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NEWS: Funimation Acquires One Piece

v1cious wrote:

oh wow ... has something like this ever happened before? talk about stunning. now hopefully they will put it back on Toonami in it's proper format. seriously i'm not like a diehard fan, but this is beyond awesome.

They did that with DBZ. Saban originally owned it, and Funi distributed it. eventually they bought all the dbz rights and started releasing uncut dubs.

We all start off with dubs...... and then one day we realize what we're missing.

Actually, FUNimation has owned it all along, with Pioneer initially doing Home Video distribution (Ocean dub episodes/movies), with Saban handling TV distribution., In order for FUNimation to distribute through Saban, Saban imposed various standards on FUNimation in what they had to remove, what they should remove, and all of that stuff. Therefore, doing bilingual DVDs back when the Ocean episodes came out from Pioneer was not practical as the footage didn't synch.

FUNimation did get the home video rights to those episodes/movies after Pioneers contract/license ran out, but it was more of a defaulting back to them rather than buying them back. A similar, unresolved scenario exists between FUNimation and kidmark/lions gate/who knows about the first 13 eps and first movie of Dragonball.

I'm glad to see Funi get ahold of it. Actually, just glad to see a company willing to take a chance on OP. I will be buying the sets as they come. I may have gone through fansubs, but I'm giving OP what they deserve. Had a conversation with some people about how they don't feel they have to buy DVDs and such because of sources such as fansubs and access to sites like YouTube. While I see the point, when I know what I'm gonna get from a distibutor, I'm gonna buy. Now if someone can license Yakitate! Japan! and Monster and I'll be set.

To SaveOnePiece:

I'm gonna say it nicely. Please stop acting like an elitist. I'd like to see things like Gomu Gomu, but there's no need to correct anyone over little things.

Last time me and Eiichiro Oda checked it was GOMU GOMU NO!

When someone makes a mistake they are corrected and they will learn to not do it again.

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Last time me and Eiichiro Oda checked it was GOMU GOMU NO!

Gomu Gomu -> Gum Gum is just a simple matter of translation, no different than translating the normal dialog from Japanese to English. Gomu is not even a Japanese word, like Sharingan or Onigiri, so there's no harm in translating it from broken English into actual English. I do have a problem with them changing the pistol/bazooka/gattling moves into more generic, less gun-like names such as "blast" and "shot" (But I don't expect them to not change the Gomu Gomu no Gattoringu to Gum Gum Gattling).

If you read Viz slop, please don't argue with the true fans.

SaveOnePiece wrote:

If you read Viz slop, please don't argue with the true fans.

"True" fans? Please define "true" fans for me then

Those who import the manga or DVDS
Those who know Japanese (I do not)
Those who buy the DVDS if released uncut in their country
Those who know the main character of a series attack names
Those who despise the crap Viz throw on bookshelves
Those who import the games
Those who import the merchendise
Those who buy the English merchendise if released correctly.
Those who watch the series subbed or raw
Those who respect the author of the manga and the staff of the anime by not buying/watching/reading edited and westernized versions of their works.

Those who import the manga or DVDS

Those who know Japanese (I do not)

Those who buy the DVDS if released uncut in their country

Those who know the main character of a series attack names

Those who despise the crap Viz throw on bookshelves

Those who import the games
Those who import the merchendise
Those who buy the English merchendise if released correctly.

Those who watch the series subbed or raw

Those who respect the author of the manga and the staff of the anime by not buying/watching/reading edited and westernized versions of their works.

yeesh, if true fans are only those like that then I guess only people in Japan are true fans. Big deal if Funi uses Gum Gum instead of Gomu Gomu (and gum is a type of rubber just so you know). I support series brought over if the translations are a bit Westernized so I can get more of it (the translations of Bleach irritate me at times but I still buy them so Viz has incentive to keep doing it) and Viz does good translations quite a bit of the time as well (their Eva manga translation is one of the best I've ever seen). So if you're done trying to make this thread your own with your petty arguing, other people would like to discuss other stuff regarding this license.

Alright, hopefully we learn of VAs soon (my guess is Otakon or AX).

Those who import the manga or DVDS
Those who know Japanese (I do not)
Those who buy the DVDS if released uncut in their country
Those who know the main character of a series attack names
Those who despise the crap Viz throw on bookshelves
Those who import the games
Those who import the merchendise
Those who buy the English merchendise if released correctly.
Those who watch the series subbed or raw
Those who respect the author of the manga and the staff of the anime by not buying/watching/reading edited and westernized versions of their works.

Those who import the manga or DVDS
Those who know Japanese (I do not)
Those who buy the DVDS if released uncut in their country
Those who know the main character of a series attack names
Those who despise the crap Viz throw on bookshelves
Those who import the games
Those who import the merchendise
Those who buy the English merchendise if released correctly.
Those who watch the series subbed or raw
Those who respect the author of the manga and the staff of the anime by not buying/watching/reading edited and westernized versions of their works.

SaveOnePiece wrote:

Those who import the manga or DVDS Those who know Japanese (I do not) Those who buy the DVDS if released uncut in their country Those who know the main character of a series attack names Those who despise the crap Viz throw on bookshelves Those who import the games Those who import the merchendise Those who buy the English merchendise if released correctly. Those who watch the series subbed or raw Those who respect the author of the manga and the staff of the anime by not buying/watching/reading edited and westernized versions of their works.

So, in other words, you're saying that the world revolves around you and what you think is right, and if people don't agree with your opinion, they are inferior to you and that their opinion means nothing at all? Please, save us all a lot of trouble and just stop talking now.