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Snakebit1995
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They worked with Marvel's FIlm division on that. From my understanding Sony's basically just there they didn't do a lot of the work on this. It's like Marvel did the whole class project because he couldn't trust Sony and Sony just gpt to his name on the paper so he got a grade. |
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gravediggernalk
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This can either be the best thing to happen or the worst thing to happen. Either North America's largest anime distributor gets a large financial boost, or Japanese interests supersede the North American market, everyone is scrambling to try and find a fix, and a lot of anime ends up out-of-print for a long time.
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penguintruth
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Unless the price or quality goes up or down, I'm not too affected.
I'm not paying Aniplex prices, that's for sure. It's like they punish you for being an anime fan. |
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v1cious
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This is terrible news. Sony is a major conglomerate, and these companies are just fodder to them. The minute one little digit's out of place, Funi's getting thrown under the bus. That's how these guys work.
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EricJ2
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[quote="Snakebit1995"]
Marvel did--Sony gave the character back to Marvel to use in their movies, but the legal RIGHT to make films titled "Spider-Man" still belonged to Sony. (Paramount's issues with Iron Man and The Avengers were already ironed out at the beginning of their deal.) Same thing with Universal, as to why we haven't gotten more movies with Hulk. And yet, Sony still wants to be "competition" to Disney/Marvel, by reminding them they hadn't given back Venom, Black Cat or Miles Morales, so there.
There was TALK, IIRC, of spinning off an Anime Crackle a while ago, if Sony could make a deal with Animax, but nothing came of it. Meanwhile, Sony's exclusive ownership of Valkyria Chronicles, and Animax's Nodame Cantabile dub are still MIA. Basically, we're still in post-Amazon freak-out mode of jumping every time a corporation makes an anime deal, and saying "What if the big mean people take ALL our anime away?", but there's very little most of the established companies can make inroads into. If Sony decides to do a Sony Funimation stream, let's hope it's not as fatally messed-up as Crackle's is right now... Never mind the stagnated stoner-friendly catalogue, has anyone yet figured out how to shut off that stupid pop-under "What's On" video, and stop Joe Dirt from playing automatically whether you selected it or not? |
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mgosdin
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In the long run there's no chance of Sony not making changes in how Funimation operates. However, it likely will be a while before anything substantial happens. I don't think there will be all that big a shift in the Anime licensing scene. Mark Gosdin |
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Waraich
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You are forgetting the whole "One Sony" strategy that Kaz Hirai started pushing in 2012 with the big restructuring. Very likely that they will be working closely together. You can see this already happening with Playstation and all the other Sony divisions. |
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Angel M Cazares
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I dislike the idea of Funimation being bought by a large corporation. Like others here, I hope this doesn't mess up the R1 anime industry.
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sdsichero
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Just don't like the idea of the Sony Borg doing this. Not happy.
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trunkschan90
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I'd like a release of the 2001 Cyborg 009 anime series. Sony never did finish releasing it 
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BigOnAnime
Encyclopedia Editor
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RIP, after Mike DuBoise from Universal helped ruin things and make them sloppy, now Sony Pictures US is probably going to further make them a mess of a company I despise. The "FUN" in FUNimation which has been missing since a little before Mike even came in is probably never going to come back now.
On a different note, something I find interesting, Sony isn't buying FUNi for that much more than what Navarre bought them for. https://www.google.com/search?q=Navarre+buys+FUNimation And that was back when FUNimation wasn't one of the big boys, ADV Films and Geneon Entertainment were the kings back in those days until Geneon went under, ADV's Sojitz deal fell apart (which is one of the main reasons they declined), and FUNi got to get their hands on so many titles.
For anyone worrying about prices, keep in mind Sony Pictures US has released anime before, at prices similar to what the industry was charging on average. Don't expect any price changes, I mean hell, FUNi's prices have remained largely the same since 2008/2009 (which further destroys the argument they're too high).
https://twitter.com/ultimatemegax/status/882932827880402944 https://www.gamespot.com/articles/sony-financials-reveal-playstation-accounts-for-78/1100-6442233/ https://www.google.com/search?q=Sony+Pictures+Loses https://www.comicbookmovie.com/spider-man/rumor-sony-is-considering-selling-off-columbia-pictures-and-tv-studio-a148356#.WIPU-9miP70.twitter Last edited by BigOnAnime on Mon Jul 31, 2017 7:46 pm; edited 2 times in total |
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Gemnist
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Well, if this IS going to happen, I'm at least hoping they keep the same acting facilities instead of constantly knocking on Bang Zoom's door, and that the quality of their overall releases goes up. While no one likes Sony's film business, I highly doubt they'll have any creative control in the matter.
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belvadeer
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Should we be worried? Should I break out the bottled water and get the bomb shelter prepped for the possible ensuing fallout?
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Random Name
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scriver058
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This, and maybe some exclusive content for the PlayStation side, were my best case scenarios early on for this deal. Also, maybe the original Blood the Last Vampire movie gets a new release? If Manga Entertainment doesn't have the license anymore, that is. But yeah, hoping Sony just lets Funi continue to do it's own thing for a long time, their track record in the anime industry isn't great. |
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