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Naruto Licensing Rights


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Branchie



Joined: 02 Nov 2003
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 02, 2003 10:52 am Reply with quote
Hey,

I'm a huge fan of the Naruto manga, and I was wondering if anyone knew who bought the licensing rights for the Naruto anime. If anyone can share some information with me on this, it'd be greatly appreciated.
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Legato 2057



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 02, 2003 11:25 am Reply with quote
Naruto has not been liscensed yet, at least it has not been announced.
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animaniac



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 02, 2003 6:40 pm Reply with quote
unlicensed still. you can get subs off sites and irc
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Steventheeunuch





PostPosted: Sun Nov 02, 2003 7:28 pm Reply with quote
I want 4kids to pick it up
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Nagisa
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 02, 2003 7:36 pm Reply with quote
Steventheeunuch wrote:
I want 4kids to pick it up


Why? I don't know much about the show, but based on what people have said about it, they would utterly ravage it and leave a retarded mass of the calibre of Nelvana's Cardcaptors or DiC's Sailor Moon.

And you know how 4Kids is...if they license a show, there's a 90% chance it'll NEVER have a Japanese-language, uncensored release in the US.



Anyway, Naruto is clearly a very popular franchise, so I'm sure many of the more big-time anime licensing companies (Viz, Bandai, ADV, Pioneer) are just pawing at the gates for it. And it'd be better that someone who would give us the show in its unabridged entirety have the rights to it than a company who's sole mission is to make programming for preschoolers (4Kids, of course).
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Anime_Freak



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 02, 2003 7:36 pm Reply with quote
Steventheeunuch wrote:
I want 4kids to pick it up


Are you crazy!? Naruto isn't a kids show. It's FAR from it. I say keep 4Kids and Richard Cox away from Naruto. Evil or Very Mad Evil or Very Mad
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king_micah



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 02, 2003 10:44 pm Reply with quote
If 4Kids had it, they must of been smoking crack and missed the demonic and dark nature of the show. The first part, up to where the first mission takes place is fun and humorous, while afterwards it gets very heavy and serious dealing with ninjas and battles to the death. There is a lot of death, a fair amount of blood, and several demonic plots, with people pledging themselves to them for power.
It still only at the level of Kenshin, but the REAL Kenshin, where death is common among foes.
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Inu-Yasha



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 02, 2003 11:42 pm Reply with quote
It would be scary if 4kids or Fox got the license for naruto(shudders at the thought). I would want Viz,Bandai,or ADV to have it AFTER all the espisodes/movies are showed.
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Uchiha-Sasuke



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 02, 2003 11:56 pm Reply with quote
Inu-Yasha wrote:
It would be scary if 4kids or Fox got the license for naruto(shudders at the thought). I would want Viz,Bandai,or ADV to have it AFTER all the espisodes/movies are showed.


Yeah, heh, I wouldn't want what happened to Escaflowne to happen to naruto. Hell no, I'll lead a suicide bombing on the Fox network lol.
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lianncoop
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 02, 2003 11:59 pm Reply with quote
Anime_Freak wrote:

Are you crazy!? Naruto isn't a kids show. It's FAR from it. I say keep 4Kids and Richard Cox away from Naruto. Evil or Very Mad Evil or Very Mad


What's wrong with Richard Cox?
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Uchiha-Sasuke



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 03, 2003 12:09 am Reply with quote
His name?
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Uchiha-Sasuke



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 03, 2003 12:12 am Reply with quote
Or maybe the fact that Richard Cox is like the Bill Gates of the anime world... He has a monopoly i tell you, he isnt even that great Shocked
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Uchiha-Sasuke



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 03, 2003 12:16 am Reply with quote
Here is a list of animes he is in to show you how quickly his evil is spreading:

Starring Roles
Silverwing (2003) - Orestes
Gundam SEED (2002) - Tolle Koening
Inuyasha (2002) - Inuyasha (2003)
Zoids (2001) - Bit Cloud (Liger Zero), Sebastian
Action Man (1995) (1995) - Voice of Jacques
The Bots Master (1993) - unknown
Ghostwriter (1992) - Max Frasier (1992-1993)
My Little Pony (1986) -
Loving (1983) - Gifford "Giff" Bowman (1991-1992; 1994)
Executive Suite (1976) - Mark Desmond
Search For Tomorrow (1951) - Ed Minter (1976)
Hurricanes - Voice

