FUNimation Announcements at Anime Expo

Immahnoob said:


I heard it's because it's not Blood+... They hate on it because it's an alternate o.O.

Rastamepas said:
Michiko to Hatchin Awesome along with Jormungand.

I heard NISA hinted that nichijou and penguindrum were already licensed, but haven't been announced yet.

I hope that is true. I would love to have Penguindrum.

Naruleach said:
FUNimation announced at their Anime Expo panel the acquisitions of the following series:

• Hidan no Aria (Aria the Scarlet Ammo)
  
• Jormungand
  
• Blood-C
  
• Blood-C: The Last Dark
  
• Michiko to Hatchin (Michiko & Hatchin)
  
  
  
• Appleseed XIII
  
• Ikkitousen: Great Guardians
  
• Ikkitousen: Xtreme Xecutor
  
• Eureka Seven AO (Eureka 7: Astral Ocean)

The following simulcasts were also announced:

• Binbougami ga!
  
• Hagure Yuusha no Estetica (Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero)

Source: FUNimation
Related topic: Summer 2012 Simulcast List

Immahnoob said:


I heard it's because it's not Blood+... They hate on it because it's an alternate o.O.

Enjolras1830 said:

they know how to lincense bad / middle of the road anime[ but not top class anime[ minus one piece] and they wonder why thay dont sell well

Energia said:
Wow...Funi's really late on some of these titles. I know that for most, if not all, of these series, many fansubbers have already did and put them up for download a long time ago (heck Final8 just finished Michiko to Hatchin days ago). It sorta seems like a waste of time to even pay Funi any attention at this rate...

As far as I can see, Funi needs to stop waiting years to license and dub anime. By that time, most of their targeted market would've downloaded the series or either watched it on some online streaming site, thus making buying DVDs from Funi all but useless. This one of the biggest contributing factors in why Funi loses so much money.

GarLogan78 said:
Michiko to Hatchin...cool.

Asrialys said:
If you were to never buy it in the first place, then you probably wouldn't have bought it ever. Besides, why does something need to be watched the moment it's released? And it's not like Japan immediately puts their stuff of DVD/BD. It's like saying that the Japanese are stupid for buying stuff when they've already watched it on TV, online, or have already downloaded it.

CCZilla said:


No, they hate it because the story (whatever story there is, it doesn't start until around episode 6 or something) is a total mess, Saya lets more people die than are actually saved thus making her a terrible heroine, and the show itself is EXCEPTIONALLY boring.

Then in the last few episodes it throws a hilarious amount of gore at the viewers to try to make up for the lack of...anything actually happening...in the first few episodes.

Energia said:


I know that Japan usually takes a year, year-and-a-half to put their titles onto DVD and BD. The point I was trying to make was that Funi has taken too long to dub some of these titles. Let's take the two Ikkitousen series. GG was already finished by 2008 and XX by 2010 and fansub groups have already done these titles and put them onto the Internet for for free for several years or so. Thus, I don't expect Funi to make much money from those (Hidan No Aria, Blood-C, and Michiko to Hatchin can be included in that group as well at varying degrees).

As far as I can see, taking too long to license a series is a good way to set yourself up for failure. Being timely is essential if you're trying to grab and hold on to a certain piece of the market.