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Sony already owns Funimation, though.
Weeb Wars / AnimeGate / #KickVic / #IStandWithVic / #vickicksback - General Discussion Thread
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Sony already owns Funimation, though.
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Sony owns Funimation so Toei isn't going to be absorbing them ever, but there's nothing stopping them pulling the rights to their IPs. Sony probably wont be too happy with their 143 million dollar purchase being worth a whole lot less if they lost the Dragonball rights.
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In review, we have Sabat making one of the stupidest moves he's made so far. Unless he can provide proof that he did recordings for a dub over the weekend, I would HATE to be him should something come up in Discovery that proved otherwise.
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Probably get Viz to dub future projects, they seem to get a lot of Shonen Jump anime.
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Oh right. Scratch that idea then. They can have Toei Philippines do the job. They already have the TV broadcast animation they damn well could do it. They already have the call center jobs over there so what's stopping them to just pay a writer and director to move there and just use local talents?
Toei has options. Options Funi's VA would not like one bit.
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Or they could sell the licenses to Sentai, which is over in Houston. Established infrastructure, VA pool nearby, familiar with the state laws, etc.
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And that will affect the PS5 by proxy, which affects the Console War by proxy...
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The level where this stuff goes on, Sony is going to be talking to Toei. Nobody at Funimation is even going to be in on those talks. They will just wake up and find out they have no rights at all, and Toei will have assigned the rights to people who aren't Funimation.
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Honestly, they should. I mean, they have access to pretty much the Shonen Jump manga library published in the West already. I wonder if putting franchises like Dragon Ball and My Hero Academia under Viz for future dubbing efforts would make licensing easier?
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Or the could work with Sony to switch the DB license to Aniplex?
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unlikely. toei is going full scapel with who they give DB to.
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Conveniently Sony owns people who aren't Funimation. Aniplex!
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Jesus christ. Just went to Toei's wiki. They did fund a dubbing studio for an overseas market. They have a cheaper option already available. Everyone's replaceable.
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I bet when this all started, the Iago who pulled the strings behind this nonsense convinced himself he was Abdelt Dessler.
In reality, they are that incompetent Hermann Goering ripoff who got his ass cucked hard by Dessler then got it shot off.
Meanwhile, I'm pretty sure the Primarch is gonna come out of this like Juzo Okita, but when the enemy is this stupid, there won't be a need for the Wave Motion Cannon.
tl;dr for non-Uchuu Senkan Yamato fans: The shit is falling apart in real time and the legal bloodbath is gonna be hilarious.
In reality, they are that incompetent Hermann Goering ripoff who got his ass cucked hard by Dessler then got it shot off.
Meanwhile, I'm pretty sure the Primarch is gonna come out of this like Juzo Okita, but when the enemy is this stupid, there won't be a need for the Wave Motion Cannon.
tl;dr for non-Uchuu Senkan Yamato fans: The shit is falling apart in real time and the legal bloodbath is gonna be hilarious.
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Ok now I know everyone is focusing in Nick's Toei pulling rights hypothesis for Sabat's tour getting cancelled but he stated two others. One other hypothesis is that he did it in solidarity with Monica. What was the other one? That it was a legit scheduling conflict?
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I got that reference. Granted, I only ever watched 2199/2202.
And to think, all they needed to do was just not say anything. Vic would've died a slow death and people wouldn't have made note. I doubt KiwiFarms would've gotten involved because there would be no cows to be had.
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That Sabat told Monica that he'd support her and pull out, not expecting such a scenario to actually happen. When Vic did get brought back, Sabat shit bricks and hummed and hawed, deciding to kill the tour, but still attend KamehaCon.
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The first one was that Sabat threatened to cancel the tour if Vic was invited back.
The second one was that Sabat showed solidarity to Monica, but when Vic "unexpectedly" came back to KamehaCon, Sabat decided to cancel his tour in order to show solidarity with Monica and at the same time attend Kameha Con.
The third is the whole Toei JP speculation.
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The first theory is that Sabat is making good on his threat to drop Kameha Con, or at least the tour.
The second is that Sabat, sympathetic to Rial making good on her threats, decided to follow suit and leave.
The last is that Toei threatened to sue the voice actors and Kameha Con and pressured them into cancelling the con.