Guest Starring Roles

ER - Rick Mathers - Shifts Happen (2003)
Hamtaro - Sabu - Hamtaro Birthday Special (2003)
Hamtaro - Sabu - The Flying Carp (2003)
Hamtaro - Sabu - Boss Runs Away (2003)
Hamtaro - Sabu - Laura's Valentine (2003)
L.A. Dragnet - Alex Van Loy - The Artful Dodger (2003)
Hamtaro - Sabu - Hamtaro, Please come Home! (2002)
Titus - Dr. Franklin - The Session (2002)
The Practice - Attorney Stuart Miller - Liar's Poker (2001)
The Fugitive - Al Greenlaw - Liar's Poker (2000)
The Huntress - Adam Kirkman - Bad Boys & Why We Love Them (2000)
The X-Files - Daniel Brimley - Brand X (2000)
Diagnosis Murder - Director - A Resting Place (2000)
Nash Bridges - Norman Craft - Heist (2000)
The New Addams Family - Smedley - Morticia and the Psychiatrist (1998)
The Net - Jericho Denain - Harvest (1998)
The Visitor - Asst. Director Grushaw - Going Home (1997)
The Visitor - Asst. Director Grushaw - Caged (1997)
The Visitor - Asst. Director Grushaw - Caged (1997)
The Visitor - Asst. Director Grushaw - Fear of Flying (1997)
Millennium - Alistair Pepper - Powers, Principalities, Thrones and Dominions (2) (1997)
Legend - Cainer - Custer's Next to Last Stand (1995)
Law & Order - Steven Gregg - Right to Counsel (1993)
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Kyril Finn - The High Ground (1990)
L.A. Law - Curtis Haber - Lie Down and Deliver (1989)
Designing Women - Barringer - Manhunt (1989)
Midnight Caller - Unknown - After It Happened (1988)
Murder, She Wrote - Clay MacLeod - Witness for the Defense (1987)
The Bronx Zoo - Charlie Turner - Lost and Found (1987)
The Bronx Zoo - Charlie Turner - The Power of a Lie (1987)
The Bronx Zoo - Charlie Turner - Runaway Hearts (1987)
The Bronx Zoo - Charlie Turner - The Moral Equation (1987)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985) - Ben - Four O'Clock (1986)
Scarecrow and Mrs. King - Malcolm Burling - Life of the Party (1985)
Magnum, P.I. - Randy - The Big Blow (1983)
Remington Steele - Tony Dinaldo - Etched in Steele (1982)
Stone - - Just a Little Blow Between Friends (1980)
The Rockford Files - Kevin Spector - Love Is the Word (1979)
Eight is Enough - - Cinderella's Understudy (1978)
Baretta - - Set Up City (1975)
Sanford and Son - Hippie Kid - The Sanford Arms (1975)
Baretta - - The Coppelli Oath (1975)

Co Starring Roles

Ghostwriter - Max Frazier (1992-93)
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Emerje



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 03, 2003 12:22 am Reply with quote
Uchiha-Sasuke wrote:
Here is a list of animes he is in to show you how quickly his evil is spreading:


Less than half of those are anime. Rolling Eyes You've got no case here.

Emerje

(edit: Scratch that, I don't think even 1/8th of them are anime. I mean come on, Magnum P.I.? Alfred Hitchcock? Saford and Son??)
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Uchiha-Sasuke



Joined: 02 Nov 2003
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 03, 2003 12:29 am Reply with quote
Emerje wrote:
Uchiha-Sasuke wrote:
Here is a list of animes he is in to show you how quickly his evil is spreading:


Less than half of those are anime. Rolling Eyes You've got no case here.

Emerje

(edit: Scratch that, I don't think even 1/8th of them are anime. I mean come on, Magnum P.I.? Alfred Hitchcock? Saford and Son??)


ok fine, here are a list of SHOWS ( and some animes ) happy?
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