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BluePikmin11
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 Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2022 8:10 am
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Great interview! Brian Ige had a lot of interesting things to say. :O
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zrdb
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Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2022 8:12 am
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The gist of the whole interview-"We're probably gonna go the route that NIS did and get totally out of releasing physical anime and concentrate on manga in the very near future".
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Blanchimont
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Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2022 8:57 am
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| Quote: | | IGE: Komi Can't Communicate – that's a big one. That's something I think sits outside of what you'd think would normally be popular, you know? So, that one was kind of a surprise. |
As a reader of said manga, I'm surprised he's surprised. It'd to have been a godawful adaptation to do badly... 
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Divineking
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Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2022 9:01 am
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| zrdb wrote: | | The gist of the whole interview-"We're probably gonna go the route that NIS did and get totally out of releasing physical anime and concentrate on manga in the very near future". |
Sounded more like them saying they weren't totally giving up on it, but they're probably just sticking to whatever they can cross-promote with their manga titles. Anyway it was nice getting one of these that didn't involve a whole lot of dodging around like the last few CR interviews have. Interesting he thinks the CR/Funi consolidation and Netflix losing steam is gonna drive anime license prices back down. Would certainly explain why Sentai has gotten competitive again, so maybe we will see Viz go back to picking up a couple of things every now and then. Better to have more licensors around than less
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Ryuji-Dono
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Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2022 9:46 am
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| Divineking wrote: |
| zrdb wrote: | | The gist of the whole interview-"We're probably gonna go the route that NIS did and get totally out of releasing physical anime and concentrate on manga in the very near future". |
Sounded more like them saying they weren't totally giving up on it, but they're probably just sticking to whatever they can cross-promote with their manga titles. Anyway it was nice getting one of these that didn't involve a whole lot of dodging around like the last few CR interviews have. Interesting he thinks the CR/Funi consolidation and Netflix losing steam is gonna drive anime license prices back down. Would certainly explain why Sentai has gotten competitive again, so maybe we will see Viz go back to picking up a couple of things every now and then. Better to have more licensors around than less |
Don't forget Disney entering the competition.
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LegitPancake
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Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2022 1:59 pm
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There are a bunch of anime Viz abandoned that I really wish would be rescued, Monster being the number 1 (they’ve republished the manga and everything so wouldn’t that mesh with their manga + anime shtick?)
Also he mentions Naruto being one of the most pirated show of all time yet he realizes that might be with how they keep the dub rights wrapped up with a cable channel? The only way to watch all of Shippuden dub is either to pay hundreds of dollars in Dvds (not even available on bluray), wait years for Adult Swim to air the episodes weekly (while maintaining an expensive cable subscription that most people have opted out of), or pirate it. Yea Hulu just added some episodes recently (which isn’t available outside the US by the way) but it’s not even the full series and really is too little too late.
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Hagaren Viper
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Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2022 4:32 pm
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I appreciate how open and informative that was - I still think back to the Funiroll merge interview managed to give absolutely no answers to any of the questions asked (and they still haven't addressed much, incredibly). Interesting to see they are looking at Netflix titles, it's always good to see those get a physical release. Wonder if they'd go for the home video rights to Beastars.
| Quote: | | Don't forget Disney entering the competition. |
This almost feels like if they enter the competition - US Disney still hasn't acknowledged the shows that got licensed as far as I know, and it seems like they have skipped shows from this season entirely? Pretty weird situation.
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Ultimate N
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Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2022 9:12 pm
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| Hagaren Viper wrote: | | Interesting to see they are looking at Netflix titles, it's always good to see those get a physical release. Wonder if they'd go for the home video rights to Beastars. |
I would hope/assume one of their top priorities would be Stone Ocean. As unfortunate as it is that the Jojo Toonami run has ended if I can still get a VIZ release for Jojo I can at least know there'll still be some semblance of consistency on my shelf
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Kicksville
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Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2022 10:08 pm
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Hasn't Viz's anime output been pretty low since like...the early 2000s? Sounds like more of the same really.
| LegitPancake wrote: | | Also he mentions Naruto being one of the most pirated show of all time yet he realizes that might be with how they keep the dub rights wrapped up with a cable channel? The only way to watch all of Shippuden dub is either to pay hundreds of dollars in Dvds (not even available on bluray), wait years for Adult Swim to air the episodes weekly (while maintaining an expensive cable subscription that most people have opted out of), or pirate it. Yea Hulu just added some episodes recently (which isn’t available outside the US by the way) but it’s not even the full series and really is too little too late. |
To be fair he was talking about how much it was pirated before legal streaming came to be the standard, but I don't doubt what you're saying is a thing in general.
