Forum - View topicNEWS: Anime Expo: Funimation Licenses Makoto Shinkai's your name. Film
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ivanchoFAA
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Oh Snap! I was expecting Sentai to license this movie...but it's ok. We'll get a limited edition for sure!!
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Blankslate
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I really hope Funi is going to treat this as well as they treated Hosoda's works.
Who knows, we might even get a Makoto Shinkai line of special edition BDs like what they're doing with the Hosoda collection! |
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Hakuryuu
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Yassss! totally buying this now the question is when?
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Kougeru
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Cool. Funimation has the best prices and usually does a quality job. Looking forward to buying the bluray.
Are standing ovations really that unusual at an event full of the most hardcore fans? Also, a correction:
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bs3311
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no..........just no. Was there a difference in the production committee or something? Did sentai ignore this? I'm awestruck, depressed and angry all at once. This is going to far, I can never catch a break. I like enjoying my Shinkai films with Houston made dubs with casting from Houston. And I bet Funimation will ruin that flow ignoring great talent over there to pander to the dallas/LA crowd. Prove me wrong, pls prove me wrong. Cause seeing this news and if my assumptions are correct in how this release and dub is gonna go. Then this will be a new low, deal with crummy Mamoru Hosoda flicks. Not this. And if Sentai did ignore this, then shame on them too.
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Yukirei
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I am genuinely shocked Sentai didn't acquire Your Name, but given how the announcement was given (I was at the event. The film was wonderful fyi please watch it when it comes out) im getting a distinct feeling there might have been a bidding war of sorts over the film. Both Sentai and Funimation had booths at Anime Expo. What we were told about the film at the event was that Shinkai was still working on this film four days ago, and then later that 'Shinkai just finished signing an agreement with Funimation to release the film' which implies this happened DURING CON. I appreciate Sentai greatly, but honestly if Funimation was interested in getting this film, financially Sentai probably didn't stand much of a chance. Don't go saying it's gonna be awful. Funi and Sentai both have their dubs that are good and bad. While I am disappointed Sentai won't be dubbing and releaseing the film, I think it's great that Your Name will have a theatrical release in the states and think Funi has the ability to do it justice. |
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bs3311
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I didn't say it was gonna be awful on dub quality, I'm aware that this will personally affect me only. Its gonna ruin the consistency and that affects me greatly. And I beg them to prove me wrong. Sentai woulda done it justice too. And I bet Funimation b4 Universal agreement and pre 2010 would've knew when to back off. This is a sign of a desperate or overconfident company ala Manga Entertainment on EOE. After MHA not breaking through the roof, there back at their monopolizing till their money burns shenanigans imo. And it shows from how they are releasing titles with non LE or sub only. Sentai started that way and grew from that, and Funimation is regressing to this level. And again, I want Funi to do it right the way Steven Foster did when touching these great movies. I'm trying to give them a chance |
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PenguinPimp89
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THANK GOD. I'm so glad this DIDN'T go to Sentai. I'd have to wait 2 years for a release and then there would be practically no chance for a theater release. So glad Funi got this. I'm positive this will get a Collector's Edition. This will be an automatic buy for me, but I'll see the film when it's released in theaters too. As far as dubs go, I'd much rather it have a high quality dub than anything else. If that means going to LA or Vancouver, so be it. The biggest complaint against dubs I hear is quality and talent, so why would a studio ignore finding the best talent? Especially for a large film like this? |
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Hiroki not Takuya
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bs3311
Posts: 416 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio |
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None of shinkai's work took 2 years to release over here on sentais end. And Children got a theater release so I don't understand your complaint other than not enough theaters when even Funimations have few selections.
Its not about the best in Funimation's eyes, its about the biggest talent that can pull in the fans attention. I can be one of those people to, but majority of Houston actors have either been underappreciated or slowly lost popularity due to a new generation of viewers. The only idea I can think for this to work is of course having Mike Mcfarland as ADR with guidance or learn a lesson from Steven Foster with Clint Bikham as the script writer with a even balance of dallas and houston talent |
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PenguinPimp89
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You have to be kidding me right now.... Funimation releasing subs? While Sentai releasing dubs? Funimation has released VERY few subtitles shows, ones that they didn't want, but were bundled with the rights of other shows. Yet they still gave those shows a release. Now they're doing broadcast dubs and have changed the industry, influencing competitors like Aniplex and Crunchyroll to join in. Meanwhile, their is no method to Sentai's madness with what does and doesn't get a dub. They are by far the WORST with dubbing and shows like SNAFU, Haikyuu, and so on.... Get passed up for shows like Diabolik Lovers and Magical Warfare. Not only that, but while the rest of the industry has been moving forward with quicker dubs and trying out new methods like crowdfunding, Sentai is the only one who has done practically nothing to advance or even compete with the way things are changing. Not even crowdfunding, which would be relatively harmless. With the way I see things, if Sentai doesn't try to adapt, they'll be left in the dust. Especially now that Crunchyroll is entering the DVD market and won't be handing off their disc rights to them like they used to, which is one of the only reasons Sentai has been getting good shows, because Crunchy was giving them the disc rights to their exclusives. |
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bs3311
Posts: 416 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio |
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how is releasing them any different from the rest of the market? Hell, funi in the past gave some titles up. So its good change, yet Funimation still has shows like Tatami Galaxy with no release in sight. And most broadcast dubs being okay to just average with no end to horrible translations in simulcasts. Surely you want Aniplex and Crunchyroll to follow that?
Sentai is growing in different areas, with rumors going along that they are trying to get back equipment from the old ADV buildings. With Patrick Pooles comment on their growth holding more weight with this news spreading from interviewers of staff. Plus, crowdfunding was the most harmless thing Funimation has ever done with the massive confusion it brought to backers. With funimation lying on how they couldn't get the original dub on sets and now with the kickstarter edition looking like a big middle finger compared to the CE.
No, the other way around. Sentai had the physical distribution rights while Crunchyroll shared the streaming rights to sentai. Now crunchyroll is interested in physical rights |
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AnimeLordLuis
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I'm most certainly looking forward to watching Your Name in theaters it's all thanks to Funimation that we even get Anime released in theatres these days and to keep this going I make sure to attend as many as possible.
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Ali07
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Oh, nice. So, at least someone in the west has the rights. I'd say safe bet that Madman is going to get it, though unsure if it will also hit cinemas here...
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LokiReed
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I gotta say i'm very surprised Funi picked this up instead of Sentai, seeing as how they own all the other recent Shinkai films. I'd love to see a Makoto Shinkai Collection (like what they're doing with Hosada Collection), but the odds of that happening are pretty close to zero, seeing as how the rights to his works are owned by several different companies.
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