Posted by Derek Janssen on 07/14/06 03:50

Invid Fan wrote:
> In article <O5OdnatOLvMZlCrZnZ2dnUVZ_o2dnZ2d@comcast.com>, Derek
> Janssen <ejanss@nospam.comcast.net> wrote:
>
>
>>Invid Fan wrote:
>>
>>
>>>A thread in one of the space newsgroups reminded me I'd never watched
>>>the final disk of the anime 'Planetes', so I decided to put in in my
>>>queue. Imagine my surprise to not find the title pop up in a search...
>>>by going into the list of my previous rentals I was able to access the
>>>page for the show
>>>http://www.netflix.com/MovieDisplay?movieid=70043391&trkid=64596
>>>
>>>and see that all the disks have been pulled. Has anyone else seen this
>>>kind of thing?
>>
>>They pull titles when there's a distribution problem, or the disks are
>>faulty--
>>Which company released Planetes again?
>>
>
> Bandai. They were all avalible for rent as of May, when I rented vol.
> 5. If I was into conspiracy theories I'd say Bandai pulled them to make
> everyone buy the last volume, as sales have been poor, but it would be
> low on my list of realistic reasons :)

Oddly, at around the same time, my Bandai "Love Hina V.6" suddenly
slipped into Very Long Wait...

Derek Janssen
ejanss@comcast.net

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