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PurpleWarrior13
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Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2022 11:39 pm
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Sounds like Viz is going back to where they were in the 90s and 2000s where they pretty much only licensed anime based on manga they were publishing (with some exceptions like Galaxy Express 999). It was when Charlene Ingram joined that they launched Neon Alley and briefly tried to compete with FUNimation, licensing a bunch of stuff that had nothing to do with their manga. With NA failing, I can see how they'd prefer to just keep the business more grounded, especially if manga is their main business.
It would be interesting to see them get the new Urusei Yatsura though.
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Sabruness
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2022 10:53 pm
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| Divineking wrote: |
| zrdb wrote: | | The gist of the whole interview-"We're probably gonna go the route that NIS did and get totally out of releasing physical anime and concentrate on manga in the very near future". |
Sounded more like them saying they weren't totally giving up on it, but they're probably just sticking to whatever they can cross-promote with their manga titles. Anyway it was nice getting one of these that didn't involve a whole lot of dodging around like the last few CR interviews have. Interesting he thinks the CR/Funi consolidation and Netflix losing steam is gonna drive anime license prices back down. Would certainly explain why Sentai has gotten competitive again, so maybe we will see Viz go back to picking up a couple of things every now and then. Better to have more licensors around than less |
yeah, i found the mentions about the CR/Funi consolidation and the other factors and how they might affect license prices. I'll admit it sounds a little strange that less competition would result in lower prices but i can see the potential logic. with less overpaying and less potential extreme bidding, the prices would go down which could bring back current players into competitiveness as well as potentially bring in more licensors (though hopefully ones that dont cause their own problems).
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Dark Mac
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Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2022 12:31 am
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| Sabruness wrote: | | yeah, i found the mentions about the CR/Funi consolidation and the other factors and how they might affect license prices. I'll admit it sounds a little strange that less competition would result in lower prices but i can see the potential logic. |
Monopolies usually result in lower prices for someone. If you have a monopoly in an industry you don't have to pay your employees as much, for example.
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DisneyXAnimefan95
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Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2022 1:15 am
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| PurpleWarrior13 wrote: | | It would be interesting to see them get the new Urusei Yatsura though. |
Other than their recent anime licenses for Mr. Osomatsu, Yashahime, Genie Family and the Bleach Thousand Year Blood War anime, Viz seems to be more interested in manga licensing these days than anime.
I realistically see Netflix or Sentai licensing Urusei Yatsura IMHO.
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Alan45
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Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2022 6:29 am
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@DisneyXAnimefan95
Viz already has the license to the Urusei Yatsura manga and is currently publishing it. Licensing the new anime is the sort of tie in mention in the article. It is not an impossible match up.
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DisneyXAnimefan95
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Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2022 9:35 pm
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| Alan45 wrote: | |
@DisneyXAnimefan95
Viz already has the license to the [b]Urusei Yatsura manga and is currently publishing it. Licensing the new anime is the sort of tie in mention in the article. It is not an impossible match up[/b]. |
@Alan45Just because Viz Media may have the Manga license of a particular series doesn't ALWAYS mean their going to license the anime adaptation of that manga, which has been proven when [the anime adaptations of i]My Hero Academia, Dr. Stone, Chainsaw Man, Spy × Family[/i], among many others were licensed by FUNimation and later Crunchyroll instead if Viz. At the end of the day it just comes down to wether Viz is interested in licensing more Anime including the 2022 Urusei Yatsura anime adaptation, following the Crunchyroll-FUNimation merger and AMC's buyout of Sentai cause for the past 4-5 years their "bread and butter" is their manga which has been their primary focus rather than licensing new anime outside of their licenses of Mr. Osomatsu, Genie Family, Yashahime and soon the Bleach Thousand Year Blood War arc.
Besides Viz didn't even licensed Sailor Moon Eternal, JoJo: Stone Ocean, and Tiger & Bunny 2, despite the fact they had a history with those anime IP.
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