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Oct 6, 2010 12:31 AM
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According to Tokyo Shoko Research, anime production studio Future Planet Co. has gone bankrupt on September 29th. The total amount of debt is one billion yen ($12.3million). Future Planet launched China-Japan joint anime project Saikyou Bushouden - Sangoku Engi in 2005, but the huge production cost, which is estimated to be more than 200 million yen ($2.4million), had become burden for the company. Moreover, the delay in the airing of the anime in Japan had upset their financial plan. Future Planet fired all the employees on July 31st.

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Oct 6, 2010 12:37 AM
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Sad, but that's the free market. Make money or die.

But seriously, I sometimes question the wisdom of making yet another adaptation of the Three Kingdoms. There are so many versions floating around that people are quite tired of them
Oct 6, 2010 12:42 AM
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Was Sangoku Engi even any good? Can anyone tell me?
Oct 6, 2010 12:49 AM
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that suck but yeah they shouldnt have put all there eggs in one basket
Oct 6, 2010 1:08 AM
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Did they ever even finish the show?
Oct 6, 2010 1:10 AM
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too bad for them
Oct 6, 2010 1:22 AM
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How can they owe a billion yen when this show only cost 200 million and they've seemingly never done anything else? Maybe I'm just looking in the wrong place...

However, this was one mismanaged company.
Oct 6, 2010 1:36 AM
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They made a very bad move. >.>
Oct 6, 2010 1:40 AM
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I lol'd, no matter how bad it sounds.
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Oct 6, 2010 1:41 AM

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This news made me laugh.
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Oct 6, 2010 1:42 AM

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lol i wanted to watch this loool no one subbed it and no one searched for it so i forgot lol

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Oct 6, 2010 2:19 AM

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Kanra_ said:
lol i wanted to watch this loool no one subbed it and no one searched for it so i forgot lol


And now you have even more reason to forget about this
Oct 6, 2010 2:42 AM

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i think they wish to target the Chinese industry other than Japan
Oct 6, 2010 4:28 AM

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So... I guess I'll have to finish this show in chinese?
Too bad, though. I liked this show, even though I didn't read Romance of the Three kingdoms.
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Oct 6, 2010 4:29 AM

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i think they wish to target the Chinese industry other than Japan


Hoo boy that's even more stupid. They've got enough of Cao Cao, Liu Bei & Co and Sun Quan and his merry men (and women). I think they're targetting the Japanese market, which isn't as inundated with Three Kingdoms as China
Oct 6, 2010 4:48 AM

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Kanra_ said:
lol i wanted to watch this loool no one subbed it and no one searched for it so i forgot lol


Same, I remember looking for it in quite a few places. I watched a bit streaming live TV though.
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Oct 6, 2010 4:59 AM

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..while this studio didn't do much in the anime industry .. it's still sad to know there's one less studio out there...
Oct 6, 2010 5:25 AM

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So a company that made only one anime went bankrupt for making a piece of crap? sounds like a total failure to me.
Oct 6, 2010 5:41 AM

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I'll tell you one thing. They didn't put that money into the animation. It was terrible!

Oct 6, 2010 6:01 AM

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well i fell sorry for them
Oct 6, 2010 6:02 AM

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i mean feel lol
Oct 6, 2010 6:15 AM

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Guess that's a sign that Romance of the Three Kingdoms is way overused. Made me lol though...
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Oct 6, 2010 6:51 AM

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The survival of the fittest.
Oct 6, 2010 7:00 AM

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sucks to be them....



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Oct 6, 2010 9:33 AM

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Kanra_ said:
lol i wanted to watch this loool no one subbed it and no one searched for it so i forgot lol


Because animation companies make soo much money when their anime is fansubbed
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Oct 6, 2010 11:38 AM
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lol, the graphics in that series don't even look that great...
Oct 6, 2010 12:35 PM
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HalRyder said:
So a company that made only one anime went bankrupt for making a piece of crap? sounds like a total failure to me.


you didn't even watch it.

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Was Sangoku Engi even any good? Can anyone tell me?


Yes it was, it was great.
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Did they ever even finish the show?


nope its still ongoing
mikhailn said:
Sad, but that's the free market. Make money or die.

But seriously, I sometimes question the wisdom of making yet another adaptation of the Three Kingdoms. There are so many versions floating around that people are quite tired of them


all of current adaptations of it are horrible their are plot changes and it ends to early like when its not even halfway threw the story, this one was the only one with nothing changed, i am guessing you didn't watch it?
Oct 6, 2010 3:37 PM

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Oh look, there's a white knight here. What a surprise. Why don't you cry some moar.
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The survival of the fittest.


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Oct 6, 2010 4:34 PM

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And to think that it was gonna have 52 episodes..
Oct 6, 2010 4:51 PM

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AlexSadist-sama said:
And to think that it was gonna have 52 episodes..
They finished animating and airing it in China, they just haven't finished airing the Japanese dub. That's the only thing that's up in the air, atm.
Oct 6, 2010 6:10 PM
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Never heard of this studio until now considering they seem to have only produced this.
Oct 6, 2010 7:35 PM

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Any idea where I can find this subbed??
Oct 6, 2010 7:37 PM

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Is there a Chinese dub, and if so, who are the actors.
Oct 6, 2010 7:43 PM

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Fail studio was fail

Don't let the door hit your ass on the way out...
Oct 7, 2010 1:51 AM

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i also forgot they cannot blame piracy or anyone but themselves for this one which is a kick in the ass for companys goes to show

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kuroshiroi said:
AlexSadist-sama said:
And to think that it was gonna have 52 episodes..
They finished animating and airing it in China, they just haven't finished airing the Japanese dub. That's the only thing that's up in the air, atm.


So, do we have Chinese RAWs?
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waste of $
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