| Should have picked up K-ON! Silly funi. |
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| Buying Higashi DVDs. Will turn on Japanese audio. |
| These people saying that Casshern Sins would be basically in the dark if it wasn't for fansubbing seriously don't know how loved the franchise is around the world, especially in the US. Don't forget that Funi have been doing those polls down and then, and Casshern Sins was always on the list of choices. |
| Eden = Heck yeah, definitely picking up the DVDs. Casshern Sins I haven't seen, but I'm rather interested in. Funi likes putting stuff up to stream everywhere, so it should be a good chance to check it out. kuroshiroi said: Nothing about the movies? Funimation says idk. Hotstrawberry said: Should have picked up K-ON! Silly funi. It's probably expensive. |
| I'll be sure to buy the Higashi no Eden Dvd. ^_^ |
Anomalous said: Eden = Heck yeah, definitely picking up the DVDs. Casshern Sins I haven't seen, but I'm rather interested in. Funi likes putting stuff up to stream everywhere, so it should be a good chance to check it out. kuroshiroi said: Nothing about the movies? Funimation says idk. Hotstrawberry said: Should have picked up K-ON! Silly funi. It's probably expensive. I REALLY don't want to hear or imagine K-ON dubbed...Yui's voice would be painful. :/ And this is coming from someone who doesn't bash dubs, lol. Nice one Funi, for picking up Higashi. |
| Casshern??? Why aren't they pulling off the list they had in the survey they had on their blog awhile back?? Like K-On, Linebarrels, Chrome-Shelled Regios or Rosario + Vampire. Now those I would buy over Casshern. |
Hotstrawberry said: Knowing FUNi, they will probably find a way to get K-ON!Should have picked up K-ON! Silly funi. Anywho, yay for Higashi. I haven't watched it yet, but it's supposed to be really good so I'll pick it up. :] |
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DaeScope said: Casshern is too dark for most western audiences it will not sell also they will replace the words kill with destroy that so irks me XD |
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Namida_x said: Knowing FUNi, they will probably find a way to get K-ON!yer license it to Europe and Australia first lol |
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| Getting Casshern Sins for sure. one of the best things to be produced in last 5 years hands down... |
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| I wished they would have licensed goku and his friends return. |
hotstrawberry said: Should have picked up K-ON! Silly funi. I hope that K-ON! doesn't get dubbed, even if it gets licensed. If it does then they might dub their songs and that doesn't always come out great. |
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| I'm definitley Going to buy Higashi No Eden. XD |
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| I get why they would buy Higashi but... Casshern? :/ not a bright move imo... |
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| Yeah~! Higashi no Eden!!!!!! |
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| They have to license the movies but I guess they can wait and see how well the show sells before they do. BD where? |
| Hopefully Steve Blum voices all the characters in both anime. Either that, or he and Liam O'brien tag team it. |
| I want to own Edeeeeeeeen <3 yay |
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| both good animes, eden would be a good purchase on dvd. And it's coming sooner than most licensed anime from japan's air date it seems. |
Capellabun said: BigSimo said: Hopefully Steve Blum voices all the characters in both anime. Either that, or he and Liam O'brien tag team it. Neither of them will be in the dub unless Funimation decides that they want to fly them over to do voice work. It will probably be the usual voice actors you see in Funimation's dubs. which sucks :( they should put more effort in i say. |
| i bet higashi will sold out after a few minutes |
magentaanbu said: but... Casshern? :/ not a bright move imo... Why? There's already about half of the people who posted in this thread who said they'll buy it, and like i've said a few times already, the Casshern franchise is huge around the world, especially in the US. It'll sell for sure. It does urk me that people keep thinking it's a wrong move on Funi's part to license it. & i ask why? & actually reason please, not "oh the show's to dark and it won't sell", because that's rubbish. |
Capellabun said: I haven't seen Casshern myself, but its following may not be as big as other series. Even shows with big fanbases do not always do well in sales. Considering you have seen stuff like FLCL, Gankutsuou and Baccano! - Casshern Sins is a must to you then :P Capellabun said: However, Casshern seems like a series (based on the summary I read),that could air on a channel like Adult Swim or SciFi(or SyFy) on Mondays. That would probably add to a boost in DVD sales if it does well on either channel. Capellabun said: Though again I'm not familiar with the series so I'm not sure if getting a TV deal for it would do any good. Its too deep for TV. It would be the same as showing Gantz and Texhnolyze in Saturday Morning Cartoons slot in USA... Capellabun said: Honestly though, almost every thread concerning Funimation's licenses have comments saying that Funimation made a bad move and are wasting their money. Yet, they seem to be doing OK in comparison to other licensing companies. This time they got their moves right. Casshern IS well known in the west and this announcement, combined with newest Tatsunoko vs. Capcom game getting a release in NA equals one of the best market opportunities for FUNi. |
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| Fuck yeah, Higashi no Eden! And Casshern kind seems like something Funi'd license, possibly to sell as an action series on Adult Swim. It might be a good fit in their line-up, when one of the current series ends (if the anime chunk isn't fridged before then, with all of it airing so late :\ ). |
