My Otome Zwei licensed by Bandai Entertainment

[xris]

Bandai Entertainment have announced the license for My Otome Zwei at Otakon 2007. See ANN for more details.

Feel free to discuss the topic in this thread. And as usual, any discussion about where to download the My Otome Zwei OVAs are no longer allowed.

[Midonin]

This is great news.

[mdauben]

I was expecting they might wait to see how the sales of the Mai Otome TV series went before licencing this, but it's nice to hear that this will get a US release. It would be even nicer if they just released it as a 4-episode, 2-DVD set, instead of dragging it our for four, overpriced singles like the Japanese release.

[xris]

Originally Posted by mdauben

I was expecting they might wait to see how the sales of the Mai Otome TV series went before licencing this, but it's nice to hear that this will get a US release. It would be even nicer if they just released it as a 4-episode, 2-DVD set, instead of dragging it our for four, overpriced singles like the Japanese release.

Could you provide a link where this was reported, it's unusual for Bandai Entertainment to do this, I would more believe it if it was Bandai Visual USA but they dont have it, Bandai Entertainment does. Couldn't find anything on ANN or AoD that it was planned for a 4 DVD release.

[Morganchan]

Originally Posted by xris

Could you provide a link where this was reported, it's unusual for Bandai Entertainment to do this, I would more believe it if it was Bandai Visual USA but they dont have it, Bandai Entertainment does. Couldn't find anything on ANN or AoD that it was planned for a 4 DVD release.

I don't think it was reported as such, was it? I figured mdauben was just speculating what the North American release would be like.

That said, I really hope it's all in one set, myself. Mimicking the one-episode-per-disc of the Japanese release would be crazy, unless they too included some nifty extras like figurines and such (and even then, it'd be a stretch).

Maybe if each episode of the OVA were longer and paced better, then I could even live with two seperate releases with two episodes each. But since it's more-or-less a four episode extra arc of MO, one release with all four episodes is the way to go!

(really, I'm still just bitter that episode 3 was taken over by fanserviceorama )

[mdauben]

Originally Posted by xris

Could you provide a link where this was reported

It wasn't reported anywhere, I was just saying.

The Japanese releases are one episode per (expensive) DVD. I don't know how Bandai plans to release it, but I was just saying that I hope it is in a more reasonable (all-in-one?) package than the Japanese release.

[Same_Shark]

Originally Posted by Morganchan

I don't think it was reported as such, was it? I figured mdauben was just speculating what the North American release would be like.

That said, I really hope it's all in one set, myself. Mimicking the one-episode-per-disc of the Japanese release would be crazy, unless they too included some nifty extras like figurines and such (and even then, it'd be a stretch).

Maybe if each episode of the OVA were longer and paced better, then I could even live with two seperate releases with two episodes each. But since it's more-or-less a four episode extra arc of MO, one release with all four episodes is the way to go!

(really, I'm still just bitter that episode 3 was taken over by fanserviceorama )

Aren't you coming back as Akane again? They don't tell you anything?

[Morganchan]

Originally Posted by Same_Shark

Aren't you coming back as Akane again? They don't tell you anything?

Regardless of what my level of knowledge may be, I wouldn't be at liberty to say anything, since every series contract has a clause saying those involved can't disclose info about it. So whether or not I know anything about Zwei, I'd have to pull a Mikuru and say, "It's classified! "

[Same_Shark]

Originally Posted by Morganchan

Regardless of what my level of knowledge may be, I wouldn't be at liberty to say anything, since every series contract has a clause saying those involved can't disclose info about it. So whether or not I know anything about Zwei, I'd have to pull a Mikuru and say, "It's classified! "

Oh! Okay, I get it. I always wondered how that worked.

[Mich666]

this is from rightstuf.com website:

Otakon Licensing Announcements!
Posted on: July 23, 2007


North America's second biggest anime convention, Otakon, was this weekend, and we have licensing announcements from ADV Films, Bandai Entertainment, and Funimation!

ADV Films:
Jing, King of Bandits: Seventh Heaven
Moonlight Mile
Venus Versus Virus

Bandai Entertainment:
Ayakashi Ayashi
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
My-Otome Zwei
Toward the Terra… TV series

Funimation:
Baldr Force EXE Resolution
Ouran High School Host Club
Sasami: Magical Girl Club

Thanks to our friends at AnimeonDVD.com for the help compiling this list!

[Same_Shark]

Originally Posted by Mich666

this is from rightstuf.com website:

Otakon Licensing Announcements!
Posted on: July 23, 2007


North America's second biggest anime convention, Otakon, was this weekend, and we have licensing announcements from ADV Films, Bandai Entertainment, and Funimation!

ADV Films:
Jing, King of Bandits: Seventh Heaven
Moonlight Mile
Venus Versus Virus

Bandai Entertainment:
Ayakashi Ayashi
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
My-Otome Zwei
Toward the Terra… TV series

Funimation:
Baldr Force EXE Resolution
Ouran High School Host Club
Sasami: Magical Girl Club

Thanks to our friends at AnimeonDVD.com for the help compiling this list!

Oh God. Funimation is gonna dub the theme songs in Baldr Force. That's gonna make me puke.