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Dargonxtc
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That's a good point. However with some of the rocky roads ADV has been down the last few months, I wonder who asked who. |
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hikaru004
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And if it was GONZO then Crunchyroll really is on a roll. They will have access to a lot of titles.
I too agree that the sub version should have been placed on Crunchyroll. |
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Belgand
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I just finished watching disc 3 of NHK the other day and if it's dub only then I'm going to continue getting the discs from Netflix. A shame too as it would be pretty nice to get it online for free if the quality is high enough.
Still, even though I'm a sub-only type of person I swapped over to the sub just to check it out for a bit and ugh... it was about as bad as I had expected it might be. Maybe that's their plan. Put it up in dub to draw the sub-only crowd into watching a few episodes, finding out they like it, and then being unable to tolerate the dub and going out and buying it (though why buy when you can rent? Is this crazytown or something?). |
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Jih2
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More sad news? Two in one day!? While I understand what Gonzo's doing, and ADV's position monetarily, I'm still bothered immensely by any R1 company siding with CR. I feel betrayed and things like this make me lose faith in the industry. I'll keep buying the singles but I won't like it.
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MarzGurl
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Nothing is better than free when you're on the receiving end. However, nothing is worse than free when you're a fan of animation. Studios don't get paid, anime doesn't get made. Not sure how I feel about this decision. Is ADV thinking that this will sell more copies later on down the line? Are they making this available permanently, or is this a temporary availability? If it's temporary, then it's a good tease to make people buy it later. Otherwise, I'm not positive how this helps them. |
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hikaru004
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Well it was only a matter of time after Speed Racer Ent. got on board. ADV probably makes some income off of this. Not as much if they were to open a store there probably. |
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Astura
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Your post is one of the reasons why a lot of people make fun of Anime fans and why a number of people find that so called Anime fans are what is spelling doom for this industry. Why buy when you can rent? Maybe because some of us happen to love a series and we would like to watch it with all the high quality offerings that DVD has to offer. I hope you were being sarcastic. Your dub commentary is ridiculous beyond belief, and not worth responding to. But unfortunately it is this same type of commentary that I read often from those with tin ears by so called anime fans where people brainlessly follow the mob. The blind leading the even more blind. The dub is far from being untolerable to use your phrasing.  It is a dub that has won praise in many quarters, this site and others and on its own right is a quality production effort.
Divisory statements like yours are why Anime fans continue to be a fragmented, a financial failure and not a force to be reckoned with. |
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Richard J.
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Personally I think ADV isn't targeting the sub-only crowd at all but rather providing a legal way for more mainstream anime fans (many of whom English dub fans) to sample the series without putting down a lot of money to start with. That's about the only explanation that makes sense given the sub-centric fanbase of the site. (Or maybe ADV thinks they can actually get a few people to try out the English and realize that it's actually good so they stop whining about a "dub-tax" and just buy the DVDs already?)
Regardless of their intent, this move just confirms my belief that they won't be around that much longer. |
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GrdAdmiral
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I'm against this personally. It would be easier for them to make a membership to "The Anime Network" to download/stream versions of the Anime. Or even better yet, go through I Tunes store. But siding with an "Illegal" entity for streaming video is very shady in deed. I refuse to give a dime to a company that advocates the sale of Fansubed material. Especially as this violates any sort of code of ethics. This partnership does not make sense at all.
While I encourage the idea of reaching out to the internet to promote the sales of R1 titles, which will bring more Anime to the fans faster, I don't think this is the right way of going about it. As the old saying goes, "The Enemy of my Enemy is my Friend." So if Crunchyroll is our friend, who is the Enemy? BTW, it will be interesting to see how many people actually feel the same way, but jump ship and become CR members. |
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Jorlwind
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Hey, I'm a volunteer staff member -so I have no financial stake- for Crunchyroll.com (Jorlwind) (www.crunchyroll.com/staff) and I wanted to clarify something on the donations:
One small point to pick on at the end of the article about BLASSREITER and Druaga, The donations that are received from members who donate on an episode (Druaga for instance), do not go to Crunchyroll. They go directly to the studio who is publishing the content. I wish the article was a little clearer on this. : \ Crunchyroll does not accept direct donations anymore. Not that ANN members have to believe me. I think the donation page verifies this. |
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hikaru004
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If they were targeting mainstream fans then they would have went to iTunes and just not charge like what happened with the extra for Noein. They are targeting the subset of Crunchyroll that also watches dubbed videos. Cruchyroll's population did spend money for the other 2 Gonzo titles and are spending money on Speed Racer. |
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Zac
ANN Executive Editor
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Okay, every other post in this thread is yours. Cool it. |
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TornadoTatsumaki
Posts: 145 Location: Mission Bend,Texas |
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So anyone wants to flame ADV, I'm afraid you are all terribly misdirected, ADV has nothing to do with this, besides they rarely b*tch(pardon my language) about the evils of fansubs! That nod goes to Funimation and Bandai. Gonzo is very fickle with the titles they release, most of the Gonzo fansubs are always removed and the IFC programs have a strict restriction code that prevents you from recording any dubs on DVD. |
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bayoab
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It's the same amount of video information presented at a larger size. The only reason it looks "better" is because there is information added due to upscaling and then transfer on the TV streams. |
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Chicken008
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Anyone know the select retailers offering this 50% off deal?
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