Limited Special Collectors' Ultimate Edition: Difference between revisions

Content added Content deleted
VisualWikitext
Line 22: Line 22:


== Anime ==
== Anime ==
'''''General trends:'''''

* Anime DVDs in general (at least in Japan) ''love'' doing this, with the Limited Edition having limited edition cards, bonus CDs, fancy artboxes, the works. They're also [[Crack is Cheaper|hideously expensive]].
* Anime DVDs in general (at least in Japan) ''love'' doing this, with the Limited Edition having limited edition cards, bonus CDs, fancy artboxes, the works. They're also [[Crack is Cheaper|hideously expensive]].
** A recent trend is putting CDs normally released separately, such as [[Image Song|image songs]] and the soundtracks, with the DVDs, giving more incentive to buy them.
** A recent trend is putting CDs normally released separately, such as [[Image Song|image songs]] and the soundtracks, with the DVDs, giving more incentive to buy them.
⚫
* Although it sometimes occured with later DVDs, the first volume of most anime series was often released as "DVD-only" and as "DVD in an artbox designed to hold the entire series", back in the days when translation companies could make money releasing a show in something other than a "complete series" edition.

'''''Specific titles:'''''
* Hellsing Ultimate does this with multiple releases, there's the single disc version, with just the OVA, there's the Two-Disc Version with commentary and a special features disc, there's also the Two-Disc Steelbox which comes has the two discs in a nice steelbox case, and sometimes comes with an artbook. You can still find the Steelboxes for a decent price brand new, but all the other editions are just as expensive.
* Hellsing Ultimate does this with multiple releases, there's the single disc version, with just the OVA, there's the Two-Disc Version with commentary and a special features disc, there's also the Two-Disc Steelbox which comes has the two discs in a nice steelbox case, and sometimes comes with an artbook. You can still find the Steelboxes for a decent price brand new, but all the other editions are just as expensive.
* Each disc of the US release of ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya|The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' came out in both a [[Vanilla Edition]] and a Limited Special Collectors' Ultimate Edition, with the latter version including soundtrack CDs and bonus DVDs featuring the episodes presented in original broadcast order.
* Each disc of the US release of ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya|The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' came out in both a [[Vanilla Edition]] and a Limited Special Collectors' Ultimate Edition, with the latter version including soundtrack CDs and bonus DVDs featuring the episodes presented in original broadcast order.
Line 31: Line 34:
** ''Nagareboshi Gin'''s sequel, ''[[Ginga Densetsu Weed]]'', got a Collector's Edition box set release in Finland and Sweden, too. In addition to including the entire series it also comes with a Weed phone strap and a leaflet with extra information on the characters.
** ''Nagareboshi Gin'''s sequel, ''[[Ginga Densetsu Weed]]'', got a Collector's Edition box set release in Finland and Sweden, too. In addition to including the entire series it also comes with a Weed phone strap and a leaflet with extra information on the characters.
* With the US release of ''[[Code Geass]]'', Bandai planned out three different releases, specifically targeting the different levels of anime fans. For casual fans, there's the [[Vanilla Edition]] single DVDs and "volume packs" (two DVDs packaged together). For the real fanatics, there's the Limited Special Collectors' Ultimate Edition, which is a two-pack plus [[All There in the Manual|a Sound Episode CD]], an official soundtrack CD and a volume of the spinoff manga.
* With the US release of ''[[Code Geass]]'', Bandai planned out three different releases, specifically targeting the different levels of anime fans. For casual fans, there's the [[Vanilla Edition]] single DVDs and "volume packs" (two DVDs packaged together). For the real fanatics, there's the Limited Special Collectors' Ultimate Edition, which is a two-pack plus [[All There in the Manual|a Sound Episode CD]], an official soundtrack CD and a volume of the spinoff manga.
⚫
* Although it sometimes occured with later DVDs, the first volume of most anime series was often released as "DVD-only" and as "DVD in an artbox designed to hold the entire series", back in the days when translation companies could make money releasing a show in something other than a "complete series" edition.
* .hack//sign did this when it came out on DVD in the US. They had the [[Vanilla Edition|regular DVDs]] and then they had the special edition ones with a Soundtrack CD in each. Except the last two. Second to last had a box to put the previous CDs in, and the last had an extra disc with a few special features on it.
* .hack//sign did this when it came out on DVD in the US. They had the [[Vanilla Edition|regular DVDs]] and then they had the special edition ones with a Soundtrack CD in each. Except the last two. Second to last had a box to put the previous CDs in, and the last had an extra disc with a few special features on it.
* Each season set of ''[[Inuyasha]]'' came in two versions (at least in America): One was simply [[Captain Obvious|the discs of that season in one set]]. The collector's editions came with show related memorabilia such as the Beads of Subjugation (Season 1), hanko signature blocks (2), Kagome's jewel shards (3), Miroku's prayer beads (4), Sesshomaru's scroll (5), Collector's watch (6) and an Inuyasha figure with Adamant Tessaiga (7).
* Each season set of ''[[Inuyasha]]'' came in two versions (at least in America): One was simply [[Captain Obvious|the discs of that season in one set]]. The collector's editions came with show related memorabilia such as the Beads of Subjugation (Season 1), hanko signature blocks (2), Kagome's jewel shards (3), Miroku's prayer beads (4), Sesshomaru's scroll (5), Collector's watch (6) and an Inuyasha figure with Adamant Tessaiga (7).
Retrieved from "https://allthetropes.org/wiki/Limited_Special_Collectors%27_Ultimate_Edition"