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GATSU
Joined: 03 Jan 2002
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Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 6:14 am
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It must be the bug-collecting culture in Japan, since I doubt Bee Movie would have done well, otherwise. That, or they got a popular Japanese comedian for the dub.
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enurtsol
Joined: 01 May 2007
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Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 12:54 pm
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Maybe Seinufeldo is bigger than Goku over there!
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samuelp
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Joined: 25 Nov 2007
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Location: San Antonio, USA
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Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 1:02 pm
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GATSU wrote: | It must be the bug-collecting culture in Japan, since I doubt Bee Movie would have done well, otherwise. That, or they got a popular Japanese comedian for the dub. |
On the contrary, it was simply marketed better.
Instead of selling it as a sort of "not really a seinfeld movie" and "not really a kids movie" waffling thing like they did here (remember the freaky and not funny preview involving the voice actors in giant insect suits on a windshield?) they simply marketed it as a kids movie, plain and simple.
CG animated Kids movies sell well on DVD in Japan (and everywhere, actually), and this one is no different. I don't think it did particularly well in theaters, but parents are picking it up for their kids, that's all.
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SSJ Gohan 64
Joined: 01 Jan 2003
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Location: Silver Spring, Maryland
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Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 1:25 pm
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Japan sure loves their DBGT, Eva, and Totoro.
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jeromeskee
Joined: 13 Jan 2006
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Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 7:41 pm
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I never liked DBGT and I'll probably never buy any of the DVDs. I just see it as an added series that was made to pull in more money for Toei and Shueisha, and here it is more than ten years later and it's still bringing them profits. Dragon Ball remains a lucrative commodity, more than ten years after the manga and anime have ended.
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GATSU
Joined: 03 Jan 2002
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Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 8:03 pm
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GT's only selling well in Japan, because it bombed in the ratings there the first time around, and they probably don't even bother airing it in reruns.
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SSJ Gohan 64
Joined: 01 Jan 2003
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Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 9:01 pm
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GATSU wrote: | GT's only selling well in Japan, because it bombed in the ratings there the first time around, and they probably don't even bother airing it in reruns. |
I believed they aired reruns on Animax.
Is there any way to see the numbers for these releases?
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strahl
Joined: 07 Jun 2008
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Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 4:54 am
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crap!! Eva 1.0 is a best seller....
The head trips of Anno just got more funds once again...
Gainax just decided to extend the final movie in two parts, so they will be five plus the ending...worked for harry potter...
"If you make it...they will come"...
Also Gainax just announced a new Tv series of evangelion after the movies..."everything was a dream...." and starts when shinji wakes up inside the Eva after he just killed Kaworu, Gainax catchphrase of the series will be the first line....
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Zin5ki
Joined: 06 Jan 2008
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Location: London, UK
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Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 8:42 am
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strahl wrote: | Also Gainax just announced a new Tv series of evangelion after the movies..."everything was a dream...." and starts when shinji wakes up inside the Eva after he just killed Kaworu, Gainax catchphrase of the series will be the first line.... |
If this is indeed true it looks like pretty serious news to me. I hope the series will only "overrule" the new films' ending and not that of EoE.
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