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dragonrider_cody
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Hilary Haag did voice a small role in Trinity Blood, but that was the only voice role she's ever done at Funimation. Acting isn't her main source of income so travels less than others. So it's not entirely impossible, just very, very unlikely. |
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N.R.
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Um...let me see if I get this right. Manga UK released a twit saying Bandai USA told them K-ON! is not doing good in America? I've heard the opposite actually. But I wouldn't be surprised either way. I like K-ON! but lament the horrible way Bandai has been releasing it (3 episode on each DVD/Blu-ray for 20$). |
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njprogfan
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Just to hear Kobato's laugh on my TV makes me happy....kee, kee, kee
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R315r4z0r
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UNIVERSE!!!!!!!
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NJ_
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Not Bandai's fault, everything that happened to K-On here (and in UK & Australia) were all because of TBS who has been overprotective of the franchise due to it being one of their top sellers in Japan. |
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R315r4z0r
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How many times does a decent show have to completely tank outside of Japan before TBS finally realizes that they don't know how to properly handle marketing to larger countries?
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand that the point of a business is to profit off of the sale of a product/service. Why would Bandai bother licensing an anime if they weren't prepared to market and earn a profit off of it? Does TBS think they are going to spend a 3 boat loads of money on licensing the show only to let it tank for no apparent reason? Does TBS think that they can AFFORD to have it tank? Are they really that stupid? I can understand wanting to protect your investments, but you have to allow them some breathing room or else you're just going to lose money in the long run... |
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superdry
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I know Infinite Stratos aired on TBS as part of the TBS/Media Factory collaboration, but I don't know if they were involved in it as heavily compared to K-On!. Infinite Stratos was an excellent seller in 2011 in Japan and the US is getting a really good release. |
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ArsenicSteel
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You're talking about K-ON!. At this point any money thrown at the Japanese license holder would be profit for them. Also no Japanese license holder is in the anime business so that foreign distributors can make money. TBS will never care about how many shows tank outside of Japan as long as their market is Japan, distributors are the only ones that need to care about how to make a show work outside of Japan. |
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Zalis116
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Not a bad series, entertaining enough, but suffered from the inconclusive ending and barely-there character progression seen in most "1-cour manga/light-novel advertisement" anime. And really, were there no other non-crossdressing males in the school who wanted to make friends? I'm far from a hater of the harem genre, but it works better with premises like "guy manages all-girls dorm," "guy has high-potential magical genes," or "guy is one of few males at a formerly all-girls school" than "guy and girl form random school club and only girls happen to join." (Or who knows, maybe the premise of the Neighbors' Club seems too girly to the average male student?)
But I have to wonder if anime's lost the ability to write heterosexual male friendships beyond the "indifferent everyman who gets all the girls + spastic horny jealous loser best friend" dynamic.
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R315r4z0r
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If they didn't care, then they are they always getting so involved when other countries want to market certain anime? I don't think the problem is that they don't care but that it's that they care too much. |
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dragonrider_cody
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Interestingly enough, TBS is known as one of the better licensing companies to work with. That's likely why they were one of the first companies that Sentai turned to, along with Showgate. Of course, a history of several successful releases between ADV and TBS probably helped. Last I had heard, the head of TBS's international licensing operations was in fact American and he had a better understanding of market conditions outside Japan. That's what made the K-On! situation so bizarre. Of course, I'm also wondering if Bandai may have ended up with title because they in fact offered some ridiculous release methods and pricing to TBS with the promise of higher profits. After all, it's not like this is Aniplex who is known to intentionally "gimp" their releases in other markets. |
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