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[duckroll]

That's different though. I think the anime simulcast split is more like HD-DVD vs Bluray than say, PS4 vs Xbox.

Now if you brought up Funimation's BioWare animes or dubs being exclusive to their own site, then that would be true...

Nah, it's not really different at all from a business perspective. I think people just don't realize how it works.

 

[astrogamer]

Locodol 2
I like that Nyanako wasn't a one-time thing. Also seeing some hints of :SDBurton coming along between the Main characters

 

[fertygo]

Knight of Sidonia - 12 END

Damn that was great, this final fight is amazing..

You know this show is actually competently made, the jarring CG aside that many people maybe not gonna like it, although the CG itself actually improved in later episode and they utilize the limited frame rate looks more wisely, other than that the directing and music is also pretty decent..

The story itself is pretty generic but keep you occupied enough with those monster attack, overall I like it a lot more than Captain Earth, better all CG than boring brah...

Will watch the S2 for more Izana's pouting.

 

[firehawk12]

How did Free get to be on Funimation and Crunchyroll.

Companies are just licensing to everyone willing to pay now rather than going exclusive. They don't care as it makes them more money, and Funi/CR don't care because either Funi is planning on doing a disc or the cost to actually sub an anime is so cheap now.
(Thanks former fansubbers!)

You know I usually prefer Funimation releases to that of Sentai.

Sentai goes out of its way to secure the rights to Japanese DVD/BD extras, although that haven't done that in a while.
But if they happen to release a premium set of a series you care about, you'll be suitably impressed. (I still wish the K-On movie disc got the commentary, but what can you do?)

 

[PshycoNinja]

This seems to be the way it's going, since Funimation is trying to stay in business. Outside of the big shows which are given to everyone, it seems like most shows are going to be split between Funi and CR with Sentai picking up one or two random shows.

Funi is kind of the dirt worst, there's no excuse for their site being such a pile of garbage, nobody comes close to doing things as well as CR so i don't know why they can't just stick to home video stuff

Yeah, it's hard for me to justify paying for both. CR has the better perceived selection so I go with them, but FUNI always has a couple each season that I wish CR got, at least in the NA. Noragami, Ping Pong, WIXOSS, and Terror stand out in my mind.

Thanks for understanding guys. I was afraid it would come off a little whiny. The whole point of Crunchyroll is to stream current airing anime. It's not like they have the wealth of stuff that Netflix or Hulu has to sort, license and deal with. Their whole service hinges on the idea that they bring you the shows currently airing. So...

Ught. Why didn't HBO produce Penny Dreadful? Did True Detective suck up all of their production budget? That was the show I have been most excited to watch for the last few months (*). Now I can't watch because Showtime wants a subscription too for their stuff. I already subscribe to HBO. We don't need so many cable channels for just one segment of TV. /rant


(*) - Not really, horror sucks.

This is silly. Not even close. Analogy sort of falls flat. Your comparing two production companies in your "analogy". I am simply asking why a subscription service is fighting to get current streaming anime when a production publisher locks it to their site.

A better analogy on your part would have been saying Time Warner Cable/Dish not getting HBO/Showtime content because HBO wants you to watch it on their site and not through TWC or Dish. One is a service while the other is an added package.

This is a very small slice of the TV industry. If netflix only focused on movies wouldn't you be pissed if you paid for a service who's sole purpose is to provide movies only to find out they don't offer you to see Gravity or whatever because the publishing house wanted you to watch it on their own crappy site? And also want you to pay more than what you pay your current subscription service just to watch this one thing?

You act like its something I shouldn't be a little irritated by? It's inconvenient. I don't think most people are paying for two subscriptions to watch anime. Funi wants $8 for 1 exclusive show a season. Crunchy wants $7 a month and they get most of the shows.

 

[Femmeworth]

Okay. Steins;Gate turned out to be one of my favorites, though. I'd definitely recommend it. How about Kino's Journey or Soro no woto (Sound of the Sky)? I'm pretty sure it's impossible to dislike either of those.

I loved Kino's Journey back in high school, still have the DVD set here somewhere. Sound of the Sky doesn't interest me for some reason.

Series Composition: Hiroyuki Yoshino

Oh yeah, that's why.

