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NEWS: Funimation, Sentai in Talks Over Former Bandai Entertainment Titles

FPS, the Nichijou license can't go to Funi because Bandai no longer has it. Nichijou's been up for grabs but nobody wants it. And for good reason, it was a major bomb in Japan, and it's no Cowboy Bebop to do that good in the US.

Is it just me or is this news title misleading?
From what I gather, this news is simply that FUNimation and Sentai are in talks to license Sunrise titles that were formally licensed by Bandai Entertainment.
So that's stuff like the Gundam series, Cowboy Bebop, Code Geass, My Hime, My Otome, Kurokami... just to name a few.

So...I'm not quite sure why people are mentioning stuff like K-ON, Haruhi, Lucky Star etc, since they are from completely different companies.

Also, there seems to be this myth that Cowboy Bebop was a failure in Japan which is incorrect. In terms of sales it ranks 5th of anime made before 2000 with sales of 16k on release and another 30k on rerelease.

ScruffyKiwi wrote:

Also, there seems to be this myth that Cowboy Bebop was a failure in Japan which is incorrect. In terms of sales it ranks 5th of anime made before 2000 with sales of 16k on release and another 30k on rerelease.

It obviously did well enough for a theatrical feature.

Nichijou wasn't a major flop. It had first volume sales around 4k. However KyoAni did say that it was a commercial failure as they spent more than average on it's animation.

penguintruth wrote:

ScruffyKiwi wrote: Also, there seems to be this myth that Cowboy Bebop was a failure in Japan which is incorrect. In terms of sales it ranks 5th of anime made before 2000 with sales of 16k on release and another 30k on rerelease. It obviously did well enough for a theatrical feature.

People want to shape the history so that it comes off like westerners discovered this abandoned anime and were able to cherish it like a gem, unlike the neanderthal otaku. Yeah, that never happened. They just never turned Cowboy Bebop into the pedestal-topping reverent god king of anime like western fandom does.

Now, if Michiko to Hatchin sets the western fandom on fire for a decade, then you can make those above claims. That series was an abject failure.

I hope Sentai doesn't get any of the better titles. They'll just screw things up.

It'd be great to get the Cowboy Bebop Blu-Rays. Oh, and the Zeta Gundam Blu-Rays.

penguintruth wrote:

I hope Sentai doesn't get any of the better titles. They'll just screw things up. It'd be great to get the Cowboy Bebop Blu-Rays. Oh, and the Zeta Gundam Blu-Rays.

You're a troll, aren't you?

ScruffyKiwi wrote:

Nichijou wasn't a major flop. It had first volume sales around 4k. However KyoAni did say that it was a commercial failure as they spent more than average on it's animation.

No, it wasn't a flop. It sold, somewhat. But it was a bomb, because they lost a lot of money on it. Flop != Bomb.

Tamako, on the other hand, is a flop.

mdo7 wrote:

NJ_ wrote: TopGunman wrote: -Turn A Gundam (that series need to be rescue, if Funimation dub it can we get Annika Odegard from DW: Gundam 1 and 2 to reprise as Loren Coheck for the dub and if they can't, can Cherami Leigh or Alexis Tipton voice Loren). They don't need Ocean Group to dub Turn A Gundam. They can use their own VAs. Turn A doesn't have multiple series with dubs, so there's no VA they'd need to bring back. If you played DW: Gundam 1 and 2. Annika Odegard does a good job doing Loren which I don't know if Cherami Leigh or Alexis Tipton can pull off, also as Lynx said Scott Mcneil nailed Gym really well, and given Mcneil voiced a character in FMA, maybe Funimation could get Mcneil to voiced Gym again for the anime for real.

I own the 2nd one. But still, it's just a game, it's not canon with the shows or anything.