Michiking Box

It looks amazing! Such a beautiful piece of artwork.

If you're referring to the way the convention managed entry for guests, unfortunately we have no control over that since we're in the same boat as everyone else with following the con rules of entry. However, when it comes to our booth we do take the ADA seriously and allow anyone with the badge credentials to skip the line to enter the booth to go right in. I'm very sorry you missed your opportunity to enter the booth and us still have one in stock, again this year was wildly different than previous years and we underestimated the sheer demand for this box and for that I apologize. I hope you still were able to enjoy the booth and that we'll possibly see you another year though!

We'll make it right to everyone, but you'll have to be a little patient with me because it won't even be until next week that we sit down and truly make an action plan on what steps to take moving forward. It might be a few weeks until you hear more word about it, but I promise it's not because it's not a high priority, but because I'm also managing current projects and keeping the schedule moving along and we want to manage this correctly.

Hang tight everyone and I'll follow up with more information soon. Thanks!

Got mine today it's beautiful! Love the pink and the lovely gold foil. I took a shot with all the other boxes together. Thanks for all the years of great books and great boxes Fakku! And as a big 2hu and /ss/ fan I love this box

They are going to discuss this next week:

I'll have exciting announcements later next week!

Read the thread.

tl;dr version: They sold out in about 10-20 minutes for the first batch and about 1-5 minutes for the second. Looks like there are currently plans to produce more due to them severely underestimating the demand for them, but there hasn't been an official announcement about it yet.

Hey everyone, I have an update and a plan going forward to prevent issues that popped up this year from happening again.

First and foremost, in regards to the Michiking Box, we will have a pre-order starting this Saturday. It'll be a similar type of pre-order where it's up until it physically arrives to be shipped out, then it just goes on sale. There will be no changes with the boxset, it's a straight reprint so if you've already purchased the box set, don't be alarmed that there's something in there that you missed out on, just hug your box closely that you managed to get one already!

Additionally, this demand for doujinshi sparked a conversation about availability and we've made the decision to no longer have the doujinshi boxes classified as limited items. Along with the pre-order for the Michiking Box, we will have a pre-order for the Saitom Box to return to the store for everyone who may have missed out on it for the first time. The Saitom Box will differ from the original box set where it'll be the same size as the Michiking Box and Koume Keito Box for consistency's sake.

What does this mean for future boxes?
It doesn't change much at all, the goal with our boxes at AX are to collect and showcase the artists independent work and have the artist there as a guest to do autographs and answer questions at panels. If you're able to get a box at AX you're still the first ones to get your hands on it and get the opportunity to meet the artist yourself. We understand there's people all around the world who are unable to attend one convention in the US and instead of treating the boxes like a extremely limited item, we're going to keep these as one of our more premium items that directly support the artists.

In 2020 you'll see more preorders open up to reprint boxes that are out of stock.

When will the box reprints come in?
Michiking Box will be August 2020
Saitom Box will be November 2020

YESSSSS That's even more exciting than I have hoped!

Does that mean all boxset going forward will be a preorder item?

There's still more details for us to work out a solid plan with how it'll work with pre-ordering and also physically being at AX, but we'll have some sort of pre-order arranged with details later on next year. I don't have all the answers with this yet since we have several issues we want to address and make sure it's taken in consideration.

Any chance you'll expand doujin box production beyond just making one a year for AX? Ie, do you have any plans to release more physical collections of doujins (box or no)? For example, Irodori Comics has artists like Mahiro Ootori, Tachibana Omina, and Narusawa Kei that have multiple top tier doujins already electronically available on your site. I'd bet physical box releases of 'My Harem in Another World' or 'Tales of a Harem in Another World' or 'Tropical Island Maniacs' would be hot sellers.

Will there be a limited pre-order period or will it just go on until the new sets are manufactured?



Well... it might mean that we'll no longer be seeing the box sets go for hundreds of bucks on eBay during AX. :P



Definitely a good way to support the artists. Like I mentioned before, the artists don't really benefit much if the sets sell for $80 at AX and then go for $200 to $300 on eBay.