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Answerman - Universal Appeal

Also regarding Warner Bros. and entering the anime market, I doubt it. The only reason they're releasing JoJo is probably because Warner Bros. Japan got tired of trying to find someone that would want the show (Or was willing to pay enough), and pitched it to their parent, that's it. They're already doing something questionable though, those 3 discs for the entire first season, not 4... Hopefully it turns out good. Then there's also the $50 MSRP price point for a dubbed release, seems too low.

I would love for big Hollywood movie studios to come in, dump money so we get shows with $250-300k per-episode budgets and increased wages for workers, and not have any other involvement! Never gonna happen.

This means that if the actors ad-libbed some lines (which happens all the time), or the director saw how the episode was coming together and thought some additional dialogue needed to be added, there was simply no way the production could be nimble enough to fix the lip flap, or tweak a sound effect that's off by a second or so.

They're already doing something questionable though, those 3 discs for the entire first season, not 4... Hopefully it turns out good. Then there's also the $50 MSRP price point for a dubbed release, seems too low.

I'm a bit disappointed that Universal has opted to retire the Geneon brand at this point. It was fun seeing a few recent Funimation releases with the old Geneon logo and sound effects splashing on screen, but that came and went pretty fast. I think one of Funi's broadcast dubs actually started out with the Geneon logo for a couple episodes and then it was replaced by Universal. Even though it is the same company, seeing something I associate with big Hollywood at the start of my anime has made be a bit apprehensive, mostly for the reasons Justin mentioned. Maybe it won't matter and it'll be nothing more than a logo at the start of some shows, but I do have some concern that "We're big and can do what we want" might be a prevailing attitude going forward.

Personally, I'm a little concerned that major Hollywood studios getting into this already crowded market will be less likely to listen to fans, or to follow established best practices for releasing stuff on DVD and Blu-ray.

Also regarding Warner Bros. and entering the anime market, I doubt it. The only reason they're releasing JoJo is probably because Warner Bros. Japan got tired of trying to find someone that would want the show (Or was willing to pay enough), and pitched it to their parent, that's it.

not necessarily answerman. don't forget the japaneese division of universal is a whole different animal than the parent company in hollywood. they have different standard and practices which means they (the japan division) would probably do things to appease the japaneese auidence and their otaku community.

The Japanese divisions are very familiar with the Japanese audience. That doesn't mean that they are familiar with American fandom.

I'm a bit disappointed that Universal has opted to retire the Geneon brand at this point. It was fun seeing a few recent Funimation releases with the old Geneon logo and sound effects splashing on screen, but that came and went pretty fast. I think one of Funi's broadcast dubs actually started out with the Geneon logo for a couple episodes and then it was replaced by Universal. Even though it is the same company, seeing something I associate with big Hollywood at the start of my anime has made be a bit apprehensive, mostly for the reasons Justin mentioned. Maybe it won't matter and it'll be nothing more than a logo at the start of some shows, but I do have some concern that "We're big and can do what we want" might be a prevailing attitude going forward.