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Top Gun
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Indeed. I've recently imported several AoA titles from the UK (even though I don't strictly have a physical region-free player, just a kludged software solution), and there are a few other Australian releases I'm interested in, most notably Mushishi's second season. It's DVD-only, but it's a hell of a lot better than the load of nothing that AoA has graced us with. It's a sad thing when a licensing company can make one almost physically angry. |
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relyat08
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^^Yeah, I've moved to importing UK and AUZ releases when possible. I have SamFlam on that short list. A region free player, or some good software is a very worthwhile investment these days.
If Gotoh's statements on ANNCast and elsewhere are any indication, AoA is certainly aware of that potential. Though maybe he hasn't done a good job of conveying that to his overlords in Japan. I dunno. But I'm definitely not a fan regardless. I don't usually pirate stuff, but I have BD torrents of most of the AoA stuff I want because I can't count on a US release. I don't hate AoA for the reasons a lot of people do(price), but as someone who regularly imports, I hate how they treat the US market in general.
Yeah, I am thinking of getting the DVDs, and probably will. Just not quite the same. I feel like Zvezda would have been a reasonable seller under Funi or Sentai. Just a barebones BD at like $40. That's what that show needed. Same with Blast of Tempest. Not sure why Mushi-shi doesn't have a release though. It wouldn't be a big seller, but it has prestige and a lot of older fans are familiar with it, so it probably would have done fine with an AoA BD release. Then again, maybe not at $250.... |
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Lobokendo
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Wait, so is the article screenshot used for this suggesting that Nanana's Buried Treasure got rejected because of the Terraria music?
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Kadmos1
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There is a wiki called Lost Media. Per its "Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch (2004 ADV Films Dub)" article, ADV got the rights in 2004 to air in America and there was even a toy licensing agreement. As ADV couldn't find a network to air it, they dropped it after dubbing every episode. TV Aichi held the dub.
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Razor/Edge
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They are subtitling all 110 episodes from scratch. They probably will release it season by season, so that means 26+ episodes at a time. On top of keeping up with the latest releases that most people are actually more hyped for, it's easy to understand why this would take awhile. It's not like a typical release where they just tidy up the streaming subtitles and maybe add a dub. LotGH has never been legally available in the NA region until now. |
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Melicans
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I'd be quite interested in seeing a "master list" of this. One of anime that were streamed but never released, or fully licensed but never released.
Like Amazon? 
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penguintruth
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It's been two years. I need my foppery and whim. 
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TonyTonyChopper
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O damn i hope LOGH is still coming out ... feels weird to just have the novels released that would never have come out if it weren't for the fansubs of the anime ...
But really if you look at some other stuff that has been released LOGH would do fine many things that sentai has i woudn't even consider a best seller to begin with. |
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bs3311
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funny. I was talking to a friend about this topic since he's desperate for LOTGH news. And I seemed to nail every single point you made on the head when it comes to licenses not seeing the light of day yet. Plus I had an argument with some girl on facebook where Sentai has to be dubbing LOTGH. As much as I really want that wishful thinking to become a reality, the probable theory is issues on translating and potential rights searching for potential original recordings of classical music. Which aligns with another rumor that funimation gave up on LOTGH because of music rights issue. But I'd question that too since why announce the license when everything isn't set in stone? Then they'd have so much more work to do other than translating and planning the release.
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penguintruth
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But then it would be a Sentai dub. 
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bs3311
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You sound like we're still in 2010-2012. What are you huffing? Can I have some? Is Jacob Chapman your dealer? 
You know I'm still grounded in reality on the fact it would be a near impossible endeavor unless Matt Greenfield comes out of cryostasis again while garbing Steven Foster by his Murse AND work with LA an New York to locate and cast Aaron Krohn, Sue Ulu, Tristian Macevery, Joe Pisano, Kurt Stoll, Amanda, Spike AND Guil Lunde along with their Houston/Dallas Familiar Talent..........or amazon funds it
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dragonrider_cody
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If they were dumping on it, then they wouldn't keep talking about the work they are doing on it. They would either just say that the release has been cancelled, or refuse to talk about it. It's also important to remember that Sentai has been moving to complete season sets for many of its shows, starting last year with My Love Story. It's likely that they will be releasing LOGH in either one or two large sets, so it probably won't be released until every single episode is ready. |
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Punpun's ghost
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Yep, feel your pain. Had been so pleased when Sound Euphonium was licensed by AL in the UK, but since then it's just gone dead quiet, other series have shuffled through ahead of it, and it's looking increasingly likely that something has gone wrong. But will they acknowledge a problem? Not a chance. And that's the thing which gets to me. I understand that stuff can go wrong, but why can't the distributer acknowledge that and say something's happened - even if it's a 'we can't say specifically what, because we don't wish to upset things further, but we've got some issues blah blah', that would be enough. It's the ignoring the punters thing. Hell, if I did that in my work (and I'm self employed), then I'd be right up the swanny. Geh.
But thanks for this answer, dude, because it was really timely and helpful to read! |
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penguintruth
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Well, I've never been impressed by a Sentai Filmworks English dub before, but you may have a point in that I'm not really exposed to a lot of their dubs because I don't tend to watch many shows they license unless they're on TV (Parasite's dub was mediocre, the lead couldn't act to save his life) or of very particular interest to me (Golgo 13 TV's dub, average at best). But again, this is LoGH. I wouldn't want anything but the very, very best voice actors on this (after all, the Japanese version had just that), and when I think of the best dubs in anime, I don't think Sentai. |
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bs3311
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Much as I wanna have a discussion about your opinion on Adam Gibbs, since I disagree with it. While agreeing with you on Golgo 13 (Hell, they forgot to get an actor to dub a bartenders line). I don't wanna drastically change the forum page topic. So i'll just accept your honest (if it is since I can't tell from your past history and youtube content) opinion on not seeing much of their dubbed content. Though I hope both of us can at least agree, that a LOTGH dub will be a challenge for anyone. Just as it is a challenge to license and release it in one piece figuratively (looking at Sailor Moon) Now back to a related point on this topic. With Funimation doing sub sets for either poor, unwanted or to expensive to dub alongside their simuldubs AND expensive licenses I'm still pondered why they're still keeping Tatami Galaxy on a damp cobweb shelf? Unless it REALLY tanked stream wise, or maybe its in release limbo since the license I believe could expire any moment now if the 5-7 year license duration is accurate for titles like those. A release date of that would be more shocking to me Hyouka and Nichijou combined
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