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As for why they keep getting the wrong master tapes? Sometimes it's malice -- the Japanese publishers are always reluctant to let the overseas release of an anime be as good as the far more expensive Japanese versions. Sometimes it's ignorance -- sometimes the animation is revised and delivered straight to the Japanese home video publisher without the international sales office even knowing about it. The practice of revised animation makes everything much more confusing on the home video end, and far too often, the people involved in international release have no idea when it happens. This is one area where fans can definitely help, but the sooner they do it, the better

To see who's REALLY in charge of a production, look for the credits "Producer" (プロデューサー) and "Planning" (企画).

Improved animation? I've noticed some mistakes in streaming that weren't there in the home version but they're usually "pause and stare" sort of things.

Animegomaniac wrote:

This makes me wonder about that cut song from Girls Und Panzer; They couldn't have just left it on the Japanese track? Of course, it was cut by the Japanese to make the original version more desirable, maybe...

Wasn't copyright issues with Russia the reason that song, Katyusha, was wiped out when Girls und Panzer debuted in the U.S.?

It's one thing if the company can't get the original uncut version of a show, but it's another if the licensing company doesn't even know if they have the cut or uncut version. Ben-to seemed weird on Funi's part. How did they not know they were working with the censored version? Did no one there ever watch the show so no one could say "Hey, this is the censored version!" when they were working on it?

Even weirder in Ben-to's cause because it's an old show and the BDs have been ripped to the internet for years now so it's not like they were on some pressed schedule to release it the same time as the Japanese BDs

configspace wrote:

Sentai had previously gotten a mix of broadcast episodes for the first season of Koihime Musō

And a random mix of broadcast and DVD versions of Hidamari Sketch, and the broadcast version of Papillon Rose.

There was some mention in the Retail Forum of Funimation's Haganai releases being the broadcast versions with some additional censorship in Next -- can anyone confirm this?

I watched and enjoyed the Cat Planet Cuties show on CR and thought it was simply flirting with being racy and being sensibly restrained because it wasn't trying to be animated porn (or animated kid porn for some characters). It wasn't until reviews came out with nude pics that I aware that I had seen an edited version and the show was totally trying to be animated porn (or animated kid porn for some characters).

That explains Aniplex USA and why their releases are always 2.0 stereo for both language tracks.

I'm aware there are anime studio that uses computer (Production IG, Gonzo), but there are probably some studio that don't use computer at all.

This makes me question if the low-tech scene could be the reason why uncut masters, TV broadcast version could get missplaced and somehow accidentally mislabeled

Kadmos1 wrote:

The Kare Kano edits can be scene here go going to the Wayback Machine and typing in animeprime.com/reports. The dub of Ai Yori Aoshi episode 13 replaced the "Happy Birthday to You" song spoiler[that Tina is practicing when walking with her groceries and that the characters sing at Aoi's birthday party] probably because of its copyright status here.

Song copyrights have their whole category. Vandread using Louis Armstrong singing "What a Wonderful World" during the initial Japanese TV broadcast, then replacing it for the home video release, the Gilbert O'Sullivan songs used for OP/ED exactly one episode of Maison Ikkoku but not on the US release, etc.

Personally, I'd like to see more collecting fans in the west that could rival Japanese fans in terms of sales and profit in the future.

Not this again... Sentai released one of two variant home video versions of Koihime Musou. Japan got uncensored chibis and an uncensored non-chibi version of one scene on the limited edition discs. Sentai only got the uncensored chibis.

To be fair, the background is still there, it has just momentarily disappeared behind the sea of sparkles. I'm kind of ambivalent about which style I prefer. The sea of sparkles of supposed to make a bigger impact I guess. I do think we can expect enhanced fanservice scenes from SHAFT. While there's more of these artistic directional changes for the home video release, there are also many corrections too:

Mr. Oshawott wrote:

Animegomaniac wrote: This makes me wonder about that cut song from Girls Und Panzer; They couldn't have just left it on the Japanese track? Of course, it was cut by the Japanese to make the original version more desirable, maybe... Wasn't copyright issues with Russia the reason that song, Katyusha, was wiped out when Girls und Panzer debuted in the U.S.?

This isn't related in any way to getting the wrong/gimped masters.

People were contacting CDJapan to ask if they reported to Oricon, specifically with respect to international orders. The reply was surprising, even for CDJapan, apparently! Oricon never specifically told CDJapan they exclude orders sent outside of Japan, but apparently they indeed do. They collect the data, but it is not reflected in their published totals. CDJapan’s reply clearly states that this applies to all shops, not just CDJapan.

You must have missed the ****storm when FUNimation were seen to be using fansubs... but why would they be downloading BD rips anyway when they're supposedly getting the actual masters used to produce them?

So import sales have no impact unless you bother to go through the trouble to have a friend in Japan place the order for you with your credit card and ship it to you on their own

configspace wrote:

I was aware of Escaflowne, but not your other examples. But since I kind of had an inkling, though did not think it occurred that much, I started keeping track of various blogs (mostly Japanese, a few English) who do the laborious job of side-by-side comparisons...

Mind sharing those, especially the English ones? I usually pick those instances up, but that's mainly because I frequent so many anime-related sites on daily basis. Some might still fall through the cracks so I wouldn't mind if there was one single place I could keep track of them on...

Don't forget Franz Ferdinand doing the opening of Eden of the East.

wonderwomanhero wrote:

Don't forget Franz Ferdinand doing the opening of Eden of the East.

That'd be Oasis, actually. FUNi was able to get the rights to the song for the first episode, but apparently they would have had to pay for every single instance of it, so they just used some "international version" song for the rest of the series.

OK, so they are using PC that's good to hear. But the question is: Are these PC updated, as in are they using Window 7? They're not using Window 95 or 98 or some outdated stuff are they?

Don't get me wrong, I'm aware there are anime studio that uses computer (Production IG, Gonzo), but there are probably some studio that don't use computer at all.

So import sales have no impact unless you bother to go through the trouble to have a friend in Japan place the order for you with your credit card and ship it to you on their own

FrameFreeze100 wrote:

So import sales have no impact unless you bother to go through the trouble to have a friend in Japan place the order for you with your credit card and ship it to you on their own

Well, "Oricon does not report international sales" is not equivalent to "Japanese publisher/company doesn't receive my American dollars."