fabricatedlunatic said:
What is up with Funimation at the moment? Continual delays and schedules filled with re-releases of re-releases.
While I'm sure part of it is due to some kind of internal struggle, I place the rest of the blame with blu-ray.
Vocal fans don't want to buy series any more unless there's a blu-ray solicited with the first version, and because of the utterly stupid region splits Funi can't usually release any blu-rays until Japan has them. For series like Sengoku Basara 2, the blu-ray set still isn't out in Japan even now; I can't imagine the US version will be announced until that's had a chance to sell in its home country.
I like delays more than hobbled blu-rays (the dub-only Kurokami release was a hideous throwback to the dark days of VHS...) but after putting out such a stellar selection of anime at the end of last year/start of this one, Funimation's situation now is especially disappointing.
Then UK's in an even worse position because even though we're in the ghetto region for blu-rays, we can't release them until the US either since people want dubs, so then only three people buy each release and Manga cancels them and everyone rages.
I think strategies are going to have to change somewhere in the chain soon or the market will kill itself off. Until then I'm just spending all the money I save from the drought on Japanese imports again, like in the old days
R, who isn't at all interested in crummy licence rescues and reissues ;_;
