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normajean19
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If they could just do this I would be so happy. |
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kevinx59
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If they did that I would finally buy Vividred Operation. The audio lesson was really interesting. Im no audiophile, but i do like 5.1 sound, at least for certain series. This is why I appreciate that almost all of Funi's dubs are 5.1. Its a shame that Sentai's stuff like Btoom!, From the New World, Moretsu Pirates, Book of Bantorra, even GuP are only stereo, they would probably have nice surround sound. I mean, HOTD sounded awesome with its surround dub. That said, audio isn't a deal breaker for me. Aside from older dvds I usually cant tell the difference between the lossy and lossless formats. BTW, it always struck me as odd that Funi's Baccano dvd had the dub in 5.1, while Aniplex's later blu ray had it only in stereo. |
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Paiprince
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Yeah. I personally want a revival of the market but I guess both the industry and most of its fans don't want to go back to the dark ages when the mainstream thought all anime was "weird hardcore fetish porn." 
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CrownKlown
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Lavender hit the nail on the head. If the ova is out 99 percent of the time we get. However typically Funi and sometimes Sentai don't distinguish it as an ova and just have it as part of the episode count, so you would have to go to wiki and look at the tv run to see how many episodes are in the tv run, and the left over is probably an ova. Of of the top of my head Problem Children, Aria, Infinite Stratos, Sekerei, Sankrea, etc. all have the ovas included, In fact dxd is the only notable show where it was absent and it will probably be on season 2. Honestly the High School of the Dead was a one time thing, and only because Sentai got the rights after the fact, ie after the dvd/blu ray release, probably because it was a soft core porn. |
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angieness
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We'll actually probably get the KLK episode. Thus far the KLK BDs have been pretty much what Japan gets and the OVA is part of the final BD in Japan, so I can't see them leaving it off the final US set. In the case of Attack on Titan, I could see us getting a little OVA set because they keep making more of them. I think there's 3 or 4 now? FMA got one and AoT is another cash cow. |
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Touma
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I do not think that the North American anime industry or the fans are against a revival of the hentai market. The Japanese just do not want to license it to us because of reverse importation. With hentai they do have a good reason to worry because of the censoring. |
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FrameFreeze100
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Even though Funimation chooses to list them as OVAs the Senran Kagura excluded content are actually animated shorts (MAL's database usually calls these type of anime extras "specials")
As for getting those one off OVA episodes that will probably never be offered on a disc in North America, I'm still waiting for someone to finally flick a switch in their brain to acquire streaming/digital rights. Originally Sentai Filmworks was going to stream the High School of the Dead OVA but managed to physical rights later on. Any fan would love to own the extra OVA episodes on disc but still having another legal alternative is better than none at all (especially if you're a dub fan who wants to hear those OVA episodes in English instead of reading a fansub) |
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Polycell
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Sentai's done at least three OVA-only releases at this point; while Kokoro Connect can be considered different, them releasing the GuP OVAs definitely seems promising.
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EyeOfPain
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[quote=Justin Sevakis]gonzo masterpieces[/quote]When has Gonzo ever had a masterpiece?
Tangentially related to OVAs, there is the Under the Dog Kickstarter aiming to create a 24-minute episode based on an original concept. That very well could be where the future of OVA projects lies. |
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kevinx59
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@polycell Ehh, I don't really care if the songs are subbed or not. Naturally it's the price that impacts me, but that's off topic. And I've noticed funi usually releases OVAs as episode 13 or includes it in the series runtime. Sentai as well.
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Greed1914
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The last question is something I actually discussed with my Constitutional law professor years ago when he mentioned that CG child-porn wasn't considered obscene by the Supreme Court since it wasn't real. Given that Handley from Iowa had just made a plea for "obscene" manga, I couldn't understand why his lawyers would approve of the plea when manga is even further removed from reality.
Since plea deals aren't usually public knowledge (aside from the final result) we can't know the reasons for certain, but my professor basically gave the same answer as Justin. Obscenity varies so much by location that Handley very well could have been found guilty and then spent a long time appealing the decision, all while sitting in jail. Even if somebody eventually wins a case, the time and cost associated can make a deal extremely tempting. Last edited by Greed1914 on Fri Aug 15, 2014 7:29 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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John Thacker
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Regarding audio mixes, forget 5.1, Studio Ghibli doesn't even believe that stereo is necessary. Consider the Wind Rises, recorded in glorious monaural in all languages.
Ghost in the Shell: Arise is another good example of a recent "OVA"-- that actually gets a limited theatrical run in Japan for each volume. |
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normajean19
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That's ridiculous. Hopefully Disney does some remixing or something on their release. |
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Joe Carpenter
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and I'm about to poop myself laughing 
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kanechin
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The F.Y.E near me has little monica monogatari so I guess selling loli stuff isn't a problem here.
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