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NEWS: Sentai Filmworks, Section23 Add To Love-Ru Anime

bayoab wrote:

Takkun4343 wrote: 1. I know that if Sentai didn't pick up To-Love-Ru, it wouldn't be here, but who wants to watch an absurdly cheap DVD where you can't understand what everyone's saying because there's no English language option on the DVD? So you didn't understand the show when you watch it subbed? Then why are you even interested in it. Quote: 2. ADV had an awesome range of VAs for their dubs. Sentai is just skipping out on them. If we had more VAs in Sentai's animes, they'd get more money's worth. Sentai is just another one of ADV's shells. This is ADV making the decision not to dub it. Quote: 3. A dub can gaiin a wider audience, which can allow Sentai to keep dubbing, and take back ADV's success that FUNimation stole. Wider audience, sure. Enough to sell 3000+ copies worth just to justify the cost of a dub? How about you put up the money to do it if you think it's a valid investment. (I invite any dub fan to put up the money to dub any intended to be sub-only series and lets see if you even come close to making back your investment.) And FUNi didn't steal anything. FUNi made the right business choices, ADV didn't. Simple as that.

I do agree with a lot you had to say, but you do realize that ADV doesn't exsist anymore right? ADV can't exactly make a decision when it's no longer in business.

And entertainment comes down to a lot more than good decisions. A lot of it is luck. Funimation would probably be out of business today, if DBZ hadn't taken off. And it took years to do so. I'm not saying ADV didn't make any bad decisions, obviously they did. I just think you oversimplified it with that statement.

dragonrider_cody wrote:

bayoab wrote: Takkun4343 wrote: 1. I know that if Sentai didn't pick up To-Love-Ru, it wouldn't be here, but who wants to watch an absurdly cheap DVD where you can't understand what everyone's saying because there's no English language option on the DVD? So you didn't understand the show when you watch it subbed? Then why are you even interested in it. Quote: 2. ADV had an awesome range of VAs for their dubs. Sentai is just skipping out on them. If we had more VAs in Sentai's animes, they'd get more money's worth. Sentai is just another one of ADV's shells. This is ADV making the decision not to dub it. Quote: 3. A dub can gaiin a wider audience, which can allow Sentai to keep dubbing, and take back ADV's success that FUNimation stole. Wider audience, sure. Enough to sell 3000+ copies worth just to justify the cost of a dub? How about you put up the money to do it if you think it's a valid investment. (I invite any dub fan to put up the money to dub any intended to be sub-only series and lets see if you even come close to making back your investment.) And FUNi didn't steal anything. FUNi made the right business choices, ADV didn't. Simple as that. I do agree with a lot you had to say, but you do realize that ADV doesn't exsist anymore right? ADV can't exactly make a decision when it's no longer in business. And entertainment comes down to a lot more than good decisions. A lot of it is luck. Funimation would probably be out of business today, if DBZ hadn't taken off. And it took years to do so. I'm not saying ADV didn't make any bad decisions, obviously they did. I just think you oversimplified it with that statement.

You're saying the label right? The label "ADV" is definelty dead. The company is still alive, what you were trying to convey to Bayoab is that Sentai is an investor and subtitle shop run by John Ledford. ADV and Sentai are completely different not one and the same.

I kinda wish they would go back and dub some of their better selling series. Didn't Matt Greenfield say awhile back not to completely rule out the possibility of a dub for Clannad, because the sub-only sets sold pretty well so Sentai was considering it?

I do think they should make dubs for these shows. They can hire some college actors and use low quality equipment. It will be crude, but they can make a dub. Would people be happy then? Technically, everyone wins. Tactical victory. I think it's worth a shot, plus it'll bring in some new talent.

I do think they should make dubs for these shows. They can hire some college actors and use low quality equipment. It will be crude, but they can make a dub. Would people be happy then? Technically, everyone wins. Tactical victory. I think it's worth a shot, plus it'll bring in some new talent.

That's horrible. About the only good thing I can think of from that is that maybe this means that he'll go and make Black Cat part 2 like he's thought about doing in the past. But what a horrible way for a story to have to end. I haven't read all of To-Love Ru yet, so I don't know how poor an ending it gets, but there's no way that it's as good as what was originally planned if he was forced to end it on short notice. It's hard enough to find good endings as it is. I truly feel sorry for him. He got royally ripped off on so many levels, and his fans get hit by some of it too. At least the woman's reputation is probably in shambles now. I hate to think ill thoughts of people, but if that account of events is at all accurate, it's hard to think nice thoughts about her.

Kalessin wrote:

That's horrible. About the only good thing I can think of from that is that maybe this means that he'll go and make Black Cat part 2 like he's thought about doing in the past. But what a horrible way for a story to have to end. I haven't read all of To-Love Ru yet, so I don't know how poor an ending it gets, but there's no way that it's as good as what was originally planned if he was forced to end it on short notice. It's hard enough to find good endings as it is. I truly feel sorry for him. He got royally ripped off on so many levels, and his fans get hit by some of it too. At least the woman's reputation is probably in shambles now. I hate to think ill thoughts of people, but if that account of events is at all accurate, it's hard to think nice thoughts about her.

The ending for the manga was rushed out of no where a lot of fans got up set that they only gave one 20 page chapter for the ending out of the blue. spoiler[It ended in the Harem ending style. Rito never picked any one but he finally said he had feelings for Lala and Haruna both equally. So going up to Haruna to confuses, he screams out I love you and it gets misheard as he loves every one ]
I mean not the greatest ending but it worked

pparker: I'm actually surprised that RV didn't get picked up first, to be honest, since there's a manga of it out right now. Does this mean TLR the manga's gonna be published soon? Anyway, I doubt it's an issue of cheap licenses as much as FUNimation's more interested in the next DBZ, while ADSentai wants to sell stuff fans would actually want to watch. I think Nozomi's more of a boutique company, and it generally only goes for shows with some class.

RV must have been passed on by VIZ. All speculation, but pretty accurate. RV is one of those series everyone talks about, but no one will buy. It isn't a Haruhi Suzumiya.

I don't know if Sentai wants to take out Bandai for the biggest moe distributor, but they have to remember this ain't Japan. We don't buy guitars just because the girls from K-On play them.

we buy figures instead. seriously.

KanjiiZ wrote:

RV must have been passed on by VIZ. All speculation, but pretty accurate. RV is one of those series everyone talks about, but no one will buy. It isn't a Haruhi Suzumiya.

I still wouldn't rule them out. Seems like Viz can take a sweet long time on many properties.

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I don't know if Sentai wants to take out Bandai for the biggest moe distributor, but they have to remember this ain't Japan. We don't buy guitars just because the girls from K-On play them.

No, we buy figures instead. seriously.