Someone really needs to find a way to fix the absurd pricing structure for physical media in japan. Games seem to have avoided this forever although that may be a case of the rest of the world following japan's pricing.
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Toonami |JanFeb17| Super Saiyan Please?
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Someone really needs to find a way to fix the absurd pricing structure for physical media in japan. Games seem to have avoided this forever although that may be a case of the rest of the world following japan's pricing.
I don't see aniplex on the list of companies that made it on MAL
also in regards to aniplex being the only major dub player with a japanese branch... does viz really not have a japanese branch?
the expected sales for a series vs a lower price likely results in them losing money with cheaper releases in japan.
especially as a number of people have likely moved to digital releases instead of physical media.
Crimson_Echidna
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I don't see aniplex on the list of companies that made it on MAL
Sorry, I got Free and Seven Deadly Sins releases mixed up.
yeah seven deadly sins is an odd case.
that is one I would love to know more about.
I am assuming it's a case where netflix offered anipelx a ton of money to have seven deadly sins on netflix and got home video rights in the process.
and then netflix turned around and got funimation to do the release where even though aniplex likely isn't happy funimation is releasing it, they can't stop netflix from doing it.
i mean funimation didn't do the dub to the series.
thus it's the only thing that makes sense to me otherwise aniplex would be releasing it themselves.
kind of like how crunchy struck a deal to have funimation release their stuff as well.
Dr. Chaotix
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It's amazing how pretty much everyone of Goku's friends came into the series wanting to kill him.
Bulma, the very first friend he ever made, shot him in the fucking head after she almost hit him with his car. That was the first scene they shared together.
It makes sense that Krillin ended up being his best friend though, since he really only hated him for a few months and then stopped.
Bulma, the very first friend he ever made, shot him in the fucking head after she almost hit him with his car. That was the first scene they shared together.
It makes sense that Krillin ended up being his best friend though, since he really only hated him for a few months and then stopped.
i don't think anyone can argue that.
I mean aside from voicing a large chunk of dbz he also is Kuwabara in yuyu, Daisuke in a number of lupin dubs, zoro in one piece, and...
oh god i didn't even realize he was Christophe Giacometti in yuri on ice lol.
As a matter of fact, it is.
JadedWriter
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Man there is just so much shit Yamcha can never live down. Is there a bigger loser in anime than him?
897 for Jojo seems really good
683 for HxH doesnt seem very good
pretty mediocre night though. I think the 8 o clock airing of Super is fucking with its ratings real hard
JadedWriter
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This always fucking slays me. I wonder if Gintama has any HxH jokes.
Umm, no, the rest of the world absolutely does not follow Japanese pricing on console games.
JadedWriter
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This is as relevant today as it was seven fucking years ago.
RampagingSoul
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At least HxH beat Shippuden. Yeah!
But, then, I remember that Shippuden is doing filler... Dang it!
Overall, the drops seems pretty typical when going from Super to Kai to JoJo to Unicorn to HxH. Then, Shippuden to OP to GitS. I think Hunter might get more if it switched places with Unicorn, but I don't know.
Yeah, I typically look at ratings and just see what I usually expect. As long as there is something to watch on Toonami, I tune in. Hell, I just leave on in the background most of the time even when there is a show I don't really want to watch like GXP, for example, when that aired. Same with Akame ga Kill and Sword Art Online (when it started dropping in quality) after I watched the initial episodes and it didn't really hook me.
JadedWriter
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Is that the volume where Gon is trying to get Hisoka's badge? I only read the manga when I actually had to to see a specific fight.
still have 16 episodes left
wouldn't be surprised if it got moved back to a later timeslot
(and they haven't finished the HD G Gundam conversions yet)
RampagingSoul
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Yeah, I was going to say there was 22 episodes total. Beat me to it...
I agree that it'll probably get moved to a later time slot when Jack comes, but I also won't be surprised if it just stays where it is.
HXH was a bad pick unless you were willing to replace like Naruto, One Piece or the rerun slot. I like the show, but western anime fans don't care about things like stylization, good writing, animation, voice acting, and other things that we enjoy. It's one of the reasons I like this community so much, but we all have to admit we are the outliers for the average western anime viewer.
Remember, most of us here are just fans of animation, but we stick with anime because we generally enjoy action shows and "deeper" shows, and let's face it, western animation right now is basically purely focused on comedy shows (not to say these shows don't have action or get "deep" but childrens comedy shows dominate the western animation scene. Even shows that are action driven are forced to have really awkward comedy)
Im pretty sure Demarco doesnt really care about ratings too much. I think them getting like 400K at some of those slots would be OK with the network and with himself. This has always been a pet project done out of love for the product, which is one of the reasons I like the block so much, even if I disagree with some of Demarco's decisions.
Remember, most of us here are just fans of animation, but we stick with anime because we generally enjoy action shows and "deeper" shows, and let's face it, western animation right now is basically purely focused on comedy shows (not to say these shows don't have action or get "deep" but childrens comedy shows dominate the western animation scene. Even shows that are action driven are forced to have really awkward comedy)
Im pretty sure Demarco doesnt really care about ratings too much. I think them getting like 400K at some of those slots would be OK with the network and with himself. This has always been a pet project done out of love for the product, which is one of the reasons I like the block so much, even if I disagree with some of Demarco's decisions.
Demarco really needs to not air another Gundam show. I think that also adds to the fatigue a bit. Especially with 2 fairly mediocre shows (they look nice, but people watch Naruto filler so I doubt people care)
Im not super into mecha, but I'd imagine that there is a large amount of good enough mecha series out there
Im not super into mecha, but I'd imagine that there is a large amount of good enough mecha series out there
JadedWriter
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HxH is only a bad pick if you don't know what a good anime is. So if the bulk of western "anime fans" just want a Goku block then fuck em, they ain't my anime brethren.
Especially on that part.
I own KLK on Blu-ray. <.<
JadedWriter
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Like if I have to own just one and blow a ton of money on an anime on Blu Ray it's going to be Macross Frontier.
While I agree with you that most western animation isn't deep or storyline focused nowadays i think you're forgetting the best anime on tv right now.
I love steven universe
Crimson_Echidna
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It's kind of sad; Krillin got to start a family with Android 18. Tien got that really badass moment during the Cell Saga. Yamcha gets fuck all and even Super starts getting in on making fun of Yamcha.
JadedWriter
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He won a baseball game.
JadedWriter
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I think the only person in Dragonball Super that gives a shit about Yamcha is Puar.
The relative difference in price between console games compared to dvds and CDs is a lot smaller, so there has to be something at work.
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