 

[duckroll]

Companies are just licensing to everyone willing to pay now rather than going exclusive. They don't care as it makes them more money, and Funi/CR don't care because either Funi is planning on doing a disc or the cost to actually sub an anime is so cheap now.
(Thanks former fansubbers!)

No, once again that is NOT how it works. There are various reasons why something might be on FUNi and CR, but it's not the norm. The business is still very much about exclusive contracts, CR makes stuff play out different these days because they have a better streaming platform so Sentai is happy to tag along with it to get visibility. FUNi cares less about that because they have a bigger business and brand to care for.

Sentai goes out of its way to secure the rights to Japanese DVD/BD extras, although that haven't done that in a while.
But if they happen to release a premium set of a series you care about, you'll be suitably impressed. (I still wish the K-On movie disc got the commentary, but what can you do?)

You mean like how Sentai went out of their way to secure the TV-only version of Gatchaman Crowds? Oooooooooooh.

 

[firehawk12]

Nah, it's not really different at all from a business perspective. I think people just don't realize how it works.

I mean, on the white TV side, you have people complaining about having to sub to Netflix and Hulu in order to watch everything. I can at least sympathize with being annoyed, since unless Funi has something to do with production, there's no actual reason why a show has to be theirs exclusively other than an exclusivity deal.

 

[firehawk12]

No, once again that is NOT how it works. There are various reasons why something might be on FUNi and CR, but it's not the norm. The business is still very much about exclusive contracts, CR makes stuff play out different these days because they have a better streaming platform so Sentai is happy to tag along with it to get visibility. FUNi cares less about that because they have a bigger business and brand to care for.

The Funi guys were on ANNCast when Attack on Titan was on and they talked about why the show was everywhere. The Funi guys made it sound like it was Japan's decision more than anything they would have chosen to do - because obviously they would rather you pay for a Funi sub than a CR sub.

You mean like how Sentai went out of their way to secure the TV-only version of Gatchaman Crowds? Oooooooooooh.

Sentai's recent releases have been crappy. OVAs as separate discs is something special.

 

[MDSVeritas]

Knight of Sidonia - 12 END

Damn that was great, this final fight is amazing..

You know this show is actually competently made, the jarring CG aside that many people maybe not gonna like it, although the CG itself actually improved in later episode and they utilize the limited frame rate looks more wisely, other than that the directing and music is also pretty decent..

The story itself is pretty generic but keep you occupied enough with those monster attack, overall I like it a lot more than Captain Earth, better all CG than boring brah...

Will watch the S2 for more Izana's pouting.

I love how Izana's face becomes inexplicable larger when she does that.

 

[duckroll]

This is silly. Not even close. Analogy sort of falls flat. Your comparing two production companies in your "analogy". I am simply asking way a subscription service is fighting to get current streaming anime when a production publisher locks it to their site.

A better analogy on your part would have been saying Time Warner Cable/Dish not getting HBO/Showtime content because HBO wants you to watch it on their site and not through TWC or Dish. One is a service while the other is an added package.

This is a very small slice of the TV industry. If netflix only focused on movies wouldn't you be pissed if you paid for a service who's sole purpose is to provide movies only to find out they don't offer you to see Gravity or whatever because the publishing house wanted you to watch it on their own crappy site? And also want you to pay more than what you pay your current subscription service just to watch this one thing?

From your perspective it may seem that way. But that's just not how the anime business works. If you think that non-production companies who license shows before they even air have no impact on what things get made and how anime is budgeted, you're in for a surprise. FUNi picking up a show is significantly more important to the Japanese production committee than CR streaming a show. In the end, I'm sure most consumers don't care and don't know, which is fine, but if you want to have perspective, there it is.

The Funi guys were on ANNCast when Attack on Titan was on and they talked about why the show was everywhere. The Funi guys made it sound like it was Japan's decision more than anything they would have chosen to do - because obviously they would rather you pay for a Funi sub than a CR sub.

There are things FUNi probably can't talk publicly about with regards to AoT, which I have heard about from people working in FUNi. Lol.

 

[Clov]

You mean like how Sentai went out of their way to secure the TV-only version of Gatchaman Crowds? Oooooooooooh.

Why did you remind me about this. I'm still upset about this.

Spoiler

I ended up canceling my preorder last week after all. I'm not going to buy an incomplete product!

 

[Branduil]

Why would you license the incomplete TV version of a show?

