| Why would you license a show that is so terribly bad? |
FOE-tan said: Out of topic, but I remember Madoka being licensed in Korea, and it was once in verge of being fucked. They aired it on 9 pm and 1:30 pm golden time, and didn't know about TAT SCENE when they first took it. Broadcasters of course, did not censored it in its first broadcasting, possibly (which means this is a guess) traumatising tons of kids who watched it....and Madoka still goes on being unlicensed. |
fri said: While I can't speak for the quality of it, I can answer that question. Though it may be terribly bad to your more analytical anime fan, or a person who isn't into the anime in question, it will appeal well to the lower common denominator. To elaborate more, in a recent skype group chat I had with one of my friends, his cousin, and one of his cousin's lover, the cousin and the lover both suggested Infinite Stratos to him. They of course did this because they like it.Why would you license a show that is so terribly bad? Another friend said he liked it, and without hesitation he added that "it has big boobs." No doubt referring to several of the characters. To put it simply shit sells. |
DamonashuFeb 12, 2011 8:53 PM
fri said: Why would you license a show that is so terribly bad? Quality doesn't matter. Sales potential does. And I can see Stratos selling well in America, for an anime at least. Infinite Stratos is looking to be 12-15k sold in Japan anyways, so it'll be a major hit |
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| GAY, who would want to license infinite harems, wait there is no harem because the main character is gay and or the most dence main character ever. Why isn't anyone picking up magica, it is CLEARLY the best this season. |
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zansabarshadow said: Why isn't anyone picking up magica, it is CLEARLY the best this season. Shaft shows are never licensed. Look at Bakemonogatari, its the best selling anime series ever, at 80k per dvd/bd. Yet nobody licensed it, either because nobody thought it would sell in America, or Shaft just doesn't believe in licensing them. |
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| Why would someone license anime like this. Oh yeah, for money. But I still don't undestand why would someone watch this. Oh well, maybe for lulz, but that's it. |
| So even crap is getting licensed... |
RyanSaotome said: We all know the general american audience wouldn't be interested in a magical girl show. The majority of older anime fans will look at it and think its for kids, and it won't be aired on tv for kids to watch. So wheres the market for Madoka? ^ yeah. why on earth would they. In america gundam is one of the few animes thats known about to the general public. Throwing a mecha anime thats showing good early promising signs onto their belt is a good jab @ funimation (whom we all wish would just quit already. -.-) |
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| I got the impression that his was one of this seasons worst series, being harem ecchi with some tacked on story. I have yet to confirm that though since what I got in HotD was enough ecchi to last for years to come. It's kinda sad that Sentai have seems to have picked up the shows that intrests me the least these last few seasons but as always there are fans of these kinds of things as well so good for them. McRib said: Shaft shows never get licensed. Despite breaking sales records in Japan, Bakemonogatari hasn't been licensed. The only Shaft show in recent history to get licensed was Dance in the Vampire Bund. Which was never capitalized by Funimation, probably because of the content that they never screened before picking it up. Not really true, the first 2 seasons of Hidamari Sketch and Maria Holic have all been released by Sentai Filmworks. Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei have been licensed by Media Blasters but have yet to be released. All in 2010. I personally believe that in the case of Bakemonogatari the licensing cost is way higher than any other show Shaft have produced in the last few years exactly because of those strong sales, they wouldn't have to license it to other countries recoupe production costs. The presumed sales of an American release probably wouldn't be sufficient to cover that cost. Especially seeing how "otakucentric" the show is it would be very hard to sell it to an audiance outside that base. Especially since within that base, the buying crowd isn't in majority compared to the "pay for anime? no way!"/leech-crowd. |
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zansabarshadow said: If Ichika is the most dense main character ever, then Madoka is the most naïve main character ever. Equally frustrating to me tbh.GAY, who would want to license infinite harems, wait there is no harem because the main character is gay and or the most dence main character ever. Why isn't anyone picking up magica, it is CLEARLY the best this season. |
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Onyxthegreat said: zansabarshadow said: If Ichika is the most dense main character ever, then Madoka is the most naïve main character ever. Equally frustrating to me tbh.GAY, who would want to license infinite harems, wait there is no harem because the main character is gay and or the most dence main character ever. Why isn't anyone picking up magica, it is CLEARLY the best this season. Exactly: so far, I am putting Madoka and IS on the same level in terms of how much I enjoy watching it. Overall, the current airing season is rather decent. As long as there is some kind of plot progression, I'm ok with it. Honestly speaking, IS level of fanservice is well within the range of bearable. However, the characters' personalities are a bit annoying. At least it gets balanced out by rather good animation quality. Now, Level-E is something else..... |
bla bla bla The endless debate between fans and haters. At one point, after spending a lot of time on MAL, you just realize it's totally pointless.Niko-kun said: On MAL, everyone who has used the lame rating system becomes a critic and an intellectual by default, haven't you heard? |
