FUNimation to make announcement on FB

[Jackal puFF]

If it's not dragonball related, I'm totally unliking lol.

[penguintruth]

If it isn't DB related, I'm kinda hoping for a Bandai rescue or Saint Seiya rescue. I was planning to get Cowboy Bebop on DVD right around the time Bandai stopped DVD releases and the prices shot up. It would be nice if Funi could release some Gundam stuff, too. I would love to buy G Gundam for a NOT ridiculous price... But my biggest hope is Battle of Gods or more Dragon Boxes.

Forget Cowboy Bebop on DVD. Cowboy Bebop on Blu-Ray is what I want. If they do a combo pack, that would be divine.

[Ringworm128]

Perhaps they have the license to Rebuild of Evangelion 3.0: You Can (Not) Understand Why They Did A 14 Year Time Skip.

Ugh.

Possibly for the classic "everything is different now" setting. That or Anno wanting to make Rebuild as different as possible.

[Gonstead]

If it isn't DB related, I'm kinda hoping for a Bandai rescue or Saint Seiya rescue. I was planning to get Cowboy Bebop on DVD right around the time Bandai stopped DVD releases and the prices shot up. It would be nice if Funi could release some Gundam stuff, too. I would love to buy G Gundam for a NOT ridiculous price... But my biggest hope is Battle of Gods or more Dragon Boxes.

Forget Cowboy Bebop on DVD. Cowboy Bebop on Blu-Ray is what I want. If they do a combo pack, that would be divine.

Cowboy Bebop? The series is "Meh" at best, at least to me.

Steve Blum as Spike Spiegal is awesome though.

[DBZ Mick]

The rights to The End of Evangelion went back to Gainax from what I can remember. I remember the people on the Criterion forums try to have them get the rights to The End of Evangelion: Renewal, but nothing happen. From what I've been told that the license to Evangelion cost a lot since I remember reading that it was notorious for being hugely expensive for ADV when they licensed it.

Indeed, not sure if it's true but I heard MANGA paid $1 million for The End of Evangelion.

[penguintruth]

Cowboy Bebop? The series is "Meh" at best, at least to me.

And only to you, I would imagine. It's nothing less than a work of genius.

If Funimation is going to pick up Bandai Ent. titles, that should definitely be the first.

[Gonstead]

Cowboy Bebop? The series is "Meh" at best, at least to me.

And only to you, I would imagine. It's nothing less than a work of genius.

I've checked before around and I'm definitely not the only one who thinks so. For all the hype and practically worship I had heard about it, I was kinda expecting a bit more to be honest. Decent series but definitely not something I would actively recommend to others, nor would I place on my top 10 favourite anime. The worst I could probably describe the series is "Overrated".

Now, that's not to say I don't like all of the series. I definitely like the main cast of characters themselves, the self-contained stories are enjoyable and the side-plot about Faye was good. I just feel there was not enough build up for the main story, making it feel rushed in the end.

Maybe I should give 'Legend of the Galatic Heroes' a watch.

Dragon Ball? Oh right... well if they're not announcing anything new Dragon Ball, I'd still like to see what they actually are announcing.

[Fennekin]

Whoa, the FaceBook page is at 998,265 likes! It went up almost 2,000 likes overnight! Only 1,735 more!

[Big Momma]

Awesome! Even if it's non-Dragon Ball related, I'm still curious as to what this will be!

Now, that's not to say I don't like all of the series. I definitely like the main cast of characters themselves, the self-contained stories are enjoyable and the side-plot about Faye was good. I just feel there was not enough build up for the main story, making it feel rushed in the end.

I love Bebop, but I know what you're saying. When I watched it the first time, I didn't expect it to be as episodic as it was. And even though I ended up loving how it was in the end, I would have loved if a few more episodes were dedicated to the personal histories of the main cast.

[JulieYBM]

Yeah, Cowboy Bebop is pretty iffy. While I kind of expect the announcement to be that they have licensed the title, I'd be pretty let down. Yamadera and the other actors are all good, but the story really leaves something to be desired.

