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kusanagi-sama



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 25, 2004 9:42 pm Reply with quote
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Apparently, an unnamed 4kids source has mentioned it on the gamefaqs boards, Studio Pierrot has mentioned a NA company has it, and it goes on and on....

Viz has said that the title is too expensive at this time to license.

Bandai has stated that the US fans have shot themselves in the foot with this title and that the Japanese company is now asking a large amount of money.

Funimation has denied having the license to Naruto.

ADV has denied having the license to Naruto.

Tempest from the ANN forums posted a statement that 4kids does not have Naruto followed by an "Oops, did I say that."
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lianncoop
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 25, 2004 9:45 pm Reply with quote
Naruto has been licensed by ANN, remember? We're renaming it Ninja Mario. Mystery solved!

Please, no more Naruto speculation threads. Thanks!
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 27, 2004 3:26 am Reply with quote
I know it's a locked thread, but let me just say something about rumors:

Rumors are wrong 99% of the time.

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Apparently, an unnamed 4kids source has mentioned it on the gamefaqs boards, Studio Pierrot has mentioned a NA company has it, and it goes on and on....


Message boards where the administrators can't even monitor every board are not a great source of information. Anyone can lie and pretend to be anyone they want, and there's almost no accountability.

Furthermore, even if GameFAQs was well-staffed, 4Kids is not a gaming company; it is unlikely that an administrator would be inclined to recognize their status as an employee of 4Kids (or somehow lend credibility to that person's posts). You'll notice that we DO offer special titles to representatives.. but only of certain companies (specifically, anime-licensing or manga-licensing companies. Don't expect John Carmack from iD to get recognition unless he were working on an anime project). I don't believe GameFAQs does this for anime companies.

Finally, not all employees know everything about a company; a sorter in the mail room or a middleman paper shuffler might be a "company employee" but they're certainly not in the important decision-making processes. Even if someone works in licensing, it might be toy licensing or other products unrelated to the anime itself.

The result is that basically anyone can pretend to be an employee and, for a period of time, get away with that lie. Even if the employee is telling the truth, there's no guarantee that said employee holds any influence within the company, or is privvy to high-level business decisions.

IOW, only when the source is verifiable, trustworthy and reliable can their information be trusted. Use discretion before believing rumors; look for collaborating information.

And never, never, assume that what is written means anything more than what was written, even from a verified and trustworthy source. :)
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