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Re: FUNimation to make announcement on FB

Post by SSJJezter » Sat Jun 08, 2013 6:34 pm

Please, please be Dragon Box news!

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Re: FUNimation to make announcement on FB

Post by Fennekin » Sat Jun 08, 2013 6:52 pm

Guys, it's definitely not about the BoG movie.

https://twitter.com/OPataTimeBlog/statu ... 1203843072
"Also, if Funimation Facebook page hit 1 million people then they will announce a new awesome show. #Akon #Funimationpanel "

It's gonna be a new show. This could still be DBZ related, but I highly doubt it's the movie judging by this tweet.

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Re: FUNimation to make announcement on FB

Post by DragonBoxZTheMovies » Sat Jun 08, 2013 6:54 pm

Hmmmm, I'd say it's going to be one of these things:
- An Official Announcement for the Buu Arc of Kai
- More Dragon Boxes
- Battle of Gods

- Nothing to do with Dragon Ball




- One Piece "Gotta Go" Edition Box Set. :P

EDIT: Ah, never mind then.

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Post by Mewzard » Sat Jun 08, 2013 7:07 pm

Fennekin wrote:Guys, it's definitely not about the BoG movie.

https://twitter.com/OPataTimeBlog/statu ... 1203843072
"Also, if Funimation Facebook page hit 1 million people then they will announce a new awesome show. #Akon #Funimationpanel "

It's gonna be a new show. This could still be DBZ related, but I highly doubt it's the movie judging by this tweet.
That's the thing...how legit is that tweet? Could they just be assuming a new show because they didn't think of the movie?
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Post by JulieYBM » Sat Jun 08, 2013 7:26 pm

The Tweet in question is from a guy with his head on straight. If anyone flubbed it's FUNimation.
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Post by B » Sat Jun 08, 2013 8:57 pm

WesMan23 wrote:It could also be the "official" announcement of Kai's Buu arc as well, complete with air date.
No it could not be the "official" announcement of Kai's Buu arc as well, complete with air date.

My money is on some sort of popular anime license rescue.
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Post by Ryuji-Otogi » Sat Jun 08, 2013 8:59 pm

A new show? Lame. It'll probably be something I've never heard of and/or don't care about. If it's not Dragon Ball-related though, it'd be nice to hear something about One Piece Strong World.
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EDIT: Ah, never mind then.
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Post by DBZGTKOSDH » Sat Jun 08, 2013 9:04 pm

Avenged wrote:Once they receive 1 million likes, FUNimation stated they will make a big announcement. They are currently only 4k likes away.
Deja vu? :lol:
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Post by BrandonR24 » Sat Jun 08, 2013 9:15 pm

I would (and a bunch of old friends) would be pretty excited if it was a BOG's announcement. It only makes sense with that studio picking it up in Latin America. But I'm sure it will be something else..sigh.

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Post by ABED » Sat Jun 08, 2013 9:27 pm

It looks like this is gonna take a while.
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Post by Insertclevername » Sat Jun 08, 2013 9:46 pm

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Post by Kuwabara » Sun Jun 09, 2013 1:33 am

They could actually be given 4k likes very easily, but I'd rather not say how in this thread. PM me if you're interested in knowing.
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Post by Fri1991 » Sun Jun 09, 2013 1:55 am

It could be something Dragon Ball related, like more Dragon Boxes/Buu Kai saga/Battle of Gods, but if it's over licensing a show for getting that many likes, I probably suspect them getting the rights for Sailor Moon (which they've been trying to get for years now) or some other popular anime that hasn't gotten licensed yet for a North American release.

Of course, I'm not an expert of predicting things, but I'm just throwing in my two bits on this situation. However, it would be cool if it was more Dragon Ball related material.
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Re: FUNimation to make announcement on FB

Post by penguintruth » Sun Jun 09, 2013 2:02 am

Obviously it's the announcement of the licensing of the 2006 classic, Bartender.

Jason Liebrecht for the lead.

The limited edition release comes with a bottle of Pimm's Cup.
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Post by Gonstead » Sun Jun 09, 2013 2:06 am

Or perhaps it's the rest of the missing episodes that were never released uncut in 4:3 as a special package deal named the "We're Sorry! Edition".

On a serious note, it better be worth the hype. BOG would be great to hear.
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Re: FUNimation to make announcement on FB

Post by Ringworm128 » Sun Jun 09, 2013 4:22 am

DB related things I can think of.

A new DBOX.

BOG license (though I think that's kind of unlikely).

DBOX reprint.

Continuation of the Level sets.

A dub of that crossover from back in April.

Non DB things.

Them getting the rights to Sailor Moon or the new series that's coming out this year or the next.

Evangelion 3.0 announcement.

Something to do with the Fairy Tail movie.

Bandai rescue.

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Post by Daimo-Rukiri » Sun Jun 09, 2013 4:56 am

It's not anything DB related according to the recent tweet, my money is on a license that expired to some other anime awhile ago.

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Post by dbboxkaifan » Sun Jun 09, 2013 5:27 am

FUNimation's pulling a Namco Bandai. lol

I've liked the page, anywho.
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Post by Fennekin » Sun Jun 09, 2013 5:43 pm

I was actually going to make a thread about this but it's rather unlikely this "new show" will be Dragon Ball related. It's probably another anime series altogether.

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Post by Ringworm128 » Sun Jun 09, 2013 8:45 pm

If it's the announcement for a new series or movie then I'm still expecting it to be something big like Sailor Moon or Evangelion. I doubt they would build up hype for "now that we have 1000000 likes we are proud to announce the licence for some random 13 episode high school girl anime that nobody knows about".

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