 

[fertygo]

Hey ducky, do you dropping Sidonia?

I loved Kino's Journey back in high school, still have the DVD set here somewhere. Sound of the Sky doesn't interest me for some reason.

Oh yeah, that's why.

I'm sure you will like Ping Pong

 

[firehawk12]

Disappointingly, Izana's voice is clearly female. It really didn't sound as if they tried to make it more vague or ambiguous, leaving most of the bi-gender references to the script itself. Luckily the script brings it up enough to continually remind you that Izana is not a girl, but I do kind of wish they had played with the voice direction for him/her.

Yeah, I described it as the Liara (and hell, the Star Trek: TNG) problem. It probably would have been solved fairly easily by simply having a man play that part (in both dubs), but that's probably too edgy for a relatively safe anime. lol

 

[Clov]

Why would you license the incomplete TV version of a show?

The director's cut of the final episode exists as an extra in the BD-box of Gatchaman Crowds, so it may have needed to be licensed separately. Sentai didn't care enough to pick it up.

 

[Mature]

Terror in Resonance OP: analysis

Neat! Laying it all out like that does make it look like a calculated opening. I hope that the possible symbology in this OP reflects an actually well written story. =(

 

[duckroll]

Hey ducky, do you dropping Sidonia?

It's on the backlog. I'll watch it some day. Not a priority right now.

 

[firehawk12]

Why would you license the incomplete TV version of a show?

I'm assuming for the same reason they dumped out the GuP OVAs and Kokopops Connect OVAs as separate releases?

There are things FUNi probably can't talk publicly about with regards to AoT, which I have heard about from people working in FUNi. Lol.

Well, the guys that come on ANNCast are really coy assholes, so I wouldn't be surprised if there's more to that story. But like the whole Funico debacle, they seemed happy to blame Japan for that one. lol

It's on the backlog. I'll watch it some day. Not a priority right now.

Just imagine Attack on Titan with Macross VFs and no basement.

 

[dakkumauji]

Re: Hamatora 01

I can't...

Yep, this was just as fun as the first season was though now they decided to get all stylish with the transitions which was pretty cool. The plot is still the same old thing though I guess Art will be the main villain this time around.

Persona 4 The Golden 01

The game would be better if it went at this breakneck speed, lol.

I was also surprised at how it wasn't Marie 100% of the time too.

Dog Days' 03

War is like Senran Kagura expect both sides apologizes after smashing each other's clothes off.

 

[PshycoNinja]

From your perspective it may seem that way. But that's just not how the anime business works. If you think that non-production companies who license shows before they even air have no impact on what things get made and how anime is budgeted, you're in for a surprise. FUNi picking up a show is significantly more important to the Japanese production committee than CR streaming a show. In the end, I'm sure most consumers don't care and don't know, which is fine, but if you want to have perspective, there it is.

Thanks for the perspective. Wasn't looking from that point of view.

At the same time I am still a paying consumer in a niche market. So it is still a little irritating that Funi thinks that they can charge me more than Crunchy for less content. As I was just informed (they say this on the Funi site) that the show will open up to non-subscribers in a week. Which is a shame but I am a patient person. If I like it I will buy the Blu-Ray so I can see it in HD.

 

[fertygo]

It's on the backlog. I'll watch it some day. Not a priority right now.

You're a false ambassador

 

[Thoraxes]

You mean like how Sentai went out of their way to secure the TV-only version of Gatchaman Crowds? Oooooooooooh.

I'm sorry for not listening for when you tried to tell me.

I cancelled my preorder though.

 

[Clov]

Literally two seconds into the new Tokyo Ghoul episode and I'm laughing. "Eat it!"

 

[duckroll]

Thanks for the perspective. Wasn't looking from that point of view.

At the same time I am still a paying consumer in a niche market. So it is still a little irritating that Funi thinks that they can charge me more than Crunchy for less content. As I was just informed (they say this on the Funi site) that the show will open up to non-subscribers in a week. Which is a shame but I am a patient person. If I like it I will buy the Blu-Ray so I can see it in HD.

I agree that it's frustrating, but I think the most frustrating thing is not so much that FUNi has a different subscription than CR, but that FUNi has a piece of shit site, and their streams are of inferior quality. The typesetting is worse, they're hardsubbed, and while the bitrate seems extremely high, the quality rarely benefits from it and tends to look worse.

