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Percival King
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 Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2016 2:59 pm
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| SpacemanHardy wrote: | |
So they are aware of the issue, and they are going to be more forthcoming as to when shows will come down from now on. From the way Sophie worded things, I think it's safe to assume that in Darker Than Black's specific case, they were probably forced to remove it immediately without any warning. |
People. Folks. I beg of you. STOP. BUYING. FROM. ANIPLEX.
If you cease all monetary transactions with these fermented sausages, you will bleed their business dry. When their business dries up, they will have to close up their American subsidiary and revert to resorting to selling licenses to other companies. And that, in turn, will make actions like these unprofitable for them.
In short, if you stop buying from them, they'll stop f*cking over everyone else. It's kindergarten math. If you can count from one to ten, you can do the necessary math here.
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Top Gun
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Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2016 4:22 pm
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Ugh, it always sucks when this sort of thing happens. I've had the DVD set of season 1 sitting around for a few years but still haven't gotten around to watching it. What I've heard back-and-forth about comparative quality aside, the one season 2 release was still available for $18 from FUNi's site, so that was an easy decision. If they had a normal BD release of season 1 I'd probably double-dip there too, but apparently the packaging for that limited-release set is really derpy, so I'm not blowing $60 on it.
(And while we don't know for sure if this has anything to do with AoA/J, if it is on them, then they can continue their quick jaunt straight to hell.)
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Percival King
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Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2016 4:54 pm
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| Top Gun wrote: | | (And while we don't know for sure if this has anything to do with AoA/J, if it is on them, then they can continue their quick jaunt straight to hell.) |
It's them. They produced and own the DTB franchise.
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BodaciousSpacePirate
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Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2016 5:16 pm
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| Percival King wrote: | | If you cease all monetary transactions with these fermented sausages, you will bleed their business dry. When their business dries up, they will have to close up their American subsidiary and revert to resorting to selling licenses to other companies. |
Or they'll just stop caring about the US market entirely. Just like Bandai did for years after they closed down their US anime distribution arm.
Plus, even when another company does buy a license, it could be years before it gets released by that new company in the US. Funimation licensed Code Geass in 2013 and still haven't released it in Region One.
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SpacemanHardy
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Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2016 5:23 pm
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| BodaciousSpacePirate wrote: | | Plus, even when another company does buy a license, it could be years before it gets released by that new company in the US. Funimation licensed Code Geass in 2013 and still haven't released it in Region One. |
That has less to do with FUNimation and more to do with Sunrise being sluggish about handing over the materials on time. Sentai Filmworks hasn't put out any of the Sunrise stuff they licensed that year either.
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SouthPacific
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Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2016 5:29 pm
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| Percival King wrote: | |
Why the f*ck are these dickstains still in business? ...Oh. Wait, I know. Cause people still keep buying crap from them blindly!
Sorry, but no. I've given this whole argument pause, but frankly, it's all bullshit. If you buy stuff from AoA, you're doing more damage than piracy ever did. |
Oh yeah, quit buying stuff from AoA who offers the best disc quality in the US market as well as the most widespread streaming options and who's parent company actually produces anime, i'm sure that will accomplish great things for the English fandom  .
| Quote: | | It's a bloody fact. |
Nice fact, ya'll got anymore of them sources?
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BodaciousSpacePirate
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Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2016 5:34 pm
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| SpacemanHardy wrote: | | That has less to do with FUNimation and more to do with Sunrise being sluggish about handing over the materials on time. Sentai Filmworks hasn't put out any of the Sunrise stuff they licensed that year either. |
Sure, I just meant that it's a lot more complicated than "if you don't buy it, somebody else will license it, and then you'll be able to buy it for less money".
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macattack
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Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2016 5:45 pm
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| SouthPacific wrote: | Oh yeah, quit buying stuff from AoA who offers the best disc quality in the US market as well as the most widespread streaming options and who's parent company actually produces anime, i'm sure that will accomplish great things for the English fandom . |
Fate/ZERO is encoded at 192 KBPs and Magi's first season is coded at an abysmal 160 KBPs. They do not offer the best disc quality in the US market, at least from an audio standpoint.
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SouthPacific
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Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2016 5:56 pm
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| SouthPacific wrote: | Oh yeah, quit buying stuff from AoA who offers the best disc quality in the US market as well as the most widespread streaming options and who's parent company actually produces anime, i'm sure that will accomplish great things for the English fandom . |
Fate/ZERO is encoded at 192 KBPs and Magi's first season is coded at an abysmal 160 KBPs. They do not offer the best disc quality in the US market, at least from an audio standpoint. |
Original audio is definitely not 192 KBPs, so i'm guessing it's the dub? I don't watch dubs so yeah.
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Top Gun
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Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2016 6:24 pm
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| SouthPacific wrote: | Oh yeah, quit buying stuff from AoA who offers the best disc quality in the US market as well as the most widespread streaming options and who's parent company actually produces anime, i'm sure that will accomplish great things for the English fandom . |
Yes, because wanking over every pixel is obviously a higher priority than, y'know, being able to own the show in the first place.
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SouthPacific
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Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2016 6:35 pm
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| Top Gun wrote: |
| SouthPacific wrote: | Oh yeah, quit buying stuff from AoA who offers the best disc quality in the US market as well as the most widespread streaming options and who's parent company actually produces anime, i'm sure that will accomplish great things for the English fandom . |
Yes, because wanking over every pixel is obviously a higher priority than, y'know, being able to own the show in the first place. |
In my opinion it is, why would I want to buy a show that I really liked if it got a crappy physical release?
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Top Gun
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Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2016 6:40 pm
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If there were more than a handful of titles from major publishers that had these "crappy releases," I might agree with you, but even then a higher-quality release is not worth several times more than said releases.
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Tri-GuyDVD
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Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2016 6:43 pm
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With the way things are going its only a matter of time before Sentai loses the license to Angel Beats! 
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SouthPacific
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Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2016 6:46 pm
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I'm not sure what you mean by major publishers, but i'm guessing Funimation and the like? Then you're looking at MUCH, MUCH more than just a handful of crappy releases, at least as far as disc quality goes.
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Joe Carpenter
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Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2016 7:47 pm
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NOW THEY'VE LOST IT.
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