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bleachj0j
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Hunter x Hunter has more than enough to compete with Toriko, Fairy Tail and the others. What's so great about it is that it will take shonen tropes and at times totally spit on it. It can be very unorthodox. |
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SpacemanHardy
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I guess I'd be more open to Aniplex's business practices if they weren't so stingy with their dubs. As someone who prefers watching anime in English, I find it incredibly frustrating to find out that an Aniplex show is getting a dub because there's no real guarantee that I'll be able to watch it.
Until just recently, if you wanted to watch an Aniplex dub, you only had two options: 1. have a cable subscription that includes Cartoon Network and pray that Adult Swim picks it up, then either stay up until 2 in the morning to watch it once a week or DVR it, or 2. buy the expensive home release. I'm lucky because I still have an anime-themed rental store in my location from which I can usually rent the DVDs, but if that ever goes away, what then? When Neon Alley was around, I actually really enjoyed the service, because it gave me the opportunity to watch Blue Exorcist, Fate/Zero, and Magi in English without having to pay the exorbitant prices to do so. But even then, Aniplex's licensing restrictions forced the service to originally be a 24-hour televised stream instead of a video on-demand option. Meaning if you wanted to watch those shows, you had to watch them when THEY WANTED you to watch them. Later, they did bring in the "Catch-Up" feature, which was much better, but it still only allowed you to watch the latest 4 episodes at a time. If you wanted to marathon an entire series, then you were pretty much shit outta luck. Granted, Aniplex *IS* getting more lenient with their streaming options since they moved to Netflix. You can now watch all of SAO, Madoka Magica, and Fate/Zero in English anytime you want. But what bothers me is they're still not making their older shows available on the service as well. Shows like ROD the TV, Ghost Slayers Ayashi, and even Gurren Lagann are several years old and have pretty much made most of the money they're ever going to get. Why on earth can't they upload those dubs online for whoever wants to watch those shows in English? At least Gurren Lagann is still in print, even though it's terribly expensive. For anyone who would want to watch the ROD or Ghost Slayers dubs, unless you're willing to shell out megabucks for an OOP set, too bad, so sad. Because of this, I still get really gripey when there's a show coming out that I really wanna watch but it gets picked up by Aniplex. These days, whenever I find out they have something, it makes me lose interest in the show almost instantly. I just let myself do without them instead of getting all angry and bent out of shape over it. Besides, I've got more than enough other anime to keep me occupied instead. It's pretty much impossible to watch *everything*, so why even bother? |
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Gasero
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Hunter X Hunter can compete with the other shonen shows and it definitely embraces typical shonen tropes as it progresses. It really is a mystery why no publishers have picked it up for Western release because it fits very well (although the violence may be edited).
It could be the the license costs more than publishers think it is worth risking. |
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ZeetherKID77
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I'm pretty sure someone will get HxH, but it's a matter of when.
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j Talbain
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About a week ago a buddy of mine randomly texted me saying why didn't you tell me about this Attack On Titan, it's amazing. I'm like dude I tell you about lots of anime and you don't care. But AOT is special. It's mainstream. Seems like Fairy Tail is getting mighty popular as well.
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ParkerALx
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It's great to see Hunter x Hunter receive the love it deserves on the site. Keep spreading the word, and maybe we'll see a stateside release yet.
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bleachj0j
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I do my best to spread the word. |
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Lactobacillus yogurti
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Becoming less of a fan and enjoying slice-of-life more.
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Fronzel
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Viz did release the first Hunter x Hunter TV series but never went forward to the OVAs which continue exactly from where the TV series ends. I'm guessing it wasn't a success for them.
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bleachj0j
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They honestly never tried that hard. I think if the new one is given enough of a push it really has a chance. |
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Gutsmen
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HA! Comparing Hunter x Hunter with the other shounen is like comparing Netherlands with Spain.
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AgitoZ
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It's nice to know someone else was digging that series and saddened when it got canned. I remember always ranking it highly in the weekly surveys hoping it would do something since I saw the lack of reaction it was getting. I always saw it like a reverse Eyeshield 21. But that would make it a sports series and we've seen repeatedly how well those do, at least in the states. |
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gravediggernalk
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If Hunter x Hunter got put on Toonami (which has at least a little bit of potential seeing as how Bleach is tentatively scheduled to finish airing in October), I could see it gaining a huge following. Logically, I don't see it getting as big of a following as Bleach, Naruto, and One Piece right off the bat, but I think that with a few years behind it it could be as big as them stateside. I think the same could be said for Fairy Tail and possibly Toriko (assuming the anime gets a continuation).
This is all assuming that the "pseudo-mainstream" audience that holds the bulk of the Bleach & Naruto audience finds Hunter x Hunter appealing; They could potentially rag on it, call it a Naruto-rip, and then, worst-case-scenario, we might never see a complete release stateside. |
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Ali07
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Between World Cups? Hmm, watching Australia drag itself over the line to qualify for the current tournament. Anime/manga wise...I actually started watching more anime (outside of DBZ and Pokemon from my childhood) and picking up some manga! |
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Shory
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*raises Dutch hand* You're right, though. |
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