As you said though, this is a niche market, so in the end I think paying consumers are expected to pay more than the norm for stuff in general. Whether it's fair not or is debatable, but being a fan of a niche usually means being part of a smaller group of people paying more to keep something going.

You're a false ambassador

I'm sorry to disappoint.

 

[Thoraxes]

Sometimes english voices can be pretty adorable
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8Irbn18O1Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AJamgbMNEo

Oh I know they're not all bad, but if thought the P4 one was really inferior to the JP dub by lightyears.

 

[chickdigger802]

They are exactly as you leave them in the compendium.

lol still don't think your starting persona is not able to nuke everything... but i guess its possible in golden with the whole card system :3

 

[jbug617]

You know what pisses me off is Sentai putting shows out on DVD at first and then a couple of months later they put it on Bluray. They don't even give you a warning or anything.

 

[fertygo]

Can Funi at least fix up their hue problem for their videos? Its ridiculous.

 

[Freezasaurus]

You know what pisses me off is Sentai putting shows out on DVD at first and then a couple of months later they put it on Bluray. They don't even give you a warning or anything.

They simply wish to encourage the practice of double-dipping.

They like money.

 

[Clov]

You know what pisses me off is Sentai putting shows out on DVD at first and then a couple of months later they put it on Bluray. They don't even give you a warning or anything.

There's a holdback period for certain titles. There's no foolproof way to predict it, but most titles whose international home media rights are owned by TBS end up getting Blu-Rays months after their DVD releases. So there's at least that!

 

[firehawk12]

lol still don't think your starting persona is not able to nuke everything... but i guess its possible in golden with the whole card system :3

Well, the ones you start off with are the same crappy ones. But once you get your compendium, you just pull the ones you want.

You know what pisses me off is Sentai putting shows out on DVD at first and then a couple of months later they put it on Bluray. They don't even give you a warning or anything.

What have they done that was like that?
I mean, at least they have a DVD/dub upgrade program.

There's a holdback period for certain titles. There's no foolproof way to predict it, but most titles whose international home media rights are owned by TBS end up getting Blu-Rays months after their DVD releases. So there's at least that!

I'd rather a delay than what they did with Persona 4 because that forgoes a proper release down the line. Although thankfully, I don't care about Persona 4. lol

 

[Clov]

What have they done that was like that?
I mean, at least they have a DVD/dub upgrade program.

Yuyushiki comes to mind. There's also the upcoming release of Chuunibyou. As well, Sasami-san and Tamako Market will be getting Blu-Rays in the future.

 

[firehawk12]

Yuyushiki comes to mind. There's also the upcoming release of Chuunibyou. As well, Sasami-san and Tamako Market will be getting Blu-Rays in the future.

Ah, yeah, all of those seem like delays for Japan. Are they bothering to do upgrade programs for those?

At least those are getting updates. I'd be happy to rebuy AnoNatsu again on BD.

 

[Freezasaurus]

At least they don't still release anime disc by disc, 3-4 episodes at a time like they used to. Shit, I bought 13 fucking DVDs to get the original Fullmetal Alchemist TV series. Man, I was a sucker.

 

[firehawk12]

At least they don't still release anime disc by disc, 3-4 episodes at a time like they used to. Shit, I bought 13 fucking DVDs to get the origina Fullmetal Alchemist TV series. Man, I was a sucker.

They do if you like any show produced by Aniplex or Yamato 2199. lol

 

[fertygo]

At least they don't still release anime disc by disc, 3-4 episodes at a time like they used to. Shit, I bought 13 fucking DVDs to get the original Fullmetal Alchemist TV series. Man, I was a sucker.

Dude, that's not a bad thing..

 

[Freezasaurus]

They do if you like any show produced by Aniplex or Yamato 2199. lol

Well, in their defense, I don't think they have any clue what they're doing with the Yamato 2199 releases. I'd love to own it, but not at $45 per BD lolololololololololol. And Aniplex, they're no greedier than usual, which is extremely.

 

[jbug617]

I still feel bad that I'm spending close to $60 for the DVD set of Silver Spoon S1. There are no extras or anything. I really love the show though.

 

[Clov]

Ah, yeah, all of those seem like delays for Japan. Are they bothering to do upgrade programs for those?

