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NEWS: Maiden Japan, Section 23 Add Ray Anime


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clipeuh



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PostPosted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 3:37 pm Reply with quote
Oooh, I wonder if they'll get Jamie Foxx to reprise his role.
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The King of Harts



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PostPosted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 3:46 pm Reply with quote
Never heard of this show and I have no interest, but I have to say...
clipeuh wrote:
Oooh, I wonder if they'll get Jamie Foxx to reprise his role.

I love you.
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Laughing I'm ashamed to admit that I didn't get that reference right away.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 4:07 pm Reply with quote
A five year-old series? I thought anime licensing companies were shamelessly recentalist these days.

Well, it's good that shows don't get forgotten just because they're a few years old.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 4:17 pm Reply with quote
Hmm. It's nice to see older anime getting a chance too, but unfortunately, I found Ray not so great.
If they're looking for lesser known, short anime, why not go for Ryoko's Case Files, or Binbou Shimai Monogatari? Those were both better than Ray.
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walw6pK4Alo



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PostPosted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 5:51 pm Reply with quote
Guessing it was an extremely cheap title and not part of some deal, they wouldn't put something this old and unpopular on the table.

But hey, if they can grab a bunch of cheap titles and not really loose a whole lot of money by doing cheap releases, more power to them. No reason to dub these things.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 6:19 pm Reply with quote
Silly Sentai, that's not how you spell "Manabi Straight" Very Happy .... Sad
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Lord Geo



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PostPosted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 7:55 pm Reply with quote
Fronzel wrote:
A five year-old series? I thought anime licensing companies were shamelessly recentalist these days.

Well, it's good that shows don't get forgotten just because they're a few years old.


Sentai Filmworks has been doing this for a few years already (Uta~Kata from 2004 and Ghost Sweeper Mikami from the 90s, for example), so it's only natural that a fellow Section23 label is doing the same.

As for me, I'll be definitely buying Ray as I enjoyed what I read of the manga before ADV canceled further releases. I am really hoping that one of Section23's labels picks up the two Eat-Man animes one day; having all of the anime adaptations of Akihito Yoshitomi's works under one banner over here would be really cool to see, regardless of how much of a bad business choice Justin feels it would be... Though I'm sure he would buy them in the end anyway.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 9:13 pm Reply with quote
Fronzel wrote:
A five year-old series? I thought anime licensing companies were shamelessly recentalist these days.

Well, it's good that shows don't get forgotten just because they're a few years old.

Took the words right outta my mouth, mate.

A few years ago I picked up what little of the Ray manga that was released stateside and, while it wasn't to my taste at the time, I still found it interesting.

I'd love to see more anime get licensed regardless of how "old" it may be. Just choose by the quality of the story and (as long as the production values aren't rock bottom cheap).
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 10:17 pm Reply with quote
Lord Geo wrote:
Fronzel wrote:
A five year-old series? I thought anime licensing companies were shamelessly recentalist these days.

Well, it's good that shows don't get forgotten just because they're a few years old.


Sentai Filmworks has been doing this for a few years already (Uta~Kata from 2004 and Ghost Sweeper Mikami from the 90s, for example), so it's only natural that a fellow Section23 label is doing the same.
RAY at least has the advantage of being 16:9, so it won't look too old on newer displays. I do have to wonder if we're ever going to see any more non-rescue 4:3 licenses though, even in "ultra-budget sub-only collection" formats.
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Lord Geo



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PostPosted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 10:34 pm Reply with quote
Zalis116 wrote:
RAY at least has the advantage of being 16:9, so it won't look too old on newer displays. I do have to wonder if we're ever going to see any more non-rescue 4:3 licenses though, even in "ultra-budget sub-only collection" formats.


At AX David Williams said that Sentai will probably still license older animes, as in titles from the 90s and such, every now and then, so I doubt that 4:3 anime licenses are dead. Having black bars on the sides of the video really aren't that bad...

Plus, some of my most-wanted anime licenses are 4:3 anime from the first half of the 2000s, so I sure as hell still want to see 4:3 anime getting licensed.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 12:13 am Reply with quote
Fronzel wrote:
A five year-old series? I thought anime licensing companies were shamelessly recentalist these days.

Well, it's good that shows don't get forgotten just because they're a few years old.
It's a shame people forget about stuff that really isn't that old.
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Escaflowne2001



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 4:07 am Reply with quote
Some more Black Jack would have been better for me. This was a alright series but nothing great.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 5:36 am Reply with quote
Daimao Raki wrote:
Fronzel wrote:
A five year-old series? I thought anime licensing companies were shamelessly recentalist these days.

Well, it's good that shows don't get forgotten just because they're a few years old.
It's a shame people forget about stuff that really isn't that old.
Just another example of why the fandom has turned into a joke a recent years.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 9:52 am Reply with quote
What exactly is Maiden Japan? Is it a new licensing company? I looked on MAL and they only licensed a handful of titles from 2008 and earlier and from the looks of it they were all scored below 7. Although I did watch the first episode of Ray on CR back in their illegal days and found it interesting, but I don't know if I will buy it or not seeing as how its subbed only. If I do decide to buy it the series will be low on my to buy list since it won't or will not profit from a dub.

I kinda hope we get more classics released on DVD. Kinda sucks we will never get any Macross over here cause of Harmony Gold Evil or Very Mad
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