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Noir

02-07-2008, 03:01 PM

Persona Trinity Soul

(persona 3 did better than atlus expected plus FES is coming here now when they denied it after so many petitions from fans)

El Cazador De Brujar

Shakugan no Shana II

Romeo and Juliet

And especially You're Under arrest FULL THROTTLE!!!!

thanks
everyone

Speedy Boris

02-07-2008, 03:22 PM

I assume by Shana, you mean the second season? Cuz season 1 has already been released by Geneon.

I think R&J has a chance to be licensed by FUNi, seeing as how they've licensed a lot of Gonzo stuff in the last few years.

Not sure about the rest.

something

02-07-2008, 03:35 PM

Persona Trinity Soul - Very likely, if the game sold well. There are few better tie-ins for an anime.

El Cazador de la Bruja - If ADV straightens their business out, I see it having a very good chance. They got the other two girls-with-guns shows from Bee Train (Noir and Madlax).

Shakugan no Shana - I assume you mean season two? Geneon released all of season one, but now that they went under there's no easy assumption that season two will come over. I damn well hope so though, because it's become even better than season one, and that's saying a lot.

Romeo and Juliet - It's romance which is a strike against it, but it's also the most well known romance story in the English speaking world and maybe beyond. It's also Gonzo. If anyone gets it, Funimation will. Chances are good but nothing (this applies to all of the above too) is EVER set in stone.

02-07-2008, 03:59 PM

I think El Cazador has a decent chance of getting picked up by ADV once they straighten out their legal situation, but that's it. I hold little hope of anybody continuing Shana, which breaks my heart. Romeo I've heard is a great production but it probably doesn't have the broad appeal needed to get it brought over in the current R1 market.

Rhodes

02-07-2008, 04:31 PM

well funi sent c&d letters out for rxj... so good chance we will see that.

something

02-07-2008, 04:36 PM

well funi sent c&d letters out for rxj... so good chance we will see that.
Yeah, I was considering mentioning that but that was quite some time ago now.

Fudce

02-07-2008, 05:16 PM

well funi sent c&d letters out for rxj... so good chance we will see that.
Yeah, I was considering mentioning that but that was quite some time ago now.
Funimation also said that they sent them out at the request of GDH though, not for themselves.

As to if those series might get licenced? Yes, there is a chance. How big of a chance, who knows?

Noir

02-07-2008, 06:32 PM

I forgot FULL THROTTLE _you're under arrest.

lorddream

02-07-2008, 06:59 PM

I'd figure that they all have a chance, but I don't expect to see a lot of new licenses this year.

If you'd asked me a couple of months ago, I would have said that I expected El Cazador to get picked up by ADV... now, well, they've got to put their house in order first.

Shana doesn't seem particularly likely with Geneon out of the picture, but I have no idea how well the first season sold. If it did well and the license isn't uber-expensive, maybe someone will take a chance. Maybe not.

Really, it's the same with all of the shows... we just have to wait & see (and hope.)

Noir

02-08-2008, 04:43 AM

you're under arrest was just out a few years ago by adv films so im hopeing that fullthrottle comes out

The Adventurer

02-08-2008, 04:59 AM

You guys think Skull-Man might make it out over here eventually?

GanChan

02-09-2008, 11:03 PM

I would like to see Hataraki Man come to R1.

Jimmie M

02-09-2008, 11:11 PM

you're under arrest was just out a few years ago by adv films so im hopeing that fullthrottle comes out
Agreed, along with You're Under Arrest! II & the No Mercy OVA. BTW, while ADV did release the Mini-Specials & the movie, the first TV series was released by AnimEigo.

DocWatson

02-14-2008, 11:26 AM