Forum - View topicNEWS: Harmony Gold's Macross, Mospeada, Southern Cross Licenses Still Expire in 2021
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Mr Adventure
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Curious if you using 'the Macross Saga' is enough to maintain trademark usage in branding.
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MagusGuardian
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SWAnimefan
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Seeing this article made me smile, Harmony Gold's grip of terror over the Macross series will soon to be at an end, just in just 4 years. Yay!
Also, the article makes me grumble, as it affirms HG does still have a legal claim. Boo!
All the more hoping that the current Live-Action production continues to have problems.
Afraid so. Right now, Tatsunoko has to go through Harmony Gold to bring Macross products to the West. However, they can bypass Harmony Gold through international delivery and legal video downloading sites. But what I think Tatsunoko is likely to do is save a North American release for the Macross 40th Anniversary and then have a massive promotion celebration. (Likely concerts in San Fran and LA, maybe other US Cities), and a promotion deal through whatever picks up the license (Funimation?) |
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Mr Adventure
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i was going to say there was no way Funimation would pick up a show as old as Macross, but then I remembered they're putting out Mach Go Go Go (also a Tatsunoko production). So maybe.
But Funimation is probably going to be quite a different company (neither a positive or negative yet) in 5 years. Sony buyout and all. |
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reanimator
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Golden opportunity for other US Anime publishers/streaming companies to approach Tatsunoko and make serious deal. I pray that these companies to start negotiating now than later.
Other companies have to prove Tatsunoko or whoever claims the right that they can offer far better deal than Harmony Gold. Since Harmony Gold is not doing much with other Macross franchise, they have prove that they can market Macross far better than Harmony Gold. My Macross-loving friends will be rejoiced... |
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Adrian Robotnik
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Probably not. |
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Adrian Robotnik
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The funny thing in all this mess is that the Robotech franchise is now long forgotten outside USA, and the Macross franchise is not well known outside Japan, so I wonder what will happen in the not so distant future...
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Beatdigga
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It's gonna have a way easier path than the Robotech one. |
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Mr Adventure
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How so? Robotech is an establish nostalgia brand. If Transformers, Power Rangers, and Max Steel can get made into movies, Robotech definitely can. Nobody in Hollywood would give a project called 'Macross' a second glance. They're barely interesting in 'Gundam'! And that has North American penetration! |
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curtisd88
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Good. In 4 years the Macross franchise has the chance be in much better hands with a proper release. Discotek, Right Stuf and Funimation would be great for that.
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DerekL1963
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Robotech was never anywhere near as big as the Transformers or the Power Rangers. Robotech has been absent from these shores for decades - while the three you mention have essentially never been absent for any length of time. All three are also linked to ongoing merchandising campaigns, Robotech is not. Etc... etc... Apples and oranges doesn't even begin to express the gulf between Robotech/Macross and those three series. |
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Mr Adventure
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Robotech has ongoing merchandise. Its got a new comic book series from Titan Comics. And Harmony Gold just made a deal with Coleco Holdings to put Robotech on some kind of table top LED arcade game. EDIT: And that Tactics Board Game You know, MERCH! |
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SkerllyFC07
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Ehh... can someone explain me the case with Harmony Gold and Macross please? I´m still lost So you say that Robotech was a bad series ´cause edits and stuff and Macross was good ´cause is the uncut version, but it was enough big for Harmony Gold to exploit the Robotech brand, and not only that, but not allow any Macross series to be avaiable in the US(yet those series are avaiable elsewhere). What else is it? I wanna know what is it about this mess and how this affects Macross fans?
Before the release of Glitter Force Doki Doki, it was announced that Toei and Saban´s deal with the Precure franchise was broken, and now Toei has the international rights to the franchise. And I´ve heard some good opinions about Glitter Force Doki Doki, so why can´t children see the series, because adults who watch anime don´t want to? I´m not a supporter of doing 4kids-style cuts to anime series either, but this ia enough introduction to anime for children, so let them enjoy it. In a couple of years, Glitter Force might dissapear from worldwide releases, including DVDs and we might have a proper release of a Precure series. |
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