RACS NEWS & UPDATES
Greetings Fellow Otakus From Anime Corner World Headquarters!
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March 25th, 2022 | Issue # 1731
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RACS NEWSLETTER EXCLUSIVE - SAVE 10%!! |
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We're doing some spring cleaning around the warehouse and that means we've got some great savings coming your way!
This weekend only RACS newsletter subscribers can save an additional 10% off any IN STOCK order over $123! Just use the following coupon at checkout:
SPRINGCLEANING
This offer includes most of the items we carry (except for a few items already heavily discounted) 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!
Valid for new orders of 'STOCKING' items only. Offer not valid for pre-order items and cannot be combined with FREESHIP or any other discount or coupon offers.
Expires at midnight EST on March 31st, so don't wait!!
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Store News and Tab Clearing |
STORE NEWS and TAB CLEARING
Everyone dumped out new release announcements all at once this week, so we've posted a crazy amount of upcoming Anime releases to the store. Click here for the whole list of what's coming!
If the three so-far announced releases are an indicator, it looks like the Crunchyroll branding will replace Funimation branding on some (or all) physical releases beginning in June, phasing out the Funimation brand. This is in the same time frame, I believe, that Crunchyroll will be absorbing the streaming side of the Funi brand as well.
The Funimation brand has certainly become toxic in certain segments of the fan community over the last couple of years - for lots of reasons I don't need to go into. For us as a retailer, Funimation [as a company] changed hands 3 or 4 times over the past decade. Every time this happened, they changed middle management and distribution and we had to start all over with some new concern, on new terms, and with new sales and support people who may or may not have been eager to do business directly with a small indy retailer like RACS. And because Funimation was two thirds of the industry when it came to physical Anime releases, it always seemed to be some sort of big payday for management there, while it only created another set existential problems for us to overcome. If I had a dollar for every hoop we had to jump through to keep carrying their line, or every call I had to endure with some new person dictating a new set of terms that we were expected to abide by. I think they finally got a little too big for their britches, as we like to say. ;-)
So long Funi. We started together so well, but by the end, we hardly knew you.
Our March slate of figurine pre-orders is now closed (thanks to everyone who pre-ordered!). We will be posting the upcoming April slate before the end of next week I think, so stay tuned.
We posted another big list of new manga for pre-order plus more date changes - you can find all of those here. We also got in a more managable slate of new manga releases this week - you can find out what's new here. We FINALLY restocked the Jujutsu Kaisen #4 manga this week. That one has been the bain of our existence going on a few months now, so if you have been waiting patiently for a copy, it's on the way to you!
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NEW LICENSES
GKIDS announced on that it has acquired the North American distribution rights to Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata's Panda! Go, Panda! (Panda Kopanda) and Panda! Go, Panda!: Rainy Day Circus anime films. The company will release both films in Japanese and with an English dub in HD with newly restored colors in theaters and on home video this year. Both Geneon Entertainment and Discotek Media have previously released the film on DVD in North America.
Seven Seas announced that it has licensed the Futari Escape, I Got Fired as a Court Wizard so Now I'm Moving to the Country to Become a Magic Teacher, I'm the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire!, Ramen Wolf and Curry Tiger, and Ayakashi Triangle manga and the Though I Am an Inept Villainess: Tale of the Butterfly-Rat Body Swap in the Maiden Court manga and light novels.
Seven Seas will release the first uncut volume of Kentaro Yabuki's Ayakashi Triangle physically in November. Viz Media and Shueisha are both publishing the manga in English digitally. Seven Seas will handle the volume releases. Neither Viz Media nor Shueisha published the manga's 74th or 75th chapter.
