@ Onlera:

Yes, but my argument’s not about how games here are either too
“complex” or too “simple.”

My argument is about how “animu based on visual novels” fails to
really *click* with the audience outside the otaku-base.

@Hectotane
@The storyboarding and writing are usually pathetic. Like it’s done by either a NEET or a 5-year-old kid

Name some shows that fall under this catergory.

Why don’t you post this over on ANN or mania?

You banned there or something? Or afraid of causing a shitstorm?

No, my point being, clearly Hectotane wants to discuss this with people, and thus he should post this on an anime forum, instead of an anime blog where he knows most people who view said websites don’t post.

@Matt: “Name some shows that fall under this catergory.”

(Inhales…)

Clannad, Air, Kanon, Shuffle, School Days, When They Cry…

Basically, every VN-based animu except Tsukihime and the first To Heart.

“Why don’t you post this over on ANN or mania? You banned there or something? Or afraid of causing a shitstorm? (Clearly Hectotane wants to discuss this with people, and thus he should post this on an anime forum, instead of an anime blog where he knows most people who view said websites don’t post.)”

It’s called “opinions.” Nobody likes them.

Or, to rephrase, a group of nobodies who hate when you do anything other than stupidly nod and agree to what’s going on. “Opinions,” especially honest ones, tend to destroy “that otherwise pleasant sense of togetherness and community” which is, in truth, face and easily breakable.

Opinions especially becomes a problem for non-Asian anime licensors (like FUNi). Because, you know… When you spend more money using the law to chase after people for “blowing the filter” and allowing other the chance to choose which anime to like (instead of being told what to like, like a dictatorship would do)…

Well, hey. Maybe Phoenix Wright would’ve had a better chance if he participated in Street Fighter IV or Marvel Vs. Capcom 3.

ok familiar of zero did not sell good ok so be it i at least bought my complete set when it first came out but really is show is not going to do any better i think it really stinks and it is my style show to i get must all ecchi show funimation get (vampire bund,baka,sekirei,mermaid ect.)but is the worst chose they made not getting here

This was not the weekend to announce another plain harem Funimation, not the week you said you weren’t gong to release any more of something not so cliché. I don’t want this, and I miss Funi announcing stuff I want.

I love the debate (or perhaps hate-fest) going on above me.

I don’t think licensing this show really fits with the Funimation image. Others like it that Funi has haven’t really done that well in sales and feedback. I have a feeling this is going to end up on the S.A.V.E. brand pretty quickly after release.

This might just have been an easy acquisition compared to others that take time and work. I just put in good faith that titles that are more agreed upon will be picked up. I wish I knew the full process of acquiring a show…

With that said I will just say that I don’t like this show at all but that’s just my beet.

Well I have no real opinion of this show. The plot sounds interesting but the show got pretty middle of the road reviews when it was airing so it can’t be terrible but probably isn’t the best thing ever either.

I personally don’t mind anime based on Visual Novels and those that say all anime based on VN’s suck are idiots because there are so many based on VN there is a good chance that person likes a show that was based on a VN and they don’t even know it. Even hecatard had to concede and admit that there are good VN based anime(as he listed Tsukihime and To Heart which are indeed great shows)

For those who think Funi is going crazy for having got this they have to remember there is more to getting a license then just going out and picking up the show. This could well have been part of a package deal and the other show that came with it will be shown at Otakon or Anime Expo(that is where funi shows off the biggest things they get each year)

I will agree that it is kind of hard to find a pattern in what Funi licenses(alot of people think it has to have boobs and fan service but that isn’t the case as shows like Eden of the East, Summer Wars, Princess Jellyfish, Shiki and so on and so forth got licensed). To me personally it doesn’t matter. Funi releases enough stuff that I do have interest in while at the same time keeping themselves afloat so it’s not a big deal if they license a show you don’t like. Just don’t watch it. If they license something you do like then woo you get to buy it and enjoy it. No one forces you to buy what is released.

@Matt

XD lol, I do miss ADV titles and their brand.

I’m wondering if this was just a very easy show to get. Seeing as there wasn’t a big demand for it I think other companies passed on it and Funi saw that it had some potential. Perhaps this just adds to the growing product mix that they development. However, key holing themselves isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

I hate though that fans will see an acquisition like this and immediately think that because one show they dislike was licensed before another they do like, the latter is never ever going to get picked up. It’s just NOT the case. Not now doesn’t mean never.

@Maiku

As always, you are the voice of reason, well said.

@tantei

In all fairness, reviews are just one persons opinion and shouldn’t be taken as fact unless pretty much everyone is saying the same.

@Selfia

I miss ADV too, must admit I was an ADV fanboy before they died, then after that Geneon, and lastly Funimation lol

Yeah I fully agree this was likely a package deal, as you said, Funimation gets this with something else they’ve yet to announce.

I think you’d agree that it wouldn’t matter what show Funimation licensed, people would still complain that their fav show is still unlicensed, thus some people don’t realise that Funimation don’t have infinite money(lol infinite gil).

Such is life I suppose.

I would love Funimation forever if they licensed Macross Frontier, thats one show that would sell ridiculusly well on Blu Ray, I would buy it in Singles format too.

Also make me a sandwich :3

@Karma

Hectotane aka Tyrenol is a well known troll, no issues there. Back in the day he would be the one person on pretty much any thread/Funimation blog post to be wholely negative, like he was trying to bait a reaction from people/Funimation.

I thought hes been banned from places like animeondvd(mania) and animenewsnetwork forums before, thus the new name?

We Without Wings – Under the Innocent Sky please put it up in english dubbed