Funimation News

###Funimation March 2016 Solicitations
Dec 15, 2015
(Funimation Links)

Brother’s Conflict The Complete Series + OVA - Limited Edition Blu-ray & DVD - 3/8/2016
Brother’s Conflict The Complete Series + OVA Blu-ray & DVD - 3/8/2016
Kingdom Season Two DVD - 3/8/2016
PSYCHO-PASS Season Two Blu-ray & DVD - 3/8/2016
PSYCHO-PASS Season Two - Premium Edition Blu-ray & DVD - 3/8/2016

C3 The Complete Series + OVA Blu-ray & DVD - 3/15/2015

Date A Live Season Two Blu-ray & DVD - 3/22/2016
Fairy Tail Part Nineteen Blu-ray & DVD - 3/22/2016
One Piece Collection Fifteen DVD - 3/22/2016

Eden of the East The Complete Series + Movies - Premium Edition Blu-ray - 3/29/2016

Date A Live II for me.

nothing screams “Get me NOW!”

maybe PP2, but that’s a long way down the line.

Daimidaler: Prince vs Penguin Empire: The Complete Series - Available Now

The Premium edition is BD only, the combo pack listing is an error. They’ll fix the listing soon.

###Tokyo ESP The Complete Series Trailer @ Funimation

Harmony Blu-ray & DVD Release Announcement PV


Ready to start saving?

We’ve got great deals on select chapters of these classic collections!
Hurry, deals end Sunday, January 10, at midnight (CST).

Tokyo ESP - The Complete Series - Coming Soon

http://www.funimation.com/blog/2016/01/07/introducing-the-new-face-of-funimation

###Introducing The New Face Of Funimation!
Posted by FUNimation Entertainment on 01/07/2016 at 5:31am

Get ready anime fans, 2016 is gonna be a big year!

###Funimation to Launch Updated Streaming App, Add New Devices
posted on 2016-01-07 15:00 EST
Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Windows 10 Universal apps slated for February

###FunimationNow - CES 2016 Reveal Trailer

Visit FunimationNow.com to get a sneak peek at the new mobile apps and to get a better idea of what’s coming this year! http://funi.to/22MzSZJ

Start Your Free Trial to Funimation’s Streaming Service: http://funi.to/1Z7Jbil

FunimationNow - Anime. Anytime. Anywhere.

Get ready anime fans, 2016 is gonna be a big year! FunimationNow has all the subtitled and English-dubbed anime you love, completely ad-free and in HD.

Press Release

I can’t wait to see these changes take off. It’s refreshing to see an anime company make changes to keep things from being boring. The new logo is quite impressive.

FunimationNow Launch Trailer

@Slowhand: Your video was removed. Fixed

**DubbleTalk - Episode 1 - "Mach 20"**

https://youtu.be/lafxssQcJ2c

**DubbleTalk - Episode 2 - "Tentacle Time"**

https://youtu.be/oeYpeKV-K_I

**DubbleTalk - Episode 3 - "Quit Playing Games with My Heart"**

https://youtu.be/P57RTjjEQXg

**DubbleTalk - Episode 4 - "Whale Tail"**

https://youtu.be/1YIJ4Jgtzrc

**DubbleTalk - Episode 5 - "Dat Booty"**

https://youtu.be/KE4gDRJHQuI

**DubbleTalk - Episode 6 - "Urine Trouble"**

https://youtu.be/LShPJA7FSmM

**DubbleTalk - Episode 7 - "Emotions"**

https://youtu.be/sToQOQ8Y1Xk

**DubbleTalk - Episode 8 - "Con Funk"**

https://youtu.be/6zMxjUXpeFQ

**DubbleTalk - Episode 9 - "Artificial Love"**

https://youtu.be/l7d0vJHAQJw

**DubbleTalk - Episode 10 - "Snort Parade"**

https://youtu.be/2gQPMKYxXp4

1 Like

PR

http://www.funimation.com/blog/2014/10/29/introducing-funimation-broadcast-dubs/

[size=16]FUNimation Broadcast Dubs initiative[/size]
Flower Mound, TX - (10/29/14) - FUNimation announced today the start of a new initiative–the FUNimation Broadcast Dub. Fans will soon be able to watch the English dubbed episodes of select shows that are currently broadcasting in Japan. FUNimation has experience with broadcast dubs, having had previous success dubbing the hit series Space Dandy for U.S. broadcast on Adult Swim. FUNimation Broadcast Dubs will be available exclusively for FUNimation subscribers commercial-free and streaming in 1080 HD.

Click link to read full article.

Even though I already know that the show is no where near as cool as this plot synopsis suggests it could be, every time I read it I wish it were. I might check out an ep or 2 dubbed, but the odds are that the kind of dub that would make this show watchable for me would make it less appealing to the demographic that it is meant for.

That’s my issue with this initiative in general as it takes the brutality of the “if you want it, you gotta simulcast it” scheme to a new level. With the simulcast scheme, I just have to stream subbed the shows that I like in order to see them released (which is still undesirable) but in order to support this initiative I will have to watch shows that I already know that I don’t like, one of which is fated to have a mediocre dub.

Which is the lesser of the 2 evils?


I am intrigued by the 2.0 audio prospect. It seems unlikely to happen, but I wish that Funimation would include this “Broadcast Dub” audio with their releases as some Funi releases are 5.1 only with the dub and Funimation’s audio work generally leaves their 5.1 dubs incredibly obnoxious to listen to over 2/2.1 setups.

It’d also be interesting to see these broadcast dubs preserved for posterity.

Now think of all the “hate” that the fans will be throwing: you’re gonna have the “simulcast dub lovers” vs. the " final home video release dub lovers". Now add that plus any Ben-To/Sankare incidents and you’re gonna have peeps cursing the heavens.

Good times…

I’m not too interested in this myself, as FUNi very rarely picks up something I’m already interested in before they announce a license for it.
But there’s probably more to come at some point, so I figured it it was big enough news that it deserved its own thread rather than splitting the discussion of it across several threads.

I think the last FUNi simulcast (delaycast really, since I was watching it on Hulu for free) I watched was Date A Live II.
So this doesn’t really affect me in much now, or probably even in the future.

Oh that just brought to mind formerly-repressed memories of the Data A Live dub. The perils of being a dub fan, I suppose.

I don’t believe that it’ll be so bad as those since the whole dub will be up even if the physical release is delayed and we’ll know that we’ll be seeing broadcast visuals with that dub, so there’d be neither the dub deprivation or bait-n-switch of those 2 shows.

That reminds me of the Deadman Wonderland dub situation. I don’t remember too big of a fuss over that, except the Greg Ayres profanity bit. Which reminds me, I wonder if these “broadcast dubs” will, due to their limited availability, be free of any language restrictions?

So what did y’all think of the LutC dub?

Personally I thought it was better than I expected, but below what I’d expect from Funimation. Versus recent Joel McDonald dubs, LutC was better than Bent-To and Date A Live but was quite a few rungs below Robotics;notes and Haganai NEXT. I’d put it on par with Sankarea.

###Funi Blog: FUNimation Broadcast Dubs Taking a Break for the Holidays
December 14, 2014