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[stallionslayer]

I agree with the two of you, Rylharu and Lefty! Japan should have noticed by now that the fansubs are spreading their work worldwide.
The DVDs are something I want to own for a good series and I mean ADV may have glitches in translation, but overall they do a good job in marketing the DVD, take Azumanga Daioh for instance, it comes with a translation booklet, which clears up all the puns and other things as well. The reversible covers I probably just a bonus the quality is really top notch, but it just takes several month intervals for the DVDs to come out, plus they are not exactly cheap. I think were the companies in America to release the DVDs a lot faster and not Americanize them so much to keep the Japanese feel and perhaps make them slightly cheaper, then I think it would attract more people. I know my friend has always been wanting to buy the DVDs...but for one since I live in Asia, it's hard to get the originals so we have to order them through amazon and two, my friend just doesn't have the cash to afford it.
I'm with Rylharu on the DVDs, if I see a series I really like, then I would buy the DVDs! So right now, if I see School Rumble licensed, I would definitely buy the DVDs, I just wouldn't like it if I would only get my first DVD by the end of next year! If the School Rumble manga were licensed as well I would buy the whole set as well! Though I rely a lot on fansubs and many people do I know we all do our best to support the originals be it manga, anime, artwork, DVDs....hope you know what I mean [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

[KameronFrye]

The American market for anime is a little different from Japan. Since this is a heavy focus over there, they make their money off of what gets adverteised on their shows if it isn't pay-per-view, which if it is the studio gets a percentage. Here, it's basically Adult Swim or Tech TV that runs it, and they get a slim figure for the shows they run. Most of their hard bank comes off the actual DVD sales. It sucks that it takes so long to get a dub done for a show, whereas Japanese TV has it done usually a few weeks before the show is actually ran. I think it may have to do with the fact that there is not an extensive variety in anime voice actors, since a lot end up getting recycled into shows. Since one VA make work for 2-3 anime companies at once, it's hard to contract them down to knock out a series all at once. I donno. I'm still kinda drunk as I write this, and I had a really good point to make when I started, but now I forgot.

If ADV has involvment here, I can't say I blame them. I'm sure they'll have the license to School Rumble here in the next couple of months, I think ADV or Geneon are going for the Gankutsuou, that should be around same time as SR gets announced. But it will suck for us if more studios get involved on this. I don't know how the legalities of it would work out in court, since if fansubbing was to be cracked down on, the studios would also have to go after people with personal video recorders as well. Since we're across a sea, it could be empty threats until a series is licensed; which that in itself is still a hollow threat against most, with exception to the people that burn .ogm's of actual licensed releases. I call shenanigans on that, if you enjoy the show so much to get that file you should be doing the right thing and buying the DVD. I lost my train of thought again.