Thursday, April 29, 2010

10 Shows That Could Have Been Licensed Instead of Dance in the Vampire Bund

Ok so a while back most of you heard about Baka Test and Vampire Bund getting licensed by Funi right? Well I personally think picking up Baka Test is a brilliant idea, but I don't feel quite the same about Dance in the Vampire Bund. I personally think that it just can't be marketed to a crowd that will generate the numbers to produce a profit. Anyways I think that this will blow up in their face and they will take a loss. Here are 10 shows that they should have licensed instead (in no particular order)

1. K-ON season 1 -
Lets face it, love it or hate it (I personally love it) this show is popular and would sell copies like crazy, and you could generate even more money by bundling it up in an LE with a OST or something (like Haruhi).  Could milk even more off of the Bluray versions

2. Kimi Ni Todoke -
A romance show is always good, although there's a good chance Shoujo Beat will pick it up, you should have grabbed it.

3. Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni Kai 
You have been selling season 1 decently enough to warrant getting the second, so whats the hold up?

4. Kodocha (2nd half)
Even though sells were low for the first 51 eps, this would have probably generated more money than Vampire Bund. Also the reason for low sells was the fact that you were selling discs with 4 eps on them, and they weren't cheap. Notice how sells go up when you release a boxset instead?

5. Shakugan no Shana II
Seriously this is another show that you saved from geneon, now its time to license the next season, there are plenty of people who want it.

6. Chaos; Head
While not quite the best anime, it definitely has more potential that Vampire Bund

7. Hyakko
This seems like a show that would be right up you alley and is marketable to a wider audience. Comedy and moe generally = sales.

8. Kara no Kyoukai
A movie series that you could sell at $20-30 a pop, seems like a win-win for you

9. Minami-ke
Another comedy show that would seem like an obvious choice. People would definitely buy atleasst season 1 in a boxset....seriously >.>

10.  To aru Majutsu no Index/ Railgun
I believe that both seasons would sell. You can market it in a variety of ways (comedy, action, drama)

No this isn't my license wishlist, I just believe that these would be far more suitable choices, maybe they tried but couldn't get some of them. Anyways do you all agree?


And a nice lil added bonus for you all

11 comments:

Onion said...

Sorry, but I'm sort of the opposite. I'd rather have these companies license all the crap anime than all the good stuff. This way, things stay balanced and the world remains in peace.

dingmajiao said...

lol i agree with onion.. =D

atvrcr said...

tsk tsk.... you guys will never know the joys of holding your favorite shows in your hands. Besides it's not like if something gets licensed it will be impossible to find on the internet still.

MuzicFreq said...

it's not like Funi releases bluray so I dont care

atvrcr said...

actually they do sell bluray

dingmajiao said...

instead of posting this, you should introduce more Luka music here like what I do in my blog..

posting quite a lot of vocaloid covers.. =D

atvrcr said...

isn't that what the vocaloid thread is for though?

dingmajiao said...

that's for BW users.. this is for those who read your blogs..

though i've to say most are from BW.. -.-'

spornax said...

Licensing Kara no Kyoukai might not be a bad idea.

I still think they should do a theater release here as a means to scale those popularity bucks. If they manage to screen it here and sales look promising, considering how the US is with owing a whatnot or two for personal entertainment, then releasing a DVD and/or a blu-ray version could profitable.

atvrcr said...

I think of it this way, if they can sell Mnemosyne here, they can definitely sell KnK

spornax said...

Hm, you do have a point.

The main benefit of doing a theater release is to measure mass interest. People aren't totally reliant on the intarwebz to know what Kara no Kyoukai is, hell it didn't even interest me until you put up this post.

Its-all-or-nothing either way. Doing a movie would just be taking the safe way around things. It doesn't necessarily have to be released in DVD after the premieres especially if it failed.

I'm still refusing to buy Maria + Holic even until now despite my slight interest in it. I'm still waiting for Bakemonogatari to finish up and see if it gets licensed (or has it been already?) and get that 1st.

P.S. Still haven't finished Bund. I'm still on episode 3.

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