Forum - View topicFunimation Teases Possible License of Paranoia Agent Anime
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FLCLGainax
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Funimation has a pretty good track record when it comes to upscales. Their second upscale of Samurai Champloo was also used in Japan. They also did their own upscale of FLCL episode 1 that was miles better than the smeary Japanese one, but may have been told by the licensor not to use anything other than the one Japan had. |
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Top Gun
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My Geneon singles are probably the most treasured gem of my entire collection given their scarcity now, but I'm super-pumped that everyone will have the chance to own this all-time masterpiece again.
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Ouran High School Dropout
Posts: 440 Location: Somewhere in Massachusetts, USA |
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Great news! I was beginning to wonder if Paranoia Agent would ever see the light of day again. About time it was made available for a new generation of fans.
Raaiiyaa ra ra i yo ra a magnificent mushroom cloud in the sky |
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Clyde_Cash
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I bought Geneon's old DVDs at fire-sale prices and have been waiting for Funimation or some other company to rescue Paranoia Agent. I want to upgrade it to Blu-ray as soon as I can. That extra storage capacity saves plenty of shelf space in the long run.
Makes me wonder why this didn't happen sooner. |
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v1cious
Posts: 6218 Location: Houston, TX |
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I didn't even know It was unlicensed, I thought Funi bought out all of Geneon's catalog when they went under.
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Zalis116
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Posts: 6896 Location: Kazune City |
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1) The original dub had translation choices and liberties that the creators disagreed with. 2) The original dub may have still been the property of ADV, due to the way contracts were done in the 1990s. 3) The creators took issue with undesired reactions to a modern remake/spinoff of the series, and took proactive steps to rein in any licensee adaptive freedoms. None of those apply here. It's doubtful Netflix would've needed to take the expense to redub PA, since it already has a perfectly good and faithful dub (from the legendary New Generation Pictures), which in all likelihood would've become the property of the Japanese rightsholders once Geneon's contract expired.
Only some titles, mainly the ones that were recent/popular at the time and/or had been left incomplete by Geneon's shutdown. Later on, Funi did pick up some other Geneon titles like Serial Experiments Lain, Haibane Renmei, Texhnolyze, Hellsing TV, most of the Tenchi Muyo franchise, Gankutsuou, Gad Guard, Girls Bravo, Ikki-Tousen, Ai Yori Aoshi, Armitage III, Chobits, Black Lagoon, Gun x Sword, Gungrave, Vandread, Last Exile, and Trigun, but there never was a full package deal. Some Geneon shows got picked up by other companies like Sentai, Discotek, Media-Blasters, and Nozomi. Many others remain (imo) unfortunately unavailable, like Koi Kaze, Melody of Oblivion (stream-only), Starship Operators, Strawberry Eggs, Gatekeepers/21, Battle Athletes, and Amazing Nurse Nanako. Last edited by Zalis116 on Mon Feb 03, 2020 1:04 am; edited 1 time in total |
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dragon695
Posts: 1377 Location: Clemson, SC |
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This is another mystery. Funimation is now under Aniplex’s umbrella as a subsidiary, so it shouldn’t matter anymore. I kind of wish their expired Aniplex titles would be reprinted. |
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NJ_
Posts: 3090 Location: Wallington, NJ |
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One important thing you're forgetting with Eva is that it wasn't just redubbed in English but everywhere else outside Japan with the Italian redub being the more infamous since it had to be done a second time due to fan complaints over the translation.
The Tenchi deal from 2010 still bugs me because they were missing certain things and while you can argue why one of them got ignored over the lack of a dub, it was no longer an excuse when they started cutting down on dubbing everything a few years later. |
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Alestal
Posts: 605 Location: Dallas, Texas |
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So excited for this! I've wanted to own this series for YEARS. I hope they sell it at a reasonable price...
Also, I don't think that Netflix would ever pick up this show and I'm glad that Funi will step in and license the re-release. I don't think this show has the commercial appeal Netflix looks for in their titles. |
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Spastic Minnow
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Exempt from Grammar Rules Posts: 4629 Location: Gainesville, FL |
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I've had had Paranoia Agent as a saved search on eBay for years, always hoping I happen on a seller who has no idea what they're selling. Never happens. I still own the dvd sleeves (discs were stolen in an album) so I would have been fine with disc-only. Never happened.
New white whale for some may be The Story of Saiunkoku -as a seller I got $190 for the old Geneon releases for that. A lot more content but also technically incomplete as the following seasons were never picked up. Licensing that will have a lot of people moist with joy. |
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