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Greed1914
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I suspect some of that has to do with the really crappy shows coming from the defunct CPM and were probably now incredibly cheap for Sci-Fi to air as a result. But yeah, those shows are awful. |
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herbkir
Posts: 251 Location: Michigan |
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Well, based on the ANN update, it appears the Adult Swim bashing may not be fully justified. It looks like the Moribito cancellation resulted from a licensing dispute, not an Adult Swim vendetta against anime and anime fandom.
The Sirabella post indicates to me the USA TV dub licensing rights reverted to Production IG in Japan when Geneon collapsed, and all Media Blasters picked up from the Geneon rubble was the DVD rights. I'll bet CN/AS and Production IG couldn't reach agreement on the price and terms for the rest of the dubbed episodes, so the show's [AS] run has ended. It was probably a case of the Japanese wanting more than [AS] was prepared to pay. At least it appears there will be additional Moribito DVDs coming so fans can eventually buy or rent the whole series. But Sirabella indicated that with the collapsing economy, the release of additional volumes may take a while. Nobody wins when stuff like this happens. (^_*) Last edited by herbkir on Sat Jan 17, 2009 9:41 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Beatdigga
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Gurren Lagann and Gundam 00 (and even that one-shot OVA they aired a few months back) blow Moribito out of the water so far it's not funny.
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lapomposa104
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if i die, please blame adultswim
Dx |
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Primus
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CPM's library is pretty hit and miss. But you're getting Now, Then, Here, and There, which is far from "really crappy". That'll of course air on Superchannel in Canada... |
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Teriyaki Terrier
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I am sure the fans of this series are just glad some deal was worked out. One can't really fault [AS] on this case. But like Herbrik said, no one wins from situtions like this. Hopefully all of the details will be solved and this series will be able to finish via television or dvd. |
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AirCooledMan_2006
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Nor would have Descendants of Darkness or Now and Then, Here and There. (If CPM hasn't been active, someone must be keeping their shows afloat or they wouldn't have aired.) |
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Aura Ichadora
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Well, at least the DVDs aren't affected so fans can still buy/rent those. I would love to get the rest of the series on DVD, even without watching it on TV first (to me, it's seriously that good).
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walw6pK4Alo
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Yeah, but mass exposure on TV is the best way to get people interested in those. |
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The_Libertarian_Otaku
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Then why didn't they just air Moribito at an earlier time? That would've gotten it even better ratings. Axed after ten eps = proof that [AS] WANTED Moribito to fail. |
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walw6pK4Alo
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Because [as] are idiots, why else? I'm sure they're only playing anime out of some sort of contractual agreement. I'm sure they'd rather have Minoriteam or Assy McGee or whatever vomit inducing stuff they create being shown on a constant basis. |
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WindAlchemistJen
 Posts: 103 Location: Redding, CA |
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*points to the update to the story*
It's not Adult Swim's fault...this time. |
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Tokimemofan
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Thank you soo much adult swim and lousy "Producers" just when I thought my week couldn't suck any more you clowns screw this up?!?!
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jr240483
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Neither am I. Putting a fantasy based anime series on a block mostly based on action viewers was asking for trouble,viewerwise and reputatuonwise. The series is no doubt excellent,but it's slow pacing don't attract the main viewers on AS,which is non stop action like FMA and others. instead of that series for broadcast,they should've went for series people want to see like Claymore.Or better yet, the uncut epsiodes of Naruto Shippuden and the Funi version of One Piece.Don't you think it would've been better for AS if they have gotten those series mentioned above??? |
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GrinfilledCelt
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Fixed Apparently, the reason it was axed was because there were no further dubbed episodes forthcoming. That almost makes canceling it justifiable (they could have aired subs). Moving the show to that certain-death time slot proves their malicious intent. |
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