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Funimtion has Sekirei & Birdy The Mighty Decode

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Herbie Garcia

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Nov 21, 2009, 7:59:51 PM11/21/09
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Howdy all!

Funimation has annnounced at their Anime USA Panel today they picked up
both Sekirei & Birdy The Mighty Decode.

Also the company rescued Full Metal Panic & Full Metal Panic-Fumoffu
(Formely realesed by ADV)

Look for both series to be out by next year.
(Not only a DVD re-realease plus both series are Blu-Ray Disc Bound)

See ya!

HG-Your Friendly Neighborhood OTAKUMAN

Starcade

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Nov 21, 2009, 9:33:44 PM11/21/09
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Right now, if Funi don't have it, it ain't worth getting.

56-60%, people, and probably going higher.

Mike

Dave Watson

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Nov 22, 2009, 1:19:40 PM11/22/09
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On Nov 21, 7:59 pm, Otaku...@webtv.net (Herbie Garcia) wrote:
> Howdy all!
>
> Funimation has annnounced at their Anime USA Panel today they picked up
> both Sekirei & Birdy The Mighty Decode.

Cool.

> Also the company rescued Full Metal Panic & Full Metal Panic-Fumoffu
> (Formely realesed by ADV)
>
> Look for both series to be out by next year.
> (Not only a DVD re-realease plus both series are Blu-Ray Disc Bound)

If they pull that English-dub-audio-only horseshit on this, I hope
they get strung up by the balls.

Watson
Now happy he's kept the Animatrix on DVD.

paul_0090

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Nov 22, 2009, 9:55:07 PM11/22/09
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Double that especially when they crank up the volume on the music to
drown out any spoken words; seem to be the trend now just about
everywhere & the worst offenders are the nat geo, discovery & sci
channels. Watching anime on comcast, it has crept into the broadcasted
anime.

The extra loud "music" presents a very good case for subs.

Herbie Garcia

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Nov 23, 2009, 10:40:16 AM11/23/09
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Howdy all!

On a side note.
Funimation has both seasons of Birdy the Mighty Decode.
(Both seasons 13 eps. each)

As far as FMP & Fumoffu on BD goes.
They're not fools to put a english dub only track.
It'll have both JP/English tracks.

My 2 cents.

HG-Your Friendly Neighborhood OTAKUMAN

Dave Watson

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Nov 23, 2009, 12:31:44 PM11/23/09
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On Nov 23, 10:40 am, Otaku...@webtv.net (Herbie Garcia) wrote:
> Howdy all!
>
> On a side note.
> Funimation has both seasons of Birdy the Mighty Decode.
> (Both seasons 13 eps. each)
>
> As far as FMP & Fumoffu on BD goes.
> They're not fools to put a english dub only track.
> It'll have both JP/English tracks.
>
> My 2 cents.

Bandai is being forced to do it for the domestic Blu-Ray of Kurokami.
The DVD will be bilingual. Also, this last weekend, a friend of mine
who bought the Matrix Collection on Blu-Ray told me that the Animatrix
disc in it is dub only. To the people responsible for this, I offer
Frank Zappa's Curse: May your shit come to life, and kiss you.

Watson.

Stainless Steel Rat

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Nov 23, 2009, 4:05:12 PM11/23/09
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In article
<c233b0bb-041a-4a27...@j35g2000vbl.googlegroups.com>,

Dave Watson <dwbeing...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Bandai is being forced to do it for the domestic Blu-Ray of Kurokami.

To what end?

Dave Watson

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Nov 23, 2009, 5:05:15 PM11/23/09
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On Nov 23, 4:05 pm, Stainless Steel Rat <rati...@newsguy.com> wrote:
> In article
> <c233b0bb-041a-4a27-8d1e-9d503c91f...@j35g2000vbl.googlegroups.com>,

>  Dave Watson <dwbeingupfr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Bandai is being forced to do it for the domestic Blu-Ray of Kurokami.
>
> To what end?

Sorry, what exactly do you mean by that question?

Watson.

Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)

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Nov 23, 2009, 8:43:45 PM11/23/09
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I think he means, why is Bandai being forced to do it? For what purpose
or end result? And by whom?


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Dave Watson

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Nov 24, 2009, 8:07:09 AM11/24/09
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On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:43:45 -0500, Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor) wrote:

> Dave Watson wrote:
>> On Nov 23, 4:05 pm, Stainless Steel Rat <rati...@newsguy.com> wrote:
>>> In article
>>> <c233b0bb-041a-4a27-8d1e-9d503c91f...@j35g2000vbl.googlegroups.com>,
>>> Dave Watson <dwbeingupfr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Bandai is being forced to do it for the domestic Blu-Ray of Kurokami.
>>> To what end?
>> Sorry, what exactly do you mean by that question?
> I think he means, why is Bandai being forced to do it? For what purpose
> or end result? And by whom?

They haven't said officially anywhere I've seen yet, but I think it's safe
to say that they were forced to do this by the Japanese licensor to prevent
reverse importation, since Japan and North America have the same Blu-Ray
region code. Same with Warner and the Animatrix.

Personally, I hope that the Japanese companies get bitten in the ass hard
and deep by this; I mean, fucking hell, if they want more Japanese punters
to buy their discs that badly, did they ever consider offering the fans
some value for their money instead? If they told me I'd have to pay $50-70
times 13 or so to get a 26-ep series, I'd tell them where to go and how to
get there, in no uncertain terms. Here's hoping that Vols. 7-12 of
Shangri-La being cancelled in Japan in favour of a box set is the beginning
of Japan's anime industry finally joining the 21st century.

Watson.

Stainless Steel Rat

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Nov 24, 2009, 1:09:13 PM11/24/09
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In article <p2a66aivcvm4.1n...@40tude.net>,

Dave Watson <dwbeing...@fuspamma.gmail.com> wrote:
> They haven't said officially anywhere I've seen yet, but I think it's safe
> to say that they were forced to do this by the Japanese licensor to prevent
> reverse importation, since Japan and North America have the same Blu-Ray
> region code. Same with Warner and the Animatrix.

I figured it was something like that.
Chalk up another reason for me not to buy into Blu-ray.

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