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NEWS: Media Blasters Delays, Cancels Releases

NJ_ wrote:

He's probably thinking there won't be a dub for season 2 and Sentai still has their stupid "No dub = No Blu-ray" rule in effect.

If Sentai were to end up licensing it, wouldn't the chances of Season 2 getting a dub be more likely since they also use BangZoom? They did continue dubbing K-On! from where Bandai left off.

Just sell the company and avoid Bandai's mistakes!

Be grateful, they have been using STACKpaks lately for their complete collections that are over 6 discs (see Moribito, Genshiken, their final release of Lion Voltron & Rurouni Kenshin seasons 2 & 3 from the complete collection box which I used to own) and GaoGaiGar is 10 discs so odds are that they would have done the same so buy the season sets while they're still available.

All you did with that list is show a one-sided argument in favor of the company. Question: where are the rest of the titles? You know, those that fans didn't buy because they thought they were crap?

angelmcazares wrote:

Blood- wrote: I've read (and it seems plausible) that it was actually the b&m retailers that forced R1 distribs to drop the 3 to 4 eppie per volume release strategy. They wanted titles to take up less shelf space. Frankly, if it wasn't for that, I have a feeling distribs would still be trying to push that on us. Since b&m retailers and now mostly irrelevant, could distributors return to the singles system? That would be a way to get more money from us, if they wanted to.

Provided this is actually true they could try that...but the distributor dumb enough to do it would effectively be committing suicide as the others would keep their prices the same as they are now and watch as fans abandon ship for that company. Pretty much how an oligopoly(which the R1 market is at this point) works. It's also why pretty much every distributor had to conform once one of them decided to go for the boxset format.

Divineking wrote:

angelmcazares wrote: Blood- wrote: I've read (and it seems plausible) that it was actually the b&m retailers that forced R1 distribs to drop the 3 to 4 eppie per volume release strategy. They wanted titles to take up less shelf space. Frankly, if it wasn't for that, I have a feeling distribs would still be trying to push that on us. Since b&m retailers and now mostly irrelevant, could distributors return to the singles system? That would be a way to get more money from us, if they wanted to. Provided this is actually true they could try that...but the distributor dumb enough to do it would effectively be committing suicide as the others would keep their prices the same as they are now and watch as fans abandon ship for that company. Pretty much how an oligopoly(which the R1 market is at this point) works. It's also why pretty much every distributor had to conform once one of them decided to go for the boxset format.

I don't know about that, since Aniplex is releasing singles for some series (Blue Exorcist and more notably Madoka) and they aren't showings any signs of dying - how many of this seasons shows have they licensed, after all? And they keep expanding the theatrical showings of the Madoka movies...

No doubt trying to go all singles again would fall flat on its face, but for shows that are popular enough it seems to be a viable strategy.

The answer to this is that Aniplex USA's audience(sadly) seems to collectors and not the basic R1 market, and they therefore aren't conforming to industry standards. I will leave it at that before that whole argument starts up again.

This thread IS NOT about Aniplex of America or how you feel about their business practices.

So what? You're missing the point, or else deliberately choosing not to address it.

FLCLGainax wrote:

NJ_ wrote: He's probably thinking there won't be a dub for season 2 and Sentai still has their stupid "No dub = No Blu-ray" rule in effect. If Sentai were to end up licensing it, wouldn't the chances of Season 2 getting a dub be more likely since they also use BangZoom? They did continue dubbing K-On! from where Bandai left off.

This is what I was thinking. If anyone were to license rescue Squid Girl I would most like for it to be Sentai as they would be the most likely to dub it with the same cast. I also kinda wonder if the second season is already been dubbed and other reasons are at play for it not being released. The time in which were had heard various things about the second season would lend a little credibility to that. They had said on facebook awhile back that they planned on doing Season 2 and then it was a LONG time before we saw it listed. Perhaps it was already dubbed in that time frame. It's not like it's only the cost of dubbing that is causing them issues as they have been cancelling things that already had dubs finished.

But maybe I'm grasping at straws. I just hope Squid Girl season 2 gets released somehow. Hopefully with a dub and the original cast.

So I rambled a bit, but to clarify for you: you recently admonished a user for using the word "masterpiece" with disregard.

I feel the same way regarding "big loss" in this discussion. Bandai's departure had more warnings than Kansas in tornado season. To claim it's a big loss is failing to address the blame, which is far from pointless.

Those titles didn't vanish. They were purposely removed by a market which decided having those title available for years wasn't sufficient reason to buy them.

Only when the company departed did those titles suddenly have value enough to justify a purchase, not when Bandai needed it.

As for the rest of your post... you're a fansubber. What the hell do you care about R1 anyway? You've nothing to lose.