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Deception said: ok...production i.g. i'm starting to lose respect for them...they announced they were bringing Higashi no Eden with the trailer over at AX and they sold the rights to Funimation here in America? Gah! and then they announce Abunai Girls (terrible) which they say has no budget to produce to begin with? the show is terrible and shouldn't be released. And they said that Oblivion looks Studio Ghibli-ish? Talking about another company at your own press conference is not good. That's just like insulting yourself and giving yourself a slap in the face. Oh well...I guess we'll have to go to the other guys. -_- I just hope they keep Sengoku Basara. There wasn't anything else big that I remember. I am in no way trying to be rude, but what are you talking about? Production I.G. has sold the license of Eden of the East to Funimation so they can release DVDs (and Bluray is a good possibility) in the R1 region. This a completely common practice, so I'm not sure why your so indignant about it. It isn't the first time a US company has licensed one of their titles for US release (Media Blasters has Moribito, Bandai has Ghost in the Shell for example). Oh and yes, Funimation announced at AX that they also have the license for Sengoku Basara. =) As for myself I'm extremely happy with this announcement. Eden of the East in an absolute instant buy with me, regardless of whether or not they manage to use the OP song or not (even though I would be disappointed). Casshern Sins might be a buy from me, it will depend on my finances at the time. |
| Would love to own Eden. |
| I would definetly buy Higashi no Eden, but Casshern Sins, not so much >_> Funi better be careful on how many anime they acquire, I hate to say it but I have a bad feeling abou the future x( |
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| Well, in order for you MAL users to best understand this let me try to put this in simplest terms, Casshern would probably do better in the U.S / North America than Higashi no Eden. Casshern has been around for awhile and as Shiroth said exposure in the North American release of Capcom vs. Tatsunoko will only do him good. Think Marth from fire emblem he garnered popularity in North America from the Smash bros series years before exposure of his game on an English Speaking audience. Higashi no Eden however, does not have that luxury or marketability and will probably only do well amongst the hardcore of otaku. ~Maoh-Sama |
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| Um...I might buy them. I just hope they don't license the movies until subs are out. |
Maoh-Sama said: Well, in order for you MAL users to best understand this let me try to put this in simplest terms, Casshern would probably do better in the U.S / North America than Higashi no Eden. Casshern has been around for awhile and as Shiroth said exposure in the North American release of Capcom vs. Tatsunoko will only do him good. Think Marth from fire emblem he garnered popularity in North America from the Smash bros series years before exposure of his game on an English Speaking audience. Higashi no Eden however, does not have that luxury or marketability and will probably only do well amongst the hardcore of otaku. I'd like to think someone had Funi has this idea in mind, instead of just picking a show out of the hat and licensing that. |
Capellabun said: Cookie-chan said: I would definetly buy Higashi no Eden, but Casshern Sins, not so much >_> Funi better be careful on how many anime they acquire, I hate to say it but I have a bad feeling abou the future x( I think one of the big reasons that Funimation can take on so many titles is because they have licenses to a lot of series that are big sellers. FMA, DBZ, Fruits Basket, and many more probably bring them in a lot of money. There's also the additional titles that they acquired from Geneon and ADV. I think they also expanded their channel into more areas recently so with that, they must be doing OK. Don't forget Ouran too :) It's one of the best Shoujo sellers over here in UK, catching up to Fruits Basket. |
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| I'm excited, the first episode has really pulled on on Eden. Though it would be a shame if they couldn't get the song by Oasis (there's going to be some rights issues it sounds like) |
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| Sweet Eden! =D I don't know what folks are saying about how it will only appeal to Otaku, I thought the series had somewhat of an American feel to it, like an American film, only an anime. So it might do well if Funi plays their cards right and market it properly. ShadowAlex said: I'm excited, the first episode has really pulled on on Eden. Though it would be a shame if they couldn't get the song by Oasis (there's going to be some rights issues it sounds like) I don't think this should be too much of a problem. The Legend of Black Heaven's opening theme was performed by John Sykes, who is also Brittish like Oasis and not Japanese. ADV films didn't have a problem getting that series onto DVD, and that was back in 2001 (.....I think, or at least around that time). |
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| Wee i will buy eden most likely, definitely was an awesome show. Not so sure about Casshern >.< |
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Capellabun said: It really varies though, I know another FUNimation license (can't think of the name) had it's opening song removed due to Funimation not being able to get the rights to it. We'll just have to wait and see how it goes. If they can't get it then it will probably be replaced by something else. There are two instances that this was the case: Speed Grapher with the song "Girls on Film" by Duran Duran and Kodomo no Omocha with the song "7 O'Clock News" by Tokio. Both, I believe, were caused by different circumstances, but the result was the same and they had to use something else. While the OP to Eden is awesome and would be duly missed, I believe it would be an extremely dumb reason not to buy the show if Funimation can't seal the rights to it. My money is for the show, not the minute and a half that precedes it. |
| AUGHHH! D: MORE WAITING!!!! Eden is awesome. I hope a lot of people support it. I think it'll have good reception in the West... As for Casshern, I myself dropped it but I regret it sometimes. I think if the dub is pretty good then it'll have a fair chance of doing well in the market industry. |
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