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Unit 03.5-ish
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What're you talking about? I'd much rather have them announce a bunch of reissues of older shows than brand new stuff. PERFECT holiday gift I tell ya! BTW, is Vandread any good? Regardless of it being a rescue title or not. |
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v1cious
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huh? Soul Eater and OH! Edo Rocket are both new acquisitions. also as i said in the other thread, there's still two licenses we don't know yet. |
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Maidenoftheredhand
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So you are going to boycott Funimation by not purchasing an anime series you dislike. Am I the only one who sees how ridiculous this sounds? Of course you shouldn't be expected to buy something you are not a fan of but I expect you will buy from Funi if they actually license something you enjoy. And for the record from the clues given there is a very strong chance that Funi will also license rescue Last Exile. And yes to me Ikki Tousen sounds like a horrible series that I have no interest in but I am not everyone and I am sure there are people out there who enjoy it. Let's not think that our individual opinion represents every anime fan. edit: Although I am not that excited about these Gonzo/Geneon rescues (because I actually dislike most Gonzo series) I am sort of happy it seems they will be rescuing Gankutsuou. That is a series I enjoy that I never got to purchase. Last edited by Maidenoftheredhand on Mon Dec 22, 2008 2:49 pm; edited 3 times in total |
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Big Hed
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Yep, Vandread is a pretty cool show in my opinion. I'd absolutely be purchasing a re-issued box from Funimation, if I hadn't already bought Geneon's 4 years -- and $180  -- ago. It's not a particularly deep show, but it has a solid sci-fi story with good art and animation (sans the CG, which is typical Gonzo quality for the time). A bit of fanservice too, but nowhere near shows like Witchblade or Ikki Tousen here.
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Jarmel
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Those are kinda easy to figure out. Most likely Spice and Wolf and prob Seto no Hanayome. I just wish they had picked up more new titles instead of the Geneon stuff, although I would have been more than happy if one was Hellsing Ultimate.
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Unit 03.5-ish
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Even by ecchi show standards, it's pretty sad. I mean FUNi has Witchblade which proved you can have a show with fan service and heart, but this dreck is execrable to the extreme.
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Big Hed
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Funimation has already rescued Hellsing Ultimate. I really hope they announce Spice and Wolf, but I'm not getting my hopes up. |
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GATSU
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Probably because it's cheap, and they actually believe it'll make money. But hey, I hope this'll keep up the hope for quality Geneon anime license rescues. I wonder if FY is next. |
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Asrialys
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Hm, I wonder if this affects GONG's streams. Or are the some entirely different entity? I know that the dubs and subs that GONG is using are Geneon's...
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Jarmel
Posts: 280 Location: NYC |
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Well we don't know if Funimation is going to distribute 5 through w/e the amount of Ultimate. All Funimation did was re-release the Geneon titles.
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Ktimene's Lover
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I know Ikki Tousen is criticized as being merely ultra fan service but I can understand why they did this. A few reasons I feel they did this. First, ecchi/fan service anime/manga is sexist but can appeal to large demographic entertainment in general seem to be aimed at: males. Also, they potentially picked it up as one the titles they acquired from Geneon*. Finally, sometimes you just get take what you can get. I would watch it solely for the ecchi stuff.
*For those who forgot, I think it is safte to say that it is occasionally agreed that potentially the main reason for them going out of business was due to anime piracy. |
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MakieSasaki
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FUNimation know what there doing but maybe we shouldnt look at hidden words in the clues another thread is saying look up the people mentioned in the clues
i cant its like finding ur presents before xmas i just want the excitment rlly ^^ 
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heavyweather
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I agree with you wholeheartedly - this probably will make at least some money, and was probably dirt cheap. And hopefully they'll pick up some of Geneon's better shows later. But I'm not so enamored about FY. I still think that Haibane Renmei should be near the top of Geneon's licenses that should be preserved. |
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walw6pK4Alo
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Yeah, they really should just have announced these rescues in a batch instead of playing it up like something really new/important. Yeah, it's great that these titles are going back into circulation so people can get them easily in boxsets, but that doesn't change the fact that they're already here and old news, and a lot of people already do own the sets. Kind of like the Holiday Version of Evangelion. It's just another pointless re-release. Americans don't buy re-releases like the Japanese do, we buy whatever version is most easily obtained. In the end, FUNi should have shorted their new shows a go-go to the days that they announce new titles and an extra day for announcing the rescues together. To treat them separately is retarded. |
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bleuster
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There is supposed to be a video game of this series published for the U.S. early next year by Valcon Games called Ikki Tousen: Shining Dragon.
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