Forum - View topicPR: Section23 Films Announces September Slate [2014-05-20]
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MadMan400096
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Well, wasn't expecting Golden Time to be released this early. Or sub-only. I know it didn't sell too well in Japan, but I thought it was more popular here. Oh well. I like the show, but not enough to buy it sub-only. Hell, I've never bought a sub-only set, mainly because most of my favorites already have dubs. Maybe if there's a show I really enjoyed while streaming but wasn't dubbed, I might buy it just to support the possibility of a future one, but while Golden Time was good, I don't think it'd be a worthwhile investment minus dub. My reasoning for that can be seen here (my review of the show) and here (my sub vs. dub post).
The sub-only decision that doesn't surprise me, however, is C3-bu. From what I can tell, its Japanese sales were absolutely miserable, and I don't think anybody really gave it much of a look. It probably didn't help that it came right on the heels of Girls und Panzer, leading the public to dismiss it as a lame knockoff of that, although C3-bu's manga debuted first. I haven't seen it, but I do know that it wasn't too popular. Aside from those two, most of the shows this month are either Blu-rays of older sub-only DVDs or dubs of newer series. Not much to say on that Illya show, since I haven't seen that either, but I do wonder if Sentai will be willing to subcontract Bang Zoom! for dubbing, since its originator was dubbed there, and Sentai has licensed that. |
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Angel M Cazares
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Nothing this month for me, and darn it; no BD's for Chuunibyou S1 this month either. I liked Tamako Market enough to want to buy it, but I will wait for the BD's. I am a bit surprised that Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya is getting a dub but Golden Time is not.
I expected K-On S1 to be on BD; I am assuming Sentai had some kind of restriction from the licensor. I hope they are able to release it on BD soon. |
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MadMan400096
Posts: 266 Location: Chicopee, MA |
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I think that the people that made it recently put out a Blu-ray set with English subtitles. Sentai may be afraid that the Japanese producers will have their head if they released a Blu-ray so soon, given reverse importation and all. |
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Angel M Cazares
Posts: 5424 Location: Iscandar |
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I am aware of the reverse importation paranoid fears, but you make it sound as if Sentai considered releasing the BD version without permission. Sentai will release a BD version only if they have the blessing from the licensor; it will be stupid to release something without approval. And I think you are right that Sentai can only do a DVD release for now because of the recent Japanese BD box of season 1. |
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phia_one
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Finally! I've been waiting for Tamako Market.
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MischievousMelody
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So they decided not to dub PapaKiki after all? Not that I care
I'm actually not surprised that Golden Time isn't getting an English dub, either. Tamako Market is getting an English dub!!!! Once it comes out, life shall be complete 
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Panzer Vor
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I'm now curious as to whether Sentai bothered to bring back Stephanie Sheh and the rest of the original Fate/stay night cast for Prisma Illya. (As Saber also appears in this series, which actress will they use: Kate Higgins, Michelle Ruff, or Kari Wahlgren?)
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deaththekid666
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Tamako Market gets dubbed....Golden Time gets subbed huh....? Not too sure how I feel about that, kind of sad since I enjoyed GT quite a bit but I suppose its better than nothing oh well.
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RokugoPeachMoon
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How about you actually explain your "reasoning" in this post instead of shilling and trying to direct and increase traffic to your blog? 
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MadMan400096
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I think it saves time on typing. My explanations can be pretty long-winded, so I figure it'd be easier to link to places where I've already talked about the subjects in detail. |
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RokugoPeachMoon
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It's still unnecessary shilling and plugging. If you are too lazy to explain the reasoning behind your rationale within your posts, then you shouldn't mention or bring them up. |
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Khooni
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I don't understand..... Why is sentai holding off dubs for to love ru and Kamfer and seikon no qwaser. Whenever i hear "sentai filmworks", names of ecchi anime start to pop in my head. I can't think any reason. Are they scared because its too ecchi? Also why won't they dub gintama?? They have a series which technically rivals the likes of bleach and naruto. Really weird choices
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aquadon1963
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I agree with Khooni on the questioning of why not dub Gintama …now i have hear there is a lot of Japanese heavy references and that the voices would be difficult to pull off ……BUT COME ON JUST LOOK AT THE RATINGS here and on M.A.L. … how and why is it rated so high then …
And there are plenty of shows Sentai is dubbing that quite honestly are loowho se-heeerrrrrrrs …. and i am going by the ratings boards …which IMHO are rarely wrong …if ones balances between the 2 (A.N.N. and M.A.L. ) and throw in a few you tube top 50 anime vids … it perplexes me when companies release anime in the states and then wonder why stuff doesn't sell so well (yes there are many reasons ) but NOT having stuff in the english language ?? it seems so very simple to me |
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