Dubs Come To Sentai Filmworks

[Chris Beveridge]

Sentai Filmworks is pleased to announce that the hit series Clannad will be receiving an English dub. Originally released in a subtitled only format, Clannad is receiving the dub as part of an agreement in which several affiliated groups have come together to create English language versions for five of Sentai’s most popular titles...

More... (http://www.mania.com/dubs-come-to-sentai-filmworks_article_121221.html)

[Tratious]

whoa I wasn't expecting most of those to get a dub just Clannad but awesome news for dub fans I think alot more people will actually give clannad a chance now

now if they could get a BD release by early next year that would be even awesomer, yes awesomer.

[Njr Scrawl]

The Sentai show that should have had a dub is You're Under Arrest series 2 & 3. By Coastal Carolina naturally.

[One Vorlon]

Interesting . . . a lot could be read into this announcement: these titles have been profitable in the U.S., Sentai always planned on dubbing these titles (but lacked the cash/confidence to do so), some new player has invested in Sentai . . .

[Betenoire]

Interesting . . . a lot could be read into this announcement: these titles have been profitable in the U.S., Sentai always planned on dubbing these titles (but lacked the cash/confidence to do so), some new player has invested in Sentai . . .

The announcement does say partnership but that could be on the project rather than the company.

[dragonrider_cody]

The Sentai show that should have had a dub is You're Under Arrest series 2 & 3. By Coastal Carolina naturally.

Well, considering Coastal Carolina shut down, that could be a bit hard to pull of. I imagine it would be hard or nearly impossible for Sentai to even round up the original cast.

[Harls]

Well, considering Coastal Carolina shut down, that could be a bit hard to pull of.
The name may be changed (http://coastal-studios.com/), but the work's all the same. :)

[dragonrider_cody]

Well, considering Coastal Carolina shut down, that could be a bit hard to pull of.
The name may be changed (http://coastal-studios.com/), but the work's all the same. :)

Sorry, someone linked an article a while ago saying the studio had closed. My bad..LOL

[dragoon]

The Sentai show that should have had a dub is You're Under Arrest series 2 & 3. By Coastal Carolina naturally.

Not really. Why would they want to do that and repeat the mistakes of the past?

The point of these is to usher in the rebirth of Seraphim Digital studios - in addition to their recent huge properties like Halo Legends and Appleseed to signal to the industry and partners across the globe that this is a studio that can tackle major productions.

Hiring some other studio is nice fan-good will of a very limited nature, and even if they were to retain the same VAs, flying them out to Houston for a niche title... eh. If it sold well enough, I'm sure Sentai will consider it, but that's missing the point of this announcement.

[Prede]

Well, considering Coastal Carolina shut down, that could be a bit hard to pull of.
The name may be changed (http://coastal-studios.com/), but the work's all the same. :)

Sorry, someone linked an article a while ago saying the studio had closed. My bad..LOL

As far as I know they're back up and running :bigsmile: . I think that they closed for awhile though, perhaps that's what your thinking of?

Anyway VERY excited about this news! I cannot wait to buy these shows now. I'm going to try and get 4 of the 5 of these as soon as I can. I hope people buy them, they sell well, and this can be the first batch of many more dubs to come from APM for Sentai titles. Can APM re-take the title of "best ADR studio in the biz" (in my mind)? Only time will tell! They are competing with Ocean now...won't be easy !

In all seriousness I'm just happy to see so many more dubs are coming out, and that Sentai is doing well enough to dub stuff. Hope this doesn't bite them in the back now. And there can never be enough dubs from APM...I welcome each and every one of these with open arms.

[tonka]

Open arms are all well and good, but an open wallet with money means a lot more.:bigsmile:

[Mario1234567]

*Gets on knees*

I am sorry for being a troll/Douechbag/loudmouth... I will buy all of these shows. I only know Clannad and Ghost Hound but I will blind buy the rest. Good show people I formally hate.. Next Maria Holic, To Luve Ru and Hell Girl please!! With Hell Girl connect with FUNimation. ^_^...

I can finally smile on this industry.... ^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^. But it still has along way to go.

[Legion]

The Sentai show that should have had a dub is You're Under Arrest series 2 & 3. By Coastal Carolina naturally.

I 100% agree. I dunno how well bilingual YUA did for Animeigo and ADV, but I'd love to have the rest of the anime with the Coastal voices.

[Legion]

The Sentai show that should have had a dub is You're Under Arrest series 2 & 3. By Coastal Carolina naturally.

Not really. Why would they want to do that and repeat the mistakes of the past?

I wasn't aware ADV hiring Coastal to dub the YUA minis and Movie DVD releases was considered a mistake

[Chris Beveridge]

The Sentai show that should have had a dub is You're Under Arrest series 2 & 3. By Coastal Carolina naturally.

Not really. Why would they want to do that and repeat the mistakes of the past?

