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mgosdin
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There was a Chuck E Cheese near our house in Fort Worth in the late 1980's. Made many a trip there with the oldest son as a 5 - 6 year old. What was odd was that their Pizza was actually fairly good, not too expensive and they were the only restaurant in that area so they got a "Noon Rush" of business people. Was strange to see three piece suits and high heels mixed in with the kids and costumed employees. 
As far as the advertorials go, I can take them or leave them honestly. I likely will look at anything that seems interesting based on it's lead-in blurb. Mark Gosdin |
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Cyclone1993
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Wait, people pronounce it Fu-ni mation? I would have thought that the way they pronounce their name before the majority of their shows would help with the pronunciation, but maybe not. The more you know I suppose! I enjoyed this piece, sure its an ad piece, but it was quite interesting. |
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Kadmos1
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The first Sentai/ADV voice actor to join Funi was Vic Mignogna.
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PurpleWarrior13
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The Hummer trip looks like it must've been a blast!
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Blood-
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This is the first time I've stumbled on an "advertorial" at ANN. I'm a little conflicted. On the one hand, I love ANN, want it to prosper and advertorials help pay the billz. Plus, I happened to find this one interesting. Funi is another business venture I love and want to prosper.
But...I dunno, there's just something that niggles at me. Maybe it's because when I clicked on it I assumed it was another ANN "List" item and then finding out it was an advertorial felt a little bait and switchee to me, I dunno. Generally, on other sites, it is obvious even before you click on something that it is paid advertising and maybe that's the difference. |
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Kadmos1
Posts: 13581 Location: In Phoenix but has an 85308 ZIP |
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https://www.google.com/maps/place/Titan+Corrugated,+Inc./@32.9900131,-97.0395925,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x864c2c5d6c219717:0x7660ceabf6bffb4a
About an 8 min. walk from the Funi building is a Titan Corrugated, Inc. building. How appropriate. |
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Alan45
Village Elder Posts: 9877 Location: Virginia |
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@Blood-
What were you using to look at the site when saw the ad? On my computer, in the area where it usually says "news" or "interest" it showed "ad" in a different color. |
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Touma
 Posts: 2651 Location: Colorado, USA |
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I am curious about that. Is it possible that the "AD" is not displayed on some devices? |
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mdo7
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This is very interesting article to see. I didn't know Chris Sabat voiced a character from Chuck E. Cheese.
Also I do agreed with Blood-, it's strange to see a ANN article being labeled as ad. 
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Blood-
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I am using the Safari browser on my Mac. On my computer, all I see is the title of the thread, 5 Things You May Not Know About Funimation. There is no AD or any other designation before the title.
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Alan45
Village Elder Posts: 9877 Location: Virginia |
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@Blood-
I forgot it shows up in the side bar. Here is how it looks to me: 
Or if you have pictures enabled, it will look like this. 
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Blood-
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@ Alan45 - yep, that's how it looks on my computer, too. But I don't use the home page to navigate around ANN. When I fire up my computer and click on my ANN bookmark, it takes me right to the Forums page so I never see the list of articles like in your screenshot.
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Kaioshin_Sama
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The relationship is diluted enough as it is. I don't see how it makes a difference at this point. At least it actually says it's outright an advertisement in these particular cases. Like I think it should be seen as no secret at this point that Funimation and ANN have a very friendly and cordial relationship to put it one way. |
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Tempest
 I Run this place.ANN Publisher  Posts: 10431 Location: Do not message me for support. |
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We try to have a cordial relationship with everyone in the industry, regardless of whether they advertise or not. Media Blasters hated us for a while because we exposed their financial difficulties. I don't know if they've gotten over it or not. -t |
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Touma
Posts: 2651 Location: Colorado, USA |
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Thank you for posting that. Even though I definitely do know better, from long experience, I still find myself making the mistake of assuming that everybody sees the WWW the same way that I do. |
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Very interesting stuff. 
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