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NEWS: Viz Media Licenses Pokémon Sun & Moon, Pokémon Battle Frontier, Castlevania Anime




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SaiyamanMS



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 19, 2018 5:18 pm Reply with quote
They’re announcing the licensing of season 9? I would have thought they had it ages ago. Not that I care about dub only releases of anime anyway.

The fact that Pokémon Adventures is coming out digitally is huge though. I’ve read a fair bit of it in the past (not always legally) and I’ve wanted to support their release of the series, but I simply don’t have the space to keep physical books. If I can get the series digitally, then I’d be all over that.
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AiddonValentine



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 19, 2018 5:39 pm Reply with quote
Cool, now I can get Castlevania on video
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Munchmunch





PostPosted: Thu Jul 19, 2018 5:40 pm Reply with quote
I'm assuming they just mean they'll be releasing Battle Frontier in a single box set. Viz released the season in 2 box sets around a decade ago, and to my knowledge that release never went OOP.
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NearEasternerJ1





PostPosted: Thu Jul 19, 2018 5:41 pm Reply with quote
Castlevania is not an anime; it's an American cartoon. It shouldn't even be advertised on ANN.
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MasterKingJC



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 19, 2018 6:28 pm Reply with quote
NearEasternerJ1 wrote:
Castlevania is not an anime; it's an American cartoon. It shouldn't even be advertised on ANN.


Except the Castlevania series was created and developed by Japanese creators at a Japanese gaming company, Konami.
ANN reports on subjects that have ties to Japan. Not just anime.
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veemonjosh



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 19, 2018 7:30 pm Reply with quote
SaiyamanMS wrote:
They’re announcing the licensing of season 9? I would have thought they had it ages ago. Not that I care about dub only releases of anime anyway.


Viz did release Battle Frontier years ago. This is them announcing it's getting a rerelease, since they've been gradually rereleasing all the old seasons of Pokemon in order.
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The Count



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 19, 2018 7:45 pm Reply with quote
Great, so now in two years I can get the first season on Castlevania that aired last year.
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OjaruFan2



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 19, 2018 10:19 pm Reply with quote
Definitely will be getting Viz's BD release of Castlevania!
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Veniamin



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 20, 2018 7:49 am Reply with quote
I just wish they also had it with the Japanese version for Pokémon. It’s really not worth getting it dub only.
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Cardcaptor Takato



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 22, 2018 12:38 pm Reply with quote
I feel like it would have made more sense for Viz to wait until after season two to release Castlevania on BD since the first season is only four episodes long and ends on kind of a cliffhanger and i'd prefer to buy all 12 episodes at once.
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Crystalyn
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 28, 2018 4:52 am Reply with quote
MasterKingJC wrote:
NearEasternerJ1 wrote:
Castlevania is not an anime; it's an American cartoon. It shouldn't even be advertised on ANN.


Except the Castlevania series was created and developed by Japanese creators at a Japanese gaming company, Konami.
ANN reports on subjects that have ties to Japan. Not just anime.


Hi, Managing Editor here. MasterKingJC is correct. This is why we also report on the live-action Detective Pikachu film, and the Mega Man: Fully Charged animated series. If it's based on a Japanese-produced anime, manga, or video game franchise, we write about it.

And note that for things like Castlevania and Mega Man: Fully Charged, we don't refer to them as "anime" but as "animated series" or "animated show." We're fully aware they're not anime.
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michaeltanzer



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PostPosted: Mon Jul 30, 2018 6:25 pm Reply with quote
Veniamin wrote:
I just wish they also had it with the Japanese version for Pokémon. It’s really not worth getting it dub only.


You're right Veniamin, there should be an Subtitled version of Pokemon. And yes, the Sun & Moon release should be Dual-Audio.
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