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NEWS: Funimation Acquires Bamboo Blade, Druaga, Dragonaut

Nothing got accomplished though. spoiler[The bad guy is still alive, in some form or whatsoever(unless they were going for Aion was pure evil which would be stupid as they had to physically show that he was evil through that assassin instead of letting his actions stand on their own). The main characters are dead. The brother goes insane. The loli nun(I can't remember her name) is pretty much alone. ] It was just stupid, there really was no sense of closure like say with Bebop in which the Spike and Vicious arc ended. This was as close to a bad guys win ending that you're going to get. The manga had a much better ending and made much more sense than the anime. Once again it was Gonzo making up crap like they did with Hellsing.

This is really interesting to me.

So, Blessreiter and Druaga - the shows that turned Crunchyroll into a business and rocketed Crunchyroll's Alexa score above ANN's; the shows that said Japan understood the importance of internet technology and simultaneous global distribution; the shows that were going to shutter the US anime industry as we know it and make DVD distribution defunct - gets licensed a year later by one of those very same aforementioned impotent DVD licensors for R1 release. Why? GONZO doesn't think the people who want to see it have already?

Just another layoff story? Or empirical proof that for-profit digital distribution is a big joke? I'd love to see a company rep answer that question.

8b) No "Back Seat Moderating" - If you know a thread is going to be locked, do not post in it, posting in threads that are clearly going to be locked will be dealt with as "trolling " type behavior. Do not berate posters for breaking the rules, that is the job of the ANN moderators and admins. Please report the post and, if you think it is necessary, contact a moderator or admin.

This is really interesting to me.

So, Blessreiter and Druaga - the shows that turned Crunchyroll into a business and rocketed Crunchyroll's Alexa score above ANN's;

the shows that were going to shutter the US anime industry as we know it and make DVD distribution defunct - gets licensed a year later by one of those very same aforementioned impotent DVD licensors for R1 release.

Why? GONZO doesn't think the people who want to see it have already?

Or empirical proof that for-profit digital distribution is a big joke? I'd love to see a company rep answer that question.

I'm not sure why I'm being accused of bad behavior for remembering that month-plus long discussion. I didn't say that streaming had no purpose in the anime business; just that it's not the next evolution that so many people - including industry people - made it out to be at the time. I would genuinely love to hear Gonzo's thoughts on distribution methods now that the Blessreiter & Druaga experiment is over.

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8b) No "Back Seat Moderating" - If you know a thread is going to be locked, do not post in it, posting in threads that are clearly going to be locked will be dealt with as "trolling " type behavior. Do not berate posters for breaking the rules, that is the job of the ANN moderators and admins. Please report the post and, if you think it is necessary, contact a moderator or admin.

I don't know why you think looking back to the digital distribution of these titles is trolling, but regardless, if thats really what you think, there's that little Report Post button right there above my post. Telling the forum that I'm a troll, is trolling, isn't it?