{"id":75,"date":"2009-12-14T15:31:26","date_gmt":"2009-12-14T20:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hiracdelest.com\/blog\/?p=73"},"modified":"2009-12-14T15:31:26","modified_gmt":"2009-12-14T20:31:26","slug":"animorphs-classic-re-release-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hiracdelest.com\/newsfeed\/2009\/12\/14\/animorphs-classic-re-release-confirmed\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Animorphs Classic&#8217; Re-Release Confirmed!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Looks like after we posted <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hiracdelest.com\/blog\/?p=69\" target=\"body\">our previous bit of news<\/a>, fans from both the <a href=\"http:\/\/community.livejournal.com\/animorphs\/\" target=\"_blank\">Animorphs LiveJournal<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.animorphsforum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">RAF<\/a> communities asked Michael Grant (co-author\/co-creator of Animorphs) if the rumor of the re-release was true. <\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">The answer, is <strong>YES<\/strong>. The re-release is definitely happening! Michael Grant confirmed this via his Twitter account. I&#8217;ve compiled all of his responses so far in the image below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"images\/release-confirm.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/release-confirm.jpg\" width=\"450\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">So to sum up and update upon our previous post:<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">1. Yes, the re-release is happening. It is no longer a rumor.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">2. There WILL be new covers. Our Scholastic source told us that they are going to be &#8220;lenticular&#8221;. We&#8217;re assuming this means that they will be 3D covers that morph from one image to another when they are tilted.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">You may have already seen examples of this in a variety of products, everything from trading cards to dvd covers. (Those that have the <a href=\"http:\/\/hiracdelest.com\/database\/merch\/games\/boardgames.htm\" target=\"body\">Animorphs Invasion Board Game<\/a> will have a better example, as they came with a deck of morphing holographic lenticular cards for all the Animorphs. We&#8217;re guessing that the new covers could be similar to that).<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">3. The release date is now no longer 2012, but is estimated to be 1 year from now, so somewhere around late 2010 to 2011.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">4. The re-release is still being used by Scholastic as a way to test out the market, and see if a brand new &#8216;Animorphs 2.0&#8217; series will be profitable enough to invest into. They will be looking at both the sales and fan reception once the books are re-released.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">5. Editorial changes to KASUs and continuity errors are still <strong>unconfirmed<\/strong>, and so are the packaging details (whether the books will be sold in volumes, or individually as they originally were).<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">More updates to come as we hear them here at Hirac Delest. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Edit:<\/strong> Thanks to <em>wildweathel<\/em> for correcting us on the proper term for the covers. I&#8217;ve made the appropriate changes to that above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Looks like after we posted our previous bit of news, fans from both the Animorphs LiveJournal and RAF communities asked Michael Grant (co-author\/co-creator of Animorphs) if the rumor of the re-release was true. The answer, is YES. The re-release is definitely happening! Michael Grant confirmed this via his Twitter account. 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