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nickjeromana
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With all the talk about the American Anime Market surviving, I was wondering how the American markets choose their picks in the first place... do they randomly think 'oh, that'll be a good one', or 'that seems a lot like this other one we did...' I think that for as many anime series released in the United States, there is little focus on quality of the series vs. number of series released. Hands down I think that anyone who looks at the success of the current and past Anime Licensing Companies it's more than evident anime fans pick and choose their interests. I look on the shelf of anime that have been released just in the last year and I probably go through a huge stack and shiver at the idea of half if not most of them. Then there's that small selection that grabs my interest. Sadly, my favorite titles (while it was around) was translated, dubbed, and released by Geneon/Pioneer. ADV produced my second favorite titles, and I have pieces here and there from the other companies. Surprisingly, the last company I have favors from is FUNimation. In my opinion they've done the worst job of picking and choosing how something is translated and who gets to voice it. Certain actresses need to take a rest.... anyways, I quite enjoy the voice tallents of Crispin Freeman, Gregory Ares, and Mona Marshall. Anyways, back to the point. Out of the stack of crappy anime they could've left over in Japan, they could've, especially when they started to see a rapid decline in sales, looked to the anime fans to pick and choose out of the lists or titles that they're either thinking about licensing, or simply ask fansubbers their opinions on series that should be licensed.
Anime I'd like to see Licensed and Dubbed: ---#1) LAMUNE (aka Ramune) 12 episode series ---#2) Demonbane ---#3) Shining Tears X Wind Anime that have been licensed that I'm waiting for release of: Romeo X Juliet--- Tybal (Crispin Freeman PLEASE!) Negima!?--- (As long as it's translated and dubbed properly this time) ... |
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x-tengentoppa-x
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i'd really like to the dub of tengen toppa gurren lagann just for the epic lulz
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BladeDragoonZETA
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july 28 11:00 pm Sci-fi channel |
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Maryohki
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This is a good idea, except that so many so-called fans WHINE and COMPLAIN when their favorite title gets licensed since they can't watch it for free online as easily anymore, so I don't know how much help they'd be.
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PantsGoblin
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They usually pick shows keeping in mind what is popular with fansub watchers already, so in a sense they already are. Although, I will admit some of the titles licensed in the last year or so have made me go "What the hell were they thinking?".
There is also a problem with asking fansubbers on their opinion on what should be licensed. Titles that are popular with fansubs are not always popular with the mainstream audience.
You're going to be disappointed then. While I mostly prefer subs, laughably bad dubs are pretty rare nowadays. |
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DFBTG
Posts: 385 Location: Hell |
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Hm, there's a few series that I'd love to see licensed, but if one hasn't by now, it probably won't ever, and another is a little heard of series. They are: Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora and Dennō Coil, respectively. I think Hanbun's a great romance story (probably not the best, but I love it) and I found Dennō Coil to keep me hooked beginning to end. It had comedy, drama, mystery, and most importantly, heart.
Mind you, those two are off the top of my head. Might be more, but I'd have to check to see if some are licensed already. Edit: Comedy, Pale Cocoon, and They Are My Noble Masters (you have no idea how much I hate admitting that), are other ones I would like to be licensed. Admittedly I probably wouldn't pay for than $1-2 for either Comedy or Pale Cocoon despite my love for them (one's 10, the other's 23 minutes), but if there was a collection of other shorts that caught my eye that at least totaled a full blown movie, I'd be willing to shell out normal pay. And if I can call upon some resurrections...When They Cry. Who doesn't love crazy moe characters? |
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Zalis116
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Why do you want to see those three series licensed and dubbed? According to the voices of the fans that I've heard, Demonbane and STxW are both low-quality series with poor animation, sterotypical characters, and bad stories. And Lamune...well, it's a very sweet and charming series, but it wouldn't do well in sales over here. I liked it, but like To Heart, it's too slow-paced and "ordinary" to catch most people's interest. Unlike To Heart, it doesn't have a "classic" status in the fandom -- it's just another drama/romance series based on a visual novel that nobody here knows about, and it doesn't have the supernatural drama of shows like Shuffle! and the Key/KyoAni adaptations. It doesn't even have the raw soap opera power of Rumbling Hearts. So just because some fans profess their like for certain titles, it doesn't mean that they're good business prospects. Guyver had next to no Internet buzz, but it still did pretty well in sales, breaking into the icv2 top 10 anime list at one point. Everyone was singing the praises of Hajime no Ippo / Fighting Spirit, but its sales were so bad that some consider it "the series that Geneon killed itself to release." Companies have to consider many different factors when deciding what to release. Although fan opinions are a part of that puzzle, they're only one component, and that's how it should be. Other considerations include genre, general quality of story and animation, popularity in Japan, success of other shows by the same studio and/or creative staff, marketability to casual fans and retailers [Best Buy's "we won't carry any more anime with 'Princess' in the title" comes to mind], potential costs of licensing/dubbing, and probably some other stuff that we don't know about. |
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Alestal
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Anime that have been licensed that I'm waiting for release of:
Ouran High School Host Club, was recently licensed by FUNimation. Not my first choice for dubbing but they recently did a decent job on Beck so my hopes are still high. |
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TheTheory
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Yeah, I just started watching Dennou Coil and would love to see a stateside release of that. I was actually thinking yesterday that it should be a shoo-in for importing... but, I could definitely be wrong as I'm rather new to this. |
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Key
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It's wayyy too early to write ofd Dennou Coil's chances to get licensed. The series only ended six months ago, and gaps of a year or more between airing and licensing aren't that unusual even nowadays. Besides, it's a generally well-regarded series from what I hear (one prominent online anime expert considered it one of 2007's best series), and that speaks well in its favor. |
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sj21
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I would love to see Tsubasa RESEVoir Chronicles: tokyo revelations liscened and dubbed. That is the best OAV(series) i have ever seen.
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musk.stick
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While it’s a good idea, I think letting anime fans pick would only lead to problems. What some fans might suggest, others won’t like, and so may turn away from purchasing anime and watch it for free online *shrugs* Just a possible outcome, I guess.
Seconded. |
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walw6pK4Alo
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I'd like the see the most impossible release happen: Legend of the Galactic Heroes. Though it never will be, the problems of its age are against it since apparently old series just don't sell well at all. A dub could ever work, but it would just be way too expensive, and I'm sure the licensing costs would be rather high too, due to how big it is in Japan.
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fighterholic
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I would like to see probably a few things, perhaps a second season of Lucky Star, the next episode of Hellsing Ultimate with the dub from the Geneon releases intact, and maybe peace and tranquility between anime fans and the rest of the country, which may be far, far away.
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Maryohki
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I wouldn't call almost a year ago "recently". FUNi has made me EXTREMELY angry with their inability to so much as announce a release date and/or cast until almost a year after the license was announced. |
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