Whoomp said: I got the impression that his was one of this seasons worst series, being harem ecchi with some tacked on story. I have yet to confirm that though since what I got in HotD was enough ecchi to last for years to come. It's kinda sad that Sentai have seems to have picked up the shows that intrests me the least these last few seasons but as always there are fans of these kinds of things as well so good for them. Like I said before, the quality of a series is irrelevant. The sales potential is all that matters... and this show is looking to be a big seller in Japan, and I see no reason it shouldn't be one of the better sellers from this season in America, as well. Its basically Strike Witches in modern times, and Strike Witches is one of the better selling "Otaku pandering" animes in America. Its the reason the entire anime industry is just making ecchi/harem/fanservice shows over and over again. They are what sells, and the American audience buys them up as well. |
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| i just hope if stratos is a successful seller in america, they would add more episodes to it =o and i don't know about yalls but i think they should really pick Beezlebub, I've reccomended it too all my friends (anime lovers or not) and they started to like anime shows and asked me for more good animes... this could be a new best seller o.o |
Monad said: Who the hell are this Sentai guys who started licensing so much shows now? Sentai Filmworks is a Japanese licensing company that entered into a partnership with the former ADV Films which is now Section 23 films. |
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| WTF do they have to hurry license all anime now for ? they don´t even dub (i hate them) |
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| Good for USA, but in LA we are fucked... I think the only lincensed animes are dragon ball,sailor moon and card captors sakura, so don't complain... |
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RyanSaotome said: zansabarshadow said: Why isn't anyone picking up magica, it is CLEARLY the best this season. Shaft shows are never licensed. Look at Bakemonogatari, its the best selling anime series ever, at 80k per dvd/bd. Yet nobody licensed it, either because nobody thought it would sell in America, or Shaft just doesn't believe in licensing them. Bakemonogatari sold very well, but best selling anime series it certainly is NOT. |
| I should amend my statement. Best selling anime in the last 15 years. --------01～10-------- *174,353 Evangelion (1995) *81,499 Gundam (1979) *71,363 Bakemonogatari（4巻第1週まで）(2009) *69,247 Gundam SEED DESTINY (2004) *58,563 Gundam SEED (2002) *52,923 Dragon Ball GT (1996) *52,900 FMA (2003) *47,671 Code Geass (2006) *46,081 Macross F (2008) *45,023 Cowboy Bebop (1998) --------11～20-------- *41,337 Code Geass R2 (2008) *41,037 Haruhi Suzumiya (2006) *40,832 K-ON！（最終巻第1週）(2009) *40,471 Dragon Ball Z (1989) *38,349 Nadesico (1996) *37,570 Gundam 00 (2007) *37,436～37,441 Future Boy Conan (1978) *31,696 Gundam W (1995) *29,146 Lucky Star (2007) http://www.mangashare.com/forums/threads/15208-Japan-s-Top-20-Best-Selling-Anime |
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| ^Then, we can just say it is the best selling TV animation in 21th century, right?... ;) |
Whoomp said: I got the impression that his was one of this seasons worst series, being harem ecchi with some tacked on story. I have yet to confirm that though since what I got in HotD was enough ecchi to last for years to come. It's kinda sad that Sentai have seems to have picked up the shows that intrests me the least these last few seasons but as always there are fans of these kinds of things as well so good for them. McRib said: Shaft shows never get licensed. Despite breaking sales records in Japan, Bakemonogatari hasn't been licensed. The only Shaft show in recent history to get licensed was Dance in the Vampire Bund. Which was never capitalized by Funimation, probably because of the content that they never screened before picking it up. Not really true, the first 2 seasons of Hidamari Sketch and Maria Holic have all been released by Sentai Filmworks. Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei have been licensed by Media Blasters but have yet to be released. All in 2010. I personally believe that in the case of Bakemonogatari the licensing cost is way higher than any other show Shaft have produced in the last few years exactly because of those strong sales, they wouldn't have to license it to other countries recoupe production costs. The presumed sales of an American release probably wouldn't be sufficient to cover that cost. Especially seeing how "otakucentric" the show is it would be very hard to sell it to an audiance outside that base. Especially since within that base, the buying crowd isn't in majority compared to the "pay for anime? no way!"/leech-crowd. Exactly. Bakemonogatari would never be a success outside Japan. I mean, half the show is about playing with japanese words and idioms. How could you localize something like that? There is no way you could dub it succesfully, you'd have to butcher every last piece of it. Even in the subs you have to consantly pause and read explanations every 5 minutes about what the characters are saying. Even if the company that made Bagemonogatari let the show be licenced abroad, that would only serve to spoil it's reputation, as it would probably be a total failure. |
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yFSC said: It's good as your post.It's nice to see that a GOOD show like Infinite Stratos got licensed (what, a week after it aired?). Though, might as well not dub it, since it has some quality VA. Also nice to see that crap shows will stay unlicensed. |
| i think this might be a good investment |
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| is there only 12 episodes to IS? or other episodes will be added soon? |
| its being dubbed and it comes out this april check it out on amazon.com |
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Setsuna200 said: its being dubbed and it comes out this april check it out on amazon.com They are also releasing a bonus soundtrack CD with it and if it sells well they will add nifty things in the future. |
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Arcadies said: One thing I am curious about is what the cast is going to look like. The Fandom Post - ‘Infinite Stratos’ Anime Gets English Cast Reveal
Somebody who knows more about this series and/or who's more familiar with Texan VAs should weigh in on this. I will say this, though: Considering what Tiffany Grant's most famous role is, casting her as Laura should be worth at least a few chuckles. In any case, I may very well pick this show up, if only to confirm if my initial assessment of it as a generic harem comedy disguised as a poor Tom Clancy ripoff is anywhere near the mark. |
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