Forum - View topicThe List - 7 Shuttered American Anime Companies
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Asrialys
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They're...staying afloat. Despite many delays, they're still licensing stuff and even starting up in-house dubbing. |
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ChibiGoku
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Actually, Phuuz didn't license the show. Toei USA, along with another company (whose name escapes me at the moment) were responsible for getting the show dubbed and distributed on television. Phuuz was only involved in the localization and dubbing of the series. Even then, they only did part of it. Later, the DVD distribution rights would be given to another company, Illumitoon Entertainment. However, we all know what happened there... Seems this show is screwed to never get a proper DVD release... |
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ANN_Lynzee
ANN Executive Editor
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Yeah, and that's where the information originated from. Corrected. |
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pureevil4
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No Unicorn on the new poll? How is that supposed to be fair.
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Clyde_Cash
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Bandai Vi$ual U$A: WHAT THE fudge WERE THEY THINKING CHARGING AN ARM AND A LEG FOR ANIME? How stupid did they have to be to realize that America is not Japan? You'd have better luck getting Sting to sign with WWE than getting American and Canadian anime fans to pay the same prices as Japanese fans for their DVDs/BDs!
Urban Vision: Has anyone rescued Vampire Hunter D yet? That was a classic. Why wasn't CPM mentioned? BOO! |
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Osaka2002
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Bandai Entertainment and Geneon shuttering really hurt from a personal standpoint. Their releases still make up the majority of my collection. Not to mention that a number of good series that they released (or were going to release) still haven't been rescued (Kyoto Animation/Kadokawa series, Nichijou, Karin, Ichigo Mashimaro, etc.).
Can't have a discussion about 4kids without individuals stepping up to blindly defend their atrocious, reprehensible work.
People asking and requesting that shows not be gutted and edited in order to cater to groups that they were never designed to play towards (Tokyo Mew Mew, Yu-Gi-Oh) does not make them "purists". It makes them fans of the original show who want to have it available locally without it being screwed and chopped. That is not unreasonable. |
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Stuart Smith
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I think it's more disturbing the idea that just because the target demographic is children that it's acceptable to produce a low effort, low quality product. How is animation going to progress as a medium in the west if people, some anime fans included of all people, think that just because something is for kids that it doesn't have to be high quality? It's so unfortunate to see people continue to echo this idea of just because it's for kids it's okay to be bad. I guess that's just a difference between Japanese and western mindsets. In the west, companies know kids will watch anything with the right brand name or marketing push so they don't have to put any effort into the products. In Japan, they put as much effort into their product in hopes kids will watch it. I can always appreciate the later. It's no doubt what helps kids shows get so massive in Japan with older audiences to the point a lot of the time more adults are watching them than children. -Stuart Smith |
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Ovan~the~Rebirth
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Oh! Then I apologize, sorry to get snippy. Love the List column. Glad you always seem to find a few odd and obscure shows to put on the list. |
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Top Gun
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Bandai Entertainment was definitely the loss that hit hardest for me personally. They released many of my all-time favorite anime series, and their catalog included a lot of good sci-fi and fantasy, particularly a bunch of Sunrise-produced shows. For my money, they had the highest gold-to-crap ratio of titles across their entire catalog out of any domestic distributor. I went a bit buy-happy with their titles during and after their closure, and at this point I feel like I have to own 2/3 of the shows they ever released on DVD.
Geneon was a big loss too, as they'd put out several all-time greats as well. I think what I miss most about them was their usage of New Generation Pictures for many of their dubs. As far as I'm concerned, they were the top of the heap when it comes to dubbing studios, and it's a real shame that they're not involved in the industry anymore. |
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CastMember1991
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I was sad when Bandai decided to withdraw from the US anime market. However, I have a theory as to why they did it. They probably wanted to focus on their core toy business here in the States.
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taster of pork
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Did Urban Vision ever own the rights to Akira? I saw quick clip of it on one of their old Wicked City VHS's.
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Snomaster1
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I don't have any problem with 4Kids. It has a reputation that I don't think it really deserved. I thought that they had really talented voice actors who did a good job with whatever material they were given,no matter how lousy it was. Say what you want about the company,they did have good eye for talent. You have to give them that.
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gravediggernalk
Space Cowboy Posts: 246 Location: Alabama |
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There's an ANNcast that covers Bandai Entertainment's exit from the North American anime industry. |
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Ambimunch
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I think losing Bandai was the biggest blow to me. All those gundam shows still waiting for a license rescue, Haruhi, Ghost in the Shell, Wolf's Rain etc..
I wouldn't be surprised if Gundam never gets rescued in NA at all 
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KENZICHI
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I'd love to see a list like this with manga publishers. I will always be sad that Del-Rey is gone.
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