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Catseyetiger
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I liked some aspects of this show. The story and interactions were great but the animation was a little lacking. I do not enjoy black out faces episode after episode.
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Mesonoxian Eve
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I was thinking the same thing. This seems a really oddball choice to dub but yet not get on BD. Now I'm wondering if the bilingual format was a typo. It's happened before. I've not seen the show, but I'd be willing to give it a shot. |
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coral422
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Was there ever a case when the ratio of an anime title sold overseas is larger than in Japan?
I think this is going to be one of those, just maybe. A few thousand isn't hard to beat considering the online following of the show, they just need to package this in a convenient way and get the dub to work with that crowd. |
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The Coffee God
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The chances of that are rather slim, since Otaku USA let this license slip before Sentai sent out the PR. And the Otaku USA review states it's getting a dub. ( http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/4008/z8p64m7.jpg ) That's not really saying it couldn't be a mistake, especially since they wrote that it was licensed by Discotek and that it was coming out in April ( http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/2528/bbzxc1acmaahbv6.jpg ) but I'd say the chances are good it's getting a dub and that it's not a mistake. |
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dragonrider_cody
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If it was a mistake, David Williams would have corrected it on FandomPost it another site by now. Not to mention, the Otaku USA article specifically mentioned a dub. The show is a niche title, so I can understand skipping Bluray. Even if they did one, the DVD would still outsell it (as has been the case with all their titles.). It's likely getting dubbed because other companies, like Manga or Siren, have also picked it up. We will probably see announcements from them, or other companies, later. |
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dragonrider_cody
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Actually, there have a number of shows that have sold better overseas than in Japan, most notably Cowboy Bebop, Trigun, and Big O. |
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walw6pK4Alo
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Not to say Cowboy Bebop wasn't considered a hit in Japan, it just never became the overwhelming immaculate classic in the way the West views it. More like "That was good, buy DVD, next." I'm sure it's happened several times, like with Fractale. FUNi must have sold more than 883 copies. That's a truly unpopular series in Japan. |
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dtm42
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Kill Me Baby got licensed? Kill me now.
---------- Why would anyone rational and sensible put this on BD? Save your complaints for a show that would actually make use of the high-definition. Kill Me Baby was crudely drawn and will look perfectly fine at standard-definition. Well actually it will still look fugly, but that's not the fault of the DVD format. Yes, I do know that most home video sales of the series in Japan were of BD, but no-one ever said Otaku were rational. |
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Ingraman
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I never got around to watching it. A DVD (or possible future BD) release has no chance of getting purchased until I do see the whole series.
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Angel M Cazares
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Sentai has been licencing some nice shows: Penguindrum, Moretsu Pirates, Tegami Bachi, the upcoming Kids on the Slope and, hopefully later this year, Tari Tari and Chu-2. Also, I believe Maiden Japan has the first Patlabor OVA. But if you are talking about licence announcements for this year, you are right; Sentai has not impressed me much either. |
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dragonrider_cody
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Sentai has already licensed Tari Tari. They streamed it on Anime Network. |
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The Coffee God
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I'm pretty sure they know that, as I think that was in reference to hopefully being released later this year. |
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jymmy
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@dtm42: No one was complaining, though, they were just saying it seemed odd to dub but not release on Blu-Ray. I did mention I won't be picking it up if it's DVD only, but I wasn't complaining. (Mostly because it's not a series I'm really in love with.)
Out of interest, do you have a high definition TV and Blu-Ray player? |
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mangamuscle
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*BANG* I have high hopes that this will generate enough income for a second season, specially since unlike most anime, you can show it to anyone without getting blown to pieces for showing inapropiate material. I bet they will sell several times the number of discs sold in Japan, the real question if it will generate as much income for the production company. |
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Swissman
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There are some nice bits of animation and layout work here and there, like the opening and ending by animator Shinya Hasegawa or the work of Ando Masahiro in ep 6. Granted, it`s no Akira, but nevertheless would be a nice to have on either DVD or BD. |
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