UK Anime Distributor Anime Limited Discussion Thread

Gemsy-chan said:
Probably because they licenced it for streaming like they have with Seraph of the End and Heroic Legend of Arslan. Doesn't necessarily mean they have the rights to a physical release (although I hope they do)
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I don't think Anime Ltd. have streaming-only rights for any of their titles, it would be a first for them.
 
Buzz201 said:
Gemsy-chan said:
Probably because they licenced it for streaming like they have with Seraph of the End and Heroic Legend of Arslan. Doesn't necessarily mean they have the rights to a physical release (although I hope they do)
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I don't think Anime Ltd. have streaming-only rights for any of their titles, it would be a first for them.
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They haven't announced physical rights to those shows, just that they have teamed up with viewster for them to be streamed in the UK. They could be waiting for the shows to finish airing before making an announcement though.
 
Anime limited have always said they see no sense in licensing something just for streaming and would license a whole package. Sure they reiterated on this point in one of their podcasts
 
Gemsy-chan said:
They haven't announced physical rights to those shows, just that they have teamed up with viewster for them to be streamed in the UK. They could be waiting for the shows to finish airing before making an announcement though.
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The official wording of the announcement for Seraph of the End is "Anime Limited are pleased to announce the rights to Seraph of the End for [various territories]", which reads to me like they have the rights to all platforms. Arslan's is worded more specifically, "Anime Limited are pleased to announce the release of The Heroic Legend of Arslan for simulcast in the UK." But both came from NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan, so I'd imagine they're on similar contracts.


Plastic Memories doesn't have it's own announcement, but why would you buy streaming-only rights to an Aniplex show? They stream them all over here anyway...
 
Sounds like good news, (I see pretty much any new UK license as good news). but it has left me slightly worried that for Anime Ltd, rate of acquisitions >> rate of releases.

What the outcome/solution to that is I don't know. Could be one (or more) of the following...

1) Hire more people (maybe they are doing this?...) Perhaps certain releases with short turn around times could even be funding this.
2) Push certain releases back further and further. I'm sure they want to avoid this...
3) Become super efficient. Possibly hard to do without sacrificing quality?
4) Drop certain releases due to lack of time... I hope we don't see this one...

Thoughts?
 
msgeek said:
Sounds like good news, (I see pretty much any new UK license as good news). but it has left me slightly worried that for Anime Ltd, rate of acquisitions >> rate of releases.

What the outcome/solution to that is I don't know. Could be one (or more) of the following...

1) Hire more people (maybe they are doing this?...) Perhaps certain releases with short turn around times could even be funding this.
2) Push certain releases back further and further. I'm sure they want to avoid this...
3) Become super efficient. Possibly hard to do without sacrificing quality?
4) Drop certain releases due to lack of time... I hope we don't see this one...

Thoughts?
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It's just an inference, based on a fairly ambiguous tweet, I'd take it with a mountain of salt.

Also, 4) is unlikely to happen. I'm sure Andrew has vaguely implied that they pay a fixed rate per episode, unless they're getting a lot of money from simulcasts, I'd be surprised if they cover that entire cost without a release of some kind, even if it was just download to own.
 
a quick count (may be off - i'll count klk as released and exclude different editions of the same show).

14 released
8 pending release (date supplied)
12 pending release (no date)

And that is not counting the complexity of releasing something like a 4 part SAO compared to single part series... It's an ambitious schedule I'll give them that... What is this roughly ~14 releases in 2 years previously and probably planning to double that over the next 6 months (assuming 6 of the undated releases are planned for this year)? I really hope they can do it but it seems like a stretch...
 
Buzz201 said:
There's a very strong hint on Viewster's twitter feed that Anime Ltd. has the UK rights to Blood Blockade Battlefront. Should this be the case, it seems like a great acquisition for them...
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Well, going by this tweet and the fact that Kekkai Sensen has suddenly materialised on Viewster, I'd say it's fair to assume that they do indeed have the rights.
I'm tempted to try out the series purely based on the Japanese sales alone. The first volume sold ~17k in it's first week (For comparison the next highest were Fafner and Euphonium w/~6.5k). Bones must be relieved after their bad streak last year.
 
britguy said:
Anime limited have always said they see no sense in licensing something just for streaming and would license a whole package. Sure they reiterated on this point in one of their podcasts
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My hopes for Gundam G-Reco on DVD in the UK just went up a notch.
 
