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

NormanicGrav said:
Ladies and Gentlemen, this is Netflix Japan's anime list:

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I managed to identify most of what's on the image.

Titles available (from top left to bottom right):
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Psycho Pass 2
Bakemonogatari
The Garden of Words
Yowamushi Pedal
Samurai 7
Witchblade
Peeping Life: We are the Hero
Tokyo Ravens
Blood-C
Eagle Talon: The Movie 3
Yowamushi Pedal Re:Ride
Nasu: Summer in Andalusia
Anohana: The Flowers We Saw That Day
The Seven Deadly Sins
Eagle Talon: The Movie 4
Chaos Dragon
Last Exile -Fam, The Silver Wing-
Wasimo
Eagle Talon: The Movie II
Mind Game
Paprika
Wake Up, Girls! - Seven Idols
Saki: Episode of Side A
Looking Up At The Half Moon
Patema Inverted
????
Fate/stay night
One Week Friends
Yowamushi Pedal Grande Road
????
Appleseed
????
????
The Place Promised In Our Early Days
Romeo x Juliet
Asylum Session
Peeping Life 5.0
Red Garden
Traveling Daru
Voices of a Distant Star
Knights of Sidonia
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Psycho Pass
Engaged to the Unidentified
Eagle Talon: The Movie
Appleseed: Ex Machina
Tiny Twin Bears
Peeping Life: The Perfect Edition
Peeping Life: The Perfect Extension
Peeping Life: The Perfect Explosion
5 Centimeters per Second
Wake Up, Girls!
Sailor Moon
????
Log Horizon
????
????
????
????
????
????
????
Fate/zero
Kill la Kill
Dinosaur King
Black Butler
Kakurenbo
????
Genius Party
Genius Party Beyond
Silver Spoon
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Wow. Bit mundane than I thought it would be.
 
Sounds like Funimation may have something big coming this weekend (at Dragon Con or Nan Desu Kan 2015).
I believe Funimation may be announcing a DBS dub on Saturday at the FUNimation Industry Panel. They denied it on the IGN interview but at the same time they were hinting at it.
Funimation - "we reveal quite a bit of insider information such as more information about theatrical releases coming next year, Broadcast Dub behind-the-scenes, *cough Dragon Ball Super cough*"
IGN Anime Club OVA Episode 1: The Trouble with Dubbing Anime Simulcasts Podcast
Funimation Blog: IGN's Anime Club Special OVA

I may be reading too much into this.
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Source: Blu-ray.com

There was also an article that WTK found that indicates a world premiere for Dragon Ball Super at MIPCOM 2015.
Toei Animation Launches ‘Dragon Ball Super’

Set to launch internationally at MIPCOM 2015, Toei Animation’s ‘Dragon Ball’ IP returns after 18 years with a brand-new series.

TOKYO -- After a successful start on Fuji TV in Japan, Toei Animation is launching Dragon Ball Super at MIPCOM. Dragon Ball Super is an all-new series and the first to be released in 18 years. Its global debut has been hotly anticipated by anime fans across the globe.

Reuniting the franchise’s iconic characters, Dragon Ball Super will follow the aftermath of Goku’s fierce battle with Majin Buu, as he attempts to maintain earth’s fragile peace. Overseen by Dragon Ball’s original creator, Akira Toriyama and produced with Japan’s Fuji TV, Dragon Ball Super will create a bold, new universe welcoming to fans and new viewers.

Introduced in 1984 as a manga in “Weekly Shonen Jump,” Dragon Ball has evolved into a global brand. Seen in more than 70 countries, Dragon Ball remains one of the most popular anime series of all time.

“Dragon Ball has had such a major cross-generational impact that you can say this new series represents the combined creative efforts of people who have been with the series since the beginning and those whose lives were shaped by it growing up,” said Atsushi Kido, the producer of Dragon Ball Super. “There are few properties where one can say that and we’re very excited to show the international broadcast community what we’ve accomplished.”

Source: Toei Animation
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Source: AWN
 
MIPCOM's a TV selling fair, looks like Toei really do have their hearts set on broadcast for DBS...

Guess that also means it won't be coming to the UK anytime soon, unless CITV get bored.
 
It was definitely interesting to hear Jerome's comments about Toei pretty much wouldn't let them release Dragon Ball on DVD until they realised it was never going to get mainstream TV AirPlay in the UK.
 
