Forum - View topicNEWS: Funi Adds Chrono Crusade, Gantz, Kaleido Star, Peace Maker
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walw6pK4Alo
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Why bother? The show was only good for two episodes in my opinion, towards the end. That's just more work and more money for a show that's best left alone. |
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KanjiiZ
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Dude, if I'm giving them my money, I expect the best quality that I can get. If this were a steam that I wasn't paying for, I couldn't care less.
If you compare Geneon's Gungrave release to the release of Baki the Grappler or Moonlight Mile you'd notice the difference right away. |
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Annf
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I wish people would stop using "upscale" like it's a dirty word.
BD bitrate is always preferable to DVD bitrate, for all shows. Unless they do something stupid when encoding it, a BD version of an SD show will look better than the DVD because it won't suffer from the compression artifacts DVD releases do. There's no reason to frown on BD releases of SD shows. Now, if you've got a BD player hooked up to a CRT and are wishing they'd include a 720x480 encode to minimize scaling artifacts, that I can sympathize with, and there's really no reason they couldn't include both that plus the 1920x1080 version, but you have to admit the number of people who could make significant use of 720x480 spec BD output is pretty small. 
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machetecat
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oh sweet! I've yet to get Chrno Crusade, and now I can at a bit of a cheaper price without having to see everyone on the cover in Christmas outfits. =3
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raradragoon
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Nice, Chrono Crusade is a great pick up, and kaleido, and peace maker seem interesting enough to watch a few ep. online. Gantz though is is the only license today that was disappointing to me.
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Teriyaki Terrier
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Wouldn't it cost Funimation more to redub the entire series than just release as is? I just hope recusing anime is making Funimation profit and not the other way around. I don't want/need to tell others what will happen if Funimation is forced to go either Chapter 7/11. |
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NJ_
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More rescues of Gonzo titles FUNI? Well then it makes my prediction of Hellsing TV at Anime Expo much stronger now since we know there are Geneon rescues set to be announced there.
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keikanna44
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Not true! I've bought Funimation's boxsets with 6 or 7 episodes on a disc and the quality is excellent. |
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dragonrider_cody
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I do agree that 6 or 7 episodes can easily be put on a DVD and still have stellar video quality, even with multiple languages. Several of the sets that Sentai have put out look quite good, though I will admit some like Hidamari Sketch could have been much better. It's not just the number of episodes that determines video quality. Hell, the major studios have started putting 9 animated episodes on a single DVD, like the recent Daria and X-Men boxsets that have been released. Some of those even look better than several of the anime box sets that have come out. The type and quality of encoding, amount of compression, type and quality of equipment, and quality of the masters all play heavily into the video quality, and are quite variable. However, I have to say that I've also noticed a definite decrease in video quality from everybody, with Funimation being the most drastic. We all know Funi had AV problems for a long time with their singles releases. Shows like Gunslinger Girl and Fruits Basket looked almost as bad, if not worse than 8 episode bootleg discs from Asia. Their later singles releases like Hell Girl, Mushishi, Baccano, and Darker Than Black all looked pretty good. They could easily stand their own ground against the last generation of singles from ADV and Geneon. However, their earlier box sets all looked quite terrible. I have seen bootleg releases that look better than the Ghost Hound, Aquarion and Ouran sets that Funimation put out. From what I've heard, and seen on Romeo X Juliet, their quality has improved some. It's still a far cry from their last generation of singles, as well as the sets coming out from Nozomi and Sentai (most of them anyway.) Sentai's and Nozomi's sets also don't compare favorably to the last generation of singles releases we had in North America. I can easily see the difference on most HD sets. However, the extent to which it is noticeable will depend greatly on your equipment and it's overall quality and even just the person viewing it. Some DVD and bluray players do much better jobs of compensating for encoding issues than others. Some HDMI cables will transmit a clearer signal, though it's generally not worth the added cost. Some HDTV's will do a better job of upscaling the content than others. HD sets are much more complicated, and a lot more things can affect the overall video experience than your typical standard definition setups. |
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dragonrider_cody
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It's not true to you, meaning you haven't noticed the issues; Or perhaps you've purchased different series. Video quality, particularly when playing on HD sets can vary dramatically from one set up to another. Just because you can't see the issues with your set up, or just don't notice them, doesn't mean you should dismiss someone who does.
True, the bitrate is almost always higher, so the video SHOULD look better. However, Funimation has had several releases where their "upscales" made almost no improvement or even made it look worse, by over filtering and taking away detail. If the encoding or masters are flawed, even the higher bitrate is not going to make the show look better. |
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firedragon54738
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But I all ready got 2 of the 4 why cant Funi get Ga-Rei Zero all ready
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Sheleigha
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Dissapointed, only because I still see titles like Chrono in store kicking around, in SEVERAL of the re-released versions... I mean, I'm happy the anime will keep flowing, but... they need to rescue more GENEON titles... COME ON CCS!
 The day that gets announced gets me a first day preorder!
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SilverPhantom
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I've owned Chrono Crusade for a long while now. The others don't interest me that much.
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mudduck454
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makes no sence, I can still find these shows online, and at some stores, why would funi grab shows that are still floating around, unless they were bundled with other shows they have not announced yet, so what shows are newer from gonzo that we might want???
ones that come to mind are...... chu bra B geta H kei kampfer: this one screams funimation do me in english kimi ni todoke- would pre order this one, it's like a polar oppasite to toradora... saki: would love to see this one licensed now I know not all of these are gonzo, but they did work on them with other companies so what do you think??? Last edited by mudduck454 on Fri Jun 25, 2010 11:02 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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dragonrider_cody
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Gonzo doesn't have much left and due to their dire straights, they don't seem to have much in the pipeline. One of the last big licenses they was Rosario and Funi already grabbed that. The only thing I can think of is Strike Witches 2.
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