Sad news coming out of New York as it’s been confirmed that Media Blasters was recently forced to put at least 13 employees on temporary unpaid leave or laid off entirely. For a small company like Media Blasters, this represents about 25% of their staff.

In a statement to ANN, Media Blasters CEO John Sirabella said “Recently, some of our larger vendors have slowed down quite a bit, so we have to take precautions. We are hoping that if we start to see the orders flow back from these vendors, we can bring [the furloughed employees] back later.”

Unfortunately, this news also comes with a round of new release dates for planned DVDs (including Kanokon, Queen’s Blade and others that certain fans have been looking forward to… I think you all know who you are). The list of titles that are being rescheduled are listed below with their new release dates afterwards:

Wordsworth Outer Story moved to 4/13/2010

World of Wordsworth Collection (WordsWorth Premium Collection) moved to 4/13/2010

Otogi Zoshi: Collection of Ages moved to 4/20/2010

Gaogaigar Season 2 LiteBox moved to 4/27/2010

Rurouni Kenshin Complete Series Volumes 1-22, Eps, 1-95 moved to 4/27/2010

Tekkaman Blade Complete (Volumes 1-3 , Eps. 1-49) moved to 5/4/2010

Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan Special Edition (Now Dubbed) moved to 5/18/2010

Queens Blade The Exiled Virgin: A Single Step Vol.1 moved to 5/18/2010

Kanokon – The Girl Who Cried Fox: Sexy Like a Fox  Vol. 1 moved to 5/25/2010

Inma Seiden moved to 6/1/2010

Ikki Tousen Dragon Destiny: Vol 3 moved to 6/29/2010

Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend (Uncut Episode) moved to To be Determined

Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend (The Movie) moved to To be Determined

Queens Blade The Exiled Virgin: The Beaten Path, Vol. 2 moved to To be Determined

Fleshdance (Shimaizuma) moved to To be Determined

Ikki Tousen Premium Box moved to To be Determined

Oh My Sex Goddess (Megachu) moved to To be Determined

Sayonara Zetsubou-Sensei V1 moved to To be Determined

<Via ANN, Anime on DVD>

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