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Ktimene's Lover
 Posts: 2242 Location: Glendale, AZ (Proudly living in the desert) |
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Remember the surveys Funimation did 2 months ago about what anime otaku are currently watching or would recommend to people? Sengoku Basara was one of them. Today, ANN said Funimation's Anime Expo Panel had the announcement they just got the license for it. This is just speculation, but maybe the amount of votes Sengoku got may have had a factor in them licensing so soon.
Another aspect is that there maybe occasions where a company asks otaku which would be a good license. Case in point: I saw a Colleen Clinkenbeard panel on YouTube in spring of '08 and she was talking about the then and current issue of piracy harming the anime industry. She asked the audience if there was any title worthy of licensing. My point being is that if asked, otaku can give companies ideas of shows to license even though fansubs are still wrong. |
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Mushi-Man
 Posts: 1537 Location: KCMO |
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Yeah, funimation has been doing stuff like this for some time now. They read the boards and do polls to see what people are watching. It's just smart business, there's not much point in licensing something that no one cares about (though sometimes a few of these do get through). It's pretty effective if you look at the big name titles they have (FMA, Darker Than Black, Soul Eater, ext.) I know if I were running Funimation I'd be keeping a close eye on fansubs and forums to see what the most people are watching.
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wandering-dreamer
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I think they do keep an eye on what's creating the biggest buzz and if they think they can make a profit off of it. Actually, I would be interested to see the results of that poll, I had forgotten about it but was surprised that they had already licensed a spring anime.
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Kelly
Posts: 868 Location: New York City |
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I'm hoping to hear something about xxxHOLiC season 2 and the Tsubasa Tokyo OAV myself before the summer con season is over. I'm getting a little nervous about being cut off just before both franchises kick into high gear storywise (at least if that covers the parts of the mangas I'm 99% sure they do).
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ninjapet
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I'm still waiting on Funi to get the rights to the Negima! OVDs
and a lot of Negima fans are, but most likely Funi will never get the rights as it's only a 7 ep set that will maybe have a movie. |
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lllwtflll
 Posts: 105 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
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Pleeeease Funimation! Pleeeease license Toradora!!
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Ktimene's Lover
Posts: 2242 Location: Glendale, AZ (Proudly living in the desert) |
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I really would love Funimation to license the brilliant Studio Bones (they already have Bones' Alchemist and Ouran) series Xam'd: Lost Memories/Bounen no Xamdou. Great series and I love the music and it ranks about 4th on my all-time fave anime series.
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SDAnimeFan
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I really want Funimation to get Hell Girl Season 2
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nabe-sama
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AND season 3!! |
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Ranemoraken
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The high profiles that I can think of, that lie unclaimed are mostly recent stuff, like FMA brotherhood, Eden of the East and DB Kai.
I think that there's still a gathering waiting for their Vampire Knight...umm...OH and Kuroshitsuji. I keep hearing that one thrown about. Spice and Wolf would have made the cut, but it fortunately got picked up. And of course you have the longer series like Gintama and Reborn! which I know nothing of, but hear are popular. |
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LeanGreen
 Posts: 323 Location: New England |
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I'm pretty sure FUNi already has the license for FMA Brotherhood and is already streaming it. In the surveys I was pleased to have Kaiba as an option. I don't expect FUNi to pick it up, I was just very happy to know that companies were even considering it. |
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Kyon27
 Posts: 95 Location: Lake Stevens, WA |
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I'm still crossing my fingers for Shakugan no Shana 2......hopefully not in vain
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Kruszer
 Posts: 7983 Location: Minnesota, USA |
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I was extremely happy to see Kurenai on their last poll. I hope that got some vote-idge from people as it's really great. It's at the top of wish list of about 15-20 things that need a license.
It's good to have an anime company that cares about the fans and wants to know what they like. Fan participation in the selection process is also much appreciated. |
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DFBTG
Posts: 385 Location: Hell |
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I, for one, voted for it. So there's at least two. Now if only Dennou Coil was on there....at this point, though, I've lost hope about it being licensed. Who knows, though? |
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Tratious
 Posts: 316 Location: Savannah, GA |
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you do realize that Xam'd is licensed in america by Aniplex? |
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