Comments on: Sunday News Bites: September 23rd

By: Venneh

Venneh — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:20:54 +0000

I would definitely suggest watching the movies. But, y’know, that’s just me. ^^

And as for other live-action movies, may I suggest Moonchild? It’s basically a Japanese Interview With the Vampire with Gackt and Hyde. If nothing else, it’ll be excellent parody material (going to watch that tonight).

And on the gender-bender EVA… :o I’ll take Rei and Kaoru, kthnxbye. The others are kind of disturbing. Especially the NERV/SEELE higher-ups.

By: Machi

Machi — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:25:33 +0000

Why must you kill everyone! *Cries* Can’t you all just get along :_: BTW incase your wondering uh my name is uh Xandra~ So please write that down~

By: Karura

Karura — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:03:50 +0000

Hanners: Hahaha, I can see that happening now.

I guess no one outside of the dealmakers will know exactly what’s going on with Geneon, but since they were about to pull out of DVD marketing and already laid off people, it doesn’t look good for them. Had the deal gone through and ADV released cheap thinpaks of Geneon’s catalogue, though, they would have had plenty of money from me.

Hige: Did you see the Eva gender-reversed OP video? I think it’s going to be the next remake when the movies are done.

Venneh: Maybe I should watch the movies then- I do need something to write about for the Live Action category of this blog (1 post so far…). You didn’t miss much in the original HaruToki series; it ranged between hilariously plotless and just plain dull.

By: Venneh

Venneh — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 15:21:15 +0000

(heart symbol). The plot’s pretty close to manga canon until the last half hour, when it takes an interesting divergence that only cements the movie’s awesomeness.

(apparently, WordPress doesn’t like the heart symbol. Ah well. And you can ignore the second post.)

By: Venneh

Venneh — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 15:15:20 +0000

So, what, is Geneon going out of business now?
Speaking of the “fansubs are killing the industry” argument: I just don’t see how that is. Yes, I admit, I watch fansubs. But here’s the thing — if I do watch fansubs of a show that’s been licensed, I’ll do it because I want to see if the show’s worth it — I’m sure as hell not going to waste close to $20 bucks a DVD on a show that I dislike. And if I like it enough, I’ll usually shell out the money to get the DVDs (so long as the local retailers carry them; can’t order online because I lack a debit/credit card).
As for HaruToki3, I remember that that might be the one actually worth my time — the chick is actually able to fight, instead of being useless. Then again, I dropped HaruToki only five episodes in because I couldn’t stand the Mary-Sue-ness of Akane (even though she had glimmers of common sense) and the subsequent reactions of all the men in her life, and the pathetically generic Find the Hachiyo/Monster of the week plot.
And on the subject of the DN live-action movies: Get them when they come out on DVD (or watch them on crunchyroll now). I saw the first one when I was in Japan for two weeks last summer (haven’t seen the second one just yet), and it was worth the 1800 yen (roughly $18 American) that I spent to see it in the theaters the week after it premiered. Light’s even more of a evil bastard in this one, if you can believe it, and L is

By: Sabas

Sabas — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 15:13:15 +0000

If I were ADV, I’d want Geneon’s list of titles. But Geneon’s parent company shouldn’t have layed off workers if the deal wasn’t final.

And ADV will probably pick up the new movies. And release it in HD-DVD and the uber-special Blu-Rei version.

By: Hige

Hige — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 13:55:41 +0000

I never really understood the ADV x Geneon situation to start with. Maybe it was all just an elaborate scheme from ADV to nullify one of its competitors?

Watching fansubbed anime has put me out of the loop on American DVD releases anyway. Isn’t it time for another Evangelion repackaging? O WAIT, the films. I’d curious to see the license battle over those little money bags. Please god just don’t let Manga anywhere near them. D;

By: Hanners

Hanners — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 11:07:09 +0000

I’m now expecting ADV to shave its head, go into rehab, come out of rehab, then make some kind of rubbish comeback.

In all seriousness though, I hope Geneon can recover somehow – I still don’t understand why they laid off staff before the whole deal was 100% sealed though, it seems pretty foolish from my comfy Internet expert’s armchair.