Victor Mignogna v. Funimation Productions, LLC, et al. (2019) - Vic's lawsuit against Funimation, VAs, and others, for over a million dollars.

AnOminous said:
I like the idea of Funimation settling out and then the other idiots get completely crucified.
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FUNimation settling is, pretty unquestionably, the only viable option that doesn't result in complete ruination for them. The only question is whether they're going to see it that way, or if they've drunk the kool-aid and are now fully committed to MoRon's death cult.

The fact that they're at least talking with BHBH is, I think, a pretty good sign that they're probably going to try to save their own skins, as opposed to riding this sinking ship along with the other defendants.
 
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AnOminous said:
I like the idea of Funimation settling out and then the other idiots get completely crucified.
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I prefer the idea of Funimation / Sony realizing just how fucking toxic, clown world, dipshits in charge of the asylum situation they're running and purging the fuck out of everything, to the mass bellyaching and autistic screeching of people like Rial and Marchi.

Seriously the BadDub stuff -- Marchi et all shoehorning in woke politics into and generally fucking with Funimation's releases -- shouldn't have happened since there should have been an editor / director / etc involved that could tell them no. (See also: Marvel Comics.)

Yeah, they're probably going to cash out in one way or another. But I'm more interested in seeing the changes Sony's going to push onto Funi after all this.
 
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I'd say Funimation wants to lose as little money as possible so they'll go for the quickest solution to get out of this. The anime industry is big, but everything is fairly tight in comparison to other entertainment mediums and the profits aren't really that great. For the English anime industry it's even worse, the DVD/BD market is dying and the few companies in the business are fighting to license whatever they can. Losing millions of dollars would be devastating to Funimation.
 
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garlicfarmer said:
Losing millions of dollars would be devastating to Funimation.
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It depends on how much Sony wants to have a foothold in the western anime industry. Because 10 million may be the end of Ruination, but it's nothing for Sony, so if they really want to have a presence in this particular market, they'll just throw the money back at Funi and not even count it.

Since Sony is geeky, with several interests that run parallel with anime, I would imagine they wouldn't mind putting a few million back into Funi after this is all over and done with just to keep that presence and name going if they ever want to do something with it down the road.
 
That Funi is going to settle is almost inevitable. The question is whether they'll settle all claims because they want the lawsuit and attendant publicity to go away entirely or whether they'll leave the other defendants to twist in the wind.
 
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Wake me up said:
It depends on how much Sony wants to have a foothold in the western anime industry. Because 10 million may be the end of Ruination, but it's nothing for Sony, so if they really want to have a presence in this particular market, they'll just throw the money back at Funi and not even count it.

Since Sony is geeky, with several interests that run parallel with anime, I would imagine they wouldn't mind putting a few million back into Funi after this is all over and done with just to keep that presence and name going if they ever want to do something with it down the road.
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Sony also owns Aniplex which has an American division too though.
 
Wake me up said:
It depends on how much Sony wants to have a foothold in the western anime industry. Because 10 million may be the end of Ruination, but it's nothing for Sony, so if they really want to have a presence in this particular market, they'll just throw the money back at Funi and not even count it.

Since Sony is geeky, with several interests that run parallel with anime, I would imagine they wouldn't mind putting a few million back into Funi after this is all over and done with just to keep that presence and name going if they ever want to do something with it down the road.
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They already had foothold in the western industry with Aniplex of America. Now they own more or less half of the western industry. I don't know if they would willingly throw away millions in a marketplace that isn't really that profitable. Rather than waste millions, I think they'd prefer to pour those millions to Aniplex Japan to fund a new TV anime or an anime film. If they want to get rid of Funimation as a concept, why would they do it in such a self-destructive way?
 
repentance said:
That Funi is going to settle is almost inevitable. The question is whether they'll settle all claims because they want the lawsuit and attendant publicity to go away entirely or whether they'll leave the other defendants to twist in the wind.
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I'm not sure they can settle a tort against third parties. They might all be in the same case, but they aren't the same entity.
 
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RodgerDodger said:
MoRonica has taken steps to assure a deeply hostile relationship with Ty Beard and Vic. Including acts of bad faith, underhanded defamatory court filings, and prompting Ty into forcing everybody before the Judge much earlier than expected.

Marchi has been playing hide and seek with the process servers for weeks. Still has not identified her lawyer or agent of service to BHBH or the court, and forced Ty to motion for alternate service. The only communication from Marchi has beenTwitter shitposting.

Funimation contacted Beard once served, established their lawyers as agents for service and amicably reached an agreement with Ty Beard to extend Funimation’s deadline to file a response an unknown distance past the statutory 20 days + next Monday.

You do the math. What’s going on there? Note which parties are playing nice, and which aren’t. Funi is going to settle, and give BHBH a full document dump. Everyone is probably waiting to see what plays out in the initial depositions. Because it is likely Vic and MoRonica will all be deposed before Funi has to answer.
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While not a lawyer, I am familiar with corporate underhandedness. I can reasonably say, with the exception of them going full nutjob, what they are doing.

Right now, they are playing out two paths. The first, and what I believe most likely to be the one they go with, is to politely settle right after Ron and monica are deposed. The second is to fight it out with the strategy of convincing a jury that Ron was not acting as an agent of theirs. Much easier to do with a jury than a single, knowledgable judge. Hence why they are delaying but in a nice, polite way. And I do suspect they are delaying specifically till after Ron and Monica are deposed.

Why? Because the case against them, while solid, is not 100% airtight. If the depositions reveal anything, or as we all suspect that Ron And/or Monica will double down on bullshit, they will be able to settle right there. If somehow they don't shit the bed, Funimation can continue to defend themselves until something happens and they use their good will and knowledge of what will damage the others the most to deal themselves out in a settlement later. Either way, they minimize the danger to themselves by remaining polite and cordial and leave themselves an emergency exit by being willing to just throw the others under the bus.
 
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teriyakiburns said:
I'm not sure they can settle a tort against third parties. They might all be in the same case, but they aren't the same entity.
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It looks like they can settle all claims but if they do they cannot recover any money from the other defendants.

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Urbanmech said:
Umm couldn't they still just settle only their claims then?
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Absolutely. If they don't want the publicity of this continuing to play out after they settle, they may choose to settle all claims, though.
 
repentance said:
Absolutely. If they don't want the publicity of this continuing to play out after they settle, they may choose to settle all claims, though.
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They can't really forcibly settle other people's claims, but they are certainly in a position to tell the other defendants that they either settle or else.
 
repentance said:
Absolutely. If they don't want the publicity of this continuing to play out after they settle, they may choose to settle all claims, though.
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True but I think that possibility is slim after Caseys response or at least if it does happen some people are losing their jobs and we get to see 5th Bulma….
 
mindlessobserver said:
Vic also has to agree to the settlement so there is no getting away with a hand slap. He might want to listen to his better Angel's but ty will be there to play shoulder devil.
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I'm pretty sure that Ty will also have a "walk away" figure in mind, too, though.

It's worth spending hundreds of thousand in legal fees when the return is possibly millions. If Funi throws down millions to settle, though, the question of whether it's worth spending hundreds of thousands to continue the actions against the other defendants - who likely can come up with hundreds of thousands at best - comes into play.
 
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N1bbaN3rd said:
Ty has no reason to be nice to Ron, especially after that bogus ethics complaint. If one defendant is going to get nailed, it's going to be him.
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Well, when Round 2 rolls around, Ty said he wants to nail Iago to the wall, too. I'm sure MarzGurl earned her place in that category for going after Vic's mom.
 
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