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zawa113
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 Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 7:59 pm
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OH GOD YES! OH ARCEUS YES! OH CELESTIA YES! Hopefully this one won't have all the red tape of the previous one and it'll actually be able to get licensed!
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walw6pK4Alo
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Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 8:30 pm
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I don't think there really is any red tape for this series, it just wasn't a desirable license until maybe 2007-2008 when a fanbase began to really grow in the West. And since any licensors would have been so late to the party, and LoGH was such a large brand, the license cost was probably just too prohibitive for what licensees think they'd see in returns: it's a long goddamn show.
| mdo7 wrote: | | My goodness this is good news, here's the question: Is there a possibility this new LOGH anime can be license outside of Japan, if it can't then all hope is lost for international fans to watch this anime. |
Legally, anyway. Nothing's going to stop people from watching it if they want to, except maybe lack of fansubs.
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tuxedocat
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Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 8:57 pm
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| LuckyAstei wrote: | | @rederoin it's more I don't see the need for this remake. |
Maybe you don't, but since I never downloaded the files for the original anime that isn't licensed anywhere (and probably never will be), I'm very excited and hopeful that this new adaptation will be made available to western fans. Even if it is only streaming somewhere.
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Top Gun
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Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 11:23 pm
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Well that's interesting to see, though I'm more confused than anything else...I mean, what more can you really bring to the table with a new adaptation? The original OVA is easily one of the greatest anime projects of all time, and as far as I'm aware it was quite faithful to the original novels. It's like that planned Ten Commandments adaptation: what is there left to do that Cecil B. DeMille and Charlton Heston didn't?
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Samo2222
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Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 11:26 pm
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Definite glorious news. Probably the best of the year.
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bunnyhopper
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 12:54 am
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If Only Kircheis were alive to see this 
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enurtsol
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 3:13 am
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Thinking man's anime - hope they take their time to do the animation right and finish this in a decade! 
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taster of pork
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 6:21 am
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Odin has smiled upon us. 
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vanfanel
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 9:41 am
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I see I'm going to have to avoid all mention of this show until I can finish the novels, now.
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mdo7
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 10:55 am
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| walw6pK4Alo wrote: | I don't think there really is any red tape for this series, it just wasn't a desirable license until maybe 2007-2008 when a fanbase began to really grow in the West. And since any licensors would have been so late to the party, and LoGH was such a large brand, the license cost was probably just too prohibitive for what licensees think they'd see in returns: it's a long goddamn show.
| mdo7 wrote: | | My goodness this is good news, here's the question: Is there a possibility this new LOGH anime can be license outside of Japan, if it can't then all hope is lost for international fans to watch this anime. |
Legally, anyway. Nothing's going to stop people from watching it if they want to, except maybe lack of fansubs. |
Well I hope this new LOGH anime won't be overpricey like the older series. Even if this show can get fansubs, don't expect fansubs to be up there for long due to Japan's anti-piracy and draconian copyright laws.
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Chagen46
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 1:30 pm
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Uh...fansubs are not hosted in Japan. Indeed since they almost always torrents unless you use XDCC they technically aren't hosted ANYWHERE. And the largest site I know for anime torrents (not naming it) is in Sweden.
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walw6pK4Alo
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 1:54 pm
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| mdo7 wrote: | | Well I hope this new LOGH anime won't be overpricey like the older series. Even if this show can get fansubs, don't expect fansubs to be up there for long due to Japan's anti-piracy and draconian copyright laws. |
I don't think you have any idea what fansubbing is like if you believe Japan routinely takes them down from the internet. There are even BDrip fansubs for LoGH circulating right this very moment, in 720p of course since it's an upscale. And of course it'll be overpriced, it's Japan. Expect $30 an episode, at the very least, like normal.
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mdo7
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 3:00 pm
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| walw6pK4Alo wrote: |
| mdo7 wrote: | | Well I hope this new LOGH anime won't be overpricey like the older series. Even if this show can get fansubs, don't expect fansubs to be up there for long due to Japan's anti-piracy and draconian copyright laws. |
I don't think you have any idea what fansubbing is like if you believe Japan routinely takes them down from the internet. There are even BDrip fansubs for LoGH circulating right this very moment, in 720p of course since it's an upscale. And of course it'll be overpriced, it's Japan. Expect $30 an episode, at the very least, like normal. |
I'm aware of that, but then again if you're talking about Youtube, those fansubs will probably take them down. Yes, I already know about Japan about being overpriced, I already mention about it whenever J-pop CDs are brought up. It would be a miracle if Crunchyroll can pick up the rights to legal stream LOGH, but I doubt it'll happen.
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residentgrigo
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Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 9:32 am
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The original anime wasn´t licensed because it was too "aged" and not easy to market. 150+ episodes about Nazi "good guys" in space just doesn´t sound as exciting as softcore porn in highschool with mechs and angst. This you have to live with the subs. I watched the gaiden anime first and consider it to be important characterwork. I hope they don´t skip the bulk of that.
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Ryo Hazuki
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Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 9:49 am
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| mdo7 wrote: | | Yes, I already know about Japan about being overpriced, I already mention about it whenever J-pop CDs are brought up. |
Off-topic, but were you aware that Asian releases of Japanese CDs and movies are usually cheaper than their domestic counterparts? And I'm not talking about bootlegs.
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