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

[Rui]

With Sailor Moon being both ancient and expensive to BBFC (due to its length), would it not be an interesting candidate for an official ongoing UK stream, perhaps? There would be effectively no costs beyond the licensing since the materials are already prepared in the US and the BBFC isn't needed for online distribution, and it would be a better way to test the water than putting out some DVDs and taking a big hit when they don't sell like poor MVM did before. It's the perfect time to get a stream up while the US is getting all nostalgic and the Crystal simulcast is only fortnightly...

Or they could try One Piece, because I want to have a simulcast of that more and it would promote the DVDs of the earlier episodes perfectly >_>

R

 

[-Danielle-]

Ah damn, bit upset to hear that about TWGOK. Not arsed about no BluRay but he dismissed the Season 3 pickup which I'm guessing he tied into his answer about dismal sales. I bought them, I liked them

Someone pick up season 3, please!

 

[Arbalest]

TWGOK i'd like to see get fully released here, but if the sales are low, i can understand his reluctance to carry through with it. I still need to catch season 3 still actually, so i should really get onto that at some point soon.
You know what else would be good to see with TWGOK? the manga getting a release in english. Why hasn't this happened yet? D:

 

[st_owly (witch)]

I'm surprised that it's not been released, especially since it's now over.

 

[Rosencrantz]

Ah damn, bit upset to hear that about TWGOK. Not arsed about no BluRay but he dismissed the Season 3 pickup which I'm guessing he tied into his answer about dismal sales. I bought them, I liked them

Someone pick up season 3, please!

I'm not sure why anyone would ever asked Manga about season 3, Sentai are the people we need to be speaking to, though I guess we've ruled about S3 in the UK if Sentai ever do pick it up.

Looking at the wiki entry for the series it falls under Viz's domain manga wise, I'm not really sure what their US strategy is but it seems to involve not licensing things people might like to buy.

 

[NormanicGrav]

I think the reason Sentai haven't picked up Season 3 is either - because they're being blocked off from releasing the series for the time being, they're trying to get the OVAs first since they're set between S2 and S3 and they're currently unavailable, or they saving it for a possible re-release of the first two seasons with their new Deluxe Limited Edition Numbered sets.

 

[Joshawott]

I just hope Sentai bother to get the OVAs for TWGOK. They didn't for To Love Ru 9.9.

 

[Rui]

I'm not going to buy season 3 if they don't get the OAVs because I tried watching it without them and it didn't make a lick of sense.

R

 

[Joshawott]

I'm not going to buy season 3 if they don't get the OAVs because I tried watching it without them and it didn't make a lick of sense.

R

Season 3 made very little sense to begin with considering how much manga material was skipped (including the conquests of some of some of the girls in the season 9.9), but not watching the OVAs makes the confusion even worse xD.

 

[Arbalest]

I'm not going to buy season 3 if they don't get the OAVs because I tried watching it without them and it didn't make a lick of sense.

R

Season 3 made very little sense to begin with considering how much manga material was skipped (including the conquests of some of some of the girls in the season 9.9), but not watching the OVAs makes the confusion even worse xD.

i've heard they skip over like, 2-3 major conquests, which put me off at first. I've read all the manga, so i can at least follow it more than those only sticking to the anime, but still. I'd would rather have seen season 3 be 24 episodes, covering the previous conquests as well.

 

[Joshawott]

I'm not going to buy season 3 if they don't get the OAVs because I tried watching it without them and it didn't make a lick of sense.

R

Season 3 made very little sense to begin with considering how much manga material was skipped (including the conquests of some of some of the girls in the season 9.9), but not watching the OVAs makes the confusion even worse xD.

i've heard they skip over like, 2-3 major conquests, which put me off at first. I've read all the manga, so i can at least follow it more than those only sticking to the anime, but still. I'd would rather have seen season 3 be 24 episodes, covering the previous conquests as well.

The skipped all of the conquests after Chihiro aside from Tenri's (which was in the OVAs) and jumped straight into the Goddesses Arc, briefly recapping the conquests of Tsukiyo and Yui when they were relevant. Other characters like Akari appeared briefly as cameos.

 

[Mangaranga]

In regards to TWGOK, I lost interest completely in the series around the time the third season aired. I really liked the first two seasons, but I wouldn't exactly be in a rush to get the third whenever Sentai put it out.

So is this (Gurren Lagann: Ultimate Edition) coming out in August? I pre-ordered the second it went up on Amazon, can't wait!

It'll be out in Sept. We're still waiting on approvals for the artbook from Japan. It's the only thing holding us up at the moment.

I wonder whether we're talking early or late September here. I'm hyped as hell for the full release.
Rewatching Gurren Lagann finally got me out of the anime slump I've been in for a while now, and it was just as amazing the third time around too.

 

[jonno394]

In regards to TWGOK, I lost interest completely in the series around the time the third season aired. I really liked the first two seasons, but I wouldn't exactly be in a rush to get the third whenever Sentai put it out.

So is this (Gurren Lagann: Ultimate Edition) coming out in August? I pre-ordered the second it went up on Amazon, can't wait!

It'll be out in Sept. We're still waiting on approvals for the artbook from Japan. It's the only thing holding us up at the moment.

I wonder whether we're talking early or late September here. I'm hyped as hell for the full release.
Rewatching Gurren Lagann finally got me out of the anime slump I've been in for a while now, and it was just as amazing the third time around too.

The fact they're still waiting on approval means that them saying September is still just a best guess. Japan could trun round and inflict more delays on the matter.

