You are REALLY overestimating the relevance of fan translations to the popularity of these franchises with the casual anime fan. Fan translation are not what got Bleach and Naruto and whatever into Hot Topic, etc. Aesthetics, subject matter, music, etc. matter way more. Bleach is "cool", Naruto has ninjas - you don't have to look much deeper.
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You are REALLY overestimating the relevance of fan translations to the popularity of these franchises with the casual anime fan. Fan translation are not what got Bleach and Naruto and whatever into Hot Topic, etc. Aesthetics, subject matter, music, etc. matter way more. Bleach is "cool", Naruto has ninjas - you don't have to look much deeper.
MetroidPrimeRib
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A perfect fit really. Never finished the anime but I like the manga. Hopefully they can get it uncensored? The censorship in TG was really really bad. Black screens everywhere.
grandjedi6
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On the bright side, it surely has doomed Fairy Tail from ever appearing on Toonami.
Isn't Attack on Titan Part 1 the only time Funimation has done this? Every other show has had its DVD released ages before it's TV airing. Or is Space Dandy where the DVD came way after. Funimation doesn't seem to be fans of releasing DVDs in conjunction with the TV airings. That's more an Aniplex thing.
Fairy Tail has that hot topic appeal I feel. Not quite Naruto/Bleach level but the kids would eat it up.
It's amazing how long it took for Naruto to get going in the US.
You can blame JUMP for that. All 4Kids wanted was YuGiOh, JUMP was super eager to get One Piece going in the west so they forced it on them. Even back then, the 4Kids execs said it wasn't their type of show and it should go to Funi. JUMP wanted it to be the next Dragon Ball Z, saw that the timing was right, and tried to make it happen without thinking about who they were giving it too hard enough. As we would later see Naruto took the role they wanted for One Piece and the brand was ruined in America as a result of their impatience.
Yea, it was a combination of edge and timing. Had One Piece been done by Funi from the start it would have had a fighting chance, but Japan's impatience killed it here. The fact it's doing as well as it is, well it's a testament to how good a series it is.
Brand stewardship of Naruto wasn't perfect either. It took too long to come over and going to Disney XD, despite having no better options as CN was fed up with cartoons and anime especially at the time, really fucked over Shippuden.
It was hella popular for those few years though. The real victim of Naruto's late state though...was THAT THE US NEVER GOT THE LAST TWO GCN GAMES, THE REALLY GOOD ONES.
It was hella popular for those few years though. The real victim of Naruto's late state though...was THAT THE US NEVER GOT THE LAST TWO GCN GAMES, THE REALLY GOOD ONES.
CrazyDiamond
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Whoever composed the music for Stardust Crusaders, particularly the second season needs to be more famous.
CN pushed OG Naruto hard, but Shippuden going to Disney did a lot of damage.
They let Shippuden go to Disney, more or less. They stopped pushing right around the beginning of the bring back the sauce arc, running two new episodes a week on an undesirable time slot on Saturdays. Took a long ass break before airing the last bit of filler, and didn't even finish it until after a nearly year long break in 2009. It was during the bleakest hour of CN though as they were almost done with original content, added a bunch of live action to the channel and basically lived off of Ben 10 and whatever Canada was doing.
TheAbsolution
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Just got home from the theater.
Sony wins everything.
Sony wins everything.
I accidentally got back into Naruto:Shippuden right when the next episode started airing on XD...and by that time I believe the first run episodes were on Tuesdays at 2am, so it might have been uncut.
E3 will probably never be this good for some time.
It'll be even better in ten hours.
I'm just glad the people who were in-charge of those decisions are gone now and can no longer hurt us.
skLaFarebear
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Not entirely Toonami related but Fate/Zero, Madoka Magica, and SAO dubs are now on CR and Hulu.
Maybe this might mean something for Toonami~
Maybe this might mean something for Toonami~
or totally not and I just wanted to shill F/Z and Madoka.
It wouldn't have needed saving if they hadn't gone insane in the first place.
