case some people are sitting on the fence. Initially (yesterday) when I saw that the sale was going to be "select ADV" titles (select seems to mean pre-2006), I was going to pass on the sale. ADV is always really good at thinpacking their collections (most of these are already thinpacked), so I was thinking I wouldn't end up saving very much money.
However, after I thought about it for a little bit, I realized that I was very wrong. If you get the 25 DVD's, you're spending $4 a DVD, meaning a series like Chrono Crusade (7 DVDs) costs $28, as opposed to $50-something (at DVDPacific) for the thinpack.

There is also a catch. ADV removes the extras from the thinpaks. If you do not mind this, then the thinpaks may be cheaper. Your math is right, but it depends on the series. For some series, this is NOT a sale. The price is the same or more expensive than the thinpaks. If you don't mind the lack of extras, the thinpaks might be the way to go. This is deal but not a great one. (Angelic layer comes to mind where the thinpak is going for ~$28.)

[Xellos-_^]

Originally Posted by bayoab

There is also a catch. ADV removes the extras from the thinpaks. If you do not mind this, then the thinpaks may be cheaper. Your math is right, but it depends on the series. For some series, this is NOT a sale. The price is the same or more expensive than the thinpaks. If you don't mind the lack of extras, the thinpaks might be the way to go. This is deal but not a great one. (Angelic layer comes to mind where the thinpak is going for ~$28.)

Personally i never care for the extras that much. It is packaging I am more concering about. It is the reason i bought the Divergence Eve thin pack and not the 3 singles. The rpice was about the same but the thin pack had a box.

[rooboy]

Originally Posted by bayoab

There is also a catch. ADV removes the extras from the thinpaks. If you do not mind this, then the thinpaks may be cheaper. Your math is right, but it depends on the series. For some series, this is NOT a sale. The price is the same or more expensive than the thinpaks. If you don't mind the lack of extras, the thinpaks might be the way to go. This is deal but not a great one. (Angelic layer comes to mind where the thinpak is going for ~$28.)

ADV only started doing this recently (Chrono Crusade was the first one, I believe) - so some of these series would actually have all the special features in the thinpack. Personally I generally don't care about the special features, I generally prefer thinpacks because I only have so much shelf space and thinpacks leave more of that space open for other stuff, but I'm not turning away a better deal to keep them, and your point is still very valid. A lot of those series have thinpacks where the special features have been removed.
And you're correct, some of them would be cheaper in thinpack (the one I was thinking of when i wrote the post was Rune Soldier, which has seven discs and the thinpack is approx $28). I didn't mention that on purpose though because I think it only works out that way for a small number of series. For reference, the more likely lack of a deal is when you're buying something like Elfen Lied - the thinpack is approximately $25 and the four discs add up to be $20. However, for some things (every volume of Gatchaman was up there last I saw) it's a great deal. So it really depends (which is, I think, what we're both saying).

I just meant for people not to automatically dismiss it because it was ADV. There are some pretty good deals in there.

EDIT: Also, thanks to whichever mod moved this. I knew this thread existed somewhere yesterday (when I made my order I wanted to put it up so other people would know about it), but I couldn't find it and didn't have time to do an in-depth search.

[CrowKenobi]

I posted this in the Haruhi Suzumiya forum on 2/26, but I'll also post it here:

Originally Posted by CrowKenobi

It's now official! rightstuf.com has solicited for preorder both volumes 1 of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya! (hattip to animeondvd.com)

Special Limited Edition retail price: $64.98
Right Stuf price: $48.74!! (who knows how long that'll last!)

Also check out what else they are offering figure wise.

There might be even better deals out there once the solicitations make their way around the net, so those with good detective skills will find the best deals.

[Xellos-_^]

Even through the guy i spoke yesterday at Rightstuff said unlike last years Genon sale they won't be adding new items to the list. I just notice that they have added at least 2 new items vol6 of Godannar and vol3 of Loki.

[Xellos-_^]

Rightstuf is having another sale. Not as good as the last one but still a couple of good deals in there.

35% of selected genon products. With a additional 10% off with their animeclub card.

[rooboy]

Minor correction it's 35% off all DVD's and 28% off all CDs.
Preorders are included as well.

[Cloudy-Sky]

Recommandtions:

Area88 OVA
Aura Dunbine
Birth
Kimagure Orange Road: Summer's Beginning
Megazone 23
Original Dirty Pair
Prefectural Earth Defense Force
Saint Seiya

Click here to go to the ADV SALE

Disclaimer (please read):

Products offered through this sale are clearance and close-out items. As such, product bar codes will be reconfigured, replaced or physically altered (including by means of cutting, punching or drilling). Some products may be open box. Some products may be delivered without full retail packaging. Except as expressly provided otherwise, products are sold as-is.