It's times like this I wonder why they can get Kill La Kill released so quickly in France, but when it comes to UK there seems to be a lot more umming an aahing over the release formats and the artwork/style of release apparently coming from Japan (excluding the obvious reason of the english dub)

 

[ilmaestro]

I think it'd be a good idea for US firms to take advantage of the fact Japan is so far ahead with any given Novel series and look at the later volumes to ensure we get the solid series' rather than those that started well and are just hanging on because they started well.

The problem here is that so many popular series take a nose-dive once their popularity is established and publishers necessitate overly long runs. ^^;

Er, yeah. Difference is that I haven't paid in advance for and helped fund the existence of all those non-Kickstarter releases. I haven't complained about the delayed release of Evangelion 3.33 even though I'd like to own it.

Just want to say that I massively agree with Fabby re: Kickstarters.

download to rent

Does ANYBODY seriously do this? It seems like the most pointless thing in the world. I understand subscribing to streaming sites for a monthly fee, I understand buying a digital copy, but paying (usually around half the cost of download to own) to download something to your computer just to watch it once? It seems like a very expensive way of watching things. Especially if you decide you'd like to see it a second time.

I guess if you never rented movies when you had to do it in physical form it doesn't make any sense, otherwise it is functionally identical. You usually get a couple of days to watch as many times as you like.

Waiting for Jerome to stand up at the next con and announce their two tier release strategy is the biggest hits and the biggest t..

looooooooool, this would be amazing.

Erm, I might have to check out Hen Zemi.

This show was... not OK.

The original FullMetal Alchemist series?

That's what I was thinking

Is that legit 'big' though? Don't most people consider it far inferior to Brotherhood?

FMA was the biggest when it first came out.

 

[Shiroi Hane]

Speaking of GitS, no chance all of GitS:SAC on Blu-ray in a sodding great box could be Manga's announcement is there? Because I'd be more than up for that.

Wait a minute.. that could be possible since Manga were involved with the GitS licensing if I recall. On the US covers I noticed on the Bandai SAC back cases that the Manga logo was used, maybe that might be the surprise announcement since it does need to fill some space and works with the original film's 25th Anniversary.

It was licensed by Bandai and distributed by Manga in the US IIRC. Manga have the UK license, but it's not like the original GitS where they were a co-producer; they've been trying to negotiate a BD release for years but Japan is being protective and wanting high prices and/or a high volume count.

Haruhi is in limbo as far as I know (beyond help).

To quote your earlier quote from Manga's Facebook:

Cardcaptor pops back up on my acquisitions list every couple of months and then disappears again. I do not believe the Licensor has much interest in concluding a UK licensing deal I'm afraid. They have my offer. Ditto on Haruhi Season 1.

I thought the new GitS rerelease was supposed to be a Manga UK exclusive? Or maybe that was just the steelbook edition?

They said they were releasing it in the US and Australia also. The steelbook is a UK exclusive.

Now that Madman have picked up Senran Kagura, hopefully MangaUK license it.

I remember a rumour that Kaze had it.

The man can't be trusted to not call his customer base are morons for putting two and two together (October 2011 DBZ Leak).

I like to hear the full story behind this, sounds very entertaining.

As I recall it: the DBZ release was leaked, I believe by an advert in one version of a con programme. When it was queried with Manga Jerome, who clearly was not allowed to make any sort of public announcement about it at risk of Toei severing fingers and had not seen the source of the leak, went into damage control mode and stridently denied it. I think Toei later leaked it themselves in some fashion.

 

[ilmaestro]

You'd think the man didn't work in an industry where "can neither confirm nor deny" is basically a meme at this point.

 

[Joshawott]

Erm, I might have to check out Hen Zemi.

This show was... not OK.

I binge watched in a single night because a friend recommended it to me. It was erm...very strange, to say the least. I think the main reason I watched it all was the same as when I watched Recently, My Sister Is Unusual - nothing but a morbid curiosity.

(For anyone not aware, the series is definitely 18 territory - probably even R18. The OVA however, is definitely R18).

It's times like this I wonder why they can get Kill La Kill released so quickly in France, but when it comes to UK there seems to be a lot more umming an aahing over the release formats and the artwork/style of release apparently coming from Japan (excluding the obvious reason of the english dub)

I've wondered about this as well. I wonder if English speaking territories get more shtick because of how common a second language English is, thus the English language alternatives are more accessible to them than say, French or German so there's a somehow a lower chance of reverse importation?

 

[Lutga]

I think there's almost a weird second guessing aspect when it comes to the UK market. The holy grail (in the distributor's eyes) is an English dub, so they'll hold off in case one comes. I think there's also a notion of getting the 'impact' right - ie. making the show potentially as big as it can. It feels like 'Ohhhh, but maybe if we wait a bit, this could be bigger/have more stuff'. (look at what happened with Blue Exorcist in the Uk)

As opposed to in Europe where it feels like it's more like 'just get it out, the subs are fine, and the usual lot will buy it'.

But that's just my perception - I might be totally wrong.

 

[Joshawott]

I think a lot of the difference between the timing of releases between UK and the rest of Europe (such as France) is more to do with us being beholden to US studios for materials such as dubs and Australian companies for masters, which of course, will carry their own contractual requirements.

 

[Lutga]

It's interesting to see what Anime Ltd are doing in comparison - as obviously their releases are much more 'built from scratch' as it were. Imagine it's a lot more costly + more risk, but if we really are heading toward a route where the only physical buyers left are the real hardcore, maybe that's what's needed.

As long as we don't get to a situation like the US where you've got to shell out $100 per every 12 ep box set, then I'm happy.