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Mohawk52
Joined: 16 Oct 2003
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Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 4:41 pm
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Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed that more and more of the old fan favourites with a proven track record are being dusted off and repackaged, or yet another series is added to it, allegedly going further on from where it left off all those years ago? Could it be that the production houses have run out of ideas, or are getting too much back lash ( no pun intended) from the non perverted fan base fed up with all the Yaoi, moe, loli, and hentai that seems to be the only "new" anime released these days? Maybe this is what Mr. Anno meant when he said "anime is getting stagnant" before announcing EVA Resurrected.
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LydiaDianne
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Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 4:47 pm
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There just might be a backlash.
Or they are getting the idea that those of us in the West, or outside of Japan at least, want to see older titles that haven't been seen in a while or haven't made it here.
Just look on ANNs front page! Clamp School Detectives is going to be released on DVD! This title was last in the United States...when?
Seeing that caused me to squee like an insane fangirl. Plus it has given me hope that other titles koffSailorStarskoff will be released here as well.
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Mohawk52
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Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 4:54 pm
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Well that might have some influance but not as much as if it was from their own internal fandom. We never hear much about what the Japanese fans think about issues like this, and what we do get is rather vague.
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DragonsRevenge
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Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 7:31 pm
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I like it when they take older series and rerelease them in repackaged box sets. The once 200 dollar Tenchi Universe series, which you would be hard pressed to find for less than than is now 40 bucks. Dayum!
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Moros
Joined: 29 Jul 2006
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Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 8:01 pm
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Iwatch2muchanime
Joined: 19 Dec 2006
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Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 10:33 pm
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I don't like how Slayers is going to be put out again with FUNimation, they could go ahead and up the quality but an entire new dub and what-not? I mean it was good teh first time, don't need new voices, if that's what they're doing. Although I don't think they are or should.
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Nerv1
Joined: 24 Aug 2006
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Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 12:10 am
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Mohawk52 wrote: | Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed that more and more of the old fan favourites with a proven track record are being dusted off and repackaged |
I know, just look at Trigun and X. Trigun, the original DVD versions came out(pioneer and signature series), then the LE tins were released recently along with a REMIX version. For X, I felt that Geneon had too many releases for this series, the individual vols. 1-8 with an art box and LE slipcase(which are worthless now), Vol. 1-8 boxset, vol. 1-4 boxset, vol. 5-8 boxset, REMIX boxset, and the individual REMIX dvd's(I own the first 3 volumes). Watch Geneon come out with a REMIX version of Hellsing sometime soon.
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undeadben
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Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 3:31 am
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Not just old fan favorites but series that never got released or never completed their US releases and are considered classics are starting to get some attention. I'm talking about ImaginAsian's plans to broadcast and then release shows like Orguss, Cat's Eye and Nobody's Boy - Remi which I'm really excited about. So maybe they are thinking that some of todays shows might be getting stagnant, I don't know. If anything though, like some have said, it does make room for other potential series that maybe we missed or have never seen from way back when to finally come about, like the shows IA is planning.
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Zalis116
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Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 10:36 pm
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Iwatch2muchanime wrote: | I don't like how Slayers is going to be put out again with FUNimation, they could go ahead and up the quality but an entire new dub and what-not? I mean it was good teh first time, don't need new voices, if that's what they're doing. Although I don't think they are or should. |
Slayers isn't getting a new dub -- aside from some improved audio and video, the re-releases are going to be pretty much the same as the Central Park Media DVDs released back at the beginning of this decade. Maybe Funimation will put the subtitles in "FuniFont" rather than CPM's style, but given what they said at Anime Central, I can't imagine them doing much more.
I think Geneon's just the latest company to go through the "We need money, let's re-release old stuff" phase as ADV and Bandai did in the last couple of years. Seeing all these new Tenchi sets has actually piqued my interest in the franchise a bit, since I didn't want to buy expensive boxed sets or fill my shelves with 8 Signature Series DVDs for each series. Now if only they'd re-release the original OVA with the cool extras for cheap, then I'd start collecting.
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DuelLadyS
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Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 11:47 pm
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For some reason, I have this scene going through my head:
US anime guy: Hey Boss! Our sales of that new show with the expensive liscense are really slow!
US anime guy 2: It looks like fansubs and high DVD costs are cutting into profit... plus it looks like all the other new shows out there.
US anime boss: Hmmm... I know! Let's get some old shows and release them- they're won't be fansubs out, we can charge less becuase the liscense is cheaper, and the old-shool art will stick out between the new CG-colored shows on the shelf.
US anime guy 1&2: Brilliant, boss!
Us anime boss: I know. Now get that DDR machine fixed, wouldya?
Likely? No. But a bit funny to think about.
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Moros
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Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 12:40 am
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Amethyst Alchemist
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Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 9:16 am
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DuelLadyS wrote: | For some reason, I have this scene going through my head:
US anime guy: Hey Boss! Our sales of that new show with the expensive liscense are really slow!
US anime guy 2: It looks like fansubs and high DVD costs are cutting into profit... plus it looks like all the other new shows out there.
US anime boss: Hmmm... I know! Let's get some old shows and release them- they're won't be fansubs out, we can charge less becuase the liscense is cheaper, and the old-shool art will stick out between the new CG-colored shows on the shelf.
US anime guy 1&2: Brilliant, boss!
Us anime boss: I know. Now get that DDR machine fixed, wouldya?
Likely? No. But a bit funny to think about. |
Sounds exaclty right to me. I just wish it didn't.
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DragonsRevenge
Joined: 15 Nov 2004
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Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 9:15 pm
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Amethyst Alchemist wrote: |
DuelLadyS wrote: | For some reason, I have this scene going through my head:
US anime guy: Hey Boss! Our sales of that new show with the expensive liscense are really slow!
US anime guy 2: It looks like fansubs and high DVD costs are cutting into profit... plus it looks like all the other new shows out there.
US anime boss: Hmmm... I know! Let's get some old shows and release them- they're won't be fansubs out, we can charge less becuase the liscense is cheaper, and the old-shool art will stick out between the new CG-colored shows on the shelf.
US anime guy 1&2: Brilliant, boss!
Us anime boss: I know. Now get that DDR machine fixed, wouldya?
Likely? No. But a bit funny to think about. |
Sounds exaclty right to me. I just wish it didn't. |
Who cares? The new anime fan gets exposed to a classic series, the old anime fan gets his nostalgic fix for a fraction of the original cost, and the head honchos get their DDR machine fixed. Everyone wins.
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Souppy
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Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 12:34 am
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Rebuild of Evangelion... That's what I call an ''Old Series Resurrected''. New backgrounds, new graphics, new environnement.
Did I enjoy this anime?... Yes.
Do I believe that the series needed to be ''rebuilt''?... No.
Will the new movies be better than the original series?... Most probably not.
Will I actually see the ''rebuilt''?... Yes.
That's what almost all Evangelion fans would answer to those questions and this is probably why producers are resurrecting old series and/or releasing new editions for their animes. Why creating new concepts that might not work while we can recreate a top rated series that will be seen by everyone? It's bad to think that way, but they know it will work.
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Moros
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Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 7:01 am
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