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VEGANDARAE
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Geneon is not going to die,
it'll just lost its arms and legs(Distribution and production), and all it will be capable of is non-tangible labor such as managing their works portfolio, which i believe has something to do with liscensing. |
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stardf29
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Well... it looks like subtitling and dubbing work is still being done for some of these shows, including Nanoha and Zero no Tsukaima. No guarantee they'll be released, but still...
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kagemusha23
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This news is a real bummer. I was informed by someone that this is happening so I bought like $120 worth of anime today. It sucks that this is happening but there isnt anything worth getting mad at. Getting mad wont solve this problem. Hopefully the company will get back on its feet or that companies round up the licenses so sales and distribution can continue.
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ivorymoose
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I hate to be pressured like this, I just bought Zeta Gundam and Gundam Wing. I feel stupid rushing in for Geneon titles but I'm almost certain Mermaid Forest won't be picked up by another distributor.
Is Geneon closing down? Sigh, this is a sad turn of events, I wonder what happened. |
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bglassbrook
 Posts: 1243 Location: Gaithersburg, MD |
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Not completely, or yet ... their PR (aka letter writing) department sure is active these days with the letters now hitting those of us signed up for their G-Spot fan website. Nice and short, just goes on to say *paraphrased* that they are getting deluged in requests by folks collecting series that got cut-off midway and "are internally discussing plans ... to continue distribution of titles ... at a later date." So basically just a *gasp*surprise* notice that the new for-fans site is going to go from a non-updating haitus after beta to off, and they would like to not do the same thing to their mail servers, so please stop asking how we will ever finish collecting Hellsing OVA, WTC, or other series of choice. |
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FireChick
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I REALLY hope Geneon survives! I wanna buy more of their titles such as Shounen Onmyouji (which I LOVE SO MUCH!!!), Bottle Fairy, Sugar the snow fairy, Rozen Maiden and etc.! They're such a good company!
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Officer Schrodinger
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They won't go down, they just need to pair up with another sales and distribution company...thing. >.> read Geneon's letter more carefully.
Lol i just made an account here to reply to this... Either way, it'll take more than that to make one of the most popular north-american anime companies go out of business. |
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Ink Nijihara
 Posts: 19 Location: Los Angeles California |
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Thank goodness for having so many sources to buy anime in Los Angeles. Aside of the anime specialty retailers in L.A. (we have plenty) there are also those music stores that sell new & used anime. One of my favorites is Amoeba Music in Hollywood. Shortly after i heard the news i immidiately went to Amoeba Music and bought volume 1 of Rozen Maiden new for $14.99 I tried getting 2 & 3 a while ago but i refuse to pay $22.99 & $29.99 when i know i can get the same products for half that price at Amoeba. It all depends on availability as well. From my knowledge and from what i heard people in the rest of the nation are gonna have a hard time getting what's left from the Geneon library. Some people don't have discount stores in their area. |
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Finny-chan
 Posts: 448 Location: West Virginia, U.S.A |
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I'm confused because when I went to the mall last week I saw Geneon titles like X and Shakugan no Shana I know Funi didn't pick up X yet so why did they have DVDS out if Geneon is out of business? Oh and about the Shakugan no Shana volume I seen it only had Geneon's logo on it not Funi's logo like the boxset did....
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zanarkand princess
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In Shakugan no Shana's case it's because Funimation always puts geneon's logo on the cover because they are simply distributing it and they did not dub it and in X's case it's because there were copies left over that are still being sold. Just like you can go find a copy of a Serial Experiments Lain which Funimation sadly did not rescue.
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StudioToledo
 Posts: 847 Location: Toledo, U.S.A. |
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At least it's still out there. It's not like they've disappeared entirely. We can only hope FUNi will rescue more in the future like the first two Tenchi Muyo! OVA series. |
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Teriyaki Terrier
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Funimation saved a large sum of titles last year, so maybe this year they'll see what sold and what didn't. That way Funimation will know whetever to license more Geneon titles or not.
The fact Funimation rescued Karin( One of my favorite romantic comedies of 2007-2008), so most titles are game. There is plenty of shows I wish were licensed or resuced, but ultimately sales and sales excutivess make that decision. Still, two years later, I still feel a little sad Geneon closed. |
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StudioToledo
Posts: 847 Location: Toledo, U.S.A. |
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Heh, I've had sadness going back 20+ years personally, but that's a whole different story altogether that involves me writing an autobiography that will sell millions one day! |
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Vata Raven
 Posts: 710 Location: TN |
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Anyone know is anyone is going to save Shonen Onmyoji? That one had such a short print run, I manged to get Kyo Kara, but I missed out on the box set for Shonen Onmyoji, even the single dvds are hard to find now.
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Shiroi Hane
Encyclopedia Editor
 Posts: 7580 Location: Wales |
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Long time no see (this thread)...
FUNimation distributed it after Geneon's collapse. It is no longer in print and, while there has been no official announcement that it has been dropped (most are now accounted for), they are unlikely to re-acquire it once the license expires, if it hasn't already. If anyone did know about a rescue, and were permitted to talk about it, it would have been announced. [edit]missed a parenthesis[/url] Last edited by Shiroi Hane on Fri May 18, 2012 7:42 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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