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Funimation schedules Geneon

Tuesday, July 8, 2008 – 12:12 pm

Funimation is on the ball.  They already have a list of the first Geneon titles which will continue their releases and when:

August 19th
Black Lagoon Volumes 1 - 3 (that’s the entire season)
Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage Volume 1
Elemental Gelade Volume 1

September 2
Karin Volumes 1 - 4
Kyo kara Maoh! season 2’s volume 1-7

September 9
Shakugan no Shana Box Set (can I buy, you know, just the box?)

September 16
Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage Volume 2
Fate/Stay Night Box Set
Hellsing Ultimate Volumes 1-4
Rozen Maiden box set

September 23
Kamichu box set
Paradise Kiss box set

September 30
When They Cry - Higurashi volumes 1-4

This is an interesting strategy.

For series which are finished, they’re just releasing the box set.  That was kind of a “duh,” though I noticed that either they didn’t get the Shana OVA, or they’re going to release that separately (but haven’t scheduled it yet), or they’re including it in the box set and they’re going to make me buy the box to get it (yeah right since I already own the entire series).

The bigger question was, for the series which were stopped in the middle, would they release previous volumes, and the answer obviously appears to be yes.  However, hey’re doing it in bulk so they can speed it up, and then picking up where they left off.  That’s an interesting strategy, and I’m wondering how much of that is just old Geneon stock holed up in a warehouse somewhere?

Also, am I the only one who finds it odd that they’re re-releasing Elemental Gelade on a volume-by-volume basis and not as a box?

And I’m serious…can I buy just the Shana box by itself?  They never sold a box for the Shana series before (I think they were planning on selling it with the OVA).

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A little update on Funimation, Geneon, and ADV

Friday, July 4, 2008 – 1:41 pm

I apologize to gia, but I think it will just be easier to quote from her post:

Fukunaga is now talking about FUNi’s major coup d’etats: the 10+ Geneon titles and the 32 ADV titles (Gen says 34– are there more to hear about? Hm).

Moving into questions…Will you go with box sets for the new titles? Yes if they can, but with Geneon most of the titles are part-in, so they want to start releasing the rest of the series. Also with Geneon, that’s a partnership and Geneon is continuing to dub and will finish all of their shows– it’s their productions still. So no dub changes! With ADV, they’re in talks to have ADV finish up the series, again to avoid dub disruption, but nothing’s set in stone yet.

First thought: The 34 could have been a misspeak, or it could mean they’re also grabbing 2 out of 5 of Best Student Council, Ghost Train, Innocent Venus, Kurau: Phantom Memory, and Synethesia and just haven’t announced it yet (I would have to imagine that ADV would fight to the death to keep 5 Centimeters Per Second).

Second, at least ADV may be able to make a little money to still being in charge of production of the series that were taken from them (Shattered Angels, NHK, Kanon, Tokyo Majin, and possibly Murder Princess, if any dubbing has taken place on it.  I’m not sure what else is still outstanding).  Same thing for Geneon, though Geneon has completed the dubs on a good portion of their shows anyway, so I’m not sure how much there is left to do.

Part of it, of course, could also be due to the fact that I’m sure Funimation may not want to see ADV go away, even though they are competitors.  Right now, Funimation is the undisputed King of anime, but it’s rarely good for an industry to have only one major player in the market (Yeah, I know Bandai Entertainment is still out there, but can anyone argue that they’re as big as Funi is now?).

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Funimation rescues When They Cry, Shakugan no Shana, Fate/Stay Night, plus others

Thursday, July 3, 2008 – 1:25 pm

In what can be filed under the “it’s about nut-#$%#@ing time” category, Funimation has announced that they are producing and distributing some of Geneon’s more popular series, including:

  • Black Lagoon (both seasons)
  • Elemental Gelade
  • Ergo Proxy
  • Fate/Stay Night
  • Hellsing Ultimate
  • Kamichu
  • Karin
  • Kyo kara Maoh! (2nd season only)
  • The Law of Ueki
  • Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (being released as Lyrical Nanoha)
  • Paradise Kiss
  • Rozen Maiden (both seasons)
  • Shakugan no Shana (released as just Shana by Geneon)
  • Shonen Onmyouji
  • The Story of Saiunkoku
  • When They Cry - Higurashi
  • Zero no Tsukaima (being released as the Familiar of Zero)
  • plus the live-action Ninja Vixens

Luckily for myself, I bought up the entire Shana series when Geneon shut down, but many of these other series I just haven’t gotten to yet. Most of these titles were the obvious choices to be picked up as well.

Also, apparently Geneon still holds the actual licenses to these series, but Funimation is going to do all the dirty work for them, including producing and distributing them.

The first titles are scheduled to start their release in Late Summer.

However, this brings up an interesting question…does this mean Geneon may appear on the licensing market again, but will just use Funimation to distribute, kind of in the mold of Kadowaka USA? That had been a possibility floated all along. I think it’s too early to know whether that is the case, however.

Added thought:

If I may, two glaring omissions to this list to me (which doesn’t impact me because I already have both series) are Haibane Renmei and Fushigi Yugi.  Just though I’d say that.

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Our first Geneon Rescue and CLANNAD Season 2 announced

Thursday, March 27, 2008 – 2:18 pm

Apparently Media Blasters has “rescued” the anime series Moribito - Guardian of the Spirit (or Seirei no Moribito), which was previously held by Geneon.  This is, I believe, the first confirmed Geneon license rescue - and hopefully the first of many.

CLANNADAlso, to little surprise, Kyoto Animation announced a CLANNAD After Story TV series which will continue the story from the CLANNAD TV series which just concluded.   No word on when this series would air.  Presumably after Haruhi 2, though I would think.

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More AX licenses

Saturday, June 30, 2007 – 10:32 pm

Anime ExpoFor Geneon, Digital Manga, ADV Films, Go! Comi, and The Right Stuf International:

Geneon
Deltora Quest
Lyrical Nanoha
Lyrical Nanoha A’s
Shakugan no Shana Tokubetsuhen: Koi to Onsen no Kougai Gakushuu! (OVA)

Digital Manga
Family Complex
Flamboyant

ADV Films
Devil May Cry
Gurren Lagaan
Kyoshiro

Go! Comi
A.I Revolution
Angel’s Coffin
A Wise Man Sleeps
Cy-Believers
Kamisama Kazok

The Right Stuf International
Victorian Romance Emma

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Cardcaptor Sakura vs. Cardcaptors

Sunday, March 18, 2007 – 9:25 pm

Someone on YouTube apparently decided to put together a series of two videos contrasting the (what I would consider to be minor) differences between the Cardcaptor Sakura anime as aired in Japan and as released unedited by Pioneer vs. the Nelvanda….retelling (to put it nicely) of the series called Cardcaptor.

These videos focus mainly on the on dub of Cardcaptors, but what was done to Cardcaptors goes beyond just the dub (which isn’t horrible, but I think some of the character’s voice, especially Sakura and Tomoyo, are way off) but also the fact that they essentially cut up and reassembled the series.

Besides just listening to the dubs, also note things such as music changes and small edits (I noticed at least one and there may be others I didn’t catch).

The author had disabled embedding, so here are the links to the videos:

Video 1
Video 2

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