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Old 2013-04-02, 04:03   Link #461
speedyexpress48
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Keep in mind though, the Nanoha disks released in the US were pretty much some of the worst Western anime releases ever made; the dub was done with newbie/unexperienced voice actors (which resulted in horrible inconsistency through out all the episodes,) the whole set was marked up at $100-110 (that's a lot for something that looks like "magical girl fluff", and I think a whole host of other problems (stemming from the fact that Geneon was going down like a sinking ship) basically caused Seven Arcs to stop dealing with the North American market altogether.

Also, "long delays between anime seasons with a movie or two in between" do happen (even if the series' popularity suffers for it.) Just look at Shakugan No Shana.
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Originally Posted by Kaijo View Post
False dichotomy. Because, why can't you do both a movie and a series and make money off both. Dragon Ball does it. One Piece does it. Bleach did it. Fairy Tail does it.
Comparing Nanoha to a Shonen Jump production probably isn't a good idea...for one, two different audiences. Shonen Jump stuff don't depend on merchandise as nearly as much as late-night anime does; late-night anime depend on merchandising, and there's only going to be so many buyers with so much money. I don't even think Madoka Magica can pull a film and an ongoing series at once (Madoka Magica may be "mainstream" in the anime community, but outside of that, it's not mainstream at all.)
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