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NEWS: Sentai Filmworks Adds Ro-Kyu-Bu, Loups-Garous, ef

Concerning other titles, I am very surprised that Loups-Garous got picked up, as I had thought that this one would never see the light of day. It is a very different kind of sci fi movie, one which focuses on the potential dark side of social isolation in a future culture and is undoubtedly intended as a commentary on social phenomena currently being seen in Japan. (Its name is even more a metaphor than a literal reference to werewolves.) I very much look forward to being able to give it a proper review.

Finny-chan wrote:

I just hope when Sentai releases it they will include all of the OP/ED versions creditless in the extras and not just the first versions of the OP/ED.

Sentai has been pretty good about this so far. They did this with Shigofumi, and even included clean versions of every different ED. As long as they can get them all from the licensor, it should be fine.

David Williams also said the titles they went back and dubbed were special cases. They did so with those not only because of the sales, but other companies licensed them and contributed to the production. So sadly, it's not likely for it to happen too often.

I would love to see ef dubbed and on bluray, but I'm not holding my breath. I've been waiting for it so long that I will gladly take a sub-only DVD at this point just so I can finally own it.

Kit-Tsukasa wrote:

No words can describe how angry I am at Sentai of all people picking up ef. I was really hoping Media Blasters for this one. Sentai is literally the last group given how poor their releases are overall. Aniplex USA would have been my top choice, but this doesn't seem like their type of show. I'll only end up buying it if it's a blu-ray (just to keep my ef collection complete) and keep it shrink wrapped considering how they'll likely butcher the subs given all the metaphor and symbolism in the show.

Since when has Sentai "butchered" subs? They have been known to have some problems with typos in the past, but nothing that I would call anything close to "butchering." (And I'm the person who's probably been on their case the most about the typos.) In fact, Sentai has been more diligent that others about keeping subtitles accurate, and unlike other companies I could name they aren't shy about putting explanatory notes in their subtitles.

mudduck454 wrote:

and yet still no announcement of Gosick being licensed by any of the panels, I have died a little on the inside. think I will go back and marathon the whole show this week. and laugh and cry my way through it, again, such a great show

I was kind of surprised that neither Gosick nor Letter Bee were announced, since they seemed pretty popular. Personally, I was hoping for Natsume Yujincho season 1 on DVD. No such luck.

But the bright side is that this is only the first big con. We still have Otakon and New York Anime Festival yet to happen.

I really, really hope they're going to do a trade-in program for the Clannad blu-ray.

The bigger surprise is the lack of announcement for an Oreimo release. Since Aniplex USA got the simulcast and streaming rights, I wonder if that also means they got the the distribution rights. It's likely, but I wonder when they'll be making any sort of announcement. Oreimo is probably the one show that could rival Madoka in terms of sales.

I was kind of surprised that neither Gosick nor Letter Bee were announced, since they seemed pretty popular. Personally, I was hoping for Natsume Yujincho season 1 on DVD. No such luck.

But the bright side is that this is only the first big con. We still have Otakon and New York Anime Festival yet to happen.

David Williams also said the titles they went back and dubbed were special cases. They did so with those not only because of the sales, but other companies licensed them and contributed to the production. So sadly, it's not likely for it to happen too often.

I hope they release both ef's on blu-ray. Judging by the quality of the animation I bet that would look amazing.

David Williams also said the titles they went back and dubbed were special cases. They did so with those not only because of the sales, but other companies licensed them and contributed to the production. So sadly, it's not likely for it to happen too often.

I hope they release both ef's on blu-ray. Judging by the quality of the animation I bet that would look amazing.

I recall there being some brouhaha when Clannad initially came out over butchered subs, but I can't recall if that was for spelling errors, which while annoying I can deal with, or if it was translation errors, which are pretty much unforgivable. Either way, I can't remember what the specifics on it were, but I haven't had any problems with Sentai, although they're making me consider double dipping to get that Clannad blu-ray. Is that just for the first series, or does that include AS too? I'm still on the fence since even though I adore Clannad and want to see it on blu-ray, I'm just not a big fan of double dipping.