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Invader_Spooch
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Oh don't be such a pleb. Romeo x Juliet is bound to have a fanbase, due to the fact that it's modeled after the most prolific and important piece of fiction EVER. The show actually does a good job of fleshing out the plot and giving characters a different spin in terms of personality and backstory, plus focusing on the political side of the star crossed lovers. Why not talk trash about The Odyssey or Beowulf while you're at it? 
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Zalis116
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Well, I guess this makes a lot of Ouran fans sad, but there's always next con...good thing Terek isn't here
And wow, Bandai's license on Love Hina was that short? Darker than Black I never checked out, and frankly, I've got half a mind to delete all that I have of Negima!? after only watching 6 episodes. Call me crazy, but I liked the first one better.
Captain Tsubasa & Slam Dunk? Slam Dunk already had its chance here, and while Captain Tsubasa is beloved worldwide, I doubt it would sell that well in the US, just like most other sports anime. And Ichigo 100%? It may be similar to Love Hina, but it adapts a smaller percentage of its source manga than LH does, and feels woefully incomplete.
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Invader_Spooch
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I've said it before and I'll say it again:
Dragon Ball Z is a shounen jump title (which has a younger kid target audience typically) and Japanese S & P work way differently than the one in the States. How can you justify giving Funimation a hard time for doing the best they could in editing the show for airing in the states (besides, you can blame Bandai for setting the standards in that area, and also the dub, ugh)? Funi gave you uncut releases and now the uncut season sets (which yeah, have the aspect issues), what more do you nay-sayers want? Last edited by Invader_Spooch on Sun Jul 01, 2007 5:40 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Son Biggie
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now the newbie anime fans who haven't seen the anime I can understand but for anyone that already has the Bandai and just going to buy it for a whole new dub doesn't really make that muchs sanse to me.. |
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luhead
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The fact that Ouran was not announced at AX just proves one thing: never believe the rumor mill. I never will again. *sob*
Funi (and all you other lame companies), you fail, fail, fail. 
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DemonEyesLeo
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 Umm, the band KISS from the '70's? Wait, what? Is that an acronym for "keep it simple?" But then wait, what's that other "S" stand for? Please clean up your mechanics; your posts are hard to read.
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Bluestreak2
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Well, I'm willing to put money that Geneon will be the ones to get Romeo X Juliet. As for the announcement for it getting liscnenced. That I far more expect to happen at Anime Next. |
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Senna
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There is a serious lack of Jyu Oh Sei love in this thread ... probably because most people have never heard of it
 But that's honestly the license I'm most excited about -- a lesser-known science-fiction series with gorgeous animation and a solid plot getting licensed nearly a year after its broadcast. Thank you, Funimation ^__^
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Deltakiral
 Posts: 3338 Location: Glendora, CA (Avatar Hei from Darker than BLACK) |
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I forgot about how Anime next is going GONZO  , I also thought we hear about RxJ considering that Gonzo brought the show to AX with Subs. Maybe Gonzo trying to get a gauge on how much they ask for this series.
Spell check first. Also I don't think there's any reason to be worried about Funimation sure when they started up things were a bit different, but there is nothing that points out to me that they are going to ruin more shows....well as wide screen cut is available that is. Also as for the Jyo Oh Sei comments above me, your right I haven't ever of heard of it but after checking out the encyclopedia it looks interesting, and it has some decent scores I'll have to check that out and see what it's about. Last edited by Deltakiral on Sun Jul 01, 2007 6:15 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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AstroNerdBoy
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I usually roll my eyes when people call a sequel series a new season, but calling Negima!? a second season is just plain wrong since it has nothing at all to do with Negima! beyond having the same characters and a somewhat similar premise. That said, I might just pick up Negima!? because at times it was silly and humorous to me, which I liked. I never did get around to watching the end, so it might have a suck ending, but assuming I still have a job, I might just take the risk.
Love Hina -- if it gets retranslated from scratch and the new subtitles are brought up to FUNimation's normal standards, I'll "double dip" and happily get rid of my Bandai DVD's. I'm glad for fans of Tsubasa that they finally get confirmation that FUNi scored the second season there. I'm sure if those DVD's sell well that FUNi would eventually try to license the forthcoming OVA's. And xxxHOLiC finally being licensed didn't surprise me, but I wouldn't have been surprised if FUNi had ultimately given it a pass. DemonEyesLeo -- I don't know if Reaper meant this, but KISS stands for "Keep It Simple, Stupid." |
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Netstryke
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darker than BLACK gets picked up by FUNi. I knew it!! As soon as I start watching the fansub, I got PWNED by irony.
So does this mean Love Hina gets re-dubbed by the Houston Crew ? |
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Invader_Spooch
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There we go. 
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Yumi-san
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I am excited that Darker Than Black and Negima!? were both licensed. I have really enjoyed watching Darker Than Black and I have really been wanting to see Negima!? since I saw the last Negima! DVD. Were the Negima! Haru and Natsu OVA's licensed also?
I noticed that the Negima link in the article links to the Negima! manga instead of the newly licensed Negima!? anime and that FUNimation isn't listed in the "English Companies" section. I just thought that I would point that out. |
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LydiaDianne
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Not only am I tired but I'm also depressed right now. No Ouran! I'm VERY disappointed with ALL of the companies right now.
I was pleased to hear about the second season of Tsubasa and the first season of xxxholic. Although I'm really surprised that they are waiting until 2008 to release holic. Didn't they announce getting the title back in mid to late 2006? That's a long time to wait to release something, IMO. But what do I know. Oh and to the guy who was bitching about Funi and what they did in the past: Funi is the #1 anime distribution company in the United States with a 31% market share. So apparently the rest of us like what they are doing with their product and are quite willing to forgive and forget. |
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DemonEyesLeo
Posts: 844 Location: Japan |
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Right, I'm unfamiliar with that acronym. |
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