Funimation Youtube channel

Post by **desirecampbell** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 11:07 am

@ANN

Apparently, Funi's going to put up both new and old anime episodes on Youtube... once a week, and each one up only for a limited time, and almost certainly dub-only.

http://www.youtube.com/FUNimation

The full text wrote:Leading Anime Company to Distribute Programming through New YouTube Channel

FLOWER MOUND, TEXAS – July 2, 2008 – FUNimation Entertainment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Navarre Corporation, and YouTube,™ the leading online video community that allows people to discover, watch and share originally created videos, established a content and advertising relationship to provide greater visibility for FUNimation titles on a YouTube branded Channel. This is the first time a US anime company establishes a branded Channel on YouTube and FUNimation Entertainment plans to offer the YouTube community a wide variety of video programming.
Starting this month, the FUNimation YouTube Channel (www.youtube.com/funimation) will have newly added video content from the company's most popular series, including full-length episodes of “Blue Gender”, “Slayers”, “Peach Girl”, “Mushi-Shi”, and “Kiddy Grade”, as well as many upcoming titles. New episodes from the series will be available every week and will remain on the Channel for a limited time. Program excerpts and extended previews will also be available on the Channel, as well as promotional content and special YouTube-only features.
“There is no doubt that YouTube is one of the fastest growing new media platforms out there,” said Gen Fukunaga, president and CEO at FUNimation Entertainment. “We look forward to connecting existing fans with their favorite programming from Japan, faster than ever before, while introducing a new audience to quality anime series.”
"We are excited to present FUNimation's unique and creative content to anime fans all over the world," said Cliff Samaniego, YouTube strategic partner development manager. "FUNimation's Channel already contains a wide variety of quality clips tailored to our community and we are waiting to see what's next."
About FUNimation Entertainment
FUNimation® Entertainment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Navarre Corporation, is the leading company for Japanese animation in the United States. FUNimation is known for acquiring top-rated anime series from Japan and for being the market share leader for home video sales of anime in the United States. The company has a proven formula for launching and advancing brands, and manages a full spectrum of rights for most of its brands including broadcasting, licensing, production, internet, and home video sales and distribution.

Big Momma · Post by **Big Momma** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 11:16 am

Maybe this is how they plan to show One Piece since its off CN now.(Well, once a week to fill time until each set comes out)

SSj_Rambo · Post by **SSj_Rambo** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 11:37 am

The fact that they have a DBZ commercial as the first video on their web-page makes me think that they plan to show more of the show.

Freeza93 · Post by **Freeza93** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 2:59 pm

I bet you won't be able to view them if you aren't in America though, I noticed lots of youtube channels that do stuff like this do that.

Chuquita · Post by **Chuquita** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 3:30 pm

I've heard about this.

If they do start posting OP episodes, I'll watch them.

Big Momma · Post by **Big Momma** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 1:58 am

They posted the beginning of the 8th OP movie.

I'd laugh if Toei had it deleted.

Raki · Post by **Raki** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 7:11 pm

Big Momma wrote:They posted the beginning of the 8th OP movie.

I'd laugh if Toei had it deleted.

As a part of the license, they have digital distribution rights. Funi has had this channel up for months now, so this really isn't a big deal.

Conan the SSJ · Post by **Conan the SSJ** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 8:19 pm

Evidently FUNi's had my YouTube account suspended over a 4 minute DBZ clip I uploaded over a year ago, some of you might know it as "Goku's Hellish Nightmare". It's a dub clip from the Android saga, when Goku dreams of 17 and 18 finding him at his house and killing Chichi, Trunks, etc. Their reasons were apparently copyright infringement, according to the email I received. Yeah, a 4 minute clip that I wasn't making any money off, nor available for downloading, yet get my account suspended over. They're being real bastards. If they're this anal-retentive, wouldn't surprise me if they went after TeamFourStar's Abridged series next, as well as various other uploads that aren't anywhere near full episodes.