[dbboxkaifan]

If it's not dragonball related, I'm totally unliking lol.

I'll be doing the same because for other series I can just pass by Amazon's website and check for new upcoming releases.

[TheBlackPaladin]

Hmmmm......a Saint Seiya rescue......unlikely, but gosh would I like that. I just feel so left out with all these other countries getting dubs. Not just dubs of the rest of the series that ADV didn't get around to, mind you, but dubs of the songs, dubs of the movies, dubs of the Hades OVA series, dubs of "The Lost Canvas," and not too long ago France even began a dub of "Saint Seiya Omega"!

Unfortunately, I think the animation of the original series is a little too outdated, and the series too long, for FUNimation to take interest. Which sucks, because the stuff that Toei and TMS have put out since then have animation that ranges from acceptable to jaw-droppingly beautiful.

Ah well. A guy can dream.

[B]

If it's not DB, it'll obviously be a Golden Gash Bell!! rescue! And then the success of that will get an uncensored reprint of the manga from Viz! And then birds will fly out of my butt carrying a banner that reads "you're happy!"

[Hellspawn28]

If I'm not mistaken that Discotek Media has release Saint Seiya on DVD?

[JulieYBM]

If I'm not mistaken that Discotek Media has release Saint Seiya on DVD?

They have a few films only.

[Super Sonic]

With guys mentioning Dr. Slump, few years back I told guy at a Funimation panel I would love them forever if they did Dr. Slump with Laura Bailey or Luci Christian as Arale. He said, he'd love it to do Dr. Slump, but since older series don't do so well stateside...

[superrayman3]

but since older series don't do so well stateside...

Lines and mentality like this are the very reason certain Anime classic's that could actually have some potential in the west will probably never get released in the english speaking world.

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[JulieYBM]

With guys mentioning Dr. Slump, few years back I told guy at a Funimation panel I would love them forever if they did Dr. Slump with Laura Bailey or Luci Christian as Arale. He said, he'd love it to do Dr. Slump, but since older series don't do so well stateside...

The problem with that is FUNimation refuses to just release the series subbed. Depending on Toei's licensing fees (which probably aren't too high for Dr. Slump: Arale-chan at this point), FUNimation could make their money back if they just had Simmons do some subs and through it out in a few limited sets.

[superrayman3]

The problem with that is FUNimation refuses to just release the series subbed. Depending on Toei's licensing fees (which probably aren't too high for Dr. Slump: Arale-chan at this point), FUNimation could make their money back if they just had Simmons do some subs and through it out in a few limited sets.

We've pretty much reached a point in the NA Anime industry where almost everyone pretty much expects any up coming anime release's (whether the material be old or new) to be bilingual (it's sorta became an unwritten rule so to speak), back during the older days of anime, sub only releases were more viable because a lot of anime titles were heavily edited for TV broadcast so it made more sense to release the original Japanese version as sub only, but as the times and standards changed and companies adapted to making Anime more uncut, the need for sub only releases has pretty much died out with the big name players.

[TheBlackPaladin]

The problem with that is FUNimation refuses to just release the series subbed. Depending on Toei's licensing fees (which probably aren't too high for Dr. Slump: Arale-chan at this point), FUNimation could make their money back if they just had Simmons do some subs and through it out in a few limited sets.

We've pretty much reached a point in the NA Anime industry where almost everyone pretty much expects any up coming anime release's (whether the material be old or new) to be bilingual (it's sorta became an unwritten rule so to speak), back during the older days of anime, sub only releases were more viable because a lot of anime titles were heavily edited for TV broadcast so it made more sense to release the original Japanese version as sub only, but as the times and standards changed and companies adapted to making Anime more uncut, the need for sub only releases has pretty much died out with the big name players.

In addition to that, FUNimation has said several times that the majority of the people who buy their home video releases are dub-watchers. They said, however, that there are still more than enough sub-watchers that doing anything other than a bilingual release would not be economically practical.