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NEWS: Funimation Adds We Without Wings – Under the Innocent Sky


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Rukiia



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 5:15 pm Reply with quote
Ugh, I don't know what FUNi was thinking when grabbing this series. Probably just trolling the fans.

Yet I'm sure that when Expo rolls around we'll be expecting some good show licensing news.
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firedragon54738



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 5:34 pm Reply with quote
About time Funi is picking up more ecchi and it a good one to start out with I cant wait to pick it up to see it unedited
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PetrifiedJello



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 5:42 pm Reply with quote
Having just read the When They Cry thread, if FUNimation's worried about sales, I can't help but think they've just shot themselves in the foot with the WWW license.

Then again, I'm not expecting a second season from it, either.
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scineram



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 5:43 pm Reply with quote
I really have no problem with this, however for an awesome ecchi title from this season I would rather go with Dororon Enma-kun MeraMeraMeraMeraMeraMeraMeraMeraMeraMeraMeraMeraMeraMeraMera.
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TheAncientOne



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 5:55 pm Reply with quote
Shenl742 wrote:

According to an ANNCast with the Geneon rep a while back, anime series are rarely bought one at a time.

Most of the time, the Japanese companies will offer an "A-title" along with a few lesser "B and C-titles" to sweeten the deal.

It's basically haggling, "We'll give you This and we'll throw in That and Those for a little extra money".

Sometimes, those "extra" titles could end up being a surprise success and make up for the extra money. Sometimes not, and the english company won't face that big of a loss. It's bit of a gamble.

Rather like the way most cable channels work (i.e., to get the desirable channels, the cable or sat provider must also take their new or less desirable channels).
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 6:11 pm Reply with quote
Well, there are several titles I would have put ahead of this one on my want list, but I'm not bummed out about it. I'm kind of liking it. Put me down as a "maybe, leaning towards probably" sale.
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zrdb





PostPosted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 6:40 pm Reply with quote
Shit on crapamation for licensing We Without Wings-I hope it crashes and burns for them.
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Shenl742



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 6:55 pm Reply with quote
zrdb wrote:
Shit on crapamation for licensing We Without Wings-I hope it crashes and burns for them.


Good, that's good. Real mature, just keep doing that.

Me on the other hand? No, I'm not going to buy this series.

Do I wish Funi liscensed something like Dennou Coil? Hell yes.


Am I going to wish death and failure on them for getting one and not the other?

Nope. Gonna go preorder Eden of the East Movie 2 instead.
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mdo7



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 7:39 pm Reply with quote
I've seen We Without Wings (2 episodes), and I stop watching this. I don't know why Funimation picked this up for, I didn't understand what's going on in the show just endless nonsense fanservice.
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Cecilthedarkknight_234



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 7:50 pm Reply with quote
...hmm the live action movies are interesting but really we with out wings?? I gave it 5 episodes and just felt like it was a waste of time, although the game seems to be better thought out than the adaption but that's not saying much based on my personal biases however.

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JackCox



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 8:51 pm Reply with quote
I find it ridiculous that they announce this before a license of Deadman Wonderland, Wonderland is at least somewhat of a good show, this looks like garbage.
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mudduck454



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 9:03 pm Reply with quote
well I could go on and rant and rave about how bad this show is, and how happy I am they licensed korewa zombie desuka,

but I am too distracted watching one of funi's new releases I got today in the mail. and that would be molesting the loli, opps, I mean dance in the vampire bund on blu-ray
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zalas



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 9:11 pm Reply with quote
Oops, just realized I posted on the press release by accident instead of here. The fanservice in this show is actually kind of related to the plot; I just feel they put *too much* in there; most of the time there's way more service than the original eroge. This is the same situation with SHUFFLE! The animated series has a ton more fan service thrown in, which I feel is just a cheap way to get more people to buy the DVDs. The story for We, Without Wings is actually really good; it's just that you don't realize what the heck is going on until after the halfway point of the show (around episode 7 or so). One thing I hope FUNi does is to rework the subtitle job. The Crunchyroll subs had a lot of issues, especially in the beginning episodes, where the translator had no clue what was going on (I guess he/she was confused by the show as well, although I think the confusion at the beginning actually makes it more interesting)
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strike_zero00



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 9:15 pm Reply with quote
Not bad since Shuffle anime adaptation was decent and I bought the Shuffle DVDs, I'll also buy the We Without Wings anime in Bluray!
Somewhat off topic but Funi should license FSN UBW movie and try to get Fate/Zero anime simulcast streaming rights.
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walw6pK4Alo



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 9:30 pm Reply with quote
JackCox wrote:
I find it ridiculous that they announce this before a license of Deadman Wonderland, Wonderland is at least somewhat of a good show, this looks like garbage.


They're likely saving the bigger titles for AX. Or not, they could just be licensing more crap.
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