Mega-post time due to the lack of time due to some college tasks. So essentially it's another post collecting multiple comments of mine into one post.
NormanicGrav said:
Dub fans, prepare for some disappointment but then again this is Sentai after all.
I need a girlfriend to hug me when these announcements get made ...
I need some extra cash and luck as well. And more time for my project, AUKN and socializing on Twitter and Skype. And *everybody stops listening as the lists continues*
Nota bene: seriously, November has been a really bad month for me bar one thing I may post in another thread about.
NormanicGrav said:
Sentai Filmworks March 2015 line up:
Devils and Realist [Makai Ouji: Devils and Realist] - Complete Series - Japanese [Sub-Only] - 17 March 2015
Familiar of Zero: Knight of the Twin Moons [Zero no Tsukaima: Futatsuki no Kishi] - Season 2 - Japanese [Sub-Only] - 10 March 2015
Gingitsune: Messenger Fox of the Gods - Complete Series - Japanese [Sub-Only] - Release Date: 10 March 2015
Outbreak Company - Complete Series -
English & Japanese - Release Date: 03 March 2015
Place to Place [Acchi Kocchi] - Complete Series - Japanese [Sub-Only] - Release Date: 24 March 2015 -
Blu-ray release
Student Council Discretion [Seitokai no Ichizon] - Season 1 - Japanese [Sub-Only] - Release Date: 24 March 2015
The World God Only Knows: Goddesses - Season 3 -
English & Japanese - Release Date: 03 March 2015
Note all are getting Blu-ray & DVD releases. Place to Place is a re-release for the Blu-ray format.
You can view the artwork for these new titles here via Overseas Cover Art thread
While all this broke to me some time ago my sentiment about some of these has not changed.
◄ Familiar of Zero: The major disappointment of the year is for me clearly this baby. I have no clue what I'll do with this franchise now. I have been looking forward to watching this anime ever since I got into anime and I have been hoping the rest would get dubbed ever since I got into anime. So this joins a list of disappointing announcements from Sentai Filmworks alongside Pet Girl of Sakurasou, Henneko, NouCome and some others. *sigh*
Somebody suggested Sentai put it out sub-only as they've held the license to season 4 for 2 years and they've not gotten any cash back from that license yet, so they probably want to shove out season 2, 3 and 4 asap now and may come back to dub it in a year or two. I hope this will be the case. The thing I know is that Familiar of Zero won't be on my list for a while now.
◄ Student Council Discretion: It's pretty much like Familiar of Zero to me, but not as bad. I may watch that subbed in 2016. I'm giving Sentai time to dub it, that's why I say 2016.
◄ Outbreak Company: At least there's some good news, isn't there?
◄ World God Only Knows (s3): Well... It's getting dubbed, but due to the DVD-only UK release I'll have to figure out some stuff. Also, I hope Sentai get the OVAs out sometime in the future as well, apparently they're important I hear.
◄ Place to Place: Hmmm... I may actually want to buy that and watch it subbed. Will wait due to the grace period policy I founded.
VoxPhantom said:
No Game No Life will receive a blu-ray release by MVM.
Facebook post.
Good, I guess. Now let's hope Sentai dubs it.
(*ducks for the tomatoes thrown by Mangaranga*)
NormanicGrav said:
If TRSI/Nozomi get into dubbing I hope they dub this title.
Joshawott said:
Lutga said:
Joshawott said:
With the complete collection of series' that didn't do so well as half-season sets...isn't that the point of a boxset? To basically shift what remaining discs there are?
So they strip the discs out of the remaining stock of singles, chuck the cases and put the discs in the new boxes?
I know the discs usually are identical because it means they don't need to apply to the BBFC again, but always assumed it was just a new print run, not actually the same physical discs?
I'm not actually sure, as I don't think anyone has ever commented as such. If they are all new print-runs though, I imagine the aim is still the same though - use the lower price point of the series to increase profit margins (or with some shows, reduce the money lost).
Most anime only get one print run, one miss-assumption often made is that all discs printed are 'used' in the first release.
Either only a part gets printed at first or they only use a certain amount* of discs from the first print run to avoid cluttering the storage (and avoid having to pay more for using more space).
*500 or 1000 in most cases as far as I'm aware.
NormanicGrav said:
Funimation had some news to show off lately:
- English dub cast for Free! Eternal Summer will be revealed soon.
- Home video rights confirmed for Ping Pong the Animation; English dub and Blu-ray/DVD also announced in addition to Summer 2015 release date
- Home video rights confirmed for Tokyo Ravens; English dub and Blu-ray/DVD also announced in addition to March 17 2015 release date for Part 1 (Summer 2015 for Part 2)
- Home video rights confirmed for Puchimas! -Petit Idolm@ster-; Japanese language with English subtitles and DVD only in addition to 2015 release date for Season 1 (Season 2 sometime after)
◄ Free: Not interested in it.
◄ Ping Pong the Animation: Just as with Flowers of Evil, I don't like the animation style at all.
◄ Tokyo Ravens: Definitely interested in this one.
◄ Puchimas!: I wanted to say I was slightly interested, despite the sub-only, but a DVD-only makes all my interest go away.
Joshawott said:
FUNimation have unveiled "
FUNimation Broadcast Dubs". Basically, an initiative to get English dubs out faster, which is vaguely similar to what they did with
Space Dandy.
Subscribers to FUNimation in America will be able to watch English dubs of certain series' only a few weeks after the episodes have aired in Japan. The first two shows that will be a part of this initiative are
Laughing Under The Clouds and
Psycho-Pass 2. The former will have its first episode released on 1st November, while the latter's will be released on 8th November, which will be followed by weekly releases.
Due to the time difference, the Broadcast Dubs will use the TV broadcast versions of episodes, but the eventual home video releases will use the Japanese home video materials.
Source.
I hope this project does well for Funimation.
NormanicGrav said:
Clannad Kickstarter has been achieved in just a day - $145,000 have been donated to them with all $1000 spaces taken.
First update is a possible inclusion of the HD assets from the PS3 version.
I really don't like how they said "Additionally, we will not be recording an English dub.". I think that's pretty retarded of them. It's no way to attract people who watched Clannad (anime) dubbed.
Regardless, I'm happy it succeeded already. Not sure whether I'll buy the game or back the KickStarter via the Paypal option.
NormanicGrav said:
Hanabee have picked up Red Data Girl and it looks like they were able to release a Blu-ray version, sounds like Funimation might be able to release theirs soon perhaps?
They also licensed Blood Lad and Problem Children, both on Blu-ray and DVD.
It would definitely be sad if "RDG" didn't get an UK release with the slogan "Even Reading knows about it.". xP #RDG
Dannielle said:
Not sure if its been posted but Madman have picked up Love Live School Idol Project for streaming & home video :
https://www.facebook.com/madmanent
And now there's a slight hope for an UK release. Let's hope it gets a Blu-ray release as well.
Dannielle said:
EDIT: Just a thought, seeing as we have MVM & MangaUK discussion/Q&A threads, what do you all (& Andrew if you see this) think of making an Anime Limited one? =]
I do approve of the idea, but the "General Anime Discussion" zone feels like an utter mess, extremely cluttered and unorganised to me at this moment in time. I really wish Rui or Arbalest could perhaps split that zone into 2 zones.
Perhaps split off everything about anime releases or distributors to a separate zone.
I have been meaning to make a post with suggestions in the feedback zone but never can find time to do it. (Might have to make time for it though. I hate to be a nuisance though.)