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Sony/FUNimation acquisition deal completed
- Thread starter Shard Shinjuku
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Oh shit. Will Crunchy and Funi still work together with licensing anime? (Crunchy gets sub, Funi gets dub)
Hopefully not much changes content wise because things have been going pretty well so far, maybe in the future they could integrate the animation service into Vue.
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Does anybody know what exactly this means in the end for the viewers?
I personally care the most about shows actually being made and being available with Japanese audio and subtitles.
I personally care the most about shows actually being made and being available with Japanese audio and subtitles.
Will Sony finally force Funimation to stop region blocking? I can't even read this on their website.
My guess is they will try to secure some exclusive content deals for their PlayStation Vue service.
Don't you eff Funi up Sony, you already own Aniplex and the prices i pay on Type Moon works are unacceptable
Aniplex is under Sony Music Japan. Funimation is now under Sony Pictures TV.
Damn...Xamnd?! Shit it doesn't seem like that long ago when they did that PS3 promotion too...it was when i was still in my "Eureka seven is god and everything created by the same team is god" phase.
Dont you mean "fuck eveything that is not SIE related"? :P
Its basically like Disney buying Marvel. No leadership changes, the company remains the same but they're now going to try and branch out to other countries under Sony's wider umbrella and also seem to be interested in doing more for theatrical releases. Aniplex is not involved it seems. Other than that not much has seriously changed.
Tell me about it. Still can't convince myself to shell out the cash those bastards want for the Unlimited Blade Works TV bluray sets. But damn if I don't think about those stupid things every other day.
Well, it's certainly not great. We will have to wait and see what happens.
I just hope the Blade Runner curse isn't real.
Because if so, say goodbye to 90% of anime stateside.
Because if so, say goodbye to 90% of anime stateside.
From what I know, nothing is changing in Funi's licensing or distribution model. If anything, this deal might even pave way for Blood+ to FINAAAAALLY get re-released.
I wouldn't worry about it. They aren't gonna turn into a dipshit company like Aniplex anytime soon.
I wouldn't worry about it. They aren't gonna turn into a dipshit company like Aniplex anytime soon.
Lol, did you see what they did with Garden of Sinners? After cockblocking the series behind a $450 paywall, now they're offering it exclusively on Anime Strike. It's like they WANT to be pirated. I tell you what though, when Aniplex is concerned, a region-free blu-ray player goes a looooong way:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00IIK6C74/?tag=e100-21
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01DNWX1HU/?tag=e100-21
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00WX6KHVG/?tag=e100-21
Just a few examples lol.
All I wanna know for the time being is when my second season of Attack on Titan hits blu ray. :<
I'm a physical media person, and an anime collector, so I know this pain all too well. :(
This is what I fear with a Sony buyout. I don't think much will change but that dosen't change the fact of possibility.
Funi is the #1 distributor of anime stateside at the moment, with pretty much the only successful business model that caters to large scale retailers' demands. They won't screw with an established market. Only once sales hit a peak low will you start to see changes - maybe for the better, maybe for the worse.
I think with the up-and-coming prevalence of companies like Aniplex and Ponycan, most casual anime fans just expect doom and gloom, when they really need to see that Aniplex and Ponycan specifically cater to dipshits willing to pay their prices. Read: About twelve or thirteen people on Anime News Network. They too have an established business model that needs no changing: Fuck everyone else over as long as a few rich idiots are willing to pony up.
Blood+? After all this time? Really? Sign me up then...that was a nice series...same with Blood Last Vampire obviously, classic. They can keep Blood C though
Well to be fair KnK has been out for an absurdly long amount of time. To even know about it now, you would have had to use unscrupulous sources at some point to even get to watch it without paying an arm and a leg. I did it with all of the movies starting waaay back when i was just leaving high school, but i made up for it by taking my best finger off to pay for that damn limited collectors edition when i actually got the money
Eh, Funi licensed Blood C to begin with. But yeah, Blood+ really needs to show up again. Even back during the official release it was stupidly difficult to find the series as a whole because they made so few copies of the first box set, yet a hilarious amount of overstocked copies of the second set. In the end, I got LUCKY by finding the DVDs in a going-out-of-business sale of some small time DVD rental place. And that the second box set was empty enough to fit the part 1 discs lol.
I agree with you and was mostly just speaking my mind. As I said, I don't expect change anyway. I also agree on Ponycan and Aniplex, they are extremely hostile to the casual market and cater only to the most devoted fans. Although, Aniplex has been playing with standard editions recently.
Is it possible that sony intends to put Funimation exclusively on PS Vue as a way to expand it's user base?
I imagine that this means that Sony bought out the remainder of the contract that Funi had with Universal for distribution, though I'm sure that Your Name is still going to come out via Universal since it's too close to release to change anything.
I hope this doesn't mess up what they've been doing with One Piece. (I'd be okay with them speeding up the releases though)
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To be fair, Aniplex has made their content very accessible to the casual audience, just not on physical home video formats. Aniplex titles are on many streaming services.
I guess I better finish watching the subtitled version of Hellsing Ultimate on Crunchy Roll while I can...
I can already foresee Playstation Anime section in the PS Store XD
I have wonder what exactly are the benefits for Sony with this deal, apart from synergy with Aniplex.