Due to the popularity of PSP in both Japan and abroad and its continued user-based expansion, Bandai Visual is releasing seventeen anime titles in UMD format on April 24. Anime titles such as the 3-part Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Special Edition, Patlabor Movies 1 & 2, Eureka Seven, Gunbuster vs Diebuster: Aim for the Top! Gattai!!! Movie, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex – The Laughing Man and more will be part of the first wave of titles being release on that day with low price.Other factors that lead to the decision to release titles in Sony’s proprietary format is because of portability and lower price point, a definite advantages against standard DVD and Blu-ray according to the article
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