@Hisaishi:

The good thing there is that the reason why it died down is because there's a convenient yet legal option, which isn't the case in my area.

@The Mask:

If anything, video rental stores are all but dead in The United States. In all my years living in two Pennsylvanian suburban towns (the area where video stores flourish with aplomb), they simply failed to catch up with the times. Now, video rental has led to the era of Redbox, a figurative vending machine for DVD, Blu-Ray, and video games. Every time my family needs a movie to watch, we just go Redbox and rent using a credit card and return it like a library book. Fast, efficient, and inexpensive. The Blockbuster across the street, which I had been in prior and actually rented my first anime DVD from (it was the first four episodes of Yu-Gi-Oh! and there was no shame), could not keep up. Their sparse Miyazaki collection and three or four so other anime titles was never updated, the amount of unnecessary or just plain awful selections was staggering, and I couldn't begin to recount the ancient titles no one wanted anymore (see obscure early 90s cartoons or poor quality children's titles spent from overuse). Stores like fye have dominated the market thanks to good deals and intense selection of current and classic titles. They even update to match current output of FUNimation. I'd even go so far as to say mom and pop stores (you heard that right) could trounce Blockbuster because of their nostalgia factor and incredible markdowns (I found the original Jin-Roh Bandai DVD with sleeve and advertisement of other titles, which is currently out of print, for $10). Do not underestimate their power.

In short, Blockbuster died because it could never catch up, because it was set to fail from the start. How do you update physicality without going digital? Okay, I'm done now.

Wow. So even in the US, video rental stores are closing. Times really have changed.

I'm so glad Miyazaki's not retiring completely. Thank you for the news!

@Hisaishi:

thank you very much :D

@Linden Rathan:

Aniplex USA in North America, Madmen in Australia, and MVM Films in UK are the main English distributors. As for where to find the set, online purchasing or video stores are, as always, your best bet.

Arcana Famiglia was one of the most underwhelming and disappointing anime that was released during its original TV run, so I'm puzzled why it not only was licensed but also dubbed (yet, Sentai Filmworks released the superior Waiting in the Summer in subtitled format only). Nevertheless, I'm sure at least one person will buy it.

where exactly was Fate/Zero released at and where can i find it?

Blockbuster? You mean they still exist? Well, I guess not for long.

I would drive by a different video rental store now and again, and marvel at how it was still in business. Not to long ago, I noticed that it had closed. I didn't know exactly when it closed, but to me, it was very sudden.

@Hisaishi:

*goes back and reads more carefully this time* Ohhhhh, a manga. I shouldn't have missed that the first time; my bad! ^///^

@CelestialSushi:

His official statement was that he retired from Studio Ghibli, the anime industry, and the media in general, and at this point wants to do more independent work, such as the new samurai manga.

I thought Miyazaki was retiring...? Oh well. With some jobs, you quit when you're dead. I'd consider art to be one of those jobs, especially if you love doing it :)