Forum - View topicNEWS: HIDIVE Streams Classic Mecha Anime Space Runaway Ideon
|
Goto page Previous 1, 2 Note: this is the discussion thread for this article |
| Author | Message | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
BodaciousSpacePirate
 Subscriber Posts: 3017 |
|
|||
I've always found it incredibly weird that HiDive and its spiritual predecessor TheAnimeNetwork never eclipsed Crunchyroll in popularity. Virtually every dub that Sentai has produced is on HiDive, so if you prefer dubs to subs (I don't) then it seems like a much, much better value. Maybe "dub only" fans tend to gravitate more towards Funimation shows than Sentai shows, but you would think that the sheer size of the site's back catalogue would outweigh the dearth of simulcast content. At the very least, it certainly never felt like the kind of catalogue that would require the addition of Legend of Galactic Heroes or Ideon in order to attract subscribers. |
||||
|
||||
|
Chrono1000
|
|
|||
|
||||
v1cious
 Posts: 6202 Location: Houston, TX |
|
|||
People don't seem to understand that there is no real main character in Ideon. While the events are from Cosmo's perspective, both sides of the war are equally shitty. This point is brought home by the last episode and Be Invoked. |
||||
|
||||
MarshalBanana
 Posts: 5316 |
|
|||
It would of even ideal as well, since a lot of the shows I want to re-watch, or didn't see when they first came out, are usually brought by Sentai. |
||||
|
||||
luffypirate
 Posts: 3186 |
|
|||
spoiler["At that very moment, the Ide was invoked."] So good. |
||||
|
||||
|
Animegomaniac
Posts: 4079 |
|
|||
There's a reason why the Funimation channel died but AnimeNetwork On Demand is still plugging away. But that's not quite what you mean... The reason why their first internet service crapped out was because of Crunchyroll's "If you stream here, we get it for four weeks first!" rule. And if they didn't let CR have their stuff, it'd just be another reason for people to complain... not that people, anime fans in particular, need reasons. "For four dollars a month, I get access to all of Sentai's dubs and older subs. But I'm not going to pay that much for one show!" What's the phrase, there's no pleasing some people? |
||||
|
||||
Fabe
 Posts: 219 |
|
|||
|
Is this the one where
spoiler[ All the main characters die in a firefight against the enemy including a child who take a shot right to the head?] |
||||
|
||||
Nom De Plume De Fanboy
 SubscriberExempt from Grammar Rules Posts: 612 Location: inland US west, pretty rural |
|
|||
Big ending spoiler - more a spoiler[ All the human characters and an entire civilization get destroyed. The show is a tragedy in the formal sense, in my opinion.] YMMV The second movie's ending may imply that it is spoiler[ not quite that grim,] major spoiler[ because the very ending has an afterlife where everyone floats around happily. ] I heard about this on an AWO podcast that went into a lot more detail, so you can get that there if you want. I listened to that, and watched the first few eps, and then wimped out and watched the movie, and decided this is not my thing, folks, so I dropped it. I think it is a superior 80's show. But your mileage may very depending on how people feel about the above. |
||||
|
||||
|
v1cious
Posts: 6202 Location: Houston, TX |
|
|||
That was from the movie, "Be Invoked". But yeah, same franchise. |
||||
|
||||
 |
All times are GMT - 5 Hours |
|
|
|
Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group