Seven? I'm still waiting for my copy of six!

>>121021
What they said.

>>121024
Ditto.

That cover reminds me of that Simpsons ep

"Out of the way, you!"

Did anyone get Volume 6?

>>121009

yeah seriously. I'm still awaiting my copy of Gurren Lagann vol. 1. Epic fail on ADV's part

>>121037

Well Gurren Lagann is completely on hold. Arguably, they don't even have the license

Yotsuba 6 should be fine though. I was at the ADV panel at Anime Boston, and they said "We just printed Yotsuba 6" as an example that their manga line isn't dead. So it's been printed, just taking awhile to ship and all that.

I'd also like to light a candle for Gunslinger Girl. Just two more years for 7, 8, and 9, right?

Just got my comic shipment yesterday and no Yotsuba 6 - - AGAIN.

Yotsuba deserves better than ADV and so do her fans.

>>121066

>I'd also like to light a candle for Gunslinger Girl. Just two more years for 7, 8, and 9, right?

I only just bought the boxed set of DVDs for £20. I didn't realise there was a book version too. Does it cover more than the DVD's, timewise? More story incidents? More girls? More anything??

>>121262
Yep. The girl you thought that would end up dieing actually doesn't

>>121262
The anime covers manga volumes 1-2.

I think the volumes after that are really good, it adds a lot more to the story and characters

It's one of the only manga series I actually buy/follow

If you liked the show, I'd definately get the comics too

>>121265
And this situation changes in vol9. Trying not to be too spoilery.

>>121066

On hold?! I think I just died a little.

>>121089
I placed an order for Vol. 6 at amazon.ca on March 1st. They said at the time the shipping estimate for it was Mar 25 2008 - April 8 2008. It's still set at those dates, and obviously I'm right in that timeframe now. No delivery yet, but as long as the estimate doesn't change, there's still a bit of hope. I'm not really confident though.

Amazon is telling me April 3, 2008 - April 16, 2008. Time will tell.

Yotsuba is the only manga Ive ever bought. It took too long to get volume 4 out. Never again. I will continue to enjoy the excellent work /azu/ does. I will buy them all when series is done, god forbid.

>>121309
If a certain critical mass of people say "I'll wait till the whole thing is out...", of course it never will be out.

>>121009

ADV spends the majority of their money on buying the licences, and they spend very little money on translation and printing. Consequently they have a huge number of titles but their release schedule is very slow and their translation/localization leaves something to be desired.

It sucks that we have to wait so long for the manga to come out, but it isn't a bad business strategy. By agressively licensing new titles ADV is denying those titles to their competitors.

>>121329
That would be a good strategy were

a) ADVision's licenses exclusive across the whole world
b) Copyright a law of nature
c) Humans creatures with infinite attention spans.

Unfortunately, none of the above are true: if they dally too long, everyone will just import the Singapore release, download the fansubs/scanslations that were complete before ADV even put out the first volume, or just lose interest in the series altogether, in favour of something newer and cooler.

It's a great strategy if you're trying to hurt your competitors, but capitalism isn't a game. You don't win by making your competitors suffer, you win by making yourself prosper. By scrimping on the actual product ADV will only hurt themselves in the long-run. Entertainment is a luxury good: if the price and quality isn't right, people just don't buy it. You can't achieve lock-in with luxuries like you can with necessities like food, fuel, housing, telecommunications, etc., because all that happens is that rather than buy stuff from you because you're now the only game in town, people just don't buy: the overall market shrivels up.

Gordon, because ADVision's strategy is reminiscent of the episode of Kitchen Nightmares that he got sued - the one where the fridges were all overflowing with tubs of moldy green stuff and wasted rancid seafood.

>>121300
Amazon's been telling me April 28. I preordered mine way back in January so hopefully your dates are more accurate.

Also awaiting GL volume 1.

ADV is sucking kinda hard right now.

The anime bubble is over...

>>121401
They did however manage to ship out 5cm/second, I got mine at bestbuy a few days ago. Would have been nice in december, but at least it's done.

>>121332

It would be a great strategy if ADV just died, ANN were disbanded and Tony K finally got a job.

>>121411
My copy of Kanon Vol. 2 with the box is supposed to ship tomorrow too, so it looks like that's straightened out. I think most of their anime is actually, with the exception of, alas, Gurren-Lagann.

At any rate, sometimes I wish Yotsuba&! was in the hands of a more stable company than ADV. It's a little annoying not knowing if and when a new volume is going to be relased. It's too bad because I've liked the job they've done with the volumes so far (not including Volume 3).

>>121422

>Gurren-Lagann

Therein lies the problem. Get with the program, ADV.

>>121300
So, today's the 8th. Did you receive it yet, or at least get an "out of stock" notice from Amazon?

Amazon's telling me now the estimated shipping date's been pushed back to the fourteenth.

At which point it will no doubt be pushed back even further, I expect.

>>121507
Just got an e-mail today saying - surprise, surprise - they're having difficulty obtaining my item and haven't set a new estimated date of delivery. I figured as much.

On the bright side, I received Vol. 2 (w/ box) of Kanon yesterday, so ADV is still working in some capacity.

2008-05-02 - 2008-05-18

I've bought the past two volumes at a discount from online retailers over half.com. Copies usually show up on half.com about a week or two after the product is released.
As of right now half.com is listing the item as out of stock, which means ADV hasn't actually released it yet. I have no idea when it will finally be put out, but all of you people waiting with amazon preorders will no doubt be the very first to receive copies once they finally become available.