The dog days of summer are upon us, and we're offering some big summer savings on the Anime you want

here at RACS!!

Between now and August 20th you can save an additional 10% off any IN STOCK order - no minimum order required! Just use the following coupon at checkout:

This offer includes pretty much EVERYTHING we carry as long as it's showing in stock at the time of your order. The more you purchase the more you save, so be sure to take advantage of this great opportunity to load up on some of the Anime stuff you've had your eye on!

Yen Press made a series of new manga announcements this week, including several new manga series, a Korean comic and novel, and new formats for two older series. The new titles they announced include:

Upcoming Omnibus editions include:

A customer asked me this week if there are still any COVID delays, and I thought I would post part of my reply here to bring everyone up to speed.

1) We are still fully staffed here at RACS, shipping daily.

2) We're doing pretty good keeping things in stock and on time, but.... products are still being delayed all over the place, so stock outs are very spotty and vary daily. Customer demand and ETA's for incoming vendor shipments to our facility are also rather unpredictable.

3) USPS is still having delivery delays due to COVID. FedEx and UPS are generally on time give or take a day or two, Ground service day of delivery guarantees are still suspended.

4) International airmail delivery times are still very extended for some areas, including the UK, Canada, France, Italy, and Australia. In Australia, for example, airmail can take 30 days or more to the lockdown areas. FedEx, in general, is still delivering in good time but transit times depend on the destination.

The situation described above is pretty much going to be the new normal until the COVID situation resolves itself.

WarnerMedia, unloading assets to reduce parent AT&T's debt load, is talking to potential buyers for anime streamer Crunchyroll, according to Variety, at prices reported as high as $1.5 billion. One potential buyer is reportedly Sony, which merged its Funimation and Aniplex divisions last year. Crunchyroll recently revealed that it had over three million paid subscribers.

On a cash flow basis Crunchyroll wouldn't be worth a Billion dollars if it had 30 Million paid subscribers, however, would Sony pay that much to secure a virtual choke-hold on the streaming market, putting them in a position to significantly raise prices? You bet they would. Here's a good article from the Nikkei about Sony's plans to dominate the Anime industry going forward.

Avatar: The Last Airbender creators Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko have left the Netflix live action adaptation announced back in 2018, DiMartino announced in a post on his blog. The pair had been hired as executive producers and showrunners, but there was clearly a dispute over creative direction. "It was the hardest professional decision I’ve ever had to make, and certainly not one that I took lightly, but it was necessary for my happiness and creative integrity," DiMartino wrote. The Netflix series is proceeding without the pair, according to Variety.

And in other news, VIZ has canceled publication of the Act-Age manga series. They have stopped shipping Volume 1, which was released in July, and Volume 2, which was due to be released on September 1, and will not release further volumes of the series. The manga series has also been canceled in Japan, where writer Matsuki Tatsuya was arrested on suspicion of committing an indecent act with an underage student on Saturday. Matsuki reportedly told police "there’s nothing generally incorrect" with the charges.

WAS - Aug 11, 2020

BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Roselia Stage , Vol #1, Graphic Novel - Sep 15

If you haven't noticed yet, we've added a previously owned section to the store site. That section keeps getting bigger and bigger, and I just wanted to give you folks the inside scoop. Everything we add there is a (1) unit only proposition, so be sure to check back often to make sure you don't miss out on anything cool we might just drop in there!

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Recent New Anime Figurine Arrivals - Now in Stock:

Trading in your excellent condition previously owned stuff for credit is now very easy, and we've even expanded the program for some non-Anime items too! Just click on this link to see the trade in values of your used stuff, then pack-up your items and send them to us - there is no need to contact us first or obtain an authorization number. Once they arrive and are inspected, we'll e-mail you with a credit code you can spend on our store.

It's that easy! So why just let your stuff collect dust? Trade it in and get something you really want!

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