Trivia / Kurau Phantom Memory

• Vapor Ware: For awhile, it felt like the North American release would fall into this trope. ADV Films licensed it after only a few episodes had aired back in the summer of 2004 (which wasn't common at the time; most shows were licensed months to years after they started). Then months and years went by with no word on a release date. It was finally released in late 2007 and early 2008. This probably contributed to its sleeper status, at least at the sales level. Most of the initial buzz had died off, the fansubs had been in wide circulation, and 4:3 content had begun to fall out of favor when the DVDs finally hit stores.