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Greed1914
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Yeah, I don't see AoA handing off home video rights to Funimation. Even though they are under the same company, and as much as the customers might like that, it makes AoA seem pretty redundant if Funimation streams and produces the discs. When Aniplex decided not to renew licenses, I took that as a sign that it was time to buy anything I was on the fence about since eventually we'd reach a point where I would have to pay a premium for out-of-print releases, or pay a premium for an Aniplex release, assuming they did one at all. |
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matt78
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Not if they do it right. I think an arrangement where Funimation gets to produce standard and limited editions of AoA titles while AoA get to produce premium editions of Funimation titles could work. Basically AoA would become the premium brand that caters to the hardcore fans while Funimation takes care of everyone else. AoA would also only make releases of the most popular of shows. I would imagine that AoA releases for titles such as DBZ, My Hero Academia and Attack on Titan would sell extremely well. |
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TarsTarkas
Posts: 5821 Location: Virginia, United States |
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Didn't know they had an OVA of Kill la Kill. |
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SpacemanHardy
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Yeah, it's only available on the disc despite it being the canon last episode. Kind of a crummy move on AoA's part, but what can ya do? |
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rizuchan
Collector Extraordinaire
Posts: 974 Location: Kansas |
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I don't think that's really AoA's business model though. Their releases might have better video quality than the average Funimation set, but they're really not that nice from a collector's standpoint. Some of their initial releases, like Madoka, were pretty nice, but everything I've bought from them since then has come in a flimsy cardboard sleeve (you can barely call it a box) and extras were standard, cheap stuff like reversible covers and postcards. Their market strategy in the US isn't to capitalize on the collector's market. It's to pump out overpriced home video versions of some of Aniplex's most popular titles, knowing that the biggest fans of those titles will pay basically any price. |
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NJ_
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They have gotten better somewhat with disc extras but I do agree. Their recent release of I Want to Eat Your Pancreas really would have been better had they used a chipboard box rather than the typical flimsy cardboard that it came in. Speaking of Madoka, I wonder how they'll handle Magia Record's release when that time comes. |
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