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Greed1914
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I'm a bit disappointed that Universal has opted to retire the Geneon brand at this point. It was fun seeing a few recent Funimation releases with the old Geneon logo and sound effects splashing on screen, but that came and went pretty fast. I think one of Funi's broadcast dubs actually started out with the Geneon logo for a couple episodes and then it was replaced by Universal. Even though it is the same company, seeing something I associate with big Hollywood at the start of my anime has made be a bit apprehensive, mostly for the reasons Justin mentioned. Maybe it won't matter and it'll be nothing more than a logo at the start of some shows, but I do have some concern that "We're big and can do what we want" might be a prevailing attitude going forward.
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ChibiGoku
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Sigh... I figured the Universal logo discussion would make it here. I've seen so many people thinking that FUNimation was being bought out by Universal because of this. I've even gotten a couple questions on my ask.fm about this.
I don't know if they were trolling or they were serious, either way, tired of seeing this. |
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itachi06103570
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To me it was hilarious seeing the universal logo for the first couple of times because it was unexpected. I often wondered why the logo was being used though until the article came out today explaining it. So I'm guessing for future titles that's being released by the old geneon imprint it'll just be replaced by the universal logo which I'm fine with. And as a side note if this is the case the older geneon titles will probably get the upgraded universal logo now since the gene on imprint is being retired. A perfect example of this would be black lagoon I believe. |
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Greed1914
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I am a bit curious where that particular idea comes from. The Universal logo shows up in the same spot as any other licensor logo, like Kodansha or Media Factory, but nobody seems to think those companies bought Funimation. I would guess that having a big Hollywood name show up is giving people the wrong impression. I would also guess that many aren't aware that Universal picked up Geneon Japan not long after Geneon USA went under. |
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ChibiGoku
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Yeah, that's why I was a bit confused on why people mistook it for FUNimation being bought out.
This is pretty much it. I think a lot of people aren't aware that US companies do business in Japan and have done so for many years. This especially adds to confusion, due to the Geneon name being retired and now it's exclusive to NBC Universal. I think I read somewhere that someone asked Universal for problems on a FUNimation release, when they have no control over it. I can only imagine this confusion will grow bigger as more and more NBC Universal Japan titles are brought over or repackaged from the Geneon days. Either way, I hope information can get out there, as I can imagine the confusion will not be going away anytime soon. |
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FLCLGainax
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It would be preferable if NBCUniversal Japan had the name of the country in their title logo to distinguish itself on NA releases.
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GVman
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God bless you, Justin. I'm another fellow who absolutely adores Karate Master, and I hope more TMS classics like Kyojin no Hoshi will make their way to Hulu someday. Preferably with your involvement; these episodes look fantastic. The subs are wonderful, too, but I believe you handle the video side, correct. Whoever worked on the translation did a great job. Speaking of poorly-mastered streaming video, I doubt we'll ever see anything quite like the episodes of Fist of the North Star available for streaming. Good Lord, everything is far too dark in those. Although, it does give one an incentive to buy the Discotek release. |
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Tenchi
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I can't say I'll miss the Geneon logo. The logo that makes me all teary-eyed with nostalgia is Pioneer, and not the late 1990s rounded red letters on white background version either but rather the the Laserdisc-era halo-tuning-fork-omega sequence.
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Hameyadea
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About the possibility of large studios entering the anime & manga market:
Yes, they can bring in a large number of new Using a Western marketing for Western merchandise works most of the time. Using a Western marketing for Eastern merchandise, less so. |
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walw6pK4Alo
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I would love for big Hollywood movie studios to come in, dump money so we get shows with $250-300k per-episode budgets and increased wages for workers, and not have any other involvement! Never gonna happen.
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mgosdin
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Just rotate the globe so that it centers on the western pacific when the logo animation finishes. Would be distinct and classy looking. Mark Gosdin |
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Antonio Bravo
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So this is how Anime goes to TV? Bummer, I thought they have to ask the dubbing companies and then they License it. I guess I was wrong.
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Paiprince
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In a perfect world, all of the above would happen. But this is a subsidiary we're talking about anyways so I doubt they have as big of a budget as the parent company. I would assume things will remain the same, just with a different label backing them up. I mean, let's be real here. The top execs are still disconnected old fogeys whose idea of "marketing anime" would fall in line to the ol' 4kids treatment. It's safe to say they'd just let their Japanese counterparts (geneon) do their thing since they've been at this industry way longer. |
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FLCLGainax
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Dark Mac
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Well, Sony's anime releases are already relatively high budget, so who knows, maybe the same thing could happen with Universal.
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