Comments on: ADV Films to Rerelease Battle Angel

By: Aaron H. Bynum

Aaron H. Bynum — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:27:08 +0000

Some titles are out of sight for so long, I simply forget to ponder if their license ever dried up… I have Battle Angel on VHS… so, yeah, maybe a new run would be a decent idea.

On the other hand, it’s just another re-release from an anime distributor lying on the floor right now. What may be good for morale might not exactly be good for business.

By: a geek by any other name

a geek by any other name — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:42:42 +0000

[...] his plans to do a movie based on Battle Angel Alita (or else I’ve missed something), ADV has announced that they’ve got copies of their release of the 1993 two-episode OVA that they’ve dug [...]

By: joechummer

joechummer — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:02:30 +0000

It’s about time. I managed to snag a new, unopened copy about a year ago for about $30, since I hadn’t seen it in about a decade. This is hands down my favorite anime/manga series.

My question is, why only a limited print run? With James Cameron’s Battle Angel movie right around the corner (sometime next year, they say), the demand for this OVA is going to skyrocket, and ADV’s limited print run will (hopefully) have run out long before then, and then they’ll be completely unprepared.

Yet another questionable business practice by ADV.

But, I’m still glad to hear this tiny OVA series hasn’t been forgotten, and that I can hand some of these out as Giftmas presents.