A few weeks ago it was reported that Avex Pictures is going to be restricting exports of their physical media.

Which in turn means American fans have lost the ability to order Yuri!!! On Ice Blu-rays, DVDs, and CDs. Avex has officially commented on the original news today. When asked about the restrictions Avex Pictures replied:

"Due to availability for export of our product to overseas, we, Avex Pictures must clearly classify those products that can and cannot be sold overseas. We pass on such instructions to our dealerships, including online distributors; however, there are cases where some dealers misidentify the classifications in question. In such cases, we call upon them to correct the situation as soon as we find out. Please understand that we can only surmise that the product you have indicated to us is not available for sale overseas due to the above. Thus, we would like you to know that we have not suddenly banned the overseas sales of product, but rather it is one of those products that from the start was never meant to be available for sale overseas, and the dealership concerned has just recently made the necessary correction.

Please also note that in view of the needs in other countries for animation content, we are making every effort to acquire the distribution rights for sales overseas. We look forward to your continued support of our products and wish you all the best."

So it sounds like there is good and bad news for American audience. The bad news is that the products were never meant to be available for over sea sales, so we will not be getting any new home releases right now. However Avex is apparently trying to get the distribution rights for overseas sales on some of fans favorite shows. The first BluRay Edition of the Avex Picures' Yuri!!! On Ice, topped the animation disc rankings for two weeks in Japan. The opening song also reached number 43 in the Billboard Japan Hot 100 while the closing song peaked at number 11. --------