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The <\/em>Anime SKUs series takes a look at anime publishers and the formats of their stock-keeping unit numbers, or SKUs. Join us as we applaud consistency and complain about things nobody ever cared about.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today on Anime SKUs we’re looking at the defunct American publisher Urban Vision. Between 1996 and 2005, they released about 30 titles on VHS and DVD. They used a very simple SKU format, and are a great place to start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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All Urban Vision titles feature both a UPC-A and an ISBN-10, both printed on the back of the release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All UPCs are in the block:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6-38652-xxxxx-c<\/code><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And all ISBNs are in the block:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1-890603-xx-c<\/code><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There does not appear to be a direct relation between the UPC and ISBN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UPC reuse is rare, only occurring with the Best Buy Exclusive editions of Ninja Scroll: The Series<\/em><\/a> volumes 1<\/a>, 2<\/a>, and 3<\/a>, all of which share both UPC and SKU with the respective standard editions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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All Urban Vision titles, without exception, took the following format:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UV\u03b1\u03b1\u03b1\u03b1<\/code><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where \u03b1\u03b1\u03b1\u03b1<\/strong> is digits 7-10 of the UPC code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All titles released on VHS were released both subbed and dubbed with the exceptions of Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust<\/a><\/em> and Ninja Scroll: The Series<\/a><\/em>, which were dub-only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For all VHS, the SKU of the subtitled version of each volume is the dubbed SKU plus one (i.e. Dubbed: UV1003, Subbed: UV1004). VHS box sets, always released after the singles, were always dub only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All anime DVDs except Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust<\/a><\/em> are dub\/sub.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Urban Vision benefited from a simple SKU scheme, and a very small number of titles but as we’ll see in later episodes, most distributors are far more complex, with multiple patterns and tons of exceptions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As always, if I made a mistake, or you feel I interpreted something incorrectly, let me know down below! I want this article to serve as a reference source, and I will attempt to keep it updated with any needed changes.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Title Image Source<\/strong>: Animerica Magazine<\/em> Vol. 6, No. 1 (Jan 1998) [via AnimeNostalgiaBomb<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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