Aniplex of America licenses Durarara!! (Seasons 1 & 2)

[Icysoda]

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Simulcast dubs are really taking off now, damn. Viz better step their game up quick before they get lost in the dust. Only them and Sentai left without simulcast dubs, I think?

Well, it will be tougher for Sentai since their dubs are only available through TAN, which is a separate subscription service. So that means it's not going to reach a wide audience as it would be for Funimation through EVS and now Aniplex through Crunchyroll.

That and considering how rushed Sentai dubs are, I wouldn't be surprised if a simuldub from them will be more rushed than their regular dubs.

[27CansOfTuna]

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BD release when. I need my fav LN anime franchise in eng now. I love you aniplex!

[TheKawaiiTrain]

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Simulcast dubs are really taking off now, damn. Viz better step their game up quick before they get lost in the dust. Only them and Sentai left without simulcast dubs, I think?

Well, it will be tougher for Sentai since their dubs are only available through TAN, which is a separate subscription service. So that means it's not going to reach a wide audience as it would be for Funimation through EVS and now Aniplex through Crunchyroll. Viz could have tried this with Sailor Moon Crystal, but the idea didn't float around until last fall and the show began back in July.

Not to mention, doing simuldubs like this is fairly expensive. Funimation can afford to do Broadcast Dubs because they are a much bigger company that runs in a larger budget. Aniplex also have a budget large enough to do simuldubs like this since they are owned by Sony. Sentai Filmworks, however, is a different story since their budget is much smaller than Aniplex or Funimation. This is more evident when you compare their home video releases to Funimation and Aniplex, as well as their dubbing quality in many of their more niche titles.

The only other company that can do simuldubs across from Aniplex and Funimation is Viz Media, and even so, it's highly unlikely since Viz Media is known to be very picky on the titles they license.

Anyways, I'm a bit surprised Aniplex USA is doing simuldubs for this. Makes me want to watch this series at Hulu or Crunchyroll.

[MarineCorps]

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Man I thought it would be forever before i got to hear Crispin Freeman as Shizuo Heiwajima again. This brightens my day.

I'm surprised to see aniplex do this seeing as they don't have their own service. For funi the simuldubs are a great way to increase elite subscriptions but nothing like that with aniplex.

[PurpleWarrior13]

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I'd like to see Crunchyroll try it for a few titles and see how it goes. They could simulcast and simuldub shows and then give Discotek the license for home video. I really wish more dubs were as easily available as the subs. Keeping them exclusive to home video in any way feels old fashioned.

[27CansOfTuna]

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I'd like to see Crunchyroll try it for a few titles and see how it goes. They could simulcast and simuldub shows and then give Discotek the license for home video. I really wish more dubs were as easily available as the subs. Keeping them exclusive to home video in any way feels old fashioned.

Please no. I dont have faith in crunchyroll x discotek after that free! Box art, bleagh

[PurpleWarrior13]

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Yes, let's judge a company's performance from their box art choices. Man, FUNi's Cowboy Bebop Blu-ray set must SUCK!

[27CansOfTuna]

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Yes, let's judge a company's performance from their box art choices. Man, FUNi's Cowboy Bebop Blu-ray set must SUCK!

Well Id rather not get a permabanned so I wont speak of my feelings of Bebop.

Quality of boxart is directly correlated with quality of release. Why else would aniplex drrr! Lunchbox bd set be the industry standard to meet for good anime?

[EmperorBrandon]

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With dubs actually being launched on Crunchyroll (with Media Blasters Holy Knight thing, and now this), I wonder how they're doing in general for them lately. They've always been known as mainly a subtitled service, and it used to be that backlog titles (that have dubs) were mostly only added to their site in Japanese with subs. Aniplex, NISA, and Discotek have all added some of those with dubs in recent times, though.

[PurpleWarrior13]

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^ Also, 5 Centimeters Per Second's Bang Zoom dub was funded by Crunchyroll, but that was a long time ago now.

Well Id rather not get a permabanned so I wont speak of my feelings of Bebop.

Quality of boxart is directly correlated with quality of release. Why else would aniplex drrr! Lunchbox bd set be the industry standard to meet for good anime?

What? While box art is an important part of a release, there's many decent releases with poor cover art, like many of Cinedigm's releases, Disney's Ghibli Blu-rays, FUNi's Anime Classics releases, and FUNi's Bebop set (and no I wasn't talking about the show itself). And what is this "industry standard" you are talking about? I'm sure Aniplex's Durarara lunchbox set was fine, but I've never heard it called an "industry standard" by anyone but you.

[Rhys2753]

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^ Also, 5 Centimeters Per Second's Bang Zoom dub was funded by Crunchyroll, but that was a long time ago now.

Well Id rather not get a permabanned so I wont speak of my feelings of Bebop.

Quality of boxart is directly correlated with quality of release. Why else would aniplex drrr! Lunchbox bd set be the industry standard to meet for good anime?

What? While box art is an important part of a release, there's many decent releases with poor cover art, like many of Cinedigm's releases, Disney's Ghibli Blu-rays, FUNi's Anime Classics releases, and FUNi's Bebop set (and no I wasn't talking about the show itself). And what is this "industry standard" you are talking about? I'm sure Aniplex's Durarara lunchbox set was fine, but I've never heard it called an "industry standard" by anyone but you.

Tuna must think a release that doesn't have a "signs" subtitle track for English audio (when it's an integral part of the show) is an achievement in anime marketing.

[GingaDaiuchuu]

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Just a few weeks after FUNimation's massive Broadcast Dubs announcement, AoA has the same in store for us for their big series of the season. Excellent; 2015 is definitely the year that simuldubs became the next big thing.

[Art-chan]

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I have no interest in simuldubs, however I think that this is a wonderful thing for dub fans and I hope Aniplex does a quality job since they're taking pretty big a risk with this. If simuldubs become more common and it brings in more fans it's a win-win in my opinion. (I assume the subs will still be around for those that still want them.)

[WTK]

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DURARARA!! X 2 English Dub Streaming Trailer

[WTK]

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via PR... | DURARARA!! X 2 Second Arc Trailer

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Aniplex of America Acquires Charlotte, Classroom Crisis,
GOD EATER and WAGNARIA!!3 for the Summer Season

Four Super Hot Titles Slated to Receive Simulcast Schedule!

SANTA MONICA, CA (June 24, 2015) –Aniplex of America Inc. announced today that they have acquired a total of four new anime titles to be joining their upcoming summer season lineup. These titles are Charlotte, Classroom Crisis, GOD EATER and WAGNARIA!!3. All of these titles along with the second arc of DURARARA!!×2 will be simulcast through streaming services such as the Aniplex Channel (AniplexChannel.com), Hulu (Hulu.com), Crunchyroll (Crunchyroll.com), DAISUKI (Daisuki.net), and Viewster (viewster.com).

Below are the details of each title’s simulcast schedule (specific times will be announced at a later date):

Title	Premiere Date	Available Service(s)
Charlotte	7/4	Aniplex Channel, Hulu, Crunchyroll, DAISUKI, Viewster
Classroom Crisis	7/3	Aniplex Channel, Hulu, Crunchyroll, DAