Forum - View topicNEWS: Gurren Lagann on Canada's Super Channel 2 Next Month
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TJ_Kat
Posts: 423 Location: Saskatoon, Canada |
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okay. so i could pay $20 per month for the next six months to get this channel and watch gurren lagann? or, i could pay about $25 for the 2 disc sets when rightstuf is having a bandai sale - which is bound to happen in the next six months - and still finish watching the series before it finishes it's run on tv. who decided it made sense air these shows on this channel?
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Pepperidge
 Posts: 1106 Location: British Columbia, Canada |
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The big (BIG) problem with this news is that it basically confirms that Bandai sold the Canadian TV rights for Gurren Lagann to Starz Media along with the American rights. While that benefits Americans, since Starz has their anime block on the reasonably accessible Sci-Fi Network, it basically screws over Canadian fans completely because Super Channel was the best Starz could get up here. I don't know whose idea it was to put this block on a premium station at all, since Canadians are basically forced to pay an extremely high price for the exact same content Americans get on basic cable months in advance!
The worst part is that the same thing probably happened to Gundam 00, which will prevent YTV or any stations people actually get from even having a chance at acquiring the series. This is a completely counterproductive to actual promotion in every way, and I absolutely can't believe that Bandai was stupid enough to sell the Canadian rights to their programming to Starz Media. Did they not even take a few seconds to think that decision through? Or listen to the fans who had voiced this concern beforehand? I find this to be outrageous. Truly, truly, truly outrageous |
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Dezixn
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Man that's really... Oh wait. It's Canada, move along, no one cares lol
But really that kinda sucks, our poor northern brethren are screwed. Oh well just buy the DVD I guess. |
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Kyogissun
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They get mildly screwed on everything and it makes no sense... Why can't canada and america just... share channels? .-. I know there's gotta be some legal nonsense behind it but... Ugh... It's just... meaningless in my eyes. But I'm ignorant to politics and that **** so whatever... |
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ConanSan
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ikillchicken
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Pepperidge:
I share your pain my British Colombian brother. I find it especially frustrating because GL and Gundam 00 are both things I am rather unsure if I will like. I'm not really willing to buy the DVDs but would love to be able to watch on TV. I truly don't understand why companies are so frequently indifferent to Canadians. I understand there are some barriers involved but quite often it seems to go further than that. it seems like they just don't care. Sure, Canada's population is only a fraction of the size of the U.S. but still, it's a pretty significant number. It really makes me wonder what their thinking is. |
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JINROH
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We can thank the effing CRTC for all this garbage and a pile more.I'll stick to the dvd's thanks. 
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Pepperidge
Posts: 1106 Location: British Columbia, Canada |
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Hey, you want to flush any sense of autonomy and local culture from Canadian television, be my guest. American channels are made inaccessible in Canada for a reason. The situation is no different from other countries, yet for some reason Canadians insist that they're entitled to American broadcasts. I think we need to get over that. Not that any of that justifies this particular misfortune that we're seeing with anime on Super Channel. But at the same time this one dilemma doesn't justify abolishing the protection of Canadian voices on television. You shouldn't underestimate how important that is in the grand scheme of things. But it's probably best that we close that can of worms. I wonder if Bandai is aware that Gurren Lagann is airing on such an inaccessible station... or if they even realize it's airing on Canadian TV at all. I certainly hope they pay a little more attention to what happens with Gundam 00, but I can't help but be pessimistic now. |
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GW-9800
 Posts: 40 Location: Montreal |
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I never even heard of Super Channel before reading this. Doesn't start off very well.
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TheVok
Posts: 613 Location: North York, Ontario, Canada |
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They're worth hearing about, though, given they're pretty much the only folks airing anime in Canada these days (probably out of desperation for content, rather than any other reason). But yeah, I wouldn't want Canadian TV to just be taken over by the American system. When I travel on business in the U.S., I find there's very little I'm interested in watching on my hotel room TV. It makes me realize that, while Canuck TV ain't perfect, it has a good variety; we get the main U.S. networks and a bunch of other stuff too. In any given week, I watch some CanCon (including Rick Mercer, Less Than Kind, 22 Minutes and Little Mosque) and some AmCon (including Terminator, Smallville and South Park). I wouldn't just give up one for the other. |
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