Forum - View topicNEWS: Funimation to Release Panty & Stocking on BD in December
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Mee Deggi The Punisher
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So glad I held off on buying the DVDs! Now I wonder how long I'll have to wait for Index BDs.
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Yep, learned my lesson. I already double dipped on a few others and will end up double dipping on R+V 1,2 and Darker than Black 1 if those are ever released on BD here. But good thing I waited for Panty and Stocking since it wasn't a must-have show anyways, and I'll be waiting for Sacred Blacksmith and Deadman Wonderland
Sentai still releases much faster for their BD dubs. |
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Eri94
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Hey funi, do you plan on giving me some kind of trade up from the DVD's for a slight charge?
Probably not. And in that case, which is most probable, I'll give you a big fudge you. |
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nightjuan
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Right now, the wording suggests that most of the new extras might be U.S.-produced, like a commentary from the voice actors and so on, instead of necessarily being additional Japanese features. They might still have something of that nature, but I doubt it'll be anything too big considered they already put the shorts and such on the initial release.
Which, among other reasons, means I'm perfectly happy with the DVDs. I can only shrug at this and move on. |
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Covnam
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Glad I waited, I figured the BDs would come out eventually, just not this soon. Glad the Funi sale is still on at RightStuf.
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pachy_boy
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The only thing I'm wondering is if it'll also include the extras from the DVD-release, or if it will all just be brand new exclusive features for the blu-ray. Hopefully the former, so I can sell my DVD set and save shelf space.
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Panon
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If six month delays is what it takes to satisfy Japanese paranoia, then that's fine, I can live with that.
Especially if the alternatives are not having BDs at all, or worthless releases lke Persona. |
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CrownKlown
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With all due respect to that one guy, not everyone has the time to list through various forums even on ANN to see what rights and what medium something will be released in.
With Forte they sure as hell made it seem like it would not get a blu ray release. Thats why I bought Forte. Hell I honestly dont mind double or even triple dipping for stuff, but to some people its a big deal. So is Index getting a blu ray release, I love the show and can wait a few more months for a blu ray. And I also agree with someone else on this thread, I have tons of Funi and tons of Sentai stuff, and I prefer Sentai's simple packaging which doesnt clutter shelf space, and in generally also ends up being cheaper as well. My only complaint with Sentai is they really dont release much blu ray stuff. |
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Angel M Cazares
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Please. I could give a rat's ass about FUNi's nicer packaging. Except for FMA:B, Steins;Gate and a few other quality releases, Funimation tends to release dumb boob shows and garbage like Panty and Stocking. While it is true that Sentai releases are bare bones, they tend to release more quality series in my opinion. FUNi can throw at me all the shiny cardboard boxes they want, but most of their anime release are mediocre content-wise.
Do you really expect casual anime fans (the demographic FUNi presumably aims at) to be up to date by participating in online anime forums? |
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Vata Raven
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This. Yes, Sentai doesn't do a lot of extras, but they get them out as fast as they can because that's what the fans want (and have admited they want to get it out faster because they're smaller) and I personally like more of the anime they pick up. I love No.6 and they are picking up more artsy animes. I can except that they pick up a lot of ecchi to get the fanboy money (not happy that genre are their big sellers), but they're not limiting themselves by making sure everything gets a dub. |
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Hagaren Viper
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Eh...it seems like the quality of Sentai's dubs varies wildly. The World God Only Knows for example, there were a few areas where mouths were moving and characters were not talking, or they had to stretch to gill the flaps [They made the word "Well..." last three flaps, which could have been written any other way and looked better]. And then there is Guin Saga.... Not to say that ALL Sentai dubs are bad [I might be in the minority, but I liked Angel beats quite a bit], but if a good/watchable dub that can match flaps takes longer to make, then Im fine waiting for it. That said, why am I posting here, Im not interested in this show :U |
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dragonrider_cody
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I can deal with a few mistimed lip flaps as long as the dialogue is accurate and the casting and performances are good. Often some unnecessary changes are made to make the dialogue better fit the lip flaps, which I find amusing as the flaps are often pretty bad in the original Japanese. Funimation has ruined far too many dubs for me with bad casting and unnecessary rewrites that ruin entire scenes. I've also grown tired of popular VA's being placed in roles their clearly don't fit just to gain some traction with dub fans. They made at least three shows I was really looking forward to virtually unwatchable in English. Sentai may have some misses, but they've never put out a dub that made me want to tear my ears out or one that I refuse to watch any part of in English. I could even take the singing scene in Guin Saga over some of Funi's bad work. |
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potatochobit
Posts: 1373 Location: TEXAS |
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I would call Samurai girls, Daimaoh and toloveru closer to sleaze than I would a 'quality series'.
of course, if we are just talking about dubs, most all dubs are bad in the first place... a 'good' dub would be the exception to the rule. I don't know anything about panty and stockings dub, though. |
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Norbie
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The Tatami Galaxy is next. |
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The King of Harts
Posts: 6712 Location: Mount Crawford, Virginia |
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Says who? You? I don't care what you think about limited editions, because I do care about them. They are important to me. It's called being a collector, and as a collector you tend to care a lot about the actual product and want value.
Yea, P4 is being forced into the market by Sentai. They're determined to get it out there while the games are still new. I didn't say it was dumb because it is smart, but because they're so antsy to get out there they were forced to remove the JP audio from the BDs. They had two choices: 1) Wait and keep the Japanese audio 2) Push it out there gimped There are pros and cons to both, but the point is that they were determined to get it out there to time it up with the games that they had to sacrifice the JP audio.
You should get a job in the fields, because you're really good at cherry picking. Let me try. Funimation tends to release quality shows like Princess Jellyfish, Spice and Wolf, Ga-Rei Zero, and Birdy the Mighty Decode. Meanwhile, Sentai is releasing trash like Samurai Girls, Majikoi, Akikan, and Koihime Muso.
Uh...yea? It's not hard to follow a forum. In fact, this forum is filled with casual fans, you just don't know it because they don't post...because they're casual and don't care as much. You've never been curious about how it's the same 100 or so people that post consistently, but there's over 700,000 registered users? I'm sure there's a few thousand more who aren't even registered and still follow the news and forums. There are so many people that have been users for years, but don't post and still follow along on a daily basis. So yea, if you're an anime fan (casual or not), you should probably follow the biggest anime news site regularly to keep yourself up to date. It'd also be smart to keep up with The Fandom Post. Or just follow WTK. I'm not saying to live on the site, but go through it once or twice a day and see what kind of info is out there.
Just more proof that that raging boner you have for ADV/Sentai 24/7 is using most of your blood. |
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