Pony Canyon Launches New Brand 'Ponycan USA'

Sep 25, 2014 7:03 PM

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Japanese entertainment distributor Pony Canyon has launched a new brand called Ponycan USA, aimed at the U.S. anime market. The official website for the company was unveiled today.

Ponycan USA currently features the upcoming TV series Denki-gai no Honya-san and Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru, which will both be streamed via Crunchyroll. In addition, Ponycan USA will begin releasing anime titles on Blu-ray and DVD for the U.S. market in the near future.

Official website: http://ponycan.us/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PonycanUSA
Official Twitter: https://twitter.com/PONYCANUSA

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Sep 25, 2014 7:05 PM

Retro8bit

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Nice! Reminds me a whole lot of Comic Party.

Sep 25, 2014 7:09 PM

Roloko

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They released Reborn on DVD in Japan I hope it gets a US release too!

The only thing I hope for is that they don't follow Aniplex's pricing model $80 is as much I'll spend on a series unless I really REALLY enjoyed it.

"What has two arms, two legs, and is alive? Not your favorite character lol! xD"

Sep 25, 2014 7:12 PM

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o.o nice.

Sep 25, 2014 7:13 PM

Hoppy

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Please don't bring the Japanese prices here, no sense in paying $400 for a 1 cour anime in the US, hardly anyone will buy your BDs if they are at or near $400.

Sep 25, 2014 7:15 PM

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They here to license Hyouka or what?

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Sep 25, 2014 7:40 PM

einonymous

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Interesting.

R4vel said:
They here to license Hyouka or what?

Haha, yeah.

Sep 25, 2014 8:03 PM

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This is very acceptable.

Sep 25, 2014 8:16 PM

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Aniplex 2.0 inbound.

Sep 25, 2014 8:55 PM

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Sep 25, 2014 9:17 PM

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Well that's interesting and I see they already have two series from the Fall lineup on their site too. Looking forward to what else they will be releasing in the future.

Sep 25, 2014 9:52 PM

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This is great news! Hopefully a lot more series will be subbed officially and sold in the states at an affordable price :)

Dubs are probably inevitable though, not that it's an issue.

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Sep 26, 2014 12:56 AM

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Hmmm......That's nice.

Sep 26, 2014 2:58 AM

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Are they preparing to sell Shingeki no Kyojin?

Sep 26, 2014 3:25 AM

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Cool

Sep 26, 2014 5:25 AM

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Tomislavr7 said:
Are they preparing to sell Shingeki no Kyojin?

Funimation already released it all on DVD so no.

"What has two arms, two legs, and is alive? Not your favorite character lol! xD"

Sep 26, 2014 6:15 AM

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Roloko said:

Tomislavr7 said:
Are they preparing to sell Shingeki no Kyojin?

Funimation already released it all on DVD so no.

Oh, I never knew. Thanks for the info.

Sep 26, 2014 10:52 AM

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Cool, I hope it will sell great.

Sep 26, 2014 3:22 PM

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Roloko said:

Tomislavr7 said:
Are they preparing to sell Shingeki no Kyojin?

Funimation already released it all on DVD so no.

Theres a very good chance any future seasons will be released by Pony Canyon though.

Sep 26, 2014 6:08 PM

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I'm actually very excited about this. I'm eager to see how it turns out. Pony is also a music distributor in Japan so hopefully this means more localized OSTs as well, specifically the Attack on Titan OST. As for pricing, I think we should wait and see. I won't get my hopes up, but I'll wait until their first release before complaining about any prices.

Sep 27, 2014 7:07 AM

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Hoppy said:
Please don't bring the Japanese prices here, no sense in paying $400 for a 1 cour anime in the US, hardly anyone will buy your BDs if they are at or near $400.

my thought exactly

Sep 29, 2014 10:06 PM

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The more anime, the better!

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