Forum - View topicNEWS: Bandai Entertainment Gets Gurren Lagann TV Anime
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SomeVito
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I think you mean Crispin Freeman as Kamina. |
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ConanSan
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Well, what have we learned here?
Sticking your thumb in your ass and not releasing a show leads to that show geting taken from you and given to someone who will actualy do it. Now if sunrise would just take the rights of Keroro Gunsou off thier swetty hands already. I think ADV needs to learn the lesson. |
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joshuafer
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Johnny Yong Bosch as Yoko too ? 
I think I would prefer Wendee Lee in that role, hehe. |
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SomeVito
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Anyone else concerned about Bandai trying to rush out a subtitled version quickly since they have a history with disc problems like that DVD recall back in January, and subtitles like with Zeta Gundam.
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Tyrenol
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We seem to forget that we're currently in a recession, filled with rising prices on gas and food. So what ADV may be doing is making sure they're still able to put food on their collective table. Also; ADV's been juggling an anime magazine and an all-anime cable channel. Finally; "by fans, for fans." But at the end of the day, those "fans" who run ADV are still people who are running a business. And it's the same "fans" who had been battling against both the fansub communities and the "free Free FREE" communities. So, unless you're a hardcore anime fan, ADV doesn't have many friends. ADV going out of business "would be a significant blow to the industry." But not as significant a blow if a company like Funimation went out of business. Since Funi's being run by people more mature and with better (upcoming) titles than ADV, they now have "the monkey" ADV used to have. And Gurren Lagann; its garbage. Gainax is a company filled with hypocrites; cussing out people on 2chan during GL's run (and making Simoun's face look like a rear-end on episode 4) yet having as much fanservice as every other pretentious animu that's out there. I'm waiting patiently for Claymore and Host Club. 
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v1cious
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oh man...
this is NOT good news for ADV. i don't know what they could possibly say at this point. it's beyond embarrassing. Last edited by v1cious on Fri Apr 18, 2008 6:54 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Josh7289
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Whoa, what a strange release schedule...
But I like it. I only watch subs anyway, so getting the discs so cheaply and so quickly (presumably because they're sub-only) is fine by me! Well, I do still want a Blu-ray release, but I'll take what I can get. |
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Hunter Sopko
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Don't really care about the rest of the English cast, but I really hope they keep Brett Weaver as Kamina.
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7ThIsGod
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Heh, I find it funny you think you can hold such a criticism with not only a pretty much inconsequential argument but also empty misinformation. As for Gurren-Lagann's future in America; it has the potential for becoming a huge hit if, and only if, it gets aired on TV. |
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ShugoYotsuba
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Yeah ADV Films had Tactics and even dubbed it before they dropped it, and gave it to Manga Entertainment [/img] |
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narutoismybrother
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Oh be still my heart.
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BrothersElric
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Definitely a strange turn of events indeed. I'm not going to get into whether or not ADV does better dubs than Bandai or vice versa or anything, but I guess the way I see it it now has a lot higher a chance of getting on TV now, and that's all I care about.
So far Bandai hasn't been all that impressive though. I'm still looking for them to license Kekkaishi (c'mon, we all know it'll be Bandai that gets it, being a Sunrise series and all ) but I guess the weekend's not over yet, huh?
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Key
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 Posts: 18430 Location: Indianapolis, IN (formerly Mimiho Valley) |
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Except that, according to accounts I've heard, the first volume of Devil May Cry is the top-selling volume of anime so far in 2008 from any U.S. distributor. It has a strong video game connection that TTGL doesn't and probably was a cheaper license, hence it's a more sure-fire money maker. As others have noted, 2007's "hot amongst fans" series The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya was not the sales blockbuster everyone expected, and unless it gets on TV TTGL feels like it's in the same position. I must say that I am not happy about this development, especially the dub being delayed for several months, and like others, I'm very curious about what, exactly, happened to bring this about. |
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ikillchicken
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As I recall, the problem there was that instead of proper subtitles that had "dubtitles". (subtitles of the script from the dub rather than a translation of the Japanese track.) That seems like a non-issue here since for the first time, the Dub won't even exist yet when these sub only DVDs come out. |
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marie-antoinette
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It's interesting license news, I'll give it that. But people seriously need to be slower to start "the sky is falling" routine. It was old a few months ago.
I mean, come on people. We knew something was going on at ADV, but of all the titles in question, this is the only one that didn't come back, IIRC. So clearly ADV is still alive and kicking and then some. I also question how big of a hit this anime would be. Don't mecha anime generally not do so well in North America? I know the Gundam series has never really been that big, except maybe Wing and Seed, since they were on television. |
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