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zawa113
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Oooh, some very nice surprises! If this VOTOMs release is better, I may just be double dipping (really, who releases a double-sided disc with just previews on the other side? What did that accomplish?)
And Basquash, that was rather unexpected! I never did finish the series, but it was pretty fun (though I know some things got fixed for home release in Japan). |
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Zalis116
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Nice to see MariMite return after such a short hiatus, especially after the rumors that the novel author wasn't in favor of the franchise getting overseas releases. Blu-Ray would be nice, but I'm not sure how well an English dub would go over. It'll be like Raildex all over again with the "no good way to translate 'Onee-sama'" controversies, and the franchise's appeal is pretty niche overall. Either it successfully sells you on its closed-off, Everything Is Serious Business girls-school world right out of the gate, or it doesn't. It's shoujo-ai without any fanservice for the straight-male crowd, and I feel like the LGBTQ community could rightly criticize it for featuring spoiler[the Schoolgirl Lesbians trope as "practice romance" for later relationships with men, in several cases.] And on a technical level, it's got "old art styles" from the mid-00s and the oft-reviled Studio DEEN, and the first two seasons are 4:3. In short, MariMite fit the image of a sub-only/boutique Rightstuf/Nozomi title quite well. If MJ wants to dub it, more power to them, but I hope they don't wind up losing money.
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Aquasakura
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I understand. I was speaking in a more general sense, but looking back at my comment I can see that I came off as wanting Maiden Japan to license those shows. This is my first time learning of Maiden Japan by the way so I am not too familiar with them. Do they tend to focus on more obscure shows? As for your guesses I can see Funimation getting those shows, but Discoteck getting Little Witch Academia is something I never thought of given it seems that they focus more on older anime. I guess there is something about LWA that would seem like a perfect fit for Discoteck. Well we'll wait and see. 
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katscradle
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Another here! Absolutely would rebuy if MariMite has an English dub. (It would not be the easiest title to do so with but, I have faith it could be made to work.) |
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Kadmos1
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I might be wrong but I think MariMite had 1 of those Animax dubs.
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luffypirate
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Me on the way to work. Or on the way home. |
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Zeino
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Good to have, Votoms, the actual best "real robot" anime available in Blu-ray with a side of having a genuinely good Tomino mecha series being released as well. (He should have done more things like Xabungle and less like Zeta Gundam.)
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The Bandsaw Vigilante
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What |
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Set1229
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After watching parts of Toriko, I think I'll eat Yumeiro right up!
Gotta dish out those sweet and corny buns, you roe? |
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lossthief
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[quote="Aquasakura"]
Maiden Japan is basically one of Section 23's (read: Sentai Filmworks) numerous marketing imprints. There's no exact method to what they do or don't put under that label, but it's generally shows that have been out-of-print or totally unlicensed for ages. IIRC one of their first titles under Maiden Japan was Den-noh Coil |
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Lord Geo
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Almost, but not quite. Maiden Japan has been around for longer than the Den-noh Coil release; in fact, one of the company's earliest releases was Papillon Rose back in 2010. Wouldn't blame anyone for remembering this, though. Second, to help elaborate, MJ is pretty much Matt Greenfield's part of the Section23 umbrella, as indicated by the fact that he's the Executive Producer on all of MJ's releases, while Sentai is John Ledford's; Kraken Releasing is also Greenfield's baby. At first, i.e. the first 4 or 5 years of the company's existence, MJ would only release something every once in a blue moon, and they all featured women in a lead role, like Black Magic M-66, Patlabor, Glass Maiden, Ray the Animation, etc. (Get it? Maiden? Also, Made-in-Japan?). Ever since 2015 or so, though, MJ has opened up to being more of a general release company, focusing more on releasing all sorts of old, forgotten, & previously skipped over anime, regardless of what gender the lead character is, and putting out more releases in general. Essentially, Sentai Filmworks has more or less become the company focused on the new & recent, with the occasional older release, while Maiden Japan is all about putting out license rescues & other miscellaneous titles from the past. |
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Kicksville
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To potentially answer my own question here, I have been seeing apparent photos from the panel where a big old list of the OVAs is shown, so it seems that might really be happening, but I'll want to see a more official confirmation. |
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fuuma_monou
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You are correct. Dub only lasted for the first three seasons, though. And if the CCS Animax dub is any indication it was probably mixed in mono, so I doubt Maiden Japan will use it. Been so long since I watched Marimite on Animax that I forget how they handled translating "oneesama" (probably just name substitution). I do recall them translating "gokigenyou" as "good day to you" to match the lip flaps and convey the sense of formality. |
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GeorgeC
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The mech shows from the 1980s sound interesting.
If they get later volumes of Votoms, I might bite. I have the lunchbox from CPM... Maria Watches Over Us? Uh, no. I didn't get it from Nozomi/RS, I won't be getting it from MJ! <SIGH> I'd be more interested in seeing Giant Robo (OVAs) and the original Gunbuster license-rescued. A lot of what MJ has now just doesn't interest me or they're shows I already have on DVD that I have no plans to upgrade to Blu ray! |
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fuuma_monou
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Why?, if you don't mind me asking. |
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