5 July 2008, 3:46 AM
I was happy to see the Geneon news yesterday because I really wanted to pick up some of their shows (Ergo Proxy, Shana)... but it was next to impossible to find them at a decent price. Plus I was in the middle of 'Hellsing Ultimate', and was thinking about starting 'When They Cry' when the news came out that they were leaving the US market.
The ADV news is pretty shocking though. I read yesterday that they had put 4 of those shows on hold (that had volumes releasing this week!) But to see now that Funimation has acquired those 4 licenses and 26 more is just crazy.
I don't think ADV is going anywhere just yet. While this is a pretty big blow and takes away the majority of titles they're licensed in recent years, they still have alot of licenses left and last I heard they were attempting to license quite a few new series' as of yesterday. I'm sure they'll get something out of this Funimation deal too... it's not like they're going to go out and re-translate and re-dub all of those shows. They'll probably license or buy the materials that ADV created.
The ADV news is pretty shocking though. I read yesterday that they had put 4 of those shows on hold (that had volumes releasing this week!) But to see now that Funimation has acquired those 4 licenses and 26 more is just crazy.
I don't think ADV is going anywhere just yet. While this is a pretty big blow and takes away the majority of titles they're licensed in recent years, they still have alot of licenses left and last I heard they were attempting to license quite a few new series' as of yesterday. I'm sure they'll get something out of this Funimation deal too... it's not like they're going to go out and re-translate and re-dub all of those shows. They'll probably license or buy the materials that ADV created.