Forum - View topicNEWS: Funimation Offers Subbed Downloads of Jyu-Oh-Sei
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loka
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or perhaps the 'average fansub watcher' views a bit more anime than you do and therefore has more interest in a subscription service. a diet of less than 5 hrs of anime per week amounts to about $120 per month. that's certainly off-putting to more than just scrooges. it would be less expensive to get those 5 hours of video entertainment from the movie theatre each week (seeing 13 movies per month). |
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ikillchicken
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One should also not discount all the Canadian fans who couldn't use this even if they wanted to.
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01N10A01N
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One shouldn't discount all the Mac, **Nix, and remaining Windows 2K/9X users still out there who can't use this service. Do they want to sell us Anime or a new OS??
I recall a survey once where it showed that although there were less Mac users they tended to spend quite a bit more money, individually, than the Windows users. That 10%-15% (Depends on whose stats you use) of total non XP/Non-Vista user base may be most of the potential sales. |
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DigimonTamer
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Jyu-Oh-Sei is one of the saddest tales of missed opportunity I've seen in anime.
Don't get me wrong, the show is fantastic but I can't help but feel that it could have been so much more as it seemed rushed to fit into 11 episodes. Still a great show that I will gladly purchase on day 1 if Funi ever releases a DVD version, but I'm not really feeling this download version. |
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fireball
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Not only them, i'm from europe. Many of my friends who are into anime buy only R1 releases simply because they are superior. You know, PAL transformation makes a whole mess of material originally in NTSC despite which filters are used after that. Often if not always the film material looks too soft afterwards. In the end they even want us to pay higher prices for their inferior releases, missing or no extras, etc etc. This is not an option for any serious fan. So far i've been importing my DVD's from the USA without any probs like everyone else here. It would suck SO hard f more companies are switching to exclusive NA online distribution. I hope distributors without those restriction like bost.tv etc. will become more established in the end. Last edited by fireball on Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:49 am; edited 1 time in total |
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daxomni
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I thought Funi also sold anime on iTunes? |
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Senna
 Posts: 99 Location: Somewhere, USA |
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I hope this doesn't mean ill in terms of a Jyu-Oh-Sei DVD release -- I'm not so hot on buying the series to own on my computer, but I definitely would put out the cash for DVDs, having seen and enjoyed the fansubs when it was first released in Japan.
I agree though, it could have been better if they hadn't rushed the ending for the 11 episode limit. Still, a very good show. |
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melonbread
Posts: 317 Location: UK (London) |
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Absolutely. It's the first time they're said a word about the title in 365+ days.... Then they come along and offer the whole thing at once O_O |
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ConanSan
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4: Here I go with my monies ready to support the industry! Wait? US/CANADA ONLY?! Well, stuff you mr. industry, I'm going to go back to fansubs where they don't ask for money and don't kick me in the face for being Brittish. (The "We don't want your dirty money" problem) |
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posterior_praiser
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Agreed. I found myself really getting into and then feeling rather empty with the abrupt ending. And on the fansub fans coments: Some of us buy what we can afford of what we like when it becomes available in a reasonable way. I had to wait, what? 4 years for Beck in a box set? I watch with fansubs as things come out, then buy later IF i really like something. Anime dvds are an expensive invesment, and I'd be damned if id go in blindly or waste money on individual releases. I spend alot of money on anime and manga, and I dont feel as though Im ripping anyone off by not buying every title i watch, cause I spend most of my free income on anime or manga anyway. I'm sorry that that is not seen as enough. |
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braves
 Posts: 2309 Location: Puerto Rico (but living in Texas) |
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Yes, they do. They have a select few that you can choose from. Off the top of my head: Afro Samurai, Kiddy Grade, Samurai 7, Trinity Blood, Desert Punk, and Speed Grapher. |
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Reikijenosaido
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I shelled out the dough for the bbb digibox on d2d when that first came out. I watched the entire series fansubbed but I really wanted to support the guys that made it (not to mention the ones bringing it over). Now I personally feel that the subtitles on R1 dvds are good and most of the time on par with (if not superior to) most fansubs. However, when I boot up the first ep and i'm greeted with bootleg quality video (that's bootleg vcd) i'm a bit pissed.
I'm willing to give funi the benefit of the doubt and pick up the first ep of this one. But if the video looks like it came from a self labeled vhs i bought at a con back when stereo was state of the art, then i'm done. You can't sell a product that's inferior to the free version (legal or otherwise). Jyu-Oh-Sei was a series I really enjoyed and one of the first I watched fansubbed in hd so admittedly my expectations are high. I do not however think it's unreasonable to expect dvd quality video and audio from them. Especially single audio at over 300 megs an episode. P.S. I'm not sure if you're aware of this funimation but there are pirates *gasp* who are making dual audio encodes of your releases ripped from the dvds in near perfect quality (with 5.1 tracks) for under 400 megs. |
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Mr. sickVisionz
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They are. I remember when Death Note came out. It was $1.99 and people were saying that even $1 is too much. Anyways, I hope this catches on. I prefer download over DVD any day of the week since my PC is hooked up to my TV and even if it wasn't my 360 can stream MP4, AVI and WMV from my PC. |
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