Posted by littlejoeflub on 07/14/06 15:39

Scott Streeter wrote:
> littlejoeflub@yahoo.com writes:
>
> > Derek Janssen wrote:
> > > 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
> >
> > I remember renting "Love Hina" back when I had Netflix a couple years
> > ago. I don't remember how many volumes I went thru but it had to be at
> > least five or six. I've still got that theme song going thru my head
> > when I think about it. It was one of the more memoriable anime series
> > I got from Netflix. The anime style was very Tenchi Moyu-esque.
> >
> > I recently came across a series "Mahoraba ~ Heartful days" with a
> > similar plot to "Lofve Hina" on an anime website and began watching
> > fansubs of it. I guess anime series set in apartment houses with a
> > bunch of diverse residents are popular. The only thing that
> > disappionted me about "heartful days" is it's done almost chibi-style
> > where most of the main characters look like their pre-teen and
> > early-teen instead of their proper high-school age and older. Kind of
> > like how beyblade season 2 looked compared to season 1. If you ever
> > get to watch it you'll see why I had to stop watching it after only 3
> > episodes even though the plot was very interesting.
> >
> > I don't think it's much of a conspiracy about the availability of anime
> > titles on netflix. Certain anime titles are probably harder to replace
> > with new copies when they get damaged or lost as time goes by from
> > their original release date compared to more mainstream titles.
>
> Not anime but still availibility weirdness. For a long time I couldn't
> get Aqua Teen Hunger Force Volume 4, Disc 2. I could get Disc 1 fine
> but 2 was unavailable for the longest time and then it was suddenly
> there. You can get Superman the Animated Series Vol. 1 & 3 but 2 is
> completely unavailable even though it's been out for quite some
> time. Doesn't make sense sometimes.
>
> --
> Scott Streeter
> ss@wpi.edu
> http://www.wpi.edu/~ss/

I think the unavailable discs in a series stems from customers
returning multi-disc titles in the wrong sleeves and then they get
rented out a few more times that way before people notify netflix it is
the wrong disc in the wrong sleeve. e.g. I once got two copies of disc
2 of a series (can't remember if it was an anime or live-action) even
though the sleeves they came in were for disc 2 and 3.

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