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NEWS: Sword Art Online to Air on Toonami Starting in August


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skafreak51



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PostPosted: Fri May 24, 2013 1:47 pm Reply with quote
Welp, congrats, that's gonna be pretty big.
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ColonelYao47



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PostPosted: Fri May 24, 2013 1:50 pm Reply with quote
Called it...NOW Toonami is must-see (stay up for) TV for me...

As for the pricing model, it has me intrigued. I haven't seen SAO yet so I'll hold my thoughts on whether I want the set. That said, if Fate/Zero had this pricing model (Blu-Ray with dub), suddenly I have to really think about it.


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SpacemanHardy



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PostPosted: Fri May 24, 2013 1:51 pm Reply with quote
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Aniplex previously released Blue Exorcist in four bilingual DVD sets in 2011-2012.


Noooooooooo they didn't!! Those DVD sets were sub-only. They also sold rather poorly because of that and the fact that the video quality was pretty bad.

Regardless, I doubt I'll be buying AoA's release. They're probably going to ask over $100 a set, so I'll be more than happy to import the Manga UK release instead. Cool
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PostPosted: Fri May 24, 2013 1:51 pm Reply with quote
Should provide a boost for Toonami, though I'll definitely be staying away.
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PostPosted: Fri May 24, 2013 1:54 pm Reply with quote
SpacemanHardy wrote:
Regardless, I doubt I'll be buying AoA's release. They're probably going to ask over $100 a set, so I'll be more than happy to import the Manga UK release instead. Cool


http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2013/05/24-1/north-american-sword-art-online-home-video-and-toonami-plans-announced

It'll be $112 MSRP per 5-7 episodes on BD.


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walw6pK4Alo



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PostPosted: Fri May 24, 2013 1:54 pm Reply with quote
Makes sense, but good luck convincing the poor Toonami-watching teens to pay hundreds for the series.
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CCharmanderK



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PostPosted: Fri May 24, 2013 1:55 pm Reply with quote
Sword Art Online on Toonami? I can get behind that.

Though I'd much prefer that it'd be Accel World. Maybe that'll be next?
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SpacemanHardy



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PostPosted: Fri May 24, 2013 1:56 pm Reply with quote
RyanSaotome wrote:
SpacemanHardy wrote:
Regardless, I doubt I'll be buying AoA's release. They're probably going to ask over $100 a set, so I'll be more than happy to import the Manga UK release instead. Cool


http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2013/05/24-1/north-american-sword-art-online-home-video-and-toonami-plans-announced

It'll be $112 MSRP per 5-7 episodes on BD.


Wrong show, brah. Next time read a little closer. Rolling Eyes
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ultimatemegax



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PostPosted: Fri May 24, 2013 1:58 pm Reply with quote
walw6pK4Alo wrote:
Makes sense, but good luck convincing the poor Toonami-watching teens to pay hundreds for the series.
I'm sure the hundreds of thousand viewers it's already got are already purchasing the current shows at "reasonable prices." [/sarcasm]

It may sell less than that, but most TV viewers won't buy discs anyways.


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Relenus



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PostPosted: Fri May 24, 2013 1:59 pm Reply with quote
Oh man, oh jeez. I can already smell the brewing shitstorm for when they get to the second half of the show.
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danilo07



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PostPosted: Fri May 24, 2013 1:59 pm Reply with quote
It should give them boost at first,however the teens that watch Toonami are not intended audience for this show so I am expecting halfway through its run it will start losing general Toonami audience.
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walw6pK4Alo



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PostPosted: Fri May 24, 2013 2:01 pm Reply with quote
ultimatemegax wrote:
walw6pK4Alo wrote:
Makes sense, but good luck convincing the poor Toonami-watching teens to pay hundreds for the series.
I'm sure the hundreds of thousand viewers it's already got are already purchasing the current shows at "reasonable prices." It may sell less than that, but most TV viewers won't buy discs anyways.


You just contradicted yourself: "already purchasing" and "won't buy discs". Are they buying DVDs/BDs for Toonami anime, or not?
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PostPosted: Fri May 24, 2013 2:02 pm Reply with quote
walw6pK4Alo wrote:
ultimatemegax wrote:
walw6pK4Alo wrote:
Makes sense, but good luck convincing the poor Toonami-watching teens to pay hundreds for the series.
I'm sure the hundreds of thousand viewers it's already got are already purchasing the current shows at "reasonable prices." It may sell less than that, but most TV viewers won't buy discs anyways.


You just contradicted yourself: "already purchasing" and "won't buy discs". Are they buying DVDs/BDs for Toonami anime, or not?
They're not. First sentence is sarcasm. Second sentence is not.
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walw6pK4Alo



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PostPosted: Fri May 24, 2013 2:03 pm Reply with quote
ultimatemegax wrote:
They're not. First sentence is sarcasm. Second sentence is not.


If that was meant to be sarcasm, it was impossible to detect.
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ultimatemegax



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PostPosted: Fri May 24, 2013 2:04 pm Reply with quote
walw6pK4Alo wrote:
ultimatemegax wrote:
They're not. First sentence is sarcasm. Second sentence is not.


If that was meant to be sarcasm, it was impossible to detect.
I apologize for not making myself clear. I'll edit my original post.
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