Forum - View topicHey, Answerman! [2005-11-25]
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Zakuro1208
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^-^ Fellow Black-Friday-er! Just like last year when I was set at station in front of the coffee makers and got tackled. Lucky I wasnt wearing dangly earings then. Or when the other crazy people tried ramming the doors of Wally World for DvD players. Ah, good time, good times. |
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ACDragonMaster
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You know, if you look at the ANN encyclopedia entry for that OVA discussed in the first letter, it lists a distributor in the "English companies" space. Does that mean it actually is/was licensed? o_O
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Zalis116
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As a resident of Cornville, Nebraska, I must say that I both resent and resemble these remarks  Okay, I live in Lincoln, not Cornville, but hey, all we have to do is saddle up the horses and ride a half hour to get to Cornville. It should also be interesting to note that after we got e-leck-tricity out here a few years ago, we started watching this "anime" stuff on them new-fangled Digital Video Discs. What's more, we now have a convention that has completed its second year with sizeable profits, though the attendance numbers could be better. Check it out at http://animenebraskon.com
(Website seems to be down as of this posting.) Sidenote: ADV seems to have a small track record of not licensing everything in a series, as we saw in the discussions of the Elfen Lied OVA. The second season of Super Gals, however, seems to have been beyond their control.) |
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PantsGoblin
 SubscriberEncyclopedia Editor  Posts: 2969 Location: L.A. |
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I don't, I've had some pretty bad experience with kittens. True story: My mom was bit by a kitten who attacked her and had to go to the hospital. You think you can put a picture of a puppy up for once? They're much cuter and I think they deserve just as much respect as kittens. The puppy from Elfen Lied is adorable. |
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DriftRoot
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Puppies are bundles of trouble. They need to be taught not to pee all over the house, they chew up everything in sight, they have absolutely no manners and delight in destruction. They do NOT deserve as much respect as kittens. Yes, they are cute, though.  My puppy literally stopped traffic from sheer cuteness when I would walk her through town at the tender age of 10 weeks (she's a Pembroke Welsh Corgi <----- one of the only dogs, IMO, that remains truly cute into adulthood without being a pansy). And btw, I have a dog AND a cat, love both dearly, and am not biased towards one critter or the other.
Oh yes, and thanks for answering my question, Z, though I added the last bit about explaining the impact of digital animation just in case people reading your column weren't "in the know." Is this fair? I guess it technically wasn't a question I needed the answer to... 
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noisy_mouse
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Kino's.... Journey.... is not licensed??
I'm terribly confused. I swear the last time I went to my favorite indie movie store, I saw an english edition Kino's Journey for rent on dvd. I distinctly remember, because I felt guilty cause I had downloaded it just a week before. The Grand High Licensing Database lists it as being licensed by ADV. .....did I read that column wrong?? |
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dormcat
Encyclopedia Editor
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Neither the questioner nor Zac were talking about the ADV-licensed TV series but the movie version Life Goes On instead. |
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noisy_mouse
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"As for Kino's Journey, if anyone releases that here, odds are it'll be ADV Films, but there's no guarantee."
...is what was said, was it not? |
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Sweet Lou
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Kino's Journey is licensed and has already been completely released by ADV Films. Zac just slipped and left out that it was the Kino's Journey MOVIE, Life Goes On, that will most likely be licensed by ADV if it ever gets licensed.
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Zac
ANN Executive Editor
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I didn't slip. If you read the question it's very clear what I'm talking about. I could understand the confusion if you were taking the answer out of context, but why would anyone do that? |
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Zalis116
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One legal word distinction to point out: Licensor: n. a person who gives another a license, particularly a private party doing so, such as a business giving someone a license to sell its product. Licensee: n. a person given a license by the government or under private agreement. (from http://dictionary.law.com ) Licensors, then, would be Media Factory/Touei/Bones/Sunrise/Gainax and other Japanese companies. ADV/Bandai/Viz/Geneon/TRSI/etc. are licensees. Even though shows like Full Moon wo Sagashite, KgNE, Aishiteru ze Baby, He is My Master and so forth have not been licensed to North American companies, their licensors certainly do exist. It's just like "employer" (one who employs) and "employee" (one who is employed). |
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Eos
 Posts: 168 Location: Jersey |
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Saikano boxset? That's what I get for not checking Answerman for a while, that's one of my favorite anime. I've heard the label "emo" thrown on it. If by "emo" you mean bad stuff happens, then yes, bad stuff happens in that show. Not everything has to have a happy ending
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Vukir
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Just got back from working my job at walmart that started at 6 A.M. You have no idea how much I hate you people... -_- Well... Not really hate YOU so much as I hate black Friday... |
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shirokiryuu
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what i'm wondering is where he gets all these kitten photos from... i had a bad experience too. I was in first grade or longer, and i was in Petco, and there was a cat on the cashier's table ... and i loved animals when i was little and i only went to petco to pet the animals tehre... but anyways, i was little so i coudln't reach the cat, and the only thing i could reach was the tail. So i pulled the tail and got scratched on the hand. My family and I likes dogs over cats, but my tutor has this ADORABLE cat named Ushi (cow) and he's so pettable! |
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PantsGoblin
Subscriber Encyclopedia Editor Posts: 2969 Location: L.A. |
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I can say the same thing about kittens when they mark their territory.
Kittens scrach up everything in sight.
Kittens don't have any manners and delight in destruction too, they throw up hair balls all over the place, they scratch things to threads, and are not even as near as friendly as puppies and are totally stuck up.
I'm saying that puppies and kittens are an equal, you seem to think that kittens are superior. They both have their good and bad qualities.
Your previous statement seems to say different. Zac, can you answer my question? I don't think it should be ignored as it directly involves "Hey, Answerman!" and this is the "Hey, Answerman!" thread. |
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