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PR: Section23 Films Announces July Slate [2013-03-28]

Other than the classics, it's pretty much wall-to-wall "Who's even heard of this show?"

penguintruth wrote:

Other than the classics, it's pretty much wall-to-wall "Who's even heard of this show?"

Pretty sure people know Horizon, Queen's Blade, and Another, doesn't matter that you don't. Even if you don't put any stock in MAL, Another only has over 100k people under it. Unless you're attempting some sad kind of humor that doesn't work.

I'm sure Daphne in the Brilliant Blue and La Corda d'Oro ~ Primo Passo had five or six fans, too.

penguintruth wrote:

Other than the classics, it's pretty much wall-to-wall "Who's even heard of this show?"

Pretty sure people know Horizon, Queen's Blade, and Another, doesn't matter that you don't. Even if you don't put any stock in MAL, Another only has over 100k people under it. Unless you're attempting some sad kind of humor that doesn't work.

Actually, there are probably more people familiar with Horizon, Another, and Queen's Blade than Ruin Explorers and that other OVA.

Only Horizon II that I'm really anticipating out of this. I may have missed it in a previous monthly slate, but has Zero no Tsukaima F been given a scheduled release yet?

dragonrider_cody wrote:

Actually, there are probably more people familiar with Horizon, Another, and Queen's Blade than Ruin Explorers and that other OVA.

Patlabor as well, for that matter. Not nearly as known as it once was. Was penguintruth trying to be a funny little excrement, or is he delusional? I honestly can't tell the difference. Difference between anime like Daphne and stuff like Another is when they aired, and how they were delivered. Daphne would have to rely on fansubs only before most people had great connections, and then DVD sales through word of mouth and searching. Now, most people's internet is decent enough to grab all the fansubs and legal streams they can, and word of mouth with "anime-specific social networking" means shows can grow massive fanbases in no time at all. More people have seen (fully) Kill Me Baby, according to MAL, than Patlabor TV. With well over 300,000 people using MAL, I'll lend it some credence. Best yardstick I can find easily.

walw6pK4Alo wrote:

dragonrider_cody wrote: Actually, there are probably more people familiar with Horizon, Another, and Queen's Blade than Ruin Explorers and that other OVA. Patlabor as well, for that matter. Not nearly as known as it once was. Was penguintruth trying to be a funny little excrement, or is he delusional? I honestly can't tell the difference. Difference between anime like Daphne and stuff like Another is when they aired, and how they were delivered. Daphne would have to rely on fansubs only before most people had great connections, and then DVD sales through word of mouth and searching. Now, most people's internet is decent enough to grab all the fansubs and legal streams they can, and word of mouth with "anime-specific social networking" means shows can grow massive fanbases in no time at all. More people have seen (fully) Kill Me Baby, according to MAL, than Patlabor TV. With well over 300,000 people using MAL, I'll lend it some credence. Best yardstick I can find easily.

Thanks for the hearty laugh.

My point was that Sentai/Section 23 tends to license a lot of low-impact properties, fluff anime that will be largely forgotten in a few years. Ten years from now people will still be talking about Patlabor, but nobody's going to give a f*** about Phi-Brain or Dream Eater Merry.

Who's really the delusional one here? Patlabor has maintained fandom for over twenty years but most of the other properties Section 23 gets are forgotten a couple of years later.

Who's really the delusional one here? Patlabor has maintained fandom for over twenty years but most of the other properties Section 23 gets are forgotten a couple of years later.