UK industry chasing the US top 10 anime

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US pop culture specialists ICv2 have announced their (DVD sales based) top 10 US anime properties. Those following the UK anme industry will be pleased to see that an impressive 8 out of 10 movies and series on this list have either seen or are set to be released in the UK.<ul class="menu">1. Full Metal Alchemist
2. Inuyasha Movie #3: Swords of an Honorable Ruler *
3. Nausicaa: Valley of the Wind
4. Appleseed
5. Steamboy
6. Samurai Champloo
7. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
8. Samurai Seven
9. Ghost in the Shell: Innocence
10. DBZ: The Movie #11: Bio-Broly *
* = No UK release planned.</ul><a href="http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/7692.html">Click here</a> to read the full article at ICv2.
 
It just goes to show how far the UK industry has come in the last few years. We are finally catching up with the yanks!

I'm kind of surprised that the DBZ series hasn't been released on DVD over here. I realize it is a massive series, but its extensive coverage on Toonami surely counts for something.
 
lol, i think we only have 5 movies, and no sight of the TV series' yet :(

Although people say DB sucks, i still really want to try it :p

And as for Inu Yasha, really, how stupid can people be... release it in the UK already!

Oh and there was a post a while back about some company that shows all the liscences in Europe, and it had Inu Yasha down to virtually every single European country, so why have we still not got it.

Also, i'm sure this would finally make people lose the 'all anime is pokemon' stereotype?
 
DaNiMé said:
:shock: i've seen a few AMV's with it in and it looks pretty good, in what way is it overrated? :?
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Bad plot, annoying characters, really bad dub and pretty clichéd script. Of course it's just a matter of opinion (my opinion being 1337 (j/k)).

You might like it though, I just don't.
 
Paul said:
It just goes to show how far the UK industry has come in the last few years. We are finally catching up with the yanks!

I'm kind of surprised that the DBZ series hasn't been released on DVD over here. I realize it is a massive series, but its extensive coverage on Toonami surely counts for something.
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I think it might have something to do with licensing and the dub. The dub we have over here of the movies is an awful one which isn't by Funimation, so I guess it would be hard for them to release their versions of the movies over here too. Which is a shame as the dub we get sucks.
 
Bad plot, annoying characters, really bad dub and pretty clichéd script. Of course it's just a matter of opinion (my opinion being 1337 (j/k)).
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I agree, I watched about 20 eps of it and really didn't see what all the fuss was about.
 
If you wanna get the story of Dragonball, just go read the novel Saiyuki. Or watch the old TV series Monkey. The story doesn't really change all that much.
 
Chibi Yosho said:
DaNiMé said:
And as for Inu Yasha, really, how stupid can people be... release it in the UK already!
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It's extremely overrated, if you're really wanting to see it it'll no doubt be a let down.
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I think that's a bit harsh! You can't assume because you didn't like it that other people won't either! You have to remember it's a shounen story written by a woman, so the storyline does differ a little from the norm (baiscally they can admit their feelings, instead of keeping them bottled up like they do in male dominated shounen stories!).
It's actually a damned good series and although it falls flat with unnecessary fillers at certain points (eps 81-99 and somewhere around 135-137!!), they actual premise is brilliant, the characters are wonderful and although the ending is up-in-the-air, you can always finish it off by reading the manga!
 
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