Post by **VegettoEX** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 8:42 pm

Conan the SSJ wrote:Evidently FUNi's had my YouTube account suspended over a 4 minute DBZ clip I uploaded over a year ago, some of you might know it as "Goku's Hellish Nightmare". It's a dub clip from the Android saga, when Goku dreams of 17 and 18 finding him at his house and killing Chichi, Trunks, etc. Their reasons were apparently copyright infringement, according to the email I received. Yeah, a 4 minute clip that I wasn't making any money off, nor available for downloading, yet get my account suspended over. They're being real bastards. If they're this anal-retentive, wouldn't surprise me if they went after TeamFourStar's Abridged series next, as well as various other uploads that aren't anywhere near full episodes.

But you know what you're doing when you put it up. You click the check-box that says you own the copyright to what you're putting up, despite the fact that you don't. You have absolutely zero recourse. Same goes for me, same goes for TFS, same goes for everyone else uploading material that they don't actually own.

bkev · Post by **bkev** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 8:44 pm

Conan the SSJ wrote:f they're this anal-retentive, wouldn't surprise me if they went after TeamFourStar's Abridged series next,

Don't give them ideas Conan. We don't know who lurks this board. Anyway, I've seen quite a few videos pulled by FUNi; I believe Gozar's Alternate Reality has had that problem in the past?

Anywya, did they specifically mention FUNi? I know that Youtube randomly pulls "copyrighted" videos.

Conan the SSJ · Post by **Conan the SSJ** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 9:00 pm

VegettoEX wrote:But you know what you're doing when you put it up. You click the check-box that says you own the copyright to what you're putting up, despite the fact that you don't. You have absolutely zero recourse. Same goes for me, same goes for TFS, same goes for everyone else uploading material that they don't actually own.

I hear ya'. Still, just upsets me that they take the time to get accounts suspended over little crap like this. They can do better things with their time like report the accounts with full episodes/movies. I realize I'm pretty much bitching and I'll get over this, sorry if dredging it here is unnecessary.

bkev wrote:Anywya, did they specifically mention FUNi? I know that Youtube randomly pulls "copyrighted" videos.

It specifically says in the email that FUNimation reported me. Who else is gonna make a complaint like this over a 4 minute dub clip of DBZ?

Raki · Post by **Raki** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 9:05 pm

If Funimation goes WWE style, expect quite a few accounts to be gone. {For those who don't know, the WWE is absolutely ruthless when it comes to their copyrighted videos on Youtube.}

El Diabeetus · Post by **El Diabeetus** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 9:13 pm

bkev wrote:Who else is gonna make a complaint like this over a 4 minute dub clip of DBZ?

Toei, maybe? It could happen. I've put up a fandub of Death Note, and oddly it wasn't even the English companies, it was all of the Japanese companies. Plus, the clip was only 2:51.

I pretty much got this message:

This video has been removed due to a copyright claim by: NTV, DREAM PARTNERS, VAP Inc., Shueisha, Inc. and Mad House, Inc.

All of those companies are the Japanese companies.

I'm not saying it was wrong of them to pull the video down, it's just; why go after a small fandub instead of going for the FULL EPISODES, Dubbed or Subbed.

So now in my fandubs and small clips from actual episodes, I put a disclaimer saying who [Insert Show Name Here] belongs to and who owns the copyrights, and I haven't had a video pulled since.

Genki-Dama · Post by **Genki-Dama** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 12:33 am

Well FUNimation took off Gozar`s Alternate Reality series but allowed him to re-post the videos putting this statement in the video summary:

I DO NOT OWN DRAGONBALL. DragonBall is Owned by TOEI ANIMATION, Ltd. and Licensed by FUNimation Productions, Ltd.. All Rights Reserved. DragonBall, DragonBall Z, DragonBall GT and all logos, character names and distinctive likenesses thereof are trademarks of TOEI ANIMATION, Ltd.

This is nothing more than a Fan Video made for entertainment purposes only.

So I guess if you want to post a Dragon Ball video without getting it taken off, put this in the video summary.

SSj_Rambo · Post by **SSj_Rambo** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 6:13 pm

Genki-Dama wrote:I DO NOT OWN DRAGONBALL. DragonBall is Owned by TOEI ANIMATION, Ltd. and Licensed by FUNimation Productions, Ltd.. All Rights Reserved. DragonBall, DragonBall Z, DragonBall GT and all logos, character names and distinctive likenesses thereof are trademarks of TOEI ANIMATION, Ltd.

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djkalteraphine · Post by **djkalteraphine** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 6:19 pm

Interesting. I'll be keeping an eye open.