Forum - View topicNEWS: Funimation: No More Big Windup! Anime to Be Licensed
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Unholy_Nny
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As someone who remembers the days of buying singles for $20-$30 a piece, with 3-5 episodes on each disk, comments like this make me feel a little angry. $50 is CHEAP for 13 episodes. Seriously, guys. We're all so spoiled compared to how we used to be. Anyone else remember when they sold "Anime: Crack is cheaper" merchandise? Jeez. |
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trunkschan90
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 not fair, I liked that series too and was hoping the second season would get licensed. I have vol 2 of the set, I actually got it on Ebay for like $2 
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hissatsu01
 Posts: 963 Location: NYC |
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First of all, if you're paying retail prices, you're doing it wrong. I paid less than $70 for both volumes of Big Windup combined, with free shipping, and it was not on sale. Second of all, anime has never been cheaper in the US. An outrage indeed! The only thing that's outrageous is whining about the "high" prices of anime in the US. |
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Kid Ryan
 Posts: 506 Location: Sacramento, California |
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Well this just sucks, I enjoyed the English DUB of Season 1.
Now how the hell am I supposed to be able to watch Season 2? (I REFUSE to watch it subbed or RAW). |
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GATSU
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With no U.S. manga tie-in, and a sport which has been sullied by the likes of Pete Rose and those steroid users, what did anyone expect?
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Cosplaybunny
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Welp this sucks. It's really too bad, Big Windup! is a great show.
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dragonrider_cody
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Couldn't agree more. The first series I collected was Descendants of Darkness, and I paid $30 for each of the four volumes, or $120 total. That's more than $9 an episode. I can't complain about $70 or even $80 for a complete 22-26 episode series. This complaining about pricing is getting ridiculous. |
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Patachu
Past ANN Contributor
 Posts: 1325 Location: San Diego |
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You know what? FU, anime fandom.
Enjoy your 13-year-olds in bikinis and giant robots shooting each other or whatever it is that *does* sell around here. |
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keikanna44
 Posts: 155 Location: Virginia |
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I'm so upset, hurt and angry. I loved this series. Both the sub and dub versions. I'm disappointed by the low dvd sales but I kind of expected it. After all the second half of the series was just one long drawn out baseball game. It's like been there done that. It's no wonder sales were not good. I think the second season will be much better. I wish funimation hadn't announced this yet without at least seeing the second season and how it does first. The season hasn't even aired yet!
 (I hope it becomes really popular and another company licenses it and makes tons of money. Yeah Funimation will feel stupid then.)
Guess I'll just have to watch it subbed. (crying  ) You cut me deep Funimation.
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Lemoncookies23
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I will. Very much so. Along with anime like Big Windup! Because, you know, I can enjoy lots of different genres, and would rather not pigeonhole myself. |
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Jedi General
 Posts: 2485 Location: Tucson, AZ |
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Yup, that's essentially what FUNimation is saying here. Though maybe if there was an anime featuring 13-year-olds in bikinis who pilot giant robots WHILE PLAYING BASEBALL (or ANY sport for that matter) ... EDIT: Wait, that's already been done (sort of). Basquash, anyone? Last edited by Jedi General on Sat Jan 09, 2010 3:33 am; edited 1 time in total |
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britannicamoore
 Posts: 2618 Location: Out. |
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$70 for a 26 episodes isn't cool. And yes you can find it cheaper- just wait until the complete set hits.
Why pay that much? Funis shooting themsleves in the foot with the complete boxsets coming out for less than one part. Thats why i didn't buy them although they are on my list. If they release a complete set they'll see more sale numbers. People aren't stupid and they aren't just going to throw away money. I enjoyed what i saw of the dub on Funi's YT channel. But i'm surprised any of their shows are making it with the way they release titles. |
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Tsuzuki Love
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I totally remember!!! Wow! And it was so true. But I digress... Anyways, if you listen to the podcast it's not necessarily that there's no fanbase for Big Windup, it's just that said fanbase isn't buying the DVDs, claiming that they're waiting for the price to come down. So if enough of these people went out and actually bought the sets maaaaybe the grand folks at Funimation would change their minds... Or maybe the numbers still wouldn't be good enough. But we can't succeed unless we try. So get out there and buy up those DVDs people! |
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Lemoncookies23
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Ahahaha. Very funny... Not. You know, instead of complaining about what you perceive to be selling well for FUNi, you and your friend could not make such inane comments at all. I'm just as disappointed as you are, but I'm not so simple-minded as to bash conjured straw men. |
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ConanSan
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The Horde of Voltron stike again. |
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