I wasn't aware ADV hiring Coastal to dub the YUA minis and Movie DVD releases was considered a mistake

Hiring them wasn't a mistake, is the impression I get, but rather dubbing shows that can't make money being the mistake.

[Betenoire]

I wasn't aware ADV hiring Coastal to dub the YUA minis and Movie DVD releases was considered a mistake

It probably wasn't then. But the position they are in now is different as they have to rebuild their image as a company capable of putting out quality dubs and if they farmed it out some would see that as giving the fans a continuation but some would see it as they couldn't handle it on their plate and rightly or wrongly nothing Neo-ADV could do would change how some people viewed it.

And that is just the image part of it and doesn't even get into the business end of things which may open another can of worms.

[Betenoire]

Hiring them wasn't a mistake, is the impression I get, but rather dubbing shows that can't make money being the mistake.

Really? Don't anime companies largely exist to lose money? :P

Not that that is stated on the business plan of course but reality and business plans often don't match up. :noodle:

[Legion]

The Sentai show that should have had a dub is You're Under Arrest series 2 & 3. By Coastal Carolina naturally.

Not really. Why would they want to do that and repeat the mistakes of the past?

I wasn't aware ADV hiring Coastal to dub the YUA minis and Movie DVD releases was considered a mistake

Hiring them wasn't a mistake, is the impression I get, but rather dubbing shows that can't make money being the mistake.

That's what I'm not clear on. Are we sure YUA lost/didn't make money for Animeigo and ADV? Or is that just the assumption?

[CaptainAvatar]

This is beyond AWESOME!! The only way it could get any better would be for Clannad to get a Blu-Ray release!

I can't wait to get my hands on this, and I will likely pick up all the other just to show my support for dubs!

Thank you Sentai! :bowsmiley:

[Betenoire]

That's what I'm not clear on. Are we sure YUA lost/didn't make money for Animeigo and ADV? Or is that just the assumption?

I don't know that we know or will ever know the answer but that Neo-ADv coughed up the cash to get the sequel series and AE didn't might be a sign or it might not. There is also the tricky nature of the continuing series and sales drop offs which is part of why some continuing sequels are not picked up as companies figure in to losing X number of people per release/per season. So even if it had made money it might be projected not to do so in the future as the series rolled on.

[Legion]

That's kinda what I figured. Don't get me wrong, I'm not sitting here insisting that YUA was a good title for AE and ADV and I'm not insisting that it's financially viable to dub series 2 & 3, as much as I'd like to see it happen. It's just that there's a lot of pessimism these days and people seem all too ready to assume title A through Z didn't/won't sell well and/or assume title A through Z isn't viable to dub. Granted that's the safe assumption, but that doesn't mean it's correct. Heck, look at the thread in ET before this announcement: some people were hopeful but pretty much everyone assumed the rumours were nothing more than cancelled productions. It's really becomming a pet peeve for me.

[Beagle-san]

Glad to see this. And I agree that You're Under Arrest would be a great title to dub. Not because I'll be bothering with the dub, but for the same reason that dubbing benefits anime in general: It opens it up to a wider audience, helping to grow the fanbase, which is a very good thing.

[dragoon]

but pretty much everyone assumed the rumours were nothing more than cancelled productions.

Not everyone. ;)

As far as YUA, my issue with it is mostly as soon as Sentai makes a positive move... here come the cascade of expensive and risky demands - the same demands ADV thought were good ideas before and then they did it and found out there aren't many buyers.

YUA is a nice property no doubt about it, but as you said, given its length, it'd be an expensive production - not to mention one that doesn't benefit Seraphim Digital. Seraphim is positioning itself to get out of the hole they were all in after the Sojitz fiasco. For a company with limited resources trying to capitalize on rebirth and attracting partners, investors etc, having another dub studio does nothing for their standing, it hurts it - investors would question the point of their whole strategy. If this was a huge property sure there would be upsides that could negate that aspect. Even Funimation is doing Initial D in-house, and that's a much more recognized property. YUA doesn't attract much attention outside this forum, so I wonder where the sales would come from for an aging franchise like this.

If Sentai has the resources to limit their risks, vis-a-vis certain partnerships or certain growth they are seeing through other media, where they could capitalize on YUA.... great - but I don't see it. Is it out of the realm of possibility? No. I think they did a smart thing by offering the first season on Anime Network, this will provide them a barometer on its popularity and get the necessary $ to gauge on whether proceeding is worth it or not, in addition to the DVD sales... so anything is possible, but I remain skeptical.

[bci110]

Hiring them wasn't a mistake, is the impression I get, but rather dubbing shows that can't make money being the mistake.

Really? Don't anime companies largely exist to lose money? :P

No you're thinking about sports franchises, save for the baseball-playing ones in Boston and New York :sweat:.

Anyway good the hear that Clannad will get an English dub, and I hope that a certain former Houston Cougar that's now living in VA will get a role somewhere on this title :).