Mangaranga said:
Well, going by this tweet and the fact that Kekkai Sensen has suddenly materialised on Viewster, I'd say it's fair to assume that they do indeed have the rights.
I'm tempted to try out the series purely based on the Japanese sales alone. The first volume sold ~17k in it's first week. Bones must be relieved after their bad streak last year.
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Viewster has dealt with FUNimation before, so it's possible they brought them off FUNi, but UK, Ireland & Scandinavia sounds like an Anime Ltd. package.

If Anime Ltd. does have the rights, it then raises the question (for another thread), why the hell don't FUNimation have them?
 
Buzz201 said:
If Anime Ltd. does have the rights, it then raises the question (for another thread), why the hell don't FUNimation have them?
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What makes you think they don't? They're streaming it subbed as well as simuldubbing it. I can't imagine that Funi would simuldub a property if they don't have the physical rights to it.
 
Mangaranga said:
Buzz201 said:
If Anime Ltd. does have the rights, it then raises the question (for another thread), why the hell don't FUNimation have them?
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What makes you think they don't? They're streaming it subbed as well as simuldubbing it. I can't imagine that Funi would simuldub a property if they don't have the physical rights to it.
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I meant for the UK & Ireland market. My point was, for years FUNi has been buying English-language rights, recently it seems to me (maybe I'm misguided) like they aren't getting as many of their titles for the UK & Ireland as they have in the past. I'm wondering if publishers are starting to split rights more frequently or if FUNi are being less pushy or something...
 
Mangaranga said:
Buzz201 said:
If Anime Ltd. does have the rights, it then raises the question (for another thread), why the hell don't FUNimation have them?
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What makes you think they don't? They're streaming it subbed as well as simuldubbing it. I can't imagine that Funi would simuldub a property if they don't have the physical rights to it.
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Was going to ask this question myself but then I realized Buzz201 was probably talking specifically about UK rights?
 
msgeek said:
Mangaranga said:
Buzz201 said:
If Anime Ltd. does have the rights, it then raises the question (for another thread), why the hell don't FUNimation have them?
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What makes you think they don't? They're streaming it subbed as well as simuldubbing it. I can't imagine that Funi would simuldub a property if they don't have the physical rights to it.
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Was going to ask this question myself but then I realized Buzz201 was probably talking specifically about UK rights?
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Yup. See above post.
 
The French version of GANGSTA. is being handled by @Anime. I won't be surprised if Anime Limited picked up the UK rights given Funimation most likely has the show for North America.
 
msgeek said:
Sounds like good news, (I see pretty much any new UK license as good news). but it has left me slightly worried that for Anime Ltd, rate of acquisitions >> rate of releases.

What the outcome/solution to that is I don't know. Could be one (or more) of the following...

1) Hire more people (maybe they are doing this?...) Perhaps certain releases with short turn around times could even be funding this.
2) Push certain releases back further and further. I'm sure they want to avoid this...
3) Become super efficient. Possibly hard to do without sacrificing quality?
4) Drop certain releases due to lack of time... I hope we don't see this one...

Thoughts?
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I wouldn't worry about it - rate of acquisitions always increases as time goes along as everyone becomes more accustomed to managing workload and you'll find we've built a lot of workflows already and continue to do so in order to manage the content.

TL;DR - Options 1-3 are all natural at one point or another and one or all of them will all happen to everyone in the next year not just us ^^! But I don't want to sacrifice quality for efficiency (you need to balance) and hiring someone this year is pretty likely really as we grow up :).

Definitely not dropping titles either and aiming to close out the latest ones asap so watch this space :).

Best,

AP
 
Maybe I just haven't looked hard enough but will you be releasing A Letter to Momo on bluray over here? All I can find is info on a limited cinema release and I don't do cinemas.
 
serpantino said:
Maybe I just haven't looked hard enough but will you be releasing A Letter to Momo on bluray over here? All I can find is info on a limited cinema release and I don't do cinemas.
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Sure will be - materials finally cleared so starting authoring shortly :)!

Andrew
 
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