×
  • remind me tomorrow
  • remind me next week
  • never remind me
Subscribe to the ANN Newsletter • Wake up every Sunday to a curated list of ANN's most interesting posts of the week. read more

Forum - View topic
NEWS: Funimation Licenses Hosoda's The Boy and the Beast Film


Goto page 1, 2  Next

Note: this is the discussion thread for this article

Anime News Network Forum Index -> Site-related -> Talkback
View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
Stark700



Joined: 30 Jan 2012
Posts: 11762
Location: Earth
PostPosted: Fri May 15, 2015 3:01 pm Reply with quote
Wow good news. I have hope for BDS now Very Happy

Definitely looking for this film of course.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website My Anime My Manga
Blood-
Bargain Hunter



Joined: 07 Mar 2009
Posts: 23769
PostPosted: Fri May 15, 2015 3:04 pm Reply with quote
What's BDS?

Anyway, this announcement isn't a huge surprise given that Funi licensed Hosoda's last two flicks, but is very welcome nonetheless. Hosoda is like Shinkai for me: I will absolutely watch and own anything he does.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message My Anime My Manga
connysanada



Joined: 04 Apr 2015
Posts: 100
PostPosted: Fri May 15, 2015 3:16 pm Reply with quote
I had a feeling.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Angel M Cazares



Joined: 23 Sep 2010
Posts: 5424
Location: Iscandar
PostPosted: Fri May 15, 2015 3:19 pm Reply with quote
I also expected Funimation to pick this up; I hope it is good. Speaking of other Hosoda movies, I hope Funimation or other company soon rereleases The Girl Who Leapt Through Time. I regret not buying the Bandai Ent BD.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message My Anime
Hellwarden



Joined: 10 Aug 2013
Posts: 321
PostPosted: Fri May 15, 2015 3:26 pm Reply with quote
YES!

Get hype!
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
chito895



Joined: 22 Jan 2015
Posts: 512
Location: Lima, Peru
PostPosted: Fri May 15, 2015 4:13 pm Reply with quote
Quote:
"We're confident that critics and moviegoers will quickly agree that this is an Oscar-worthy film."


Sure, Hosoda really deserves more recognition, as well as its movies. I'm really looking forward to this movie, it looks like it is really funny and touching.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message My Anime My Manga
heavyweather



Joined: 29 Aug 2008
Posts: 97
Location: Fargo, ND
PostPosted: Fri May 15, 2015 4:42 pm Reply with quote
Sweet! I've really enjoyed everything Hosoda has made thus far, and I can't wait to see this one. Hopefully it'll play in a theater near here.

Blood- wrote:
What's BDS?


Blu-Ray disks. BD is the common abbreviation, apperently
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message My Anime My Manga
firedragon54738



Joined: 24 Sep 2007
Posts: 3113
Location: wisconsin
PostPosted: Fri May 15, 2015 4:58 pm Reply with quote
Wow that was fast cant wait to watch it maybe I can watch it in a theater this time
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Jajanken



Joined: 23 Jun 2014
Posts: 680
PostPosted: Fri May 15, 2015 6:13 pm Reply with quote
Please come to my city. DA the movie and SW are two of my favorite movies of all time
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
wohdin



Joined: 10 Jun 2011
Posts: 352
PostPosted: Fri May 15, 2015 6:22 pm Reply with quote
Quote:
"We're confident that critics and moviegoers will quickly agree that this is an Oscar-worthy film."

I don't know that much about Hosoda, but given his previous works, I really hope that this isn't what he's aiming for.

That's not to say that they aren't Oscar-worthy, but rather that the Oscars are a fuqqen joke, and by aiming for the Oscars, he would really be belittling the value his own talent. Movies like Summer Wars do not need Oscar-style validation. they stand on their own as masterpieces, regardless of what the "film elites" want to say about it.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
GATSU



Joined: 03 Jan 2002
Posts: 15306
PostPosted: Fri May 15, 2015 6:37 pm Reply with quote
Quote:
Funimation executive vice president and chief operating officer Mike DuBoise stated, "We're confident that critics and moviegoers will quickly agree that this is an Oscar-worthy film."


They can be confident all they want. But unless Kadokawa's backing the campaign, it's not gonna happen.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message AIM Address
DangerMouse



Joined: 25 Mar 2009
Posts: 3983
PostPosted: Fri May 15, 2015 6:56 pm Reply with quote
Expected and awesome. Can't wait for the blu-ray.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
FireChick
Subscriber



Joined: 26 Mar 2006
Posts: 2392
Location: United States
PostPosted: Fri May 15, 2015 7:04 pm Reply with quote
I hope this comes to my area. I've been taking my dad to see anime movies at my local theater in order to bond with him more and gradually reveal my interest in anime with him. I want to do more of this with him.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Kadmos1



Joined: 08 May 2014
Posts: 13555
Location: In Phoenix but has an 85308 ZIP
PostPosted: Fri May 15, 2015 7:12 pm Reply with quote
Congrats to Funi. While I haven't seen either film, given the reception that Hosoda's last 2 films that Funi licensed have had, maybe this one will continue that tradition.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Jayhosh



Joined: 24 May 2013
Posts: 972
Location: Millmont, Pennsylvania
PostPosted: Fri May 15, 2015 7:45 pm Reply with quote
Expected, but very welcome. I have no doubt in my mind that this will be another masterpiece from Hosoda. His works are just fantastic, and Wolf Children was definitely Oscar worthy (I mean, if we're just basing that on how respectable the Oscars should be). It's a shame it never even got nominated, but even Ghibli films have a hard enough time on that front. Regrettably, I have yet to actually watch The Girl Who Leapt Through Time. I really would like to, but I'm actually waiting for there to be a re-release so I can actually afford it. You'd think Funimation would be all over that one, maybe a license has to expire or something.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website
Display posts from previous:   
Reply to topic    Anime News Network Forum Index -> Site-related -> Talkback All times are GMT - 5 Hours
Goto page 1, 2  Next
Page 1 of 2

 


Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group