MVM Entertainment to announce new anime license soon

animefreak17 said:
i said this once and il say it again. mvm should licence ADV anime titles cause ADV out of the game of anime ib like to get my hands on a few ADV titles
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And we'll say this again. The majority of ADV titles were a load of **** and don't deserve rescuing.
 
Durial666 said:
animefreak17 said:
i said this once and il say it again. mvm should licence ADV anime titles cause ADV out of the game of anime ib like to get my hands on a few ADV titles
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And we'll say this again. The majority of ADV titles were a load of **** and don't deserve rescuing.
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some was good
 
Durial666 said:
And we'll say this again. The majority of ADV titles were a load of **** and don't deserve rescuing.
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There's still the 20% or so that were good.
Most of them got rescued in the US, but not here.
Only big one missing is NGE, with Excel Saga finaly being released by FUNi this week.
 
Reaper gI said:
Durial666 said:
And we'll say this again. The majority of ADV titles were a load of **** and don't deserve rescuing.
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There's still the 20% or so that were good.
Most of them got rescued in the US, but not here.
Only big one missing is NGE, with Excel Saga finaly being released by FUNi this week.
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in the US or UK
 
And I'll say this again. The majority of ADV titles were a load of **** and don't deserve rescuing.

I didn't say all now did I....
 
Durial666 said:
And I'll say this again. The majority of ADV titles were a load of **** and don't deserve rescuing.

I didn't say all now did I....
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That quite unfair statement to make about ADV. It was only towards the end of their life span that began to start release mediocre shows in the UK. The Majority shows before then where generally of high quality with only a few not so good shows. But even then I must admit enjoying some of less well received series like Generator Gawl or Burn-Up Excess.

But anyway here list of the high quality titles brought to the UK by ADV:

Angelic Layer
Azumanga Daioh
Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040
Le Chevalier D'Eon
Chrono Crusade
Cromartie High School
Dai-Guard
Dragon Half
Elfen Lied
Excel Saga
Final Fantasy: Unlimited
NEW Fist of the North Star
Full Metal Panic!
Gasaraki
GetBackers
Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor
Hellsing TV series
Kino's Journey
Last Exile
Sakura Wars OVA
Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi
Martian Successor Nadesico & Movie
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Noir
Parasite Dolls
RahXephon
Rune Soldier
Shadow Skill
Spriggan
The Place Promised in Our Early Days
A Tree of Palme
Utawarerumono
Puni Puni Poemy
Gilgamesh
Gad Guard
Gunsmith Cats

ADV deserve a lot more respect when they where instrumental to popularize the releasing of longer Anime Series on DVD, when the norm was just to release Anime Films/Short OVA's.
 
Again it was the titles towards the end which caused ADV downfall not the better titles they released before. ADV were quite successful before then with those titles as they ran for quite long period. They were releasing titles like Evangelion on VHS, which gives you an idea how back they go.

Well I agree in the most part its better to release new titles. But just don't agree with the notion that majority of ADV titles were actual that bad and failing to respect ADV for the very important development of UK Anime fanbase.

Maybe not yet but certainly at some point in future it would be good idea to re-release a lot of the older title formally released by ADV. For me or you we will probably won't need those titles as we have either brought or passed on them once before. But you have to think about the next generation of Anime fans who weren't able to buy them first time around.
 
Lawrence said:
True but then you could say the same thing about a lot of older titles by Manga and MVM which were once available but are no longer, sure it sucks to be a new anime fan, if you have missed out on some old classics but plenty of good new titles come out each season, so why should we look backwards?
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New good titles don't come out here. There aren't many, 4-5 a year, to start with. We get lowest common denominator stuff that sold well in the US for the most part.
Some make the US, but the two titles I want most from last year (Heartcatch Precure, Oreimo) both lack English release, or any anouncement of one, 2 (Bakemono, Saki) from '09 as well. That's about 50% of the shows I'd actulay want to buy.