Kodansha USA announced that it has licensed the following light novels and manga (they did not reveal release dates for these licenses):
- Kyoko Okazaki's River's Edge manga
- Kakeru Kobashiri, Takashi Iwasaki, and Yoshinori Shizuma's The Dawn of the Witch light novel
- Katsuhisa Minami's The Fable manga
- Masakazu Ishiguro's Skygrazer manga
- Shūzō Oshimi's Sweet Poolside manga
- Mayu Sakurai's The Angel, The Devil, and Me (Otonari wa Tenshi to Akuma) manga
- Maki Miyoshi's Nighttime for Just Us Two (Yoru no Shita de Machiawase) manga
- Sai Sumimori and Ai Takahashi's Am I Actually the Strongest? light novel series
- Nazuna Miki and Subachi's My Unique Skill Makes Me OP even at Level 1
- Mika Sakurano's Irresistible Mistakes manga
- Nii Satoru's WIND BREAKER manga
- Rei Taki's Last Gender manga
- Kurikaramaru's The Abandoned Reincarnation Sage manga
IN THE NEWS
The Jujutsu Kaisen 0 film has sold a total of 9.28 million tickets to earn more than 13 billion yen (about US$108 million) since it opened in Japan on December 24, and is currently the 20th highest-grossing film in Japan of all time. The film is the highest-earning film at the Japanese box office from the 2021 calendar year, after surpassing Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon A Time, according to the Mainichi Shimbun paper's Mantan Web. The film earned US$17,698,677 in its first three days in the United States, ranking at #2 in its opening weekend.
Netflix revealed a teaser trailer to announce the Tekken: Bloodline animated series. Netflix will release the show in 2022.
Crunchyroll announced on that it will remove 77 anime titles from its service on Saturday, August 1. Sentai Filmworks holds the license to all 77 titles. The titles slated for removal include:
Action Heroine Cheer Fruits
AKB0048
AMNESIA
Aoharu x Machinegun
ARGEVOLLEN
BAKUON!!
Battle Girl High School
Bodacious Space Pirates
Broken Blade
Captain Earth
Celestial Method
ClassicaLoid
CROSS ANGE Rondo of Angel and Dragon
Cuticle Detective Inaba
DEVIL SURVIVOR 2 THE ANIMATION
Dog & Scissors
Dusk maiden of Amnesia
DYNAMIC CHORD
Engaged to the Unidentified
Fantasista Doll
Flip Flappers
Frame Arms Girl
Girlish Number
Girls Beyond the Wasteland
GLASSLIP
Gourmet Girl Graffiti
Gugure! Kokkuri-san
Hakuōki
Humanity Has Declined
Invaders of the Rokujyōma!?
KINMOZA! (All Seasons)
La storia della Arcana Famiglia
Long Riders!
Magic of Stella
Magical Play
Magical Warfare
Majikoi - Oh! Samurai Girls
Mashiro-Iro Symphony
Matoi the Sacred Slayer
MEGANEBU!
Momo Kyun Sword
Momokuri
NAKAIMO - My Little Sister Is Among Them!
Natsuyuki Rendezvous
Nobunaga The Fool
Norn9
One Week Friends
Phi-Brain - Puzzle of God (All Seasons)
Photo Kano
Queen's Blade: Rebellion
Rail Wars!
Re-Kan!
RIN-NE (All Seasons)
Rozen Maiden
Rozen Maiden Zurückspulen
Sakura Trick
Samurai Bride
Samurai Jam -Bakumatsu Rock-
SHIROBAKO
So, I Can't Play H!
SUPER SONICO THE ANIMATION
Stella Women's Academy, High School Division Class C3
Tari Tari
The Comic Artist and His Assistants
The Dragon Dentist
The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior
The Severing Crime Edge
Tribe Cool Crew
tsuritama
Un-Go
Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle
Uta no Prince Sama (All Seasons)
Wakaba Girl
Wish Upon the Pleiades
Wizard Barristers
YUYUSHIKI
Zettai Bōei Leviatan
Many of these are available on physical media, so you don't have to worry about who, or who does not, have them available for streaming at any particular time. The only real 'watch what you want, when you want' shows are the ones you have in your own library.
Netflix announced on Wednesday that it is testing a new payment model for users who wish to share accounts between separate households. The test will place over the next few weeks in Chile, Costa Rica, and Peru. Users with Netflix's Basic, Standard, or Premium plans will be able to share a single account with an additional user outside the household for 2,380 CLP in Chile, US$2.99 in Costa Rica, and 7.9 PEN in Peru during the test. The company stated that it hopes to "enable members who share outside their household to do so easily and securely, while also paying a bit more."
