The News Thread (for news that does not need a thread)

Just Passing Through said:
With Lain, and Shana, they took the Funi discs and redid the subtitles from scratch, hence the sync issues, but they are the Funi discs. I can only assume they'd do the same with Black Lagoon, so dual layer discs, hopefully unlocked subs, and the DVD extras.

Here's their Facebook post where they announce the Black Lagoon combo packs
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When you say redid the subtitles, what did they actually do to them?
 
Emulsion said:
Just Passing Through said:
With Lain, and Shana, they took the Funi discs and redid the subtitles from scratch, hence the sync issues, but they are the Funi discs. I can only assume they'd do the same with Black Lagoon, so dual layer discs, hopefully unlocked subs, and the DVD extras.

Here's their Facebook post where they announce the Black Lagoon combo packs
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When you say redid the subtitles, what did they actually do to them?
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Encoded them themselves. I don't know why, it seems like a pointless exercise. Maybe they wanted a different font or something. The subtitles on their Haibane Renmei release are different from the Madman/Geneon subs, but they do release their DVDs as NTSC, not PAL conversions.
 
Just Passing Through said:
Dannielle said:
... I hope someone picks up Serial Experiments Lain for UK BD release soon, might be temped to get that Funi release.

edit: wait, nope its 'A', gah.
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Sony Universal have released it to Region B in Australia. EDIT Make sure you get the corrected version, the first release had out of sync subtitles.

They're doing the same for Black Lagoon and Roberta's Blood Trail in June if you don't want Khazi's release.
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Oooo, Thanks!
 
anime_andrew said:
britguy said:
AL expanding in to France? I hope they don't stretch themselves to thin/take on too much, would hate to see a company like AL try to take on far too much and then crash and burn because of it. Fingers crossed if they do expand that it's at the right pace and with the right titles, we need them in the UK market.
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Already there, just not yet publicly - we have the rights to some cool shows there such as Attack on Titan. Not really draining our efforts as I learned a lot from Beez / KAZE and we have a separate team working on the French market. Ensures focus of marketing, production and development are addressed.

Small teams of 3-4 per territory is smarter than 6-8 people in one territory with no real understanding of how others work.

Hope this puts minds at ease somewhat!

Best,

Andrew
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Erm, I think you just tipped your hand and publically announced AL is in France :D

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Also, I don't have to wait a year for Haganai Next to come out on BD? Things are looking up :)
 
Just Passing Through said:
Encoded them themselves. I don't know why, it seems like a pointless exercise. Maybe they wanted a different font or something. The subtitles on their Haibane Renmei release are different from the Madman/Geneon subs, but they do release their DVDs as NTSC, not PAL conversions.
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Does seem like a pointless exercise. If they do with Black Lagoon, I'm not too fussed if the font is changed, just as long as they are synced and they don't change the script. Good to here Sony Universal are using Funimations discs, just hope they don't change their mind and use Kaze discs for Black Lagoon.
 
Already there, just not yet publicly - we have the rights to some cool shows there such as Attack on Titan. Not really draining our efforts as I learned a lot from Beez / KAZE and we have a separate team working on the French market. Ensures focus of marketing, production and development are addressed.

Small teams of 3-4 per territory is smarter than 6-8 people in one territory with no real understanding of how others work.

Hope this puts minds at ease somewhat!

Best,

Andrew
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Oh man, gutted you'll be licensing and releasing different titles in France than in the UK. Would love you guys to have attack on Titan over here.

I'll just have to keep my fingers crossed that they're English friendly ;)
 
animefreak17 said:
Haganai NEXT (Season 2)
Aquarion EVOL, Part 2

Getting them defo
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Likewise. Funnily enough just rewatched the first series of Haganai yesterday :)

I suspect this means the second series of Highschool DxD is in the pipeline too...
 
SunlightHeart said:
animefreak17 said:
Haganai NEXT (Season 2)
Aquarion EVOL, Part 2

Getting them defo
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Likewise. Funnily enough just rewatched the first series of Haganai yesterday :)

I suspect this means the second series of Highschool DxD is in the pipeline too...
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Most likely, NEXT was a big surprise for everyone. Funimation probably noticed the sales for the LE went so quick they started the NEXT dub straight after. High School DxD New will probably arrive in July sometime with Devil is a Part Timer! (also estimated as a Summer release), and they BETTER include Episodes 13 and 14 otherwise every DxD fan will be pissed off (incl. myself).
 
Mangaranga said:
NormanicGrav said:
Haganai NEXT (Season 2): Complete Collection (Blu-ray / DVD Combo LE) - 300 minutes - $69.98 - 5/13/14 - A B | 1 2 4
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Wait, what? That's a rather fast turnaround for Funi isn't it? I wouldn't be surprised in the slightest if it was delayed somewhere down the line.
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NEXT aired in Jan 2013 I guess it's a good time to release it.

In other news, those who want From the New World on BD in the UK may be a bit annoyed as Sentai's Collection 1 release is A B.
 
Titan said:
For anyone who may have missed the Bubblegum Crisis Kickstarter, there's still time to pre-order the Blu-Ray Set.

LINK
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Titan, you goddamned marvel of a human being.

I literally leapt from my chair and punched the air when I clicked that link.
 
Professor Irony said:
Have they finalised what's in the set yet? Reading through the kickstarter updates, I'm confused as to what's actually on that third disc.
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I'm trying to figure out AnimEigo's backer forum right now (it's even deader than this place though, which seems odd). I think there's going to be voting for premium backers to decide what exactly goes in the set. Or there already has been - Hopefully not though, I want to make sure it gets better packaging than a cheap orgasm-card.
 
 
Really looking forward to know the price of Fate Zero part 1 limited edition. Will buy it if its a fair price which i think it will be plus if the content its worth to get..
 
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