Also anyone actualy intersted in the medium will want to see the classics. Most of which are better than 95% of current stuff, if they weren't exceptionaly good or original they wouldn't be a classic.
 
There are about twenty titles on the list on the previous page that I reckon you could find massive disagreement with any suggestion that they are good, let along worth buying.
 
ilmaestro said:
There are about twenty titles on the list on the previous page that I reckon you could find massive disagreement with any suggestion that they are good, let along worth buying.
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Seconded
 
Lawrence said:
Neferpitou said:
Maybe not yet but certainly at some point in future it would be good idea to re-release a lot of the older title formally released by ADV. For me or you we will probably won't need those titles as we have either brought or passed on them once before. But you have to think about the next generation of Anime fans who weren't able to buy them first time around.
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True but then you could say the same thing about a lot of older titles by Manga and MVM which were once available but are no longer, sure it sucks to be a new anime fan, if you have missed out on some old classics but plenty of good new titles come out each season, so why should we look backwards?
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I agree the main focus should be newer titles but theirs always a place for re-releasing old titles in future. Re-Released titles should never be the main focus of the industry but just few title each year it something that can't hurt and would be beneficial to the industry.

I can't think of many worthy Manga/MVM titles worthy of resurrection, unless we talking about VHS era of course.

ilmaestro said:
There are about twenty titles on the list on the previous page that I reckon you could find massive disagreement with any suggestion that they are good, let along worth buying.
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So what If you don't like them?

Should Wolf Rain & Cowboy Bebop not deserved to be released just because I don't like them, that's just silly. Just because you or I don't like particular title doesn't mean everyone else has the same view. A lot of those titles were good sellers back then and generally had good scores in reviews.
 
No, I'm not saying I don't like them (although, in a lot of cases, I don't), I'm saying there are a lot of titles there where I reckon you could find a lot of people who don't think they're any good. And none of them would be Wolf's Rain or Cowboy Bebop (and even saying that, I think it would be plenty easy to find a critical mass of people who don't rate Wolf's Rain all that highly).
 
So you are saying none of those ADV titles mentioned are as popular or well received as Wolf Rain & Cowboy Bebop? So neither Neon Genesis Evangelion/Azumanga Daioh is not as popular or well respected then than either of them titles :eek:

With people having a Love/Hate relationship with Wolf Rain. You could easily argue that quite a few ADV title are better received overall than Wolf Rain.

You also have to think back at the cost of buying series back then. You couldn't taken as much a gamble on buying a title simple because of the costs involved. Today for £15 you can get 13 episode box sets, back then for £15 you got between 3-5 Episodes. Were people back then really that stupid to spend up to £90-105 on poor series, really?

ADV shows were not exactly getting poor scores either at the time. A lot of title I mentioned were getting score marks of between 8-10 out of 10, which aren't too shabby.

Is the generally internet reception always that a good indicator of how well a series will do? The two of best selling titles now are also the shows which receive the most criticism, Naruto & Bleach.

The thoughts posted online about Anime only reflect a small faction of the views of the whole Anime community. The only true factor in popularity is how well a titles sell. Whether you love/hate ADV titles they must have appealed very well to a section of fans to keep ADV running for 10 years.

They still even appeal to fans of today. Both Manga UK (Guyver TV) and Funimation have re-license quite of the few title which have been released in the past by ADV UK.
 
Totally agree with some of that, sure. But I didn't say "none", just about 18 or so I would say looking back at the list.
 
As their 36 titles on that list, that still works out over half title worth of consideration in your opinion.

There a few other ADV titles that pop to mind that maybe worth future re-licensing: Boogiepop Phantom, Samurai X: Trust & Betrayal and maybe Reflection OVA (less so recommending the movie), Jing: King of Bandits, Yugo the Negotiator, Mahoromatic - Automatic Maiden, Slayer OVA'S and Voices of a Distant Star.

Maybe This Ugly Yet Beautiful World or Madlax as well, but I have never been much into those two titles. Others may disagree though.
 
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