Mostly 'paying a bit more'. ;-)
The social media manager for publisher Sol Press, Tsmalls, revealed on Twitter that the company has reached a point where it can no longer provide refunds for about 90% of orders. Tsmalls stated that the company is at a standstill until the CEO returns, but did not share when that would be or where the CEO currently is. Kadokawa's BookWalker Global online manga and light novel service ended downloads of multiple series from Sol Press and Panty Press on February 21. Customers who own the titles are still able to read the books after they are removed from the service. The California Secretary of State's website lists Sol Press as FTB Forfeited, which means the business was suspended or forfeited by the Franchise Tax Board for failure to meet tax requirements.
DELAYS & DATE CHANGES
WAS - Mar 29, 2022
WAS - May 10, 2022
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UPCOMING ANIME
Sunrise
Discotek
Nozomi
Crunchyroll (formerly Funimation)
Sentai
Viz
Media Blasters
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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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While the introduction of revolutionary Infinite Stratos exoskeletons brought in a new era of peace, the fact that only women could operate the giant armored mechs has frustrated many male-dominated governments and militaries.
When 15-year old Ichika Orimura is miraculously discovered to be the first MAN capable of controlling an IS, he's given little choice except to transfer to the elite IS academy to train alongside the world's best IS pilots. Which might not be so tough, except that Orimura's domineering war hero big sister is now his head instructor, and he'll be the only boy at a school filled with a literal army of hormone-driven, boy-crazed teenage girls!
Poor Orimura may not survive the ordeal, but he's certain to have a hell of an educational experience!
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RACS Collectors Cards - Now Shipping!
We are very glad to hear so much positive feedback regarding our new batch of RACS collectors cards. There are 10 cards in all, each featuring a unique piece of Anime art created exclusively around our group of RACS spokes characters. You can't order the cards, we are including one card at random in all outgoing RACS store orders. We have printed a limited run of 5,000 of each card, and we hope this gives everyone a chance to collect them all. Good luck!
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Fund Your Anime Habit with BitCoin @ RACS! |
You can now use BitCoin to satisfy your Anime addiction here at RACS, and it's easy! Just select BITCOIN as your payment method when you checkout. We will process your order and calculate the amount based on the current exchange rate for BTC and send you an e-mail with the amount of due and the wallet address to send it to. Once we confirm transfer of your funds, we will process and ship your order. It's easy, and you can fund your order in BitCoin from anywhere in the world without all those high bank fees or exchange rate woes. Many of our customers already buy their Anime this way, so why not give it a try!
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Amazon Gift Codes? - You Can Use em @RACS!! |
If you have an Amazon gift card or code (or codes), and you want to use them here at the Anime Corner Store instead, don't worry - you can! The process is simple - just setup and place your order, and while you are checking out, drop the Amazon code (or codes) you want to use in the comments box on the order form along with the amounts next to each code that you want to use. Then finalize and place your order. Once it's done, we'll manually apply the codes to your order on our end and only bill your credit card for the balance left over after we deduct them.
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*** ANIME BD/DVD - NEW ARRIVALS!! ***
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In a world bursting at the seams with moe monsters and
humanoids of the horned sort...
...which brave heroes will take it upon themselves to review the
beastly babes of the red-light district? Behold the
most tantalizing of trials...
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It’s 1923, and the mysterious blood source Ascra has unleashed a horde of vampires across Japan. |
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When Ginei Studios shuts down, filmmaker Genya Tachibana is tasked with interviewing its reclusive star, Chiyoko Fujiwara |
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Feudal Japan. The Edo period. A time when the Shogunate ruled, mysterious Ninjas lurked
in the shadows.
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They're called Needless-mutants who wield amazing powers! |
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*** MANGA & BOOK - NEW ARRIVALS!! ***
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NEW BOOKS & MANGA IN STOCK:
FEATURED NEW ARRIVAL:
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The world has changed: everyone has fallen into a deep slumber, except the sheep…plus a sheep-horned witch and her senpai.
And now monsters are closing in! Why are the only people still awake two teenagers in love with each other?
Find out in this beautifully illustrated, unique dark fantasy from Yoichi Abe!
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Upcoming Anime Figurines:
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Trade In Your BDs, DVDs, CDs, Manga, or Games - IT'S EASY! |
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Did you know that you can trade in your previously viewed BD's and DVD's, CD's, Manga, and Video Games for store credit? |
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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Thank you for reading! Have a great weekend, and enjoy your anime! |
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