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Mr. sickVisionz
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I hope they keep all the "you gotta be squiding me" jokes in. They were cheesy but they always made me laugh.
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TarsTarkas
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Good luck to you. That hurricane looks nasty. |
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Kadmos1
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An interesting case of Sentai releasing sub-only releases is that they picked up the second and third seasons of "Hell Girl". This was reversed 8 years when Funi picked many ex-ADV titles. However, a lot of those ADV titles had finished dubs.
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dragonrider_cody
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Of course, Funimation passed on later seasons of Hell Girl because it didn't sell well. So it's understandable why Sentai didn't dub seasons two and three. We don't really know how well Squid Girl did for Media Blasters. They did acquire season two, but lost the license due to issues the company was going through at the time. On the plus side, Media Blasters season one release was fairly limited, and the complete collection bluray was not in print for very long. So it could have some more potential for sales than other license rescues they've done. I wouldn't be surprised if they held off on decisions for season two until they see who much demand for a dub they get, and how well season one does. |
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dragonrider_cody
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Most of those sequels weren't dubbed because the show's underperformed for both Geneon and Funimation, hence why Funi didn't relicense the shows once they expired, or pick up further seasons. Sentai did dub a few follow up properties with Bang Zoom, but those titles were higher profile and had been more successful than the sequels had released sub-only. At the time, they probably felt it made financial sense to do so, even when they could probably produce the dubs cheaper themselves. It's entirely possible that the titles didn't perform as well as they had hoped, and contributed to the decision to dub things like Fate/Kaleid in house. Also, the change from Seraphim to Sentai was largely a legal status and in-name only change. Sentai Studios still uses the same equipment and staff as Seraphim, and they are located in the same offices. They didn't really build an entirely new studio. They mostly just used the same one located down the hallway. My best guess is that Sentai did some sort of space leasing agreement, or acquired the recording studios outright, to help streamline the operations a bit and bring the costs down slightly. Since only fees for using the facilities would have to exchange hands, it would be much simpler than legally contracting out each individual production and paying Seraphim for their services. If nothing else, it would cut down a bit on paperwork. I doubt John Ledford would spend money building a new studio, when he already had one set up and ready to go. Seraphim still has a website and phone number, so I would guess that they still accept outsourced work. It may not be that different from the ADV/Amusement Park Media Days. When they started attempting to get more third party work, they changed the name to Amusement Park Media. However, some titles still bore the name ADV Studios/Films as production, even after the switchover. Most notably, FMP: The Second Raid lists ADV in it'a credits as the production studio. Of course, that was probably an exception, due to the fact that Funi was ultimately going to distribute the show for Kadokowa USA. |
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