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NEWS: Funimation: No More Big Windup! Anime to Be Licensed

$70 for a 26 episodes isn't cool. And yes you can find it cheaper- just wait until the complete set hits.

Why pay that much? Funis shooting themsleves in the foot with the complete boxsets coming out for less than one part. Thats why i didn't buy them although they are on my list. If they release a complete set they'll see more sale numbers. People aren't stupid and they aren't just going to throw away money.

If you refuse to buy anything until it reaches the bargain bin or is released as a complete series, don't complain when fewer shows are licensed.

Guess this shoots down the likelihood of Cross Game ever being licensed here in the states.

Ggultra2764 wrote:

Guess this shoots down the likelihood of Cross Game ever being licensed here in the states.

This is basically what I was thinking. Had I known Big Windup! would determine the fate of other good sports shows (especially Cross Game) I might have given it a chance. It is a bit sad that they are basing the future of an entire anime theme on the performance of a single title. Would they have stopped doing mecha or magical girl shows if their first ventures had been failures? Probably not. Isn't Bamboo Blade also technically a sports title? How's it doing? Sure, it's moe (of the very tamest variety), but it should still have as much sway as Windup. Maybe compromise with a moe baseball title like Taishou Yakyuu Musume and then give us Cross Game?

Emerje

hissatsu01 wrote:

skafreak51 wrote: It makes me mad, but I can understand why people didn't buy it- 50 dollars plus is outrageous for 13 episodes. First of all, if you're paying retail prices, you're doing it wrong. I paid less than $70 for both volumes of Big Windup combined, with free shipping, and it was not on sale. Second of all, anime has never been cheaper in the US. An outrage indeed! The only thing that's outrageous is whining about the "high" prices of anime in the US.

Couldn't agree more. The first series I collected was Descendants of Darkness, and I paid $30 for each of the four volumes, or $120 total. That's more than $9 an episode. I can't complain about $70 or even $80 for a complete 22-26 episode series.

This complaining about pricing is getting ridiculous.

babynaruto1 wrote:

Well this just sucks, I enjoyed the English DUB of Season 1. Now how the hell am I supposed to be able to watch Season 2? (I REFUSE to watch it subbed or RAW).

You better get used to that, Homeslice.

The Horde of Voltron stike again.

Conan-san wrote:

babynaruto1 wrote: Well this just sucks, I enjoyed the English DUB of Season 1. Now how the hell am I supposed to be able to watch Season 2? (I REFUSE to watch it subbed or RAW). You better get used to that, Homeslice. The Horde of Voltron stike again.

^ Troll.

I will watch it RAW if I ever learn Japanese, but I'll never watch it subbed.

Though maybe if there was an anime featuring 13-year-olds in bikinis who pilot giant robots WHILE PLAYING BASEBALL (or ANY sport for that matter) ...

EDIT: Wait, that's already been done (sort of). Basquash, anyone?

babynaruto1 wrote:

Conan-san wrote: babynaruto1 wrote: Well this just sucks, I enjoyed the English DUB of Season 1. Now how the hell am I supposed to be able to watch Season 2? (I REFUSE to watch it subbed or RAW). You better get used to that, Homeslice. The Horde of Voltron stike again. ^ Troll. I will watch it RAW if I ever learn Japanese, but I'll never watch it subbed.

^ Cheap.

Try BUYING a show for once. Leechers do the industry no good.

I just think the current model isn't up to par to the rest of the competition and I mean the North American market, not in Japan.