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Angel'sArcanum
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My thoughts exactly. Like, I don't get their modus operandi anymore. In the early days their dubbing choices made a little more sense with more decidedly lesser known and niche titles clearly not getting dubs because they may not make their money back and would have greater losses if they were dubbed, but here they are stuck with Leviathan which--as far as I know--NO ONE cared about and was getting rather poor reception, yet here we get a dub for that, but Space Bros which people have been raving about as some modern classic that is sure to get good returns gets no dub when it could be beneficial to those dub enthusiasts. It's like they're digging their own graves, like come on Sentai. |
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getchman
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they go back and dub shows that performed well. So enough people bought the show or watched it on CR or TAN. granted, expectations for this title were probably low, but a pass is still a pass. who knows what happened with the licensing hell Space Bros was in for two years
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whiskeyii
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Heck yeah, Space Brothers! SO HAPPY to hear this! I thought it'd die in licensing hell. TT^TT
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Zalis116
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Ortensia1980
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I had no idea that they'd even licensed Space Brothers, but I'm definitely buying it. I never had a chance to watch it myself, but I've heard so many good things about it that I pretty much have to buy it.
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dragonrider_cody
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I would have been much more surprised if they had decided to dub Space Brothers. Not only is the show longer than most they have dubbed so far, but these are also the same people that were badly burned by Moonlight Mile a few years back. I can understand why they would be cautious with it. Not to mention, I don't believe it's been picked up in any other English language countries, so Sentai doesn't have anyone to help with production costs.
As for Leviathan, I'm also surprised that is getting a dub. However, it's a short show and the license was likely cheap. It's also possible the show performed better than expected, or we may see anouncements for Australia or the UK soon. The rest of the subtitle only shows were pretty much expected. They weren't exacty huge hits, and Sentai tends to go light on their February releases. |
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Agent355
 Posts: 5113 Location: Crackberry in hand, thumbs at the ready... |
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I just want the Space Brothers manga to come out in print...
A dub would be great, but I understand their hesitancy. 99 eps of a mature adult drama--the wrong type of "mature adult" at that! LOL! Too bad. But if it sells well... |
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jtron
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Super excited for Hozuki! I stream stuff and rarely buy DVDs or Blu-rays lately but I would throw down for a fancy preorder of this. Plus I'll finally get a translation for the opening song!
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bs3311
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4 words. LONG DUBS ARE EXPENSIVE!!! Good lord, I know DragonRider_Cody hopped here to set things straight. But I think these people will just constantly beat the dead horse anyway. But these so called, "dub enthusiests." Or foreign anime users outside the U.S. need to understand that Sentai does'nt have the liquid money that Funimation has to dub over One Peice episodes in a mediocritic manner.
Sentai Filmworks generally dubs titles in two ways now. 1. (The Oldschool Way) - they get earnings from multiple english speaking contries to count in the expenses for the dub release. 2. (Cheap buy, let it fly) - The license was so cheap that they could have expense paid off with just releasing a dub in it. Or it was a staff favorite. There longest dubbed show is Phi-Brain now, but given the popularity the show has along with its release in multiple seasons. It was a safer bet to dub. Space Brothers is sadly only praised by a few people. Since licensing companies would have to listen to the shabby majority that praise AOT up the ass. This show on the other hand has much more adult comedy and styles that are not reconizable or immature for people that usually whatch Highschool Slice of Life. And its 99 episode list with references of real life events, characters or companies that would probably result in Serephim Digital to either: A: Go the crappy Funi route in Devil is a Part Timer and just constantly say Rcdonalds or sub-par culture refferences without license fees to pay along with a weak script. B: Or just release the title subbed and see how sales go for the physical discs. If high, they will go back and dub it while also paying for any extra fees of references or casings. I will for sure buy these releases to show that I want this dubbed. There is a famous lyrical saying, "LISTEN TO THE MONEY TALK!" Word of mouth on a title does not mean each and every person will buy it or stream it. Plus Sentai can do an exchange program. |
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Red Fox of Fire
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I'm not surprised Space Brothers isn't getting dubbed, and the reason why is because I think it won't do well.
No, really. Sure, fans know about it, but to others, it's a 100 episode series that's really not very "anime" at all (in its premise, at least...). After what happened with Monster, I don't see a future of success in the west for Space Bros. It's overrated anyway. |
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Animegomaniac
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I don't blame Sentai in taking long with Space Brothers but I don't see a licensing issue, I think they tried to get a joint dub operation going but couldn't get anything to work out.
So it'd be 7-8 BD and DVD releases over a period of a year or two of a show already two years old? And people expect Sentai will go back and release 4 collections if the sales are there? In the middle? At the end? It's not impossible, it's just improbable because this releasing sounds more like resignation to me; "This is great... what the hell are we going to do with it?" Dubbed Levithan? Good, it's a cute, short show, Space Brothers could have learned a thing or two about "brevity". |
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firedragon54738
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Kind of shame the Space Bothers wont get dub but cant wait to see Leviathan dubbed
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Mr. Oshawott
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Ah, right... Thanks for the info! 
Maybe they'll dub Space Brothers one day when there's enough demand. |
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Agent355
Posts: 5113 Location: Crackberry in hand, thumbs at the ready... |
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As far as I know, the Japanese version of Devil is a Part Timer never dared to actually use the name "McDonald's", so why would Funi? (And that was a smart move. McDonald's can be extremely litigious in protecting their name world wide. I've heard they even threatened lawsuits against people with the last name McDonald who dared name their food related business after themselves!). |
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Kadmos1
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While it's likely not going to happen, should Space Bros get dubbed, I'd like for the younger bro to be dubbed by the dub voice of GX's Judai since his counterpart was the voice of both.
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