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INTEREST: Sailor Moon Blu-Ray ?

Well if TRSI ever goes public, feel free to review their 10K filing to understand what they do. Or better yet, you could move to the states, get licensed as a CPA and work in their accounting department and you'll definitely know. If none of us can do that, then really, we can only take Shawne at his word as we're just fan-wanking with little to no concrete information. I mean, I've taken some Cost Accounting courses, believe me, there is a bottom line to everything. If dubs could be potentially profitable for TRSI, I've no doubt you would have seen more.

Blood- wrote:

Wow, what a shock. You are totally wrong. Here's a list of dubs that they have commissioned: Boogiepop Phantom Boys Be... His and Her Circumstances Ninja Nonsense Piano: Melody of a Young Girl's Heart Shingu: Secret of the Stellar Wars The Third: The Girl with the Blue Eye To Heart Tylor, Irresponsible Captain (TV series) ...and, most importantly... Weather Report Girl

I did say "As far as I know, " so thank you for your enlightenment, though most, if not all are rather dated, it does show that they have done so in the past, question remains why have they not continued, whilst the others have to their profit?

You don't have a payroll to meet, you haven't created a company whose existence is dependent on you making sound business decisions. You just sit there and demand your dubs without a shred of understanding about why that's not always possible.

Or, more likely, you just don't give a crap. It doesn't matter to you if a company loses money on a title, just so long as you get your dub, right? Doesn't matter that a company might have to shed employees or even eventually close up shop if gambles don't pan out in this incredibly difficult distribution industry, right?

Allow me to trace the steps on how we got here:

1) ANN posts link to TRSI Ric-rolling video parody under a title that suggests a Sailor Moon Blu-ray may be in the offing.

2) Sailor Moon fans click on link to parody and realize they've been trolled.

3) Some of them lose their poop. Nasty comments about Shawne K., his entire lineage and his company, TRSI are made.

4) Mohawk52 uses the opportunity to once again harp on the fact that Right Stuf/Nozomi doesn't dub every single one of its titles. This makes him sad.

5) I express disbelief that after all these years, Mohawk52 refuses to understand that Right Stuf/Nozomi is a boutique distributor in a very niche market that doesn't have money to lose on gambles. Mohawk52 - who demonstrates once again he knows zero about anime distribution - somehow figures he knows better than Shawne K - you know, the guy who has been doing this for 25 years? - on which titles will make money even if the additional expense of a dub is factored in. "Nothing ventured, nothing gained, mate!" Then Mohawk52 goes on to dispense other priceless bits of business wisdom like, "buy low, sell high."

6) I express dissatisfaction.

And so it goes.

Yeah, tough shit. I guess you were fascinated by Sailor Moon fans crying foul? Hey maybe if you try hard enough you can get that scintillating train of discussion going again.

Anyone who thinks this thread went off the rails with Mohawk52 and I having a frank exchange of views is probably too stupid to live.

I guess you're new to discussion boards, eh? Okay, newbie, let me explain how they work: a thread is started and then people comment on what is written in that thread. Admins and mods make sure that posters obey the posting rules and assuming those rules aren't violated, a poster is free to comment on whatever he wants.

I guess you're new to discussion boards, eh? Okay, newbie, let me explain how they work: a thread is started and then people comment on what is written in that thread. Admins and mods make sure that posters obey the posting rules and assuming those rules aren't violated, a poster is free to comment on whatever he wants. So if my defending TRSI - a company I very much admire and have been a loyal customer of for almost five years - bothers you, that's just too damn bad, isn't it?

Who told you you could stand on a pallet on a forklift?

So reckless lol

Blood- wrote:

Yeah, tough shit. I guess you were fascinated by Sailor Moon fans crying foul? Hey maybe if you try hard enough you can get that scintillating train of discussion going again. Anyone who thinks this thread went off the rails with Mohawk52 and I having a frank exchange of views is probably too stupid to live.

Why don't you leave the defense of rightstuf to, oh I dunno, the representative/possible owner that's in this [expletive] thread, hm? Don't do the PR department's job for them.

A lot of people in this thread behave as though they're being paid to be as humorless and angry as is humanly possible.

Then Mohawk52 goes on to dispense other priceless bits of business wisdom like, "buy low, sell high."

6) I express dissatisfaction.

And so it goes.