The News Thread (for news that does not need a thread)
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ConanThe3rd
Railgun
Given a Manga Sailor Moon will be a Kaze Sailor Moon I'd rather choke on my own spit.SnowWolf said:
Jon O Fun
Combat Butler
I'm hoping Manga have seen the reaction to their AoT 'collector's edition' and realised it looks cheap, tacky, and for lack of a more sophisticated word **** and have decided to make it an actual Collector's Edition and give that bad boy a CLEAN chipboard art box 
we can only hope. And while we're at it with the dreaming out loud INDEX! RAILGUN! HAGANAI! thanks guys.
we can only hope. And while we're at it with the dreaming out loud INDEX! RAILGUN! HAGANAI! thanks guys.
Agent-347 said:
If this is going to be case I'll be curious if they'll be able to follow Anime Limited's lead with the O-card for BBFC ratings etc.
Jerome Mazandarani via @MangaUK said:
Also the BIG NEWS is probably going to be either of the following:
- They successfully made a deal with Warner Bros to bring over JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (considering Viz Media will be bringing some more news at Anime Expo this July)
- They have Sailor Moon, in conjunction with KAZE (since they were bringing the series over in Europe)
- They have One Piece Film Z for a December release
- Some Funimation titles that they could have picked up but decided to let everyone import instead (something like Fafner, Haganai, Heaven's Lost Property etc. etc.)
- They announce the Q4 line up (with Berserk GA: Advent, Fairy Tail: Part 9, One Piece: Collection 8, Devil is a Part Timer, Robotics;Notes: Part 2, Attack on Titan: Part 2)
Either way I wonder what the big news is...
Mangaranga
Za Warudo
Oh god. I'd love for a UK BD release of the Raildex franchise but Manga can't license it, Tony of MVM said it's in their too hard basket, (I got the impression that the licensor wants a lot of money for it) and that only leaves Alltheanime, and last I heard was when I asked on twitter and got this response back in April:Jon O Fun said:
Looking at it now - it's more possible for us so watch this space
I just hope that it is coming. Raildex has gotten such rotten treatment in the west, being delayed for years and even after the first seasons finally got released back at the end of 2012 all we got was a DVD with a pretty meh dub. Index II is nowhere to be seen, and Railgun S is also DVD only despite being animated at glorious 900p. If the JP BD Boxes had English Subs I would've easily imported them, heck I even have the Subless JP Movie LE.
Well good thing they actually realised it before it got released, Ben-To has been delayed:
UPDATE - Good god, Discotek wants to experiment with SD content onto one BD50 disc. Samurai Pizza Cats and Lupin the Third Part 1 were mentioned. No... just no.
UPDATE #2 - Funimation's got some Bayonetta action. With the sequel arriving in October I'm going to bet it's out this october.
In other words, this is the Sankarea incident all over again. Only this time they caught on to it sooner than later.Funimation said:
UPDATE - Good god, Discotek wants to experiment with SD content onto one BD50 disc. Samurai Pizza Cats and Lupin the Third Part 1 were mentioned. No... just no.
UPDATE #2 - Funimation's got some Bayonetta action. With the sequel arriving in October I'm going to bet it's out this october.
Jon O Fun
Combat Butler
Mangaranga said:Oh god. I'd love for a UK BD release of the Raildex franchise but Manga can't license it, Tony of MVM said it's in their too hard basket, (I got the impression that the licensor wants a lot of money for it) and that only leaves Alltheanime, and last I heard was when I asked on twitter and got this response back in April:Jon O Fun said:
Looking at it now - it's more possible for us so watch this space
I just hope that it is coming. Raildex has gotten such rotten treatment in the west, being delayed for years and even after the first seasons finally got released back at the end of 2012 all we got was a DVD with a pretty meh dub. Index II is nowhere to be seen, and Railgun S is also DVD only despite being animated at glorious 900p. If the JP BD Boxes had English Subs I would've easily imported them, heck I even have the Subless JP Movie LE.
I've given up on index/railgun UK release and imported the US versions as I'd read universal wanted crazy money for the license. I also remember reading that the blu ray wasn't amazing quality hence funi going dvd only. With all that said if it got a UK release I'd still support it as they're both great series (and I actually didn't mind the dub).
ConanThe3rd
Railgun
Kai'd be nice. I wouldn't mind getting BDs of those.SnowWolf said:
I'd rather the BD version of the orange boxes stay a US thing, however. Ugly, disgusting things that bring out the worst in Funimation's practices both in terms of Video and Customer Demand.
If it's not doing anything to the quality of the show (and I don't have the numbers so I'm talking outta my butt on this one) then is it that big an issue?NormanicGrav said:
ConanThe3rd
Railgun
If AL Could just quitely bring Discotek's libary under the border that'd be neat.Joshawott said:
Makes me fueling my Monster Rancher habbit a tad easier.
Shiroi Hane
Dragon Knight
Manga are still distributing for Kaze, but their logo is no longer on the case.SnowWolf said:
I've said since the beginning of bluray that I'd love to see SD shows on BD just for the improved codec and higher bitrate available, although I don't know what the options are for SD material on BDs.NormanicGrav said:
ConanThe3rd said:
The wording of Discotek's facebook post on this wasn't entirely clear. When I read it originally, the impression I got was that they would consider releasing SD series on BD, which wouldn't otherwise be financially viable - i.e. they would not be released at all otherwise. If that's the case, I'd be all for it.
Mangaranga
Za Warudo
I'd be worried if it did get licensed to be honest. Would Roundabout still be intact? Would the subtitles be the same?Sinthetic said:
It'll be interesting to see whether Viz does indeed announce it soon though, and let's be honest. If a deal has been made with someone, maybe that would explain the lack of English subs for the Stardust Crusaders Blu-rays.
Mangaranga said:
That's a good point, the names of the characters (which were changed in the manga and games for some BS reason) plus some of the music during the scenes could change (Yes' Owner of a Lonely Heart was used at one point).