No upgrade programs for those as far as I know.

I generally don't get DVDs of content that was produced in HD. If you do though, it's always best to wait a bit when it comes to Sentai titles. Otherwise you could get burned!

 

[PshycoNinja]

Hopefully I can finish up Hyouka, G Gundam and any remaining watch bets I have over this next week. I was informed yesterday that I was hired and start soon. So soon my time won't be taken up by anime and video games. Yay for moving up in the world.

 

[Mature]

You know what pisses me off is Sentai putting shows out on DVD at first and then a couple of months later they put it on Bluray. They don't even give you a warning or anything.

I wouldn't mind if they did it for SoreMachi...

 

[Thoraxes]

Well, in their defense, I don't think they have any clue what they're doing with the Yamato 2199 releases. I'd love to own it, but not at $45 per BD lolololololololololol. And Aniplex, they're no greedier than usual, which is extremely.

It's well worth the price, but I don't mind paying the money for something I like.

 

[firehawk12]

Well, in their defense, I don't think they have any clue what they're doing with the Yamato 2199 releases. I'd love to own it, but not at $45 per BD lolololololololololol. And Aniplex, they're no greedier than usual, which is extremely.

The Yamato discs would perhaps be worth it if they bothered to pay for the commentaries, but yeah. lol

No upgrade programs for those as far as I know.

I generally don't get DVDs of content that was produced in HD. If you do though, it's always best to wait a bit when it comes to Sentai titles. Otherwise you could get burned!

Yeah, I haven't bought a new disc in a while. I'm just waiting for the right thing to come along I think, since unless it has extras, chances are it'll just be shelf porn.

The only DVDs I buy are of Rightstuf releases, since the chances of BD releases of this titles are slim.
(Poor Sora no Woto stuck in SD hell).

 

[Freezasaurus]

It's well worth the price.

Ugh. I loved the series, but $45 for four episodes? Man, that hurts me. It hurts me right in my heart.

 

[chickdigger802]

zankyou no terror 1

so art.

and the ending went all bourne lol.

hope they can keep up the quality.


So is Apple sponsoring this show? The iphone 5 is pretty much that from the camera interface and everything lol not some close approx. its a REALLY close approx.

 

[Clov]

I wouldn't mind if they did it for SoreMachi...

I wouldn't be surprised if they did! Even something like Taishou Baseball Girls got a re-release on BD. Sentai's strategy seems to be "take whatever we can, and toss it out there", so there's no telling what they'll throw in next.

The only DVDs I buy are of Rightstuf releases, since the chances of BD releases of this titles are slim.
(Poor Sora no Woto stuck in SD hell).

Yeah, that still frustrates me. During their Q&A at AX they mentioned that they're looking into doing BD for certain titles, so that's nice at least. Maybe in a year or so they'll finally have released a title on BD (please be Utena).

 

[firehawk12]

It's well worth the price, but I don't mind paying the money for something I like.

You just like Shiori though!
(And she stopped doing videos for you!)

 

[Thoraxes]

Ugh. I loved the series, but $45 for four episodes? Man, that hurts me. It hurts me right in my heart.

I'm paying $50-$60 per Monogatari S2 and $60 per Kill la Kill.

I understand not everyone has the same financial situation though. I treat it like buying new videogames (something I buy a lot less of recently). Love just owning the physical copies too.

I only pay full price for the shows I really really like though. Everything else, minus AOA stuff, I wait for sales.

 

[firehawk12]

I'm paying $50-$60 per Monogatari S2 and $60 per Kill la Kill.

I understand not everyone has the same financial situation though. I treat it like buying new videogames (something I buy a lot less of recently). Love just owning the physical copies too.

I can't support the Monogatari releases any more since they didn't bother with the commentaries. I don't think I'll ever get over it. lol

I wouldn't be surprised if they did! Even something like Taishou Baseball Girls got a re-release on BD. Sentai's strategy seems to be "take whatever we can, and toss it out there", so there's no telling what they'll throw in next.

Yeah, that still frustrates me. During their Q&A at AX they mentioned that they're looking into doing BD for certain titles, so that's nice at least. Maybe in a year or so they'll finally have released a title on BD (please be Utena).

Yeah, Taishou was a weird re-release.

And it HAS to be Utena... unless, and this is in my dreams, it is the the Aria BDs!