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Blackiris_
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 Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2016 5:29 pm
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Great news! I hope it will get cinematic screenings in as many countries as possible.
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macloud
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Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2016 7:10 pm
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| Quote: | | JManga had released Kono's manga in English online. |
Both volumes are now available from Kodanshas Bookwalker service, however there its under the title of "To All The Corners Of The World".
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relyat08
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Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2016 11:52 pm
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Ugh, why does the US seem to have such trouble with movies like this? Is the perceived popularity by producers greater than it is? Thus inflating the licensing cost? It seems like we only occasionally get lucky and see a physical or theatrical release for something like this. Miss Hokusai was incredibly surprising to me. Unfortunately, compared to other films, like Giovanni's Island, it was also not nearly as good, in my opinion. Either way, I hope it's successful.
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MarshalBanana
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Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2016 5:08 am
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@relyat08 Action titles seem to do a lot better in America over other genres, these purely historical films are maybe nowhere near as popular.
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relyat08
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Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2016 12:47 pm
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| MarshalBanana wrote: | | @relyat08 Action titles seem to do a lot better in America over other genres, these purely historical films are maybe nowhere near as popular. |
But isn't that mostly true in places like the UK and Germany as well? I feel like action titles are generally better sellers all throughout the western world for anime. You would, or at least I would, think that licensing companies and producers would set their expectations to a reasonable level for a title like this, and not expect it to sell gang-busters. I understand that it is a fairly niche audience, but there is still money to made if other costs are kept in check. It seems like some countries, like the UK get almost all of these, while the US misses a lot of them comparatively.
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MarshalBanana
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Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2016 2:35 pm
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| relyat08 wrote: |
| MarshalBanana wrote: | | @relyat08 Action titles seem to do a lot better in America over other genres, these purely historical films are maybe nowhere near as popular. |
But isn't that mostly true in places like the UK and Germany as well? I feel like action titles are generally better sellers all throughout the western world for anime. You would, or at least I would, think that licensing companies and producers would set their expectations to a reasonable level for a title like this, and not expect it to sell gang-busters. I understand that it is a fairly niche audience, but there is still money to made if other costs are kept in check. It seems like some countries, like the UK get almost all of these, while the US misses a lot of them comparatively. |
The UK market is mostly like the US market, but there are more leanings towards more none action films, for example today Princess Arete has been announced for a release. I think the reason why they are similar in the first place is less to do with tastes and more because we both share the same language so have been getting the same titles.
With Germany and France, I'm sure their audience though is different from Americas. France has many shows that dubbed that weren't dubbed in English, and I'm sure Germany does to.
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Zin5ki
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Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2016 5:30 pm
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| MarshalBanana wrote: | | But isn't that mostly true in places like the UK and Germany as well? I feel like action titles are generally better sellers all throughout the western world for anime. |
One difference may lie in the fact that theatrical anime tends to fare slightly better over here than in the US, especially if its appeal extends beyond the otaku market. As such, I notice that film releases are often quicker to materialise nowadays, which stands in stark contrast to the corresponding delays we encounter for televised series.
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relyat08
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Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2016 10:49 pm
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| Zin5ki wrote: |
| relyat08 wrote: | | But isn't that mostly true in places like the UK and Germany as well? I feel like action titles are generally better sellers all throughout the western world for anime. |
One difference may lie in the fact that theatrical anime tends to fare slightly better over here than in the US, especially if its appeal extends beyond the otaku market. As such, I notice that film releases are often quicker to materialise nowadays, which stands in stark contrast to the corresponding delays we encounter for televised series. |
Yeah, I've definitely noticed that. I think there is more appeal for artsy anime in the UK, and definitely for feature films. From what I've heard, things like Redline were actually pretty successful there, while it was a total bomb in both Japan and the US.
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Jayhosh
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Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2016 11:33 pm
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| relyat08 wrote: | | It seems like we only occasionally get lucky and see a physical or theatrical release for something like this. Miss Hokusai was incredibly surprising to me. Unfortunately, compared to other films, like Giovanni's Island, it was also not nearly as good, in my opinion. Either way, I hope it's successful. |
Speaking of Giovanni's Island, are we ever going to get a release of that over here in the US? I've been really interested in seeing it since first hearing about it multiple years ago.
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relyat08
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Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2016 1:22 am
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| Jayhosh wrote: |
| relyat08 wrote: | | It seems like we only occasionally get lucky and see a physical or theatrical release for something like this. Miss Hokusai was incredibly surprising to me. Unfortunately, compared to other films, like Giovanni's Island, it was also not nearly as good, in my opinion. Either way, I hope it's successful. |
Speaking of Giovanni's Island, are we ever going to get a release of that over here in the US? I've been really interested in seeing it since first hearing about it multiple years ago. |
As far as I know, as of right now, nope. I think GKids showed it at the New York Children's Festival or something not too long ago, but I haven't seen any confirmation of it actually being released otherwise.. I'm probably going to just go ahead and import the AU Blu-ray or something. I watched it using a less than commendably avenue, but it was really good(coincidentally I had literally just watched my new copy of Night on the Galactic Railroad the day before and I think that really helped my enjoyment, given the narrative connection) and something that I want to add to my collection.
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