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NEWS: Sentai Filmworks Adds Super Sonico Anime


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EighteenSky





PostPosted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 4:47 pm Reply with quote
Great news, been enjoying it a lot so far.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 4:48 pm Reply with quote
I dropped this midway through the third episode. Oh well, still three more announcements to be made this week.
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kanechin



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 4:53 pm Reply with quote
last time on "Sentai grabs more crap!", Sentai grabs the worst ecchi anime of 2014!
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walw6pK4Alo



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 4:55 pm Reply with quote
kanechin wrote:
last time on "Sentai grabs more crap!", Sentai grabs the worst ecchi anime of 2014!


You're right, it is doing a piss poor job at being ecchi. I wanted Ladies Versus Butlers, not K-On.
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Dark Absol



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 4:56 pm Reply with quote
Well, that was pretty quick...And not a good one at that. :/
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Nemui_Nezumi



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 5:08 pm Reply with quote
of all anime they could license they pick this one? oh my...

not sure if I should be crying or laughing here lol
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 5:16 pm Reply with quote
what I want to know is, how does this hint: "4 SHOULD do the trick, but it takes 5 to do it right" = licensing Super Sonico?
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Kougeru



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 5:20 pm Reply with quote
walw6pK4Alo wrote:
kanechin wrote:
last time on "Sentai grabs more crap!", Sentai grabs the worst ecchi anime of 2014!


You're right, it is doing a piss poor job at being ecchi. I wanted Ladies Versus Butlers, not K-On.
Hey, K-On was actually good
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 5:41 pm Reply with quote
getchman wrote:
what I want to know is, how does this hint: "4 SHOULD do the trick, but it takes 5 to do it right" = licensing Super Sonico?


Ya got me. Maybe it takes five fingers to do, you know, "it" right? <--insert shruggy shoulders emotion here.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 5:52 pm Reply with quote
Sentai licensing niche shows like this that nobody's going to spend money on, then shipping them to major retailers like Best Buy... this is the kind of stuff ADV pulled, and we saw what happened to industry after they and Geneon fell. Let's try to avoid this happening again, please.

Or, y'know, you could license every moeblob show to hit the airwaves. That works too.
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mgosdin



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 6:00 pm Reply with quote
Apollo-kun wrote:
Sentai licensing niche shows like this that nobody's going to spend money on, then shipping them to major retailers like Best Buy... this is the kind of stuff ADV pulled, and we saw what happened to industry after they and Geneon fell. Let's try to avoid this happening again, please.

Or, y'know, you could license every moeblob show to hit the airwaves. That works too.


Apollo I'd like to have your Best Buy here, ours only has Funimation boxed sets at $high and Viz titles. Nothing Sentai at all, haven't in about a year.

I suspect that titles like this sell well enough to keep the lights turned on.

Mark Gosdin
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rydia251



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 6:04 pm Reply with quote
Not so sure about the "nobody's going to spend money on", frankly I will probably buy it, even if they seem to be phoning in the fanservice. I really hope there are specials. Sentai may have gotten the license for a song or split it with other English licensees.

The real issue is how much they spent for the license and how much they might spend on a dub if they even dub it (probably paying the VA's with sandwiches if the effort on their other recent dubs are any indication). They did dub Shiny Bread, I mean Shining Hearts. Bought it and somehow kinda enjoyed it. I do like bread though.

And does Best Buy actually matter anymore?
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EmperorBrandon
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 6:10 pm Reply with quote
If you look at the publisher on Crunchyroll, it really shouldn't be much of a surprise. Showgate tends to get their titles to either FUNi (those usually aren't streamed on Crunchyroll, though this season has No-rin for the French and German regions only) or Sentai. There are a few exceptions, like StB and Arpeggio from last season still not licensed, and NagiAsu went to NISA.
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firedragon54738



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 6:14 pm Reply with quote
Nice im really liking this one
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normajean19



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 6:16 pm Reply with quote
Hopefully that weird and stupid clue they gave out means they'll be announcing five licenses… they usually go from worst to best in terms of order, with two pretty bad shows announced so far.

I'm just hoping for Sakura Trick
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