OT: Degrassi: TNG

Brian Christiansen

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Oct 11, 2009, 9:05:41 PM10/11/09

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I stopped on this show for about 5-10 seconds while changing channels
the other day, and it appears to be a soap opera set in a high school.
However, it is distributed in the US by Funimation.

I was wondering why? Funimation is a anime dubbing/subbing company (at
least all the other titles available on that site are subbed/dubbed
anime), with Degrassi being the only live action show available on that
site.

Brian Christiansen

Relic

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Oct 11, 2009, 9:30:44 PM10/11/09

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I know that Navarre (Funimation's parent company) has done non-anime
stuff (I found a cheap collection of silent films for a dollar at
Big Lots one time that was put out by Navarre; seriously, two of the
three movies didn't even have a music track), but Funimation itself?
Nah, never seen one.

Brian Christiansen

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Oct 11, 2009, 10:00:40 PM10/11/09

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Relic wrote:

>
> I know that Navarre (Funimation's parent company) has done non-anime
> stuff (I found a cheap collection of silent films for a dollar at
> Big Lots one time that was put out by Navarre; seriously, two of the
> three movies didn't even have a music track), but Funimation itself?
> Nah, never seen one.

That is my point, Navarre might well be a company that produces and/or
distributes non-animated stuff, in fact, for all I know it might
produce/distribute more non-animated than animnated stuff, but isn't
Funimation their division that is specifically for anime?

Brian Christiansen

Gerardo Campos

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Oct 11, 2009, 11:16:02 PM10/11/09

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Only TNG?

Do you know if they also distribute Derassi Jr. High or Degrassi High.

I have tried to get those for some time.

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Rob Kelk

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Oct 11, 2009, 11:59:10 PM10/11/09

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Just because a company primarily licences one sort of property doesn't
mean it never licences other types. ADV licenced "Andromeda", after all,
and AnimEigo has licenced a few anime to go with their samurai movies...

Perhaps Funi had an open slot in their release schedule?

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Giovanni Wassen

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Oct 12, 2009, 2:12:12 AM10/12/09

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Gerardo Campos wrote:

> On Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:05:41 -0700, Brian Christiansen wrote:
>
>> I stopped on this show for about 5-10 seconds while changing channels
>> the other day, and it appears to be a soap opera set in a high school.
>> However, it is distributed in the US by Funimation.
>>
>> I was wondering why? Funimation is a anime dubbing/subbing company (at
>> least all the other titles available on that site are subbed/dubbed
>> anime), with Degrassi being the only live action show available on that
>> site.
>>
>> Brian Christiansen
>
> Only TNG?
>
> Do you know if they also distribute Derassi Jr. High or Degrassi High.

Or Degrassi: Deep Space Nine, Voyager?

Wait... Other show.

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Antonio E. Gonzalez

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Oct 12, 2009, 2:45:58 AM10/12/09

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On Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:59:10 GMT, rob...@deadspam.com (Rob Kelk)
wrote:

>On Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:00:40 -0700, Brian Christiansen
><brian_ch...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Relic wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I know that Navarre (Funimation's parent company) has done non-anime
>>> stuff (I found a cheap collection of silent films for a dollar at
>>> Big Lots one time that was put out by Navarre; seriously, two of the
>>> three movies didn't even have a music track), but Funimation itself?
>>> Nah, never seen one.
>>
>>That is my point, Navarre might well be a company that produces and/or
>>distributes non-animated stuff, in fact, for all I know it might
>>produce/distribute more non-animated than animnated stuff, but isn't
>>Funimation their division that is specifically for anime?
>
>Just because a company primarily licences one sort of property doesn't
>mean it never licences other types. ADV licenced "Andromeda", after all,
>and AnimEigo has licenced a few anime to go with their samurai movies...
>
>Perhaps Funi had an open slot in their release schedule?

On another note: to think there was a time it would have been
"AnimEigo has licensed a few samurai movies to go with their anime" .
. .

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Brian Christiansen

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Oct 12, 2009, 4:41:17 AM10/12/09

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Gerardo Campos wrote:
>
> Only TNG?
>
> Do you know if they also distribute Derassi Jr. High or Degrassi High.
>

TNG is to only one that is listed on their web site.

Brian Christiansen

Rob Kelk

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Oct 12, 2009, 10:38:11 AM10/12/09

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On Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:45:58 -0700, Antonio E. Gonzalez
<AntE...@aol.com> wrote:

>On Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:59:10 GMT, rob...@deadspam.com (Rob Kelk)
>wrote:

<snip>

>>Just because a company primarily licences one sort of property doesn't
>>mean it never licences other types. ADV licenced "Andromeda", after all,
>>and AnimEigo has licenced a few anime to go with their samurai movies...
>>
>>Perhaps Funi had an open slot in their release schedule?
>
> On another note: to think there was a time it would have been
>"AnimEigo has licensed a few samurai movies to go with their anime" .
>. .

Yeah... <deep sigh>

Rob Kelk

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Oct 12, 2009, 10:40:24 AM10/12/09

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I did some searching and discovered this page:
http://dvds.degrassi.ca/

ender

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Oct 12, 2009, 11:30:38 AM10/12/09

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On Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:59:10 GMT, Rob Kelk wrote:

> Perhaps Funi had an open slot in their release schedule?

Or maybe anime really is dying, and Funi is trying to secure other sources
of income? :)

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Oct 12, 2009, 12:57:30 PM10/12/09

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> On Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:59:10 GMT, Rob Kelk wrote:
>
>> Perhaps Funi had an open slot in their release schedule?
>
> Or maybe anime really is dying, and Funi is trying to secure other sources
> of income? :)

Quiet there, you wouldn't want to feed into a certain individual's paranoid
rants...:)

Arnold Kim

Gerardo Campos

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Oct 12, 2009, 3:21:34 PM10/12/09

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On Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:40:24 +0000, Rob Kelk wrote:

> On 12 Oct 2009 03:16:02 GMT, Gerardo Campos <mac...@mx1.ibm.com> wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:05:41 -0700, Brian Christiansen wrote:
>>
>>> I stopped on this show for about 5-10 seconds while changing channels
>>> the other day, and it appears to be a soap opera set in a high school.
>>> However, it is distributed in the US by Funimation.
>>>
>>> I was wondering why? Funimation is a anime dubbing/subbing company
>>> (at least all the other titles available on that site are
>>> subbed/dubbed anime), with Degrassi being the only live action show
>>> available on that site.
>>>
>>> Brian Christiansen
>>
>>Only TNG?
>>
>>Do you know if they also distribute Derassi Jr. High or Degrassi High.
>>
>>I have tried to get those for some time.
>
> I did some searching and discovered this page: http://dvds.degrassi.ca/

Thanks

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Invid Fan

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Oct 12, 2009, 3:29:56 PM10/12/09

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In article <hatvd9$tb2$1...@news.eternal-september.org>, Brian
Christiansen <brian_ch...@hotmail.com> wrote:

A quick look on Wiki shows that Navarre once used the label BCI but
that folded. I wouldn't be surprised if the Canadian Degrassi shows
were once licensed by BCI and needed a home. Given Funimation targeted
the same audience as the show it would make sense to use that label
instead of creating a new division.

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