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enurtsol
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Who cares about "manhwa", right?
(Yeah, yeah, it's published in Japan. But if an American publishes in Japan, is it considered manga?  )
What's a bit funny is that it's airing in Japan at 2:40am, in Korea at 10pm, and in the US at 8pm local. Japan will be airing it worse than Adult Swim! The US has it primetime!
(Yeah, yeah, of course it depends on what type of TV network too - TV Asahi has more marketable primetime shows while ImaginAsian TV is a collection of niche shows.) Lastly, won't all the voices be considered originals instead of dub-overs? If they're all dubbing at the same time on pencil tests, then not one is considered ahead of the others to base from, right? 
Historically, many anime has been done that way. There were old stories of Macross voice productions being finished just the night before its weekly TV broadcast - and I don't see many people complaining about the results. 
Besides, they're dubbing on pencil test footage - that's the preliminary drafts before the finished animation. So that gives them time to do the voice-acting right while the animators work on finishing the animation. |
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teh*darkness
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Um, as someone else said, this will only encourage fansubbing, though for a different reason. The "day-and-date" market is usually scrambling for subs, not dubs. And being as Bandai is not making a subtitled release available, I can assure you there will be fansubs, though since it's now licensed, they will be of extremely questionable quality. |
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Kaioshin_Sama
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.....First of all don't be a tool, second of all learn something about the way the media market works and stop trying to give advice about something you know absolutely nothing about, third of all this actually makes sense as opposed to what Bones had going with Xam'd on the PSN, which seems more counterproductive to getting their product exposed than anything. Bandai's goal is most certainly to get maximum exposure with their anime so that it will sell better when the time comes to put it on store shelves. They've been pretty experimental lately in finding ways to reengineer/reinvent the struggling anime market, more or less pioneering the increasingly popular (with anime studios and producers that is) split season format among other things, and now it seems that they are trying to tap into multiple markets all at once in what looks like an attempt to further consolidate and globalize their position in the anime market. Video games are now getting worldwide simultaneous releases, so I don't see why they can't try the same with anime. If it proves ineffective and they lose money then I'm more than sure they won't be trying it again for a long time. I see what they are trying to do here (market research, advertising, globalization all in one) and I have to say it's a hell of a lot more sensible than what some other companies are trying to do in going further and further down the road of doujinizing their products to cut costs and make a quick buck. |
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JackCox
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Laura Bailey actually is working in California now. She lives there. |
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configspace
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it depends on the channel. Ga-rei Zero is also aired in uncensored form on Japanese TV. In fact, an increasing amount it seems is aired in multiple versions with varying levels of censorship. Strike Witches for example had two broadcast versions. We got the most censored version btw. anyways, about iaTV I also find it perplexing that they would use such a tiny medium to delivery a large scale production like this. I'm also looking foward to the DVDs (if priced right) but am disappointed they haven't set a date. I also want to know about the release format: individual discs after 4 eps have aired or in boxset form? If boxset, then will it be released after the season's over or sooner? |
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Westlo
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*sighs* For every "it's another high school anime whine post I read during the first episode of this.. it couldn't be avoided if they didn't change it from the manga.
This was a pretty retarded post but coming from GATSU that's to be expected. 1/ Kurokami is indeed made by Koreans but it's released in Japanese for the Japanese. It's mag is Young GanGan (Square Enix). 2/ It's being produced by Studio Sunrise who are Japanese if you don't know and going by its PV its animation is off a nice level, better than most airing this season. Cheap Korean knock off my ass... 3/ The level of writing in KuroKami is actually better than the majority of similar stuff in the genre. And Unbalance X Unbalance from the same Korean author is better than any harem anime released this decade but hey it's Korean so it must suck right? IM Dal Young is putting out some great stuff, I hope Kurokami leads to more studios picking up his works especially Unbalance X Unbalance, though Aflame Inferno is another one I'll like. |
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bayoab
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More people are probably watching TV Asahi at 2:40am than IAtv at any time during the day.
Most animation studios are outsourcing to Korea at this point... |
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Westlo
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I know that... it's pretty obvious when you look at the credits for some shows, seems Gonzo and Madhouse are using them the most though even shows like Macross Frontier has had outsourcing to Korea (and the Phillipines!). But you know that Gatsu isn't talking about outsourcing like this right? Last edited by Westlo on Mon Dec 15, 2008 11:51 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Chrno2
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Oh great! Didn't see this getting a release here. Not to mention a simultaneous (dubbed) televised release. Looking forward to this. If this show turns out good I definitely want to pick it up. Oh who am I kidding. I might do that anyway. Again this is great news.
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melonbread
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Simultaneous Blu-ray release too please Bandai!
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walw6pK4Alo
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This would have been great news if it were on a channel people actually have. I also know TV-rips will be available 0 day after airing, but I'd rather watch the Japanese language version anyway.
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manga-lyfer
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Black sunday at Downtown Independent (in Los Angeles) was AMAZING! free anime, grab bags (toys,t shirts etc) and posters. The Q and A's/meet and greats were fun as well. Plus, loads of dvds for sale (5 for 10 dollars or 3$ each) Too bad no one really showed up. A disappointment in the anime fandom community (in my eyes). Much respect to Bandai and the Downtown Independent theatre for holding such a fun event. I hope they have a event like this again.
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FireChick
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Oh my pizza!! Kurokami's not even OUT YET and Bandai GOT IT?!? This is getting REALLY strange!
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AnimeCornerStore
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Wow, that brings back some memories. SD Gundam Force was, without a doubt, the 2nd worst selling Anime of all time in R1. In 12 years the only title I can remember people being less interested in was probably AWOL from back in the VHS days. Hope to see Kurokami on DVD sometime this spring.
Bob (aka Robert) The Anime Corner Store |
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Top Gun
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I'm not all that interested in this series (and I don't get IATV to boot), but the concept of a simultaneous dubbed airing is pretty darn cool. I hope it works out well for Bandai.
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