Forum - View topicNEWS: Funimation Adds Toei's Air Master, Captain Harlock
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Majin Tenshi
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I hope the deal includes a DVD release for them. Especially, FOTNS, GE 999, & Harlock. If Funi do manage to put them on DVD i swear that i'll never bad mouth them ever again !
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lheiskell
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Later this afternoon, we'll have all 109 episodes of Fist of the North Star and 43 episodes of Fist of the North Star 2 go live on www.funimation.com/video
So today, we'll be adding 152 episodes. That's a whole lot of Ken. Lance Your Friendly Neighborhood FUNimation Guy blog.funimation.com |
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Nobuyuki
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I AM SHOCK
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DFBTG
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I'm with you there, though my personal list would include a DVD release of it (and Strike Witches...). Anyway, as much as I enjoy more free and legal streaming offered, most of this is offered on CR at the moment, and I don't have any interest in any of them. Now, if they'd have the original Digimon Adventures or Digimon Tamers, that'd be a different story. |
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walw6pK4Alo
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I guess DVDs aren't foreseeable for the shows then? How about subbing and dubbing the movies on DVD then? That'd be worth it at least, and probably far cheaper.
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KabaKabaFruit
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I do agree with the fact that the shows are too old for the anime audience of today but I don't think releasing DVDs of said shows are completely out of the question. However, FUNimation will have to consider the possibility of a "print on demand" approach if they're going to go through with this. Namely, print copies for those who've ordered the shows and you don't have to worry about excess baggage. |
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littlegreenwolf
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Hey Funi, with your new partnership with Toei, I have two words for you:
Sailor. Moon. |
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ConanSan
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samuelp
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Here's four more: Not going to happen. |
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bossyman15
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OMFG GALAXY EXPRESS 999 AND HARLOCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111!
I JUST DIED INSIDE! HURRRRRRRY UP AND RELEASE IT ON DVD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Labbes
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I understand what you want to say, and it is a sad fact. I am usually not one to say "fansubs are better than the screw-ups the companies call "subs" ", but I think it is very hard to do a better, or even equal job, as L-E did with Harlock. Don't get me wrong, I will buy Harlock if it comes on DVD, even sub-only. I feel I should support the shows I love, even if it gives me "nothing more" than the fansubs. However, with a dub, I would pay nearly any price, whereas I would wait for it to get cheaper when it's sub-only. Edit: Dubbing / re-releasing the movies of Harlock and Galaxy Express would be awesome, and less costly than their respective shows, as well. |
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littlegreenwolf
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Why not? I like to stay optimistic. Toei was letting the renewal of the Sailor Moon licenses die out because they apparently had plans to re-release the series here in the US on their own, but now that their plans here in America seems to be gone, as hinted by this latest announcement, I think it's very much possible as long as Toei isn't asking for some insane amount of money for it. |
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Julia-the-Great
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Digimon 02 is nice and all... but I'd much rather have the first season, Digimon Adventure, in original Japanese. On DVD. Heck, I'd even buy the dub for the nostalgia value. Digimon = want. T-T
I'd probably buy GE99 and/or Harlock if they were on DVD. Maybe not right away, I'd need to save up for it, but I'd do it. |
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TheHTRO
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(sigh) I REALLY don't post here as often as I should...
Anyway, to those who are willing to buy these even if they were dubbed, I ask you this: Assuming these shows would ultimately be completed, how badly do you really want these shows? If they were to be dubbed? Would you be willing to buy DVDs of these shows if (in a hypothetical scenario) they were to be, say...dub-only? What if Funimation were to "Shin-chan"-ize these shows (you all know about that, right)? If Funimation were to release Pretty Cure on DVD, how do you know they wouldn't do their own dub (as opposed to including the Ocean/Blue Water dub [altered music notwithstanding] currently airing in Canada)? Then there's Digimon Adventures 02. They could just license the Saban masters from Disney and only include that version. I guess what I'm trying to say is that we need to be careful what we wish for. That said, we should call/write/whatever, and let Funimation know how we would prefer to see these shows (FWIW, I agree with another poster who believes that this could be test marketing to gauge DVD potential for these shows). If the FUNI rep is still here, I have a question. Assuming it's the original Japanese version, what kind of subtitle script will Pretty Cure have? Will it use the "Nippon Golden Network" version seen on Crunchyroll, or will it use an original sub script? Whatever it is you do, since this is a family friendly show (even by U.S. standards), I hope you won't make any characters curse (not even "d" or "h" words), because IMHO, that would be (with all due respect) completely moronic. In any event, I don't know about anyone else, but personally, I need to consider every possibility. More importantly, the whole "Shin-chan" thing is going to weigh in on whether or not I'll even consider getting any Funimation DVD of any of the Toei series mentioned here. No offense to Funimation, but nobody likes a double standard (at least I don't)... |
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Zin5ki
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Toei to Funimation eh?
Speaking for myself, it's likely these shows are under better care now. |
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