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+author: einar
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+date: "2007-06-30T18:26:00Z"
+slug: nanoha-licensed-for-the-usa
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+- Anime
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+title: Nanoha licensed for the USA
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+According to the [Anime News Network](http://animenewsnetwork.com), Geneon Entertainment has bought the license for distributing _Maho Shojo Lyrical Nanoha_ and _Nanoha A's_ in the United States.
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+Fans rejoice? I think not. Being outside of the USA market, I view things with a different approach. The companies here in Italy have all their problems, but to a certain degree they care about delivering to the user something more than just the episodes. Extras that can also be an incentive over downloading (illegally) over the Internet.
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+However in the USA market not many care about such things. Geneon has a bad precedent (but don't get me started on ADV...) in this case, as they offered a "limited" edition of _Fate/stay Night_ for $10 more... while the "limited" only meant a DVD box. Come on, where's the value for the money? Most of those DVDs aren't cheap, anyway.
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+I'll be watching news for the releases, but as of now I'm more inclined towards R2 DVDs (I've already preordered the first _StrikerS_ volume, by the way) than the USA version.
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+**UPDATE**: I just read that ADV Films has got the rights for _Devil May Cry_. Given their record with production quality (i.e. abysmal), I'm not going to spend a single cent on that one. Not to mention that announcing the license now will _not_ speed up the process to get it into the West...