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NEWS: Crunchyroll to Stream Saint Seiya Omega TV Anime




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Lord Geo



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 2:52 pm Reply with quote
Very nice. I am looking forward to seeing this when it debuts.
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trunkschan90



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 3:03 pm Reply with quote
Heck Yeah! Very Happy
Although I'm surprised it's not accessible to all of Latin America since the Saint Seiya franchise is very popular there.
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Myaow



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 3:58 pm Reply with quote
Cannot wait for this!!! Thank you, Crunchyroll!
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Aynslesa



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 4:06 pm Reply with quote
Yes! I was hoping Crunchyroll would pick this up since they aired Lost Canvas. Good choice, Crunchyroll!
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Mr. sickVisionz



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 5:00 pm Reply with quote
Nice. I enjoyed Lost Canvas. Hopefully this is as good or better.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 5:08 pm Reply with quote
I don't know about you guys,but I think that "Saint Seiya Omega's" going to sink like a stone here. The original version didn't do well in America. I doubt it's going to come here.
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ailes grises



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Hello, this is my first post here, I've registered 'cause I've found images of the first episode of Saint Seiya Omega in this website: http://www.deculture.es/2012/03/30/saint-seiya-omega-imagenes/

I don't know if I can post links to other sites, so mods, if I'm breaking any rules, please feel free to delete this comment.

Have a nice day everyone.
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Sacto0562



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 9:01 pm Reply with quote
I'm really surprised that Crunchyroll actually got this series considering that Toei Animation is at times very reluctant to license their TV anime series beyond Japan.
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Majin Tenshi



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 12:14 am Reply with quote
I hope that this would open the way for a future US release on BD/DVD. Or the Japanese release including English sub.
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Primus



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 12:59 am Reply with quote
Sacto0562 wrote:
I'm really surprised that Crunchyroll actually got this series considering that Toei Animation is at times very reluctant to license their TV anime series beyond Japan.


I'm guessing they view the same as One Piece. The franchise has failed once here already, so they might as well allow it to be streamed legally instead of holding onto some blind hope it could be some enormous hit here.
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agila61



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 11:48 am Reply with quote
Sacto0562 wrote:
I'm really surprised that Crunchyroll actually got this series considering that Toei Animation is at times very reluctant to license their TV anime series beyond Japan.

The various Saint Seiya productions have been widely distributed outside of Japan, with TV series, movies, and OVA's regularly getting French, Spanish and Portuguese dubs, and over the air broadcasts as well as cable narrowcasts. At a quick glance through the Encyclopedia, it looks like TV Azteca in Mexico has broadcast every "St. Seiya" ever made, so there's no reason why they wouldn't be broadcasting this, and once they've been dubbed into Spanish in Mexico, they tends to get picked up for broadcast in an assortment of other Latin American countries over time.

If Toei is going to do some form of streaming as marketing support the series in Latin America and in France, they may as well license it to Crunchyroll for countries where its not an established mainstream success. And Crunchyroll had some of the St Seiya OVA's, so they'd have pretty solid streaming numbers to go on when they put together their MG bid for the series.
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