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Lord Geo
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What are you talking about? You're making it sound like UV had a bunch of Tatsunoko animes to release, but all UV ever released of Tatsunoko's was the 90s Gatchaman OVA, Tekkaman Blade II, and New Hurrican Polymar... And out of those Polymar was never given a DVD release, not to mention that Gatchaman and Tekkam,an Blade II were never given re-releases. I really doubt 3 titles can really count as "all those Tatsunoko spin-off titles", and they didn't even release them all on DVD. Now if you mean Madhouse OVAs, then yes, Urban Vision released a hell of a lot of Madhouse OVAs, a lot of which stayed on VHS. |
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pparker
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Great show again, excellent new feature. I too almost spit coffee on Zac's Shuffle to the pool comment. Though I like Shuffle, so there. I had no idea of the actual intensity of the vehemence against otaku and magical girl shows. The ANN reviews make more sense now, though it was fairly obvious before
I confess to gorging on anime in the past two years, being a new fan. But I found anime due to a complete burn-out on live action movies (haven't watched TV, really ever much, but not at all for a decade or so), so I recognize the phenomenon. Fortunately, I felt the burn-out coming and cut back before it happened. Now I watch anime every couple of days, and for less time, and have wandered back to live action a bit. Plus I'm one of those bemoaning the lack of creativity lately. That lets me still enjoy the occasional feast. When a show really grabs me (Aria recently), there's nothing better than a 3-season marathon. Then I have my handful of favorite shows that I plan to re-watch annually, and the cutback helps highlight those. I guess I happily missed some of the worst releases of the old days. Thanks to Justin, I can pick and choose the classics.
Really too bad, because it's an excellent show. Since I was a new fan when Geneon went down, I bought up every title that seemed remotely interesting, and I consider that one of my best blind purchases. And yes, chicken and waffles is definitely Southern. It's best if you had a peanut butter and pickle sandwich for lunch earlier
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GATSU
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Geo: Still, those OVAs were the company's priority. And Polymar still got more marketing distribution than friggin' Legend of the Crystals.
And yes, they blew the Madhouse thing, too. They also said they had the rights to Azumi for a while, too, but they waited long after people bootlegged and imported it to release it on dvd. |
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flyindreams
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First time listener, totally LOL'd at the "Na-RU-to! Na-RUU-toh" bit ;D
This was a fun one - I've been a fan of Rob's Astro Toy column (despite NOT being a figurines collector at all!) so that and the promise of cynicism was what made me listen in the first place. Will definitely tune in again to future episodes, keep up the great work! |
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Greed1914
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Oddly enough, Princess Tutu came up while waiting in line at a con for this exact reason. The people that have seen it say it's good, but the title pretty much scares people off.
As for Blu-ray, the only thing I care about is the FMA movie because Funimation had a trailer, but it hasn't shown up. That's the only blu-ray that I've really been looking for. Finally, it's really sad to hear about just how tied down Geneon USA was. It's tough to make a go of it when the boss does things that don't allow for success. |
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Labbes
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I'm not a real fan of podcasts, but I like this one very much. Seems like you are having a lot of fun.
Anyway, what I wanted to ask: When Zac takes his first shot at the AoD forums, what exactly does he say? I listened to it ten times, but still couldn't understand it. I mean the part where he says something like "hurr...*something*...hurr" (I'm not a native speaker. Here's my card  )
Edit: Am I the only one here who bought Princess Tutu because I'm interested in ballet?! |
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kawaiibunny3
 Posts: 534 Location: Houston, Texas |
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Ya, even as a huge Keroro Gunso fan, I did find that move incredibly surprising (i still remember that day it came up on the ANN headlines and me saying "What? Really? Why?" ) I mean, Sgt. Frog is a horribly long series (what are they on now....episode 270? along with 4-soon to be 5-movies) and shouldn't be licensed by anyone unless they have the proper funds to commit, but I think there's enough Keroro fans in the US to make it work. (atleast that's what I'm hoping) Plus its still a fun show in its own right even with the wacky title. I mean, I know I'm buying a copy. I'll buy two if I have to 
((but I still think it would've been best to put it on TV for the kids to watch :/ too bad it didn't work out)) but atleast Keroro has cute and fun looking characters and girls with boobs on the cover to attract people. Papuwa didn't even have that :/ I saw it in stores, holding it and thinking "this must be a horrible show. why would they bring this over?.....is that fish wearing stockings?" ---------- Anyway. great podcast guys! I listen every week. Zac, your story about throwing Shuffle off your balcony after watching it made me laugh so hard I fell out of my chair
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kyokun703
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What Zac said, he was basically making fun of some of the AoD forum users (not all of them, as Lord Geo said, there are some nice, normal people there, too) who insist loudly and vocally they will buy some super extremely niche show if it gets licensed for R1. As in, "Yeah, we'll buy it! Seriously! We'll buy it!" And then Rob added, "Yeah, all 2 of them." And no, you are not the only one to buy Princess Tutu because it was featured ballet dancers. My friend's sister who is a ballerina, and who doesn't really watch anime, bought it because it was about ballet. I myself bought it because I saw the AMV "Hold Me Now" and thought it looked amazing, although honestly, the title did almost put me right off it.
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SXAniMedia
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Every week has been most entertaining. Can't wait for the next one. Zac, Justin and the guests have great chemistry.
I do agree that Papuwa was a dud and never should have been licensed, as well. For whatever failures the series is and was though, I must say Clint Bickham did an excellent job with the script. He is perhaps one of the most underrated talents in the industry - hopefully he gets to do more anime work in the future. |
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jenthehen
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I second this ... I have nice speakers and I still have to turn the volume on my laptop up to 100% and the podcast up all the way in order to hear it while I walk around my smaaaaall apartment (and even then sometimes it's hard) ... darn mumbly lower register talking otaku guys
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Zalis116
Moderator
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I know it was only mentioned in passing, but I didn't see Yumeria as a questionable licensing choice. Sure, it's a trashy magic/harem/action series, but that puts it well in line with what ADV and other companies have released.
Looking back, ADV's history really was one of pet projects and "what were they thinking?" Aura Battler Dunbine, Princess Tutu, Wedding Peach, Legend of the Mystical Ninja, Papuwa, Gatchaman, Michel, BastoF Lemon, Milk-chan (I can't imagine them getting a good return on not one but two dubs + filmed live-action sequences), Petite Princess Yucie, Wandaba Style, Cyber Team in Akihabara, Sakura Wars (due to the games being unknown in R1), Legend of Moby Dick, the SDF Macross TV dub, and I'm sure the list goes on. The VHS-era crappy OVAs like Panzer Dragon and Galaxy Fraulein Yuna are forgivable, but these were all post-2000. Are there any theories about why Heat Guy J was a failure? I haven't seen it, but it's got name recognition via the creator of Escaflowne, seemingly good production values, lots of top names in the Bang Zoom dub cast, and a Western-audience-accessible setup. Plus, Heat Guy J was never completely fansubbed, so it didn't have the "everyone's already seen it" factor before the release. |
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