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Big Hed
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I'm guessing this will be consigned to the "sub only" release category. |
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ZeetherKID77
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God, I hope not. I fully expected this to go to Funimation because it was from Media Factory. Sentai needs to stop binging on this stuff every single season. |
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Nayu
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The Japanese blu-rays had subtitles, go buy them now. 
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Seif
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Ugh, there went the chance of Watamote getting a good dub.
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SpacemanHardy
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Yeah, no. Don't know if you've noticed or not, but Sentai has been dubbing damn near everything as of late. Even shows that we were originally expecting to be sub-only (tsuritama, Kokoro Connect, AKB0048, Kill Me Baby, etc.) have gotten the dub treatment. As long as the streaming numbers are good, I see no reason why this won't get a bilingual release. Besides, this is a Media Factory release. I'm sure some of the fans will demand a bluray, and in Sentai's case, bluray = dub. |
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dragonrider_cody
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Sentai, and ADV before them, have licensed Media Factory titles in the past, so acquiring Watamote isn't without precedent. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if it was bundled with a few of the old ADV titles that Sentai has picked up. Honestly, I doubt this show was on Funimation's radar anyway. It really doesn't seem like the type of show they would release, let alone dub. If they had simulcast, there is a very good chance they never would have released it on home video, like so many shows in the past. At least with Sentai, you are guaranteed a home video release. And as others have pointed it, they dub the overwhelming majority of their shows these days. Watamote stands a very good chance of both a dub and a bluray. The streaming numbers will play a lot into their decision making, as well as whether or not the title gets picked up in the UK or Australia. |
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norinori1
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And here were my biggest fears:
That Sentai would license WataMote. It really is sad that they prefer Quantity over Quality. Oh man, I sure am looking forward to an expensive yet bad release with a really weak dub (and subtitles), laughable packaging and awful encode. It really is time to import the Japanese BD. |
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dragonrider_cody
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As opposed to Funimation who does neither quality nor quantity? Of course, we could always leave it unlicensed and give buyers no choice but importing. I guess that would be a better option, right? |
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TheAncientOne
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If you can find a Blu-ray of any of the 3 Nanoha series (not movies), let me know, since even StrikerS (which was at least widescreen) only received a DVD release in Japan. I expect a DVD release should quell most fears of reverse importing, as it seems to do for most series. If someone wanted to reverse import StrikerS DVDs, they could already do so...from Taiwan. Even at a pricey $19 - $26 per disc, they are quite a savings over the current $57 - $68 prices for the same 9 discs from Japan. If someone in Japan is okay with a Region 1 DVD, Region 3 shouldn't be a problem either. Even for Strikers, the most recent series, we are also talking about a series that in less that in less than 3 months will have seen 6 years pass since the series finished airing on TV. I have to think that most people in Japan that would have purchased it at the prevailing prices have already done so. |
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Big Hed
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I'd forgotten they dubbed even KMB. Things are looking up then...! As long as the F-word doesn't get involved. I'm probably just being paranoid, but I cantotally see Foster being tossed this. |
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geeksquads
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Sorry to reply to an older topic, but I feel this is related to the topic.
It seems that a WataMote English Dub Promo has been posted on TheAnimeNetwork.com. Sentai Filmworks has not released a cast announcement as of this writing, but from watching the 32-second trailer, it sounds like Brittney Karbowski is voicing Tomoko Kuroki. (Note that this is my own speculation... so I could be wrong...) Video Link here: http://www.theanimenetwork.com/Anime/WATAMOTE-No-Matter-How-I-Look-At-It-It-s-You-Guys-Fault-I-m-Not-Popular/Promo/Watch Can anyone confirm? |
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Megiddo
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I can confirm there was an ANN thread about it a few days ago.
animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-10-04/watamote-comedy-anime-english-narrated-promo-streamed I don't think that's an English dub promo. I think that's a promo to watch the show subtitled. You're not likely to see anything of an English dub promo or release date for at least 6-9 months. |
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getchman
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yeah, The Anime Network got the show for their onDemand service and wanted to celebrate
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geeksquads
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Ah, I see. So it's old news then. Sorry about that. It was spoken in first-person, so it seems likely to me that it would be an official casting decision. (All this is just speculation... so I guess we'll just have to wait for an official announcement in a few months. ) |
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The Coffee God
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An official casting decision by Anime Network... likely. An official casting decision by Sentai... completely unknown I can assure you though, that this is in no way representative of an official dub cast. Anime Nework utilizes Seraphim Digital to make some of their VOD promos, that doesn't equate to a casting decision though, nor does it even equate to something getting a dub. Though there does seem to be a slight correlation between TAN actually making a VOD promo for something and that something winds up getting a dub. But that is not a 100% guarantee, as nothing is definitively assured just because it gets a TAN promo. |
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