Forum - View topicNEWS: NIS America Adds Katanagatari, Arakawa Under the Bridge
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ss-hikaru
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Have only seen a little bit of Katanagatari but from what I've seen, it deserves NIS's special collectors treatment.
Hope it sells well for them, it seemed like it was overlooked when it aired. |
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configspace
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 Holy crap! YES to both!
NISA seems to be the first to break that trend with BDs finally! I also hope Sentai will do so but I doubt it.
heh, Katanagatari is definitely a tragic downhill slide spoiler[one of the few where nearly "everyone dies".. and the ending about not being able to change history about not making one bit of difference after all that.. jeez] except for a few bright moments. Although I felt it was perhaps much more melancholic than outright grave-of-the-fireflies tragic I wonder if both Katanagatari and Arakawa were expensive to license especially for bluray (advance payment and/or royalties) given that they were both successful in Japan and are relatively recent titles, though I wonder if their particular "nicheness" and possibly limited appeal factored in as well in the negotiations Last edited by configspace on Fri Apr 15, 2011 10:31 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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RoverTX
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I really like NIS business model, pick up the good scraps and market them in a way that actually works towards the target fan base. Its really kind of amazing they didn't think about doing this before. There head company has the connection, and they have the translation staff, its just a matter of learning how to print the DVD correctly (which they finally did). These two shows are going on my buy list!
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Kit-Tsukasa
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seriously NIS knows what's going on. They're subs are at least of respectable quality for a start-up and they're picking up moderately decent titles. I wouldn't actually mind if NIS picks up Madoka or any other SHAFT shows over Funimation for that matter.
EDIT: Does Arakawa only include season 1 or both season licenses? Last edited by Kit-Tsukasa on Fri Apr 15, 2011 11:05 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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JLightstar
Posts: 140 Location: Venice, Florida |
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Can't wait for Arakawa Under the Bridge.
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SongstressCela
 Posts: 615 Location: Pennsylvania |
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Dammit. Just, dammit all. I hate NIS, so much. With Sentai Filmworks getting back into the dubbing scene they're like the only holdout of distributors releasing major series with no dub.
I've said it before: No dub, no buy. This is even worse than Right Stuf, though, because NIS is licensing nothing but series I desperately want. And their games have brilliant dubbing! Why are they releasing such hackjob anime?! This is...ugh. So depressing. I didn't really think either of these would get licensed, now I see they are only to be not worth purchasing in the first place. NIS, get the heck away from anime already! Just quit it! -.-
NO. Don't give them any bloody ideas, for christ's sake! FUNI, snap this up, please! If NIS gets another license I'm dying to pick up I don't know what I'll do. This is more depressing every time I see their name crop up. ~_~ Such a worthless company... Last edited by SongstressCela on Fri Apr 15, 2011 11:04 pm; edited 2 times in total |
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teferi
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Because a show about a guy fighting swordsmen/women with his bare hands is probably an easier sell then a dialogue filled show like Bakemonogatari. I'd think that Katanagatari's aesthic makes it an easier sell too. It's kind of reminiscent of new American animation (e.g. cartoon Network type stuff) too. Popular on the internets and in Japan doesn't really help NIS. That being said I'll be grabbing Katanagatari on BD ... Arakawa on the other hand is a bit too out there for me. Also, Ugh @ all the people complaining about no dub. Some of us would rather have a shot at a show than a dub. This stupid, " OH NOES, NO DUB!? WTF!?" reaction is getting really old. |
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wandering-dreamer
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Cool, I had been thinking about trying out Katanagatari but it seemed like the kind of show that would be licensed here soon so I held off, happy to see I was right. Hope that ANN gets some preview episodes to show here so I can sample it first though.
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Kit-Tsukasa
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Bakemonogatari is also produced by a completely different production team and it's a SHAFT "A-Level" work, meaning acquiring the license would probably be quite hefty, not to mention dialogue and sign/typesetting intensive. |
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kufirst
 Posts: 86 Location: Kansas |
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I'm totally excited for Katanagatari being released but it looks like I'll have a set of Blu-rays I won't need, unless I fork some money to buy an HDTV, Blu-ray or Blu-ray drive.
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Nayu
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The first animated Nisioisin work, there are novel releases. Go buy now. 
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configspace
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so you should be thinking instead, "it looks like I'll have a set of DVDs I won't need in the near future"
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jmfsilenthill
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Very excited that NISA is getting into the bluray game. Hopefully, since JP os the only audio track here, we can get avoid the lossy audio issue. I'll be hopefully getting both of these.
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Loren Leah
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Katanagatari sounds interesting, but I don't think I'm willing to give NISA any more money after how bad Pandora Hearts looked... Oh well.
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WTK
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The MSRP is $69.99 for the first set of Katanagatari. The MSRP is also the same for Arakawa Under the Bridge (all of Season 1). Release date for both is 7/5/2011. Both will be made available at select online retailers: Right Stuf, The Anime Corner Store, Anime Pavilion, Anime Castle, and NIS America’s Online Store. |
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