[JP] Carnival Phantasm (OVA)

[WTK]

via muhootsaver | Amazon Japan listing: S1 / S2 / S3

Type Moon 10th Anniversary OVA "Carnival Phantasm" will be released in Blu-ray.

1st Season 6825yen 8/14 (First press pre-order should be made by 7/10)

Specs: Digipak, 56min (4 eps)

Bonus/special features:

- Oshiete! Ciel-sensei commentary
- 10th anniversary illustration book (200p)
- DVD (content is exactly the same as the Blu-ray)

(source)

[MelancholicMariya]

Yes!

Sold!

[darktruth]

Here is the list of the stores that will be having their own exclusive bonuses.

Store Exclusive Bonuses

Animate - Original Postcard
Gamers - Original Postcard
Goodwill (Warning! NSFW Site) - Original Postcard
Melonbooks - Original Postcard
Rakuten Ichiba - Original Postcard
Sofmap - Original Postcard
Toranoana - Original Postcard

7 store exclusive bonuses listed so far...shall I try and buy all 7 copies? If I do, it'll certainly match the number of copies I bought for the Haruhi movie. Then again, there's still other sites like HMV Japan, Tower Records, Tsutaya and WonderGOO that have yet to list the product which could possibly mean even more store exclusive bonuses.

[darktruth]

Updated the store exclusive bonus lists. As expected Gamers will also be getting their own exclusive postcard and Rakuten has now included a sample image of their postcard. It seems Sofmap is the only one that hasn't included a sample image yet.

EDIT: Actually, Sofmap has put up a sample image over here, so time to fix the list.

[Nork22]

PV for the OVA via ANN

This is where I go:
SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!!!

[MelancholicMariya]

Originally Posted by Nork22

PV for the OVA via ANN

This is where I go:
SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!!!

I'd happily give them my money if Amazon didn't list it as a game for Windows, my god.

[nakimushi]

Originally Posted by MelancholicMariya

I'd happily give them my money if Amazon didn't list it as a game for Windows, my god.

I wrote their customer service about it:

Hi,

I just wanted to bring this to your attention.

This item is incorrectly categorized as a game, when it is actually a Blu-Ray video:

『カーニバル・ファンタズム』1st Seazon 初回限定版 (Blu-ray)

http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0057M06G4

Here are listings of the same item as a video at other stores:

http://www.animate-onlineshop.jp/pd/1073104/

http://shop.broccoli.co.jp/item_deta...duct_id=151560

http://a.sofmap.com/product_detail/e...gai_110611_new

Because of its incorrect categorization as a game and not the video that it is, I am unable to buy it from Amazon.co.jp.

Thank you for your time.

Here is their unfortunate response:

Originally Posted by Amazon.co.jp

Hello from Amazon.co.jp,

We are sorry for bothering you about the categories on our site.

I asked the appropriate department to investigate the categorization of "『カーニバル・ファンタズム』1st Seazon 初回限定版 (Blu-ray)"(ASIN:B0057M06G4), and found that it was intentionally categorized into software since the product is released by a PC software manufacturer.

In addition, there will be no change about the category of this product.

We are sorry for the inconvenience, and being unable to meet your expectations.

If you have any further question, please let us know about that.
Thank you for choosing Amazon.co.jp.

My reply back to them (I'm not hopeful about it, but I figured I would try):

You replied to my inquiry with this message:

"I asked the appropriate department to investigate the categorization of "『カーニバル・ファンタズム』1st Seazon 初回限定版 (Blu-ray)"(ASIN:B0057M06G4), and found that it was intentionally categorized into software since the product is released by a PC software manufacturer. "


That does not make sense, since it is not PC software at all. It is a Blu-Ray Video.

For example, Sony makes Televisions, but they also make Music CDs and Blu-Ray Movies.
Sony CDs and Blu-Ray Movies are not classified as "Electronics" on Amazon.co.jp are they?

So why would a Blu-Ray video be classified as PC Software just because the company releasing it also releases PC software?

[MelancholicMariya]

I figured the listing was a mistake because of it being published by TYPE MOON but being reluctant to change it is so weird.

It looks like I'll have to order it from a different site but I'm not aware of any English friendly sites which list this product.

[nakimushi]

Originally Posted by MelancholicMariya

I figured the listing was a mistake because of it being published by TYPE MOON but being reluctant to change it is so weird.

It looks like I'll have to order it from a different site but I'm not aware of any English friendly sites which list this product.

Yeah, it isn't listed on CDJapan or YesAsia. If neither ends up listing it, there's always the Tenso workaround with Amazon.

[MelancholicMariya]

Originally Posted by nakimushi

Yeah, it isn't listed on CDJapan or YesAsia. If neither ends up listing it, there's always the Tenso workaround with Amazon.

Doesn't CDJapan kind of act like a proxy now? They have this "we'll get an item for you." thing going on.

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/request/shopping.html

This thing. I guess you could order it using this?