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I really, really hope they can release the Blurays immediately for many of these titles, which are available in native HD, like Casshern Sins, Chaos Head, R+V1,2, Eden, and Rideback.
They are all old titles that have had their Blurays released in Japan already. Combined with the additional delay of another year from now, I don't see why licensors would hold them back from doing so, unless Funi themselves are hoping people will double dip. So personally, I'll get Shikabane, Regios, Sora no Otoshimono on DVD and wait and see for the others aforementioned on BD (likewise for other titles like Seikirei). |
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TJR
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AFAIK, Chaos;Head hasn't been released on Blu-Ray yet. I'd also argue that you'd be wasting money if you pay more than the standard DVD price (animation is particularly low quality; the same goes for the show's content IMO, but that's another matter).
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You're right I misremembered. But I hope Funi could release BDs even so, since there are HD sources, like they did with Samurai 7 and Shigurui. As far as the video itself goes, even if the animation is fairly average (although not bad as you say IMO) there's still a huge difference in picture quality between the DVDs and HD broadcast. And I suppose I'm one of the few that mildly enjoyed the show, lol. |
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Ingraman
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What were your issues with Rideback? It definitely had issues, but I found that it was an attempt at being creative, unlike Rosario. I can't comment on the others because I never gave them a try, but from what little I've read here, they sound like more 'loss' than 'win'.
I'll pass on Index, but I would like to see Railgun licensed (by someone other than Funi, not that I expect that to happen). |
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Ingraman
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I didn't like either. I saw a few episodes (4-5, IIRC), didn't like the fanservice, and it had no plot at that point beyond challenge-of-the-week or harem expansion. Since many people said that the manga was so much better, I glanced at the first few volumes of it as they were released, and found that I didn't like its fanservice or plot (slightly better than the anime, but still bad). |
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doctordoom85
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Except they've also said recently that both Kenichi and Spice and Wolf sold very well, both are which are pretty unlike DBZ and FMA (well, Kenichi is sorta close, but still pretty different). DBZ and FMA are definitely the biggest profits, but don't assume that none of the others haven't had significant contributions. |
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Aura Ichadora
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Currently not interested in any of these shows (although I may watch a few episodes of Eden of the East if Funi posts some episodes of the dub on their site), but I know a lot of people were looking forward to these shows being announced and the cast announcements. So I'm glad for those that looked forward to these got what they wanted. ^^
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Dakaran
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Regios is an excellent action-packed anime with some good comedy moments. I really suggest everybody who have not watched those they announced to check them out. I've seen them all except Chaos Head, and they are excellent for their style. Regios is really hot stuff for me I can't get the music out of my head just like MELL and Kyoku in Rideback:P |
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ikillchicken
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What do you know of my tastes? I like action, adventure, drama, mystery, cyberpunk, space opera, mecha, fantasy, supernatural, psychological, horror and period shows. Are you going to claim that's not a pretty reasonable variety? I do not however, like shitty harems or ecchi comedies. Honestly, if a show can just dodge these couple bullets though I will potentially be interested in it. Five of these Six new shows can not. I think it's pretty painfully clear that I'm not the one who needs to branch out.
Please improve your reading comprehension. I didn't say I've only bought 5 shows over 2 years. I've bought several dozen shows over the last two years. Of course, those were all shows produced in 06/07 (which means we see them released here in roughly 08/09). What I'm talking about is the stuff that has come out recently and will be out in the near future. Shows produced in 08/09 that are turning up here now and in the rest of 2010. Because of what we're seeing licensed, I expect my purchases in 2010 to shrink to a mere couple of shows as compared to a dozen a year over the past couple years. Obviously that is something the industry should worry about. |
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rinkwolf10
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Just to ask, have you ever seen any dub by Funimation, because that would explain your comment above. I mean serieas like Beck, Dragon Ball (Z, GT, Kai), Kenichi, Soul Eater, xxxHolic, Full Metal Alchemist, Hell Girl, (..... I can do this all day) and lets not forget all those many other shows that have had superb dubs. I don't see reason to complain. Although, they did use a lot of repeat voice actors for the 2009 releases, but these 2010 releases have a bigger mix of voice actors and a lot of "new blood" (as in new voice actors) to the resent dubs, and they have a bigger variety in dub case, just take the casts announced in this article as an example. Frankly, I don't see the reason or rational of bac mouthing something that has not been produce yet. You can't tell the future and from where I stand it seem that my view point is opposite of yours. Give any of these shows to any other licenser right now and you would get a sub only release with little to no chance of dub. Not because the shows doesn't warrant it but because no one has faith or the funding in shows as much as Funimation. Why complian about a dub when you other wise wouldn't get one. Are you saying that the show would be better of not dubbed. Mind you, if Sentia got their hands on any of these they would release them at the same price as Funimation english dubbed version but with sub only release. Maybe, a $10 drop in price, which I think it's totally worth it to pay, $10 more and get a dub then pay $10 less and not get on. |
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ZenErik
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Personally, I would rather save $10 and only get subs. But I guess that wouldn't be fair to dub fans. It's not that all dubs are bad. It's just that the only time I listen to dubs is if I'm with a friend that hates subtitles, which is rare.
Also, being Funimation, they'll put 6 - 7 episodes on a disc with 2 surround sound tracks AND trailers (and maybe a few real extras, sometimes). What sometimes ends up happening is some terrible video compression to the point where I would much rather pay 2 or 3 times more to have better video quality on twice as much discs and less issues with compression artifacts. So I'm left with either settling for an awful looking product or just not having box sets of some of my favorites. Last edited by ZenErik on Sun May 16, 2010 6:57 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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rinkwolf10
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Okay, can ANYONE tell me of a Vampire based show that fallows the MANGA?........ that's right didn't think so. At best, the anime take key element from the manga as guidelines for the show. Thus, it goes without saying that for Vampire Based Shows you do NOT compare the MANGA and ANIME but rather you rate them as STANDALONE productions. Take Karin for example, liked the show, like the manga. Both are different and like both stories equality. Same with Rosario + Vampire, the manga and anime are two different things, so don't compare apples and oranges just because they are both round. I hope I made it clear enough. |
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Kid Ryan
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I've only read the first 3 volumes of the manga, and that was 2 years ago or so, but from what I can remember it was an epic story.
As for the anime, haven't watched it, I was waiting for it to finally get a dub.
Not to mention that Viz is the publisher and translator for the manga in the U.S. |
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mabber36
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all terrible dubs. |
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Chrno2
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Funimation picked up 'Sora no Otoshimono', EXCELLENT!! It's my guilty pleasure. Can't wait to pick that up. Also very pleased to hear some news on 'Shikabane Hime'. Also glad that they picked up 'Rideback'. I have yet to check that out. I've heard it's a good series.
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