Only taking orders for in-stock items, new releases dated November 6 or earlier
The onetime anime distribution company
Geneon Entertainment
(USA)
Inc. has
notified
its retail customers that it will cease "the sales of DVDs and all related distribution and marketing operations as of 5 p.m. on Friday, September 28, 2007." The deadline for ordering all
Geneon USA
products is that time and date, and only orders for "catalog products in inventory or new releases with a street date" of November 6 or earlier will be accepted. Any outstanding retail orders will ship as soon as stock is available. No more returns will be accepted after 5:00 p.m. on November 30, and new orders after September 21 cannot be returned at all. The letter to retailers also says that "payables to
Geneon
remain unchanged."
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The letter does not address the issue of the future availability of titles, nor does it discuss
Geneon USA
's future production plans.
The
Geneon USA
letter to retailer cites the
termination
of the proposed sales and distribution alliance with
A.D. Vision, Inc.
as the reason for the changes.
Geneon USA
had
laid
off much of its own sales and marketing teams earlier this month.
Geneon USA
's parent company, the Japanese advertising firm
Dentsu Inc.
,
said
that "from October 1, 2007,
Geneon USA
will focus mainly on management of its works portfolio."
Retailer letter
image
courtesy of AnimeonDVD.com