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MarshalBanana
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 Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2017 5:01 am
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And this happens the same time ACCA starts airing.
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Escaflowne2001
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Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2017 5:28 am
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I doubt NISA will renew any of there licenses since they seem to be uninterested in anime now.
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rahzel rose
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Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2017 8:34 am
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I really wish this had been released on Blu-Ray because it's such a beautiful show, although I'm glad I snatched up the DVDs when the premium edition first came out. I'm sad to see this go.
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Kon'Doriano
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Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2017 8:35 am
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I hope Funimation takes the opportunity to get this
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VanGosroth
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Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2017 11:11 am
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Yawn. Can't wait till Nyaruko expires and someone re-licenses it with the ova. I loved NISA's premium sets. Pitty it looks like they died.
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Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2017 11:23 am
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I own the NISA premium set, so the license expiration doesn't affect me. Really must watch the show one of these days. Yes, it's a shame NISA has gone dark on the anime side. Christopher MacDonald's (Tempest) feeling is that the rise in license fees brought on by the old Crunchyroll/Funimation competition (and other factors) has caused NISA to wait things out. Sounds plausible.
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relyat08
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Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2017 12:23 pm
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^Yeah, that's been my hypothesis as well. I think that's also why they don't want to outright say they're done. If those prices go back down, maybe they'll find something they feel is worth the investment. But yeah, their low volume, niche style release method, at very reasonable prices too, doesn't seem like it would translate very well to the current market. It's a shame. 
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Elves
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Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2017 1:01 pm
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House of Five Leaves is such an underrated show. I wish more people would have given it a chance instead of running to the hills just because of its artwork. It's really unique and refreshing to see an anime that looks totally different.
With that being said, I snapped up the Premium Edition when it first came out so I'm happy/set. I agree that NISA's apparent step-back from licensing is a disappointment, but they are/were a video game company first so I can see why they're back to focusing on their "bread and butter" rather than anime when licensing costs grew. I am hopeful that they'll return when those prices fall back in line with their budget. For that matter I'm REALLY HOPING they pick-up Natsume's Book of Friends S5 & (recently announced) S6. I'd love to have continuity on my shelves and I love how they handled their releases of the prior seasons. 
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Yours_Truly
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Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2017 7:09 pm
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Glad I have the show. I was lucky enough to find the premium edition on Ebay back in '15. Hope someone re-releases it on bluray because it's such a beautiful series to look at! I need to watch it again soon.
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rinkwolf10
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Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2017 7:22 pm
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| Escaflowne2001 wrote: | | I doubt NISA will renew any of there licenses since they seem to be uninterested in anime now. |
I second the notion that Nisa America is uninterested in anime anymore (regrettably so) and not just being pushed out of the market. The reason being is that Discotek which licenses the "scraps" like very old anime and license rescues can pick up a modern title as "Actually I am...." shows that the market is much more open now than it has been in years and the shear amount of shows being released every cour is astonishing.
However, I'm not so blind as to say that there isn't much discouragement going around the anime market as new a prominent companies have entered it. But, just saying that small companies have and are still making it in such a market showing that it's very much possible.
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Suena
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Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2017 7:38 pm
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I got the premium edition when it first came out. The NISA store had a low free shipping threshold back then, so it was cheapest to get it direct from them. A few months after I got it, they sent me replacement disks because apparently there was an audio issue in the originals. Good times. 
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Gemnist
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Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2017 10:13 pm
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Hopefully whoever picks this up ends up dubbing it.
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relyat08
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Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2017 11:42 pm
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| Gemnist wrote: | | Hopefully whoever picks this up ends up dubbing it. |
I honestly kind of doubt this will get picked up. It was such a niche title it getting a release to begin with was weird.
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DmonHiro
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Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2017 4:37 am
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| Gemnist wrote: | | Hopefully whoever picks this up ends up dubbing it. |
Dude... do you really think this is the kind of show that gets enough sales for a dub? It hardly gets enough sales for a re-license, which will probbaly not happen.
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nobahn
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Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2017 6:26 am
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| Kon'Doriano wrote: | | I hope Funimation takes the opportunity to get this |
But how often does Funimation release a sub-only anime?
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