So! Right Stuf has preorders for the first 9 episodes (on two discs) of Gurren Lagann, Bandai Entertainment’s sub-only release.

Interestingly, they also have a special edition of the bare bones release o_o; It’s unclear what all the features are, but don’t be fooled by the two discs; the regular edition has two as well. It looks like it comes with just a CD, presumably the “Sorairo Days” OP single or something along those lines.

And hey, speaking of Gurren Lagann– the official website has opened on up. It looks like they’re pre-selling movie tickets on May 30th, during which time the first 10,000 purchasers will get a free poster, and again on July 18th, when they’ll give away 10,000 limited-edition illustration anthologies (DO WANT). And the movie, of course, hits theaters September 6th.

Over at Topless Robot, Rob has gossip from Uma Thurman stating that a new Kill Bill special edition featuring both movies is in the works– and it’ll contain more anime bits:

“Right now he’s putting the two films together with an intermission with an added anime sequence he had already written,” she said of the ongoing saga of Beatrix Kiddo. “So additional stories are in there, in animation.”

Sweet!

A new press release from Bandai Visual USA has announced that they’re delaying the releases of sola, True Tears, and Shigofumi– they want to reconsider their packaging strategy.

Having reviewed the current market conditions and expectations, Bandai Visual co., ltd. and Bandai Visual USA Inc. are now reconsidering the overall release strategy of packaged
animation media in the United States and in the global marketplace.

I wonder if that means they figured out that anime fans don’t like a release strategy that includes a single episode on a $39.99 disc? ‘Bout time!