Spice and Wolf coming to the UK, courtesy of Manga?

[ConanThe3rd]

To be fair to Manga, they pick shows which actually sell. And for whatever reason, your favoured shows apparently don't sell as well as fanservice shows about girls in their underwear (mine don't either).

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I would like to have better faith in the UK anime scene to think we're not all like that but I get the feeling that there's probably truth to what you said.

But Seriously, them going around the BakaTest/Bund twin licence was pretty much the straw that broke the camels back for me. If that's what they truely want to make of themselves then that's thier choice. It's more money to fuel the mule that prints out Kazé's stuff.

Makes me genuinely annoyed that any eventual Tiger and Bunny / Persona 4 : The Animation will be though them by proxy.

 

[Shiroi Hane]

Am I the only person who hasn't imported Spice and Wolf yet? (Well, if I had more money I would have ages ago xD)

I've not even seen it.

But Seriously, them going around the BakaTest/Bund twin licence was pretty much the straw that broke the camels back for me.

What?

 

[Mohawk52]

Why did you import Spice & Wolf? No need. It's coming soon.

Why indeed? It's not like you have ever let us down or anything. :roll:

 

[alexrose1uk]

I've not even seen it.

If you're fond of slightly eccentric series, that focus more on characters and character development, then I highly recommend it.

At it's fundamental level, it's a romance drama, couched in medieval trade with a dash of paganism (not the most common setup). Holo and Lawrence are great characters that offset each other well, and the Japanese voice work is excellent.

 

[Reaper gI]

I've not even seen it.

If you're fond of slightly eccentric series, that focus more on characters and character development, then I highly recommend it.

eccentric, that's the normal ones. Anime is known for being like that rather than being plot driven.

 

[ConanThe3rd]

But Seriously, them going around the BakaTest/Bund twin licence was pretty much the straw that broke the camels back for me.

What?

To licence Bund (Which I believe was their intent, it could have been Baka and Test) Funimation needed to licence the other show. However, to get around that (and thus be forced to release a GOOD show) Manga negotiated a sub-licence of Bund from Funimaiton.

And may they pay for it dearly.

 

[MikeP]

But Seriously, them going around the BakaTest/Bund twin licence was pretty much the straw that broke the camels back for me.

What?

To licence Bund (Which I believe was their intent, it could have been Baka and Test) Funimation needed to licence the other show. However, to get around that (and thus be forced to release a GOOD show) Manga negotiated a sub-licence of Bund from Funimaiton.

And may they pay for it dearly.

Manga didn't "get around" anything. Funimation hold the rights in all English speaking nations for both shows, as they do for a lot of series nowadays. Manga won't even have been offered the rights to either show before that happened.

If you're going to complain at least do it legitimately and stick to Manga thinking it wasn't worth releasing, because they presumably were offered it as a sub-license from Funi later.

Who knows, maybe Manga will announce it as an acquisition at the MCM expo. BakaTest still isn't out in Australia yet and there's been a 2 month gap between the Aus and UK release of Dance in the Vampire Bund. Maybe BakaTest will see a release early-ish next year once the release schedule quietens down.

 

[ilmaestro]

I've not even seen it.

If you're fond of slightly eccentric series, that focus more on characters and character development, then I highly recommend it.

eccentric, that's the normal ones. Anime is known for being like that rather than being plot driven.

p.sure he meant "this is eccentric and..." not "this is eccentric because...", regardless of the debatable nature of your point.

 

[ConanThe3rd]

Who knows, maybe Manga will announce it as an acquisition at the MCM expo. BakaTest still isn't out in Australia yet and there's been a 2 month gap between the Aus and UK release of Dance in the Vampire Bund. Maybe BakaTest will see a release early-ish next year once the release schedule quietens down.

And maybe Quatzequatel will come to kick our asses next year, at this point, it's about even odds.

The point is thus, they did not play by the same rules Funimation did when they got those shows, they picked the worst of the two shows and all that does is paint them as a bunch of people who are more in this for the money (of which is of a debatable nature) over anything else.

This incident (along with the Dragonball Z BBFC F***Up) just shows that they're incompetent at that too.

 

[devilrules666]

when did manga license BakaTest?

 

[ConanThe3rd]

when did manga license BakaTest?

They didn't. That's the problem.

 

[Ghostlight_Ross]

I've not even seen it.

If you're fond of slightly eccentric series, that focus more on characters and character development, then I highly recommend it.

At it's fundamental level, it's a romance drama, couched in medieval trade with a dash of paganism (not the most common setup). Holo and Lawrence are great characters that offset each other well, and the Japanese voice work is excellent.

Seconded I've been reading the books and it's a fantastic series.

 

[alexrose1uk]

Now if only Yen Press would up the release rate!