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ANNCast - Dark Sols: Prepare to Crowdfund Edition

spoiler[The fact that Misato was hesitating to detonate the collar as Rei took him away is a pretty strong indication that she still cares for him, she's simply dealing with her anger over what happened.
As for Asuka, she says flat out that she had been grieving for him. Last I checked, she doesn't deal with her feelings well, and has always been especially hard on Shinji. The fact that he started Third Impact and then disappeared for 14 years? Yeah, she's gonna be pissed.]

After re-watching the film, I'm not so sure she's as nice as she seems.
spoiler[A) When Shinji complains about the DSS choker, she has a noticeably less "bright" look on her face and says there's "no way we're taking it off"
B) When Shinji says he'll pilot Unit 1, we see a close-up of her clenching her fist
C) Most noticeably, when Shinji is about to leave and she tells him not to pilot an Eva, she has a more stern look on her face and uses her natural dialect rather than the more "standard" Japanese she was using up to that point.
I figure this either means she's as distrusting as the others seem to be and is just trying to put up with it, or she's sincerely trying to be nice/understanding towards him but still harbors some negative feelings (there is the implication that Toji died as a result of Near-Third Impact).]

Conan-san wrote:

Anime Sols is utterly useless to me as a Brit. I could be the guy who'd pay $1000 for a show but they'll never know. Region Locking, why do it? What little bit of brain in the dumbest Japanese licenser gets charged by such lunacy?

In order to open up to the UK we would have to go through all the UK ratings board and labeling for the DVDs, plus we would only produce NTSC DVDs, not PAL, plus we'd have to sign contracts with all the UK streaming and mechanical rights with the local music rights licensing associations which JASRAC has reciprocity agreements with (PRS for Music, MCPS, MRS). The ratings fee and royalty calculations alone adds significant cost per episode (a couple hundred dollars) which according to my calculations will not likely be made up with from UK support alone.
If there really were such a thing as "global" rights it would be easy, but everything has to be done per country when you deal with physical goods, which is the ultimate goal.
Plus our credit card service provider only handles US and Canadian cards...

If we were streaming/selling brand new shows where we actually controlled all rights including BGM rights globally from the start, a worldwide package strategy would be possible (like Gundam Unicorn, for example). However these classic shows need to go through the standard licensing for music rights of the BGM and opening and ending songs which are all managed by JASRAC and therefore must be dealt with on a per-country basis due to reciprocity agreements JASRAC has with local music rights organizations within each country.

Not to get too wonky on you, of course...

Note: If you really want to support a show because you want to collect the DVD, get a friend in the US to pledge and promise them you'll send them $1000 if the goal is reached.

Zac is not happy about people complain about character design of Flower of Evil, then he turn around and complained about the character design of Attack on Titan. lol

So, I haven't watched Eva 3.0 yet (waiting for it to be brought to the US), but I do have a question based on what Zac was saying about this. And this may be a dumb question considering that the signs for this did exist in the earlier films so forgive me if it is. When I hear Zac so matter-of-factly tying this movie to End of Evangelion, am I supposed to take that as meaning these rebuild films are indeed a sequel following the events of End of Evangelion, and not just a mere reboot of the franchise?

Zac is not happy about people complain about character design of Flower of Evil, then he turn around and complained about the character design of Attack on Titan. lol

spoiler[Watching Misato hesitate to press the trigger and thinking of Shinji when Ritsuko tells her they can't pursue an awakened EVA Unit 13, gives subtle hints that she still cares about him. ]

agila61 wrote:

Conan-san wrote: I'm sorry but this is not good enough. I'm putting up and you're telling me to shut up. Gotta walk before you run. This is just a demand that the real world instantly reorganize itself to comply with your wishes, when in the real world innovation is risky and takes time to prove itself.

OK then, if Anime Sols wants to pull the same bunkum that 90% of internet endeavors in regards to anime, locking out potential customers, then they're free to do so.

They, however, also waive the right to complain to selfsame when they don't succeed

... or areas locked out of this otherwise fine idea are rife with non legitimate methods of proliferation.