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<blockquote data-quote="Buzz201" data-source="post: 428596" data-attributes="member: 143">Re: [UK Anime Distributor] MVM Entertainment Discussion ThreadI can't comment on the quality of the show (I've only seen about 15 mins), on paper it sounds like it would be very marketable, and the manga seems to do well. I would have thought somebody would have jumped on it, if purely because from a business standpoint, prospects don't get much more solid than an adaptation of an acclaimed Shonen Jump series involving a group of teenagers fighting aliens, from the studio behind One Piece, Sailor Moon and Dragon Ball.That said, the problem does seem to be that almost nobody was able to overlook Toei's poor animation standards, and they didn't help themselves by locking it to premium only Crunchyroll subscribers in Europe.This won't be the title to give Toei a boot up the ****, as clearly it's sold well enough for them to consider a non-manga adapted spin-off so soon. (And Shueisha don't seem to be involved in the show's production, so I doubt they're paying for it as a glorified advert, like some manga adaptations.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Buzz201, post: 428596, member: 143"] [b]Re: [UK Anime Distributor] MVM Entertainment Discussion Thread[/b] I can't comment on the quality of the show (I've only seen about 15 mins), on paper it sounds like it would be very marketable, and the manga seems to do well. I would have thought somebody would have jumped on it, if purely because from a business standpoint, prospects don't get much more solid than an adaptation of an acclaimed Shonen Jump series involving a group of teenagers fighting aliens, from the studio behind One Piece, Sailor Moon and Dragon Ball. That said, the problem does seem to be that almost nobody was able to overlook Toei's poor animation standards, and they didn't help themselves by locking it to premium only Crunchyroll subscribers in Europe. This won't be the title to give Toei a boot up the ****, as clearly it's sold well enough for them to consider a non-manga adapted spin-off so soon. (And Shueisha don't seem to be involved in the show's production, so I doubt they're paying for it as a glorified advert, like some manga adaptations.) [/QUOTE]

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