MisaForever Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 This begs the question.... which subbing companies are still around? Quote
areaseven Posted September 2, 2009 Author Posted September 2, 2009 (edited) This begs the question.... which subbing companies are still around? Let's see: AnimEigo Bandai Entertainment Funimation Entertainment Manga Entertainment Media Blasters Tokyopop Viz Media Edited September 2, 2009 by areaseven Quote
azrael Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 This begs the question.... which subbing companies are still around? Keep in mind, the "ADV" brand name is what shut down. The parent company of ADV Films, A.D. Vision sold all the assets and such to smaller companies and went out of business. ADV Films' licenses and holdings moved to 3 different companies. Here's a summary of what's happening: What's Happening with ADV Films Quote
areaseven Posted September 2, 2009 Author Posted September 2, 2009 Perhaps we should retitle this thread, as we're now talking about the fall of ADV Films. Quote
MisaForever Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 Oh! Right, good Bandai is still doing subs. I haven't bought or watched REAL subs in such a long time that I forgot about these other ones. Let's see: AnimEigo Bandai Entertainment Funimation Entertainment Manga Entertainment Media Blasters Viz Media Quote
BeyondTheGrave Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 (edited) As the old saying goes: "The bigger they are, the harder they fall." Over the past decade, ADV was America's largest anime distributor, but being just that appeared to be its downfall. Now I wonder which company will be the next to fall... Whoever Licenses MD Geist. The moral of the story; you license MD Geist= your company is going out of business. Maybe HG will pick it up. Edit: proofreading.... Edited September 2, 2009 by BeyondTheGrave Quote
areaseven Posted September 2, 2009 Author Posted September 2, 2009 I had forgotten to mention Urban Vision on the active list, but I don't know if they're still active at all. Quote
areaseven Posted September 2, 2009 Author Posted September 2, 2009 I'm surprised that no one is discussing Disney buying Marvel. That's because we have the Comic Book Super Thread for that. Quote
taksraven Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 I wonder if this means that the Evangelion Live-Action project can now finally be considered dead? (Not that I ever seriously believed that it was really alive, it was always smoke and mirrors) Never wanted it to happen, it was probably going to be shite. Taksraven Quote
Gui Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 [...] Here's a summary of what's happening: What's Happening with ADV Films Very interesting reading, indeed: the guy wrote an article as long as my arm to tell us that, basically, he doesn't know anything about the true future of ADV Quote
Wanzerfan Posted September 5, 2009 Posted September 5, 2009 The name of the company is Namco-Bandai. Bandai merged with video game publisher Namco a few years ago. Quote
Gubaba Posted September 5, 2009 Posted September 5, 2009 (edited) The name of the company is Namco-Bandai. Bandai merged with video game publisher Namco a few years ago. Then why does the official site only say "Bandai" (even in the copyright section), except for a little link at the bottom to "Bandai-Namco"? EDIT: The link: http://www.bandai.co.jp/top.html Edited September 5, 2009 by Gubaba Quote
Keith Posted September 5, 2009 Posted September 5, 2009 Solution: Just call the "Bamco" that's what I do Quote
Wanzerfan Posted September 6, 2009 Posted September 6, 2009 Then why does the official site only say "Bandai" (even in the copyright section), except for a little link at the bottom to "Bandai-Namco"? EDIT: The link: http://www.bandai.co.jp/top.html My guess is they probably got lazy. I got news of the merger from an e-mail from Namco, since I'm a member of the Namco forums (mainly because of Xenosaga). Quote
areaseven Posted September 6, 2009 Author Posted September 6, 2009 What does Namco-Bandai have to do with this thread? Quote
Wanzerfan Posted September 6, 2009 Posted September 6, 2009 What does Namco-Bandai have to do with this thread? Somebody just broght up that Namco-Bandai got the rights to publish some of ADV's stuff in this thread, that's all. Quote
Gubaba Posted September 6, 2009 Posted September 6, 2009 My guess is they probably got lazy. I got news of the merger from an e-mail from Namco, since I'm a member of the Namco forums (mainly because of Xenosaga). Did the logo designer also get lazy...? Quote
Wanzerfan Posted September 6, 2009 Posted September 6, 2009 Did the logo designer also get lazy...? Okay, so I reversed the names of the company, so sue me. Quote
Gubaba Posted September 6, 2009 Posted September 6, 2009 Okay, so I reversed the names of the company, so sue me. Well...if you're going to correct someone for using the wrong company name, you should probably not compound the error by giving them another wrong company name, right? Quote
Einherjar Posted September 6, 2009 Posted September 6, 2009 (edited) Did the logo designer also get lazy...? One company bought out the other, but each one exists in a 50/50 partnership, maybe. Sounds like a decentralized operation; each division does what it can to make money for the entire company without interference with each other. At least both still exist in some form, CPM is just gone. I'm going to miss them. If I knew sooner that this was going to happen, I would have bought a copy of the Votoms series. It was probably the only show I watched from them recently while it was On Demand. Anyone know who owns the right to that series? EDIT - It's dirt cheap on Amazon. Edited September 6, 2009 by Einherjar Quote
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