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roguebfl
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I would dissagree, I'm prittu sure the new work speeks for it self, like Yu Yu and Full Metal Alcmest. and they have done a lot to promot these |
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Toboe
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Oh no this means fullmetal alchemist/dragonball z/fruits basket/blue gender/kodocha/etc etc etc will be ruined!
They're going to change all the voice casts of every show! Everyone's going to be fired and they're going to replace them all with evil 4kids-style executives who just want to slice up my favorite show! these new owners hate anime and bought funimation just to shut it down! addendum: i hate funimation they suck look at what happened to dbz Anything else? Did I get all the wild speculation, outdated repetitive FUNimation complaining and crazy fanboy logic? Something tells me Navarre is interested in money. Call that a crazy wild guess, but since that's true in.. oh... 100 percent of corporate cases where one corporation buys another, I'm gonna say maybe it's true this time. I'm also pretty certain that the press release states that upper management won't change. Which means there won't be any major changes in FUNimation's product output. Which makes perfect sense; why would one major company buy a smaller one just to do things like swap voice actors around and change cover art? That makes no sense. I'd put money on the fact that you probably won't see a single change from this. |
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CorneredAngel
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Except, why *would* Navarre shift the actual Funimation recording studios and other offices *to* Minnesota? Hell, most likely, Funimation (and anime) would be just one of Navarre's many subdivisions, with *very* little impact on the overall corporate culture. |
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biliano*
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I 100% agree with you, Toboe. I don't understand why Romuska said that FUNimation sucks. Sucks!?!? Since when? Just like Bamboo posted, FUNimation is a great company that produces great products, just like ADV, Bandai, Geneon/Pioneer, CPM, Viz, and the others. Navarre saw the opportunity to expand their market into the red-hot anime industry, and what better way to expand by acquiring the company that licenses 3 of the hottest and most recognizable franchises in anime - Yu-Gi-Oh, Yu Yu Hakusho, and Dragonball/Dragonball Z. A similarity to this happened a few weeks ago with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Dan Gilbert, the owner of Detroit-based Quicken Loans, had a desire to expand his business aspirations into the sports market, and what better choice than to buy majority control of the franchise that houses one of the hottest properties in the sports market (LeBron James). Anime companies are no different from sports franchises, law firms, financial institutions, and so on. Corporate acquisitions and mergers happen all the time; that's the nature of business. Deal with it. Last edited by biliano* on Tue Jan 11, 2005 7:16 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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herbkir
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It wouldn't make sense for Navarre to buy Funi because it is a successful business in a growing area, and then change everything that made Funi a success. But the counter is that a new owner wants to put its own individual stamp on an acquisition and can't help but tinker.
My own personal experience with being in companies that've been bought up by another is that this is a great time to polish up your resume and refresh your network of contacts. You'll probably need them either because you get laid off or you can't stand the new owners and want to quit. (^_*) |
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Juniper
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I highly, highly doubt the voice actors would change. Honestly, I don't think Navarre gives a damn about anime enough to want to go in and change the voice actors and the cover art and all that. They see anime as a hot market commodity, and they want it. They're not even changing the upper management. Usually, when a company buys a smaller company, nothing really changes. All that changes is the very upper echelons of money flow. Navarre bought FUNimation because it's successful. Why would they want to jeopardize that? Oh, and Romuska, grow up. The "OMG it's so cool to hate FUNi!" mentality is no longer the ignorantly hip internet thing to do. |
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Stueypark
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Although, it's vaguely illegal too.
anti-monopoly laws decided back in the 50's Production, Distribution, and Exhibition/Sales had to be seperate. Now we've got Production and Ditribution under the same company. |
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Haiseikoh 1973
 Posts: 1590 Location: Waiting for the Japanese 1000 Gunieas. |
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Well, it seems a vast number of Otaku never got the memo. |
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Raja
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(and then he retired, and then they phased out the product he worked on. He was a little bitter.) |
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KLS
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I, for one, was greatly impressed by the licensing and distribution of Fruits Basket, and, currently, Fullmetal Alchemist. I hope that Funimation will still continue to produce quality work after this change, and I don't doubt that they will.
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Tempest
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Bandai, Geneon and ADV all distribute their own products directly. What about companies that only do direct sales (like Dell). I don't know anything about the US anti monopoly laws, but I suspect that there's something you're overlooking or over simplifying. |
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Vigilante024
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which I'm quire certain there have been various revisions to these laws since then Furthermore, it cannot be a monopoly since there is still competion from ADV, Bandai, Geneon, etc. Futhermore, Funi produced and distributed on their own before this. I highly doubt that so many entertaiment companies would be so blantantly breaking anti-trust laws. |
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roguebfl
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why worry these are the same otaku that think all DUBs are evil and subs are the only way to go. |
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roguebfl
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Ok it is Not illegal nor has ever been illegal to be a Monoply in the US. It is just once you are a monoply there are cerrtain rules of behavour you must obide by that you didn't have to when you wheren't. It has never been a problem to Production, Distribution, and Exhibition/Sales, all in the same compeny, it simply when the monoply busters brake up compeny that is the easyest place to break them. |
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Goshin
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To say FUNimation is monopolizing the market is downright laughable. You have other friendly competitors putting out the same product - Anime.
Also, how will this effect the joint venture ADV, Geneon, and FUNi currently have? I mean, did either of the other companies know about this, or was this just as a surprise to everyone else? Personally, I'm going to safely assume nothing will change, and FUNi will continue to produce quality titles, for years to come. |
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