Lutga said:
It was definitely interesting to hear Jerome's comments about Toei pretty much wouldn't let them release Dragon Ball on DVD until they realised it was never going to get mainstream TV AirPlay in the UK.
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It seems to be a Toei Europe speciality, hence why the only Toei shows streaming in the UK are World Trigger (restricted to Crunchyroll premium subscribers only), Saint Seiya Omega and Saint Seiya - Soul of Gold (2 weeks time limited on Daisuki, but indefinitely on Crunchyroll)
 
Buzz201 said:
Lutga said:
It was definitely interesting to hear Jerome's comments about Toei pretty much wouldn't let them release Dragon Ball on DVD until they realised it was never going to get mainstream TV AirPlay in the UK.
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It seems to be a Toei Europe speciality, hence why the only Toei shows streaming in the UK are World Trigger (restricted to Crunchyroll premium subscribers only), Saint Seiya Omega and Saint Seiya - Soul of Gold (2 weeks time limited on Daisuki, but indefinitely on Crunchyroll)
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I'm curious. With regards to One Piece who owns the simulcast rights? Toei Europe, Manga Entertainment UK or Funimation?
 
NormanicGrav said:
I'm curious. With regards to One Piece who owns the simulcast rights? Toei Europe, Manga Entertainment UK or Funimation?
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Toei Europe has French SVOD rights, despite the DVD rights being handled by Kana Home Video. So I'm guessing Toei Europe has UK rights too...

It's weird that Toei Europe will stream titles for South Africa, but not for the UK. (According to their website, Toei Animation Europe is responsible for the EMEA territories, so Toei Animation Europe is a stupid title.)
 
Yeah, it's particularly annoying about One Piece as obviously CR has Naruto and Bleach, so seems silly not to have the biggest of the Big Three in there too - they'd (hopefully) win back a lot of more casual fan-sub users for One Piece if there was just the ease of having it on CR.

I get the impression Toei think their properties are way more popular than they actually are. I mean, it's great they've got a global outlook on things - but I kind of imagine they're stuck in a world of 15 years ago when DBZ and Sailor Moon were legit 'mainstream' titles, and not simply toward the more populist end of anime as a whole.
 
Some manga news. UPDATED

Seven Seas
- Battle Rabbits, by Yuki Amemiya and Yukino Ichihara
- I Was Abducted by an Elite All-Girls School as a Sample Commoner (Ore ga Ojō-sama Gakkō ni "Shomin Sample" Toshite Rachirareta Ken), by Takafumi Nanatsuki & Risumai
Note: This is the manga version of the original source material (i.e. light novel)
- Masamune-kun's Revenge (Masamune-kun no Revenge), by Hazuki Takeoka & Tiv

Viz Media (via Viz Selects digital service):
- Chocolate Cosmos, by Nana Haruta
- Clamp School Detectives (Clamp Gakuen Tanteidan), by CLAMP
- Guardian Hearts, by Sae Amatsu
- Rizelmine, by Yukiru Sugisaki
- Saber Marionette J, by Yumisuke Kotoyoshi & Satoru Akahori
 
Every time they do new Viz Selects stuff, I keep wishing they'd rescue Rozen Maiden, as they're certainly saved other old Tokyopop stuff, and those old volumes go for crazy prices second hand on Amazon now.
 
Buzz201 said:
NormanicGrav said:
I'm curious. With regards to One Piece who owns the simulcast rights? Toei Europe, Manga Entertainment UK or Funimation?
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Toei Europe has French SVOD rights, despite the DVD rights being handled by Kana Home Video. So I'm guessing Toei Europe has UK rights too...

It's weird that Toei Europe will stream titles for South Africa, but not for the UK. (According to their website, Toei Animation Europe is responsible for the EMEA territories, so Toei Animation Europe is a stupid title.)
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Given this is Toei, no, it doesn't suprise me in the slightest they go about things in the most obtuse and financially destructive manor.
 
Professor Irony said:
Prison School getting a live-action adaptation now. Welp.

Excellent casting on the Vice-President, A+
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I honestly would love to see this, the casting & costumes looks spot on in my opinion. Since it airs in October I hope Crunchyroll can get the simulcast rights as they've been adding more and more J-Drama shows (unless Funimation decides to randomly license the J-Drama like they did with that one show Love:Redux from one of the previous seasons).
 
I'm surprised they found people actually willing to star in it though, it's the kind of thing that would probably end a career in the West. Guessing they'll have massively toned down the fanservice.
 
Assuming you haven't seen my rant on the Watch thread, God Eater has been delayed again. You won't see Episode 8 next week but instead one of those 'Extra' filler things. Guess Ufotable shouldn't make anime every season if they're running into problems like these.

Source: ANN
 
Remember how Issei's English VA didn't return for the Broadcast dub for High School DxD BorN because he retired from voice acting overall?

Well now he's convicted for a couple years over possession of child porn.

Funimation also terminated his contract back in May 2015 as a result of these charges.

Source: ANN
 
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