AN Entertainment Licenses Guu (2004-07-03 14:46:59)
Ending months of speculation, AN Entertainment has officially announced that they have acquired Jungle wa Itsumo Hare Nochi Guu.
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Jungle Guu Update (2004-07-03 15:47:52)
AN Entertainment's Jungle Guu (officially called Harι+Guu) license includes the first 6-episode OVA series (Jungle Wa Itsumo Hale Nochi Guu Deluxe ) but does not yet include Jungle Wa Itsumo Hale Nochi Guu Final.
This is the best show EVER. I fully expect you guys to buy it when it comes out.
These are the people that released Risky Safety. Good show, good box art for the DVDs, terrible episode placement. The episodes were like 12 minutes long each and only had about 7 of them on a DVD. What a rip off.
If they don't do that with Jungle Wa Itsumo Hale Nochi Guu, hell yeah I'm going to buy it. I love the show.
These are the people that released Risky Safety. Good show, good box art for the DVDs, terrible episode placement. The episodes were like 12 minutes long each and only had about 7 of them on a DVD. What a rip off.
If they don't do that with Jungle Wa Itsumo Hale Nochi Guu, hell yeah I'm going to buy it. I love the show.
It's not really the fault of AN Entertainment. The episodes were 15 minutes long to begin with, and the company that produced it in Japan normally sets strict rules as to how many volumes a show must be released in that the American producer must follow.
It's not really the fault of AN Entertainment. The episodes were 15 minutes long to begin with, and the company that produced it in Japan normally sets strict rules as to how many volumes a show must be released in that the American producer must follow.
I haven't seen that hold true for some animes I have. I don't remember the Japanese production ever having say on how many episodes to a DVD there should be. Are there some right protections involved or something?
I haven't seen that hold true for some animes I have. I don't remember the Japanese production ever having say on how many episodes to a DVD there should be. Are there some right protections involved or something?
As far as I know regarding how anime is published here in America, the American distributor must adhere to any number of licensing agreements set forth by the Japanese producer.
For instance, Jungle Wa Itsumo Hale Nochi Guu will be shortened to Hare Guu here in America. It's not just because Media Blasters are a bunch of douchebags, but because the licensing agreement stated that the show be shortened to Hare Guu because the official name of the Manga in Japan was changed to the same. The same holds true with Giant Robo, which will span across 3 or even 4 DVD's (I forgot the specific number though it was stated) even though all 7 episodes could easily fit on one dual-layered DVD. The japanese producers have much more say than you'd believe.
These are the people that released Risky Safety. Good show, good box art for the DVDs, terrible episode placement. The episodes were like 12 minutes long each and only had about 7 of them on a DVD. What a rip off.
Well, those 7 episodes are 84 minutes, but some anime has several dvds of just 3 episodes at about 60 minutes. So it isnt that bad...
Harι+Guu News (2005-04-27 15:35:21)
AN Entertainment has set out a pair of press releases regarding Harι+Guu today. the first announces that Bang Zoom! will work with AN Entertainment to localize Harι+Guu and the second announces the launch of the official Harι+Guu website at www.hareguu.com.
At this past weekend's Metrocon convention AN Entertainment screened the dubbed first episode of Harι+Guu and revealed that the American release of the TV series will use new ending theme music. Due to a copyright dispute in Japan, the original Japanese TV series ending theme is not available for licensing. AN Entertainment's version of Harι+Guu will use a new, instrumental ending theme provided by the Japanese licensor.
The first DVD volume of Harι+Guu will be going into replication soon for release later this year. The first of 7 DVD volumes for the TV series will be released in a disc only edition and a disc with collector's box that includes an afro wig that doubles as a chest hair wig.
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Apparently this series is being co-licensed by both Funimation and AN Entertainment. That said, this is not the first time Funimation has altered a theme song of one of its animes. The opening theme for the first season of Kodocha (Kodomo no Omocha) was replaced with the opening theme for the second season, and several lines in the Japanese dialogue were completely silenced because one of the band members that performed the opening theme had a few lines of dialogue in the anime. In both Kodocha and Guu, Funimation simply chalked the difficulties up to "licensing disputes", threw their arms up in the air with a "what're you going to do?" attitude, and feigned sympathy. I can't recall this happening with another anime distribution company in the last ten years, yet here Funimation has done this twice in one year. This is more than simply bad luck. It is either bad management, or cynical attempts to save a few dollars. Either way, it's the fans who suffer. Check out this link to see a little of Funimation's history and what it has been up to:
I, for one, having bought the box sets for both Kodocha and Guu, and having not bought even one more Kodocha release, am terribly disenchated with Funimation's corporate philosophy and its obfuscation of the truth when confronted with queries. I will refrain from buying any releases by this company. I love both Kodomo no Omocha and Guu, but Funimation's egregious disregard for and contemptuous treatment of anime fandom is infuriating, and I cannot support such a company.
Stop whining. What'd we miss in HareGuu, the end song? Big fucking deal. We get to listen to the awesome afro-disco song instead. Rock on.
This was also announced many times. AN said they couldn't get it. They're small. Funimation is not quite that small, but I don't see their name anywhere in regards to its release.
...and, yes, things cost money. The recording industry, both domestic and abroad, costs a lot of money. Sometimes things don't work out. Stop your forum-hopping complaints 'cause nobody gives a shit.
The ending song of Guu wasn't too special, if i remember right.
Whatever. It's annoying, but this time it's less annoying than usual.
Adv cut out the opening of Super Milk-chan. Though the animation's on the disk as an extra, the music isn't. Happens a lot with video games too. Namco's Tales series is the one that pisses me off the most.
The opening theme for the first season of Kodocha (Kodomo no Omocha) was replaced with the opening theme for the second season, and several lines in the Japanese dialogue were completely silenced because one of the band members that performed the opening theme had a few lines of dialogue in the anime.
Aww, I liked "7 O'Clock News" by Tokio, it was kind of catchy. What did they do in the english release when the song itself played up during the episodes? Did they put in new music entirely or just silence it? That would just be weird.... : (
As to the main topic: Jungle wa itsumo hale nochi guu is a good time. It's crazy to see stuff I never would of imagined getting licensed 5 years ago sitting on best buy shelves <3.
Funny this got bumped. I was going to bump it last week but hit the back button instead. I'm pissed that the second disc only has 3 episodes on it. For $20 or more? Bullshit. How many episodes are in this series?
I'm pretty sure they'll do the usual 4-3-3-3-3-3-4 distribution of episodes. I hope the box holds the OVAs as well. And yeah, $20 for three episodes is steep.
AN went through a lot of shit to get this release. Judging by their previous two releases, I'm sure the Japanese publisher had a really fucking big hand in this decision.
I am displeased that they would not put more effort into keeping the ending true to it's original content, but I've gotten used to such disappointments (Zeta Gundam to name one).
For Guu, I suppose 7 DVDs isn't too bad as 6-7 discs seems to be normal for that these days. What a defeat I feel for admitting that as "normal."
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