No more "Ganbatte, Bandai-kun!", cause this time they blew it. I mean really blew it. Barely had they given us a reason of joy by licensing three top-notch animes for release in North America - Shigofumi, True Tears and sola (the first two of which are still ongoing in Japan) - and now they're taking all that joy away, by delaying all three of them. Indefinitely!

Anime on DVD has the press release with the announcement, and Bandai Visual USA's ex-president (he's going back to Japan) Tatsunori Konno also addressed this issue on his blog, claiming that the decision was made in light of the recent ending of the HD-DVD vs. Blu-ray format war, and the need for a change in the currently sinking anime market.

"Bandai Visual (Japan) and Bandai Visual USA are now rushing to reschedule all future releases, focusing on Blu-Ray. Due to the recent quiet market, we will postpone standard single DVDs for TV series. We are assuming that the market does not prefer that format. (...)

[Shigofumi, True Tears and sola] will be released in the future in some format, but not this summer for sure."

You heard the man: crack your piggy bank open, Higurashi-style, and go spend those savings on figures or something. There's absolutely no point in waiting for these animes to be released delayed once again, potentially.