Forum - View topicFunimation's Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos Anime Film License Expires on November 21
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Greed1914
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Which is precisely why I made sure to get my blu-ray copies when the expiration was announced. I was on the fence since I had the DVDs, but I figured I'd regret it if I ended up waiting for even a "cheap" AoA release. The non-renewals that bother me are the ones that haven't, and likely never will, result in any rerelease. I doubt if Aniplex has any plans to do anything with Sekirei, for example. And if not, then why not take the easy money and let other companies renew? Even a small renewal fee is better than just sitting on it. It's difficult not to see it as a jerk move when the common sense business decision would be to let someone pay you for property you didn't intend to use yourself. |
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Angel M Cazares
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Compared to the typical AoA prices, their FMA: B sets are cheap. I paid about $170 for the 5 Funimation BD sets. The $200 that AoA is charging for 64 episodes and 4 OVA's is not bad; I honestly don't get the indignation from some fans. |
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GoldCrusader
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Maybe you bought the 5 sets it was 170$USD, but I bought the 2 part complete collection for 120$CAD. That new 200$ release would be like 250$ CAD. It's insane. |
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Cerceaux
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LegitPancake
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Cries in Kizumonogatari. I I still haven't seen those movies yet as I really don't want to pirate them. |
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theNightster
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#hiros7039
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As MST3K phrased, keep circulating the tapes.
Better have a copy of a product that will go out of print even if it's one format that goes out of circulation, but still on another (e.g. online streaming, even that doesn't last forever). |
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nDroae
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@Cerceaux Great, thanks.
You're in Texas? Shamballa is on CR: https://www.crunchyroll.com/fullmetal-alchemist-the-conqueror-of-shamballa Netflix still offers a DVD-by-mail subscription with an option to pay a little extra for BD (in this case available for Shamballa but not Milos). If you're anti-piracy, then I'm sure you can find other non-legally-streamable anime movies on there to make it worth a month's subscription. https://dvd.netflix.com/Movie/Fullmetal-Alchemist-The-Movie-Conqueror-of-Shamballa/70053630 https://dvd.netflix.com/Movie/Fullmetal-Alchemist-The-Movie-Conqueror-of-Shamballa/70053630 Unfortunately a lot of stuff seems to only be available on DVD; in 2015 I tried to watch Summer Wars by renting it... couldn't do it, the scenes with hundreds of characters in the digital world looked absolutely horrendous. (I watched it in HD via other means and loved it, I'll probably buy it after watching it a second time to confirm the decision.) You might subscribe to find that all their Milos discs are currently out with customers due to this news. And I don't know how this licensing changeover affects disc rentals. If this is still the case, it shouldn't.... https://ask.metafilter.com/129936/Movie-Rental-Licensing
...which means your rental isn't really giving anything to the anime industry, unless you count encouragement to Netflix to buy more anime discs to rent out in future. But it's legal and it's not piracy. |
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Mr. sickVisionz
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I totally agree and would add in that Shamballa wasn't some amazing movie either so when it's way better than this one... |
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Cardcaptor Takato
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The one thing I never understood with this movie is why they switched to a radically different art style from Brotherhood. Conqueror of Shamballa kept the same art style of the original show but the Sacred Star of Milos is very radically different and not as high quality as Brotherhood.
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LegitPancake
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I was talking about the Kizumonogatari movies, which are not streaming anywhere in the US, and the only way to watch them right now is to pay $210 for the blurays ($70 each). I'm not really interested in Shamballa as I've never seen FMA '03. I have seen Brotherhood, so I probably should see Milos at some point. Summer Wars (dubbed only) is streaming on FunimationNow and Vrv in the US if you have a subscription. |
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milkyy
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I'm just gonna say this... nobody's missing anything, at all. It's a terrible movie. And this is coming from someone whose favorite anime of ALL TIME is Brotherhood. I started reading FMA when I was 8. I LOVE this series. Milos is a steaming pile of poo, and seriously not even worth watching. Just watch the trailer, it's far more interesting than the feature-length feature.
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