Imperial Bishop
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If Half-Life 3 is announced, E3 will never be this good ever.
skLaFarebear
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Square Enix announces TWEWY 2, Nintendo announces a new Metroid and Namco announces a Digimon Cyber Sleuth and God Eater 2: Rage Burst localization.
Meh, Space Dandy was pretty damn campy and it was a success.
Yea but it had Watanabe behind it, a huge push with the simul-dub and the 11:30 slot.
Imperial Bishop
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If Toonami keeps the full Roundabout ending, casuals will keep coming back just to hear the music.
Dominican Power
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BELLEMERE!!!!
They're fleshing out shorter canon scenes.
Imperial Bishop
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My body is ready.
Why did we have to wait over a year for a home release of season two, Funimation?!!
So it's the One Piece treatment.
Why did we have to wait over a year for a home release of season two, Funimation?!!
So it's the One Piece treatment.
BassForever
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Except where One Piece could REALLY use that kind of canon filler fight now, Naruto just needs to end >_< when you get to the final battle/arc of your ENTIRE SERIES* spending half a month on pointless filler is mind boggling. We know this isn't some insane budget saving plan to go all out with the finale its a stalling tactic to make more money off the Naruto anime.
BassForever
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Nobody wants adventure games
Broken Age funded in hours and raises 10x its goal
Nobody wants mega man games
Mighty No 9 funded in hours and raises 4x its goal
Nobody wants collectathon 3d platformers
Yooka Layle funded in hours and raises 10x its goal
Nobody wants metroidvania games
Bloodstained funded in hours and raises 10x its goal
Nobody wants Shenmue
Shenmue funded in hours and could easily 3x its goal
Nope just keep pumping out only AAAA games that have to do CoD/Destiny money or bust
Broken Age funded in hours and raises 10x its goal
Nobody wants mega man games
Mighty No 9 funded in hours and raises 4x its goal
Nobody wants collectathon 3d platformers
Yooka Layle funded in hours and raises 10x its goal
Nobody wants metroidvania games
Bloodstained funded in hours and raises 10x its goal
Nobody wants Shenmue
Shenmue funded in hours and could easily 3x its goal
Nope just keep pumping out only AAAA games that have to do CoD/Destiny money or bust
Why are publishers so god damn stupid?
That's all on Valve to self-publish, and they KNOW people want it. They just don't care and are too busy not doing anything to fix Steam.
If anything, I'd rather they fix Steam than make Half-Life 3.
Be patient guys, all signs point to Valve working on Half Life 3 and Left 4 Dead 3, I wouldnt be surprised if they get announced closer to when the Vive release date gets announced
I think their main concern. Is going to be porting CS:GO, TF2 and Dota 2 to Source 2 and updating that, after that, they have their hardware to deal with and that's really it.
I think their main concern. Is going to be porting CS:GO, TF2 and Dota 2 to Source 2 and updating that, after that, they have their hardware to deal with and that's really it.
They really are milking Naruto for all its worth at this point, which makes me want to watch the anime even less. Odd Naruto filler just to extend its life is what turned me off of the show to begin with. The two year Naruto filler before Shippuden, the awful pacing of the first two arcs leading directly into more filler was kind of the last straw for me.
One Piece at least has done an okay job with canon filler (at least up to the point I've watched and I'm about 2yrs out on the anime), but I'm still disappointed that they never go back to the cover arcs since a lot of those are pretty awesome. I get the reasoning that no one wants to watch an anime without the main characters, but come on! Enel on the MOON?! What's not to love?
I still don't have a firm grasp on the amount of games they announced and still cannot believe TLG, FF7R, and Shenmue are real.
Doctor Decimate
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To be fair, I think a lot of these are the result of the absence making people anticipate the games more and the community building up hype. A lot of these franchises legitimately did not do very well when they were canned.
But on the other hand, the fact that publishers are all chasing the next big AAA game certainly played a part.
lazybones18
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puppet bodies are ready
MetroidPrimeRib
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Yeah, uh...this is better then EA since I care way more about Nintendo but...what are they doing?
lazybones18
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It would be hilarious if Square shows off the Dragon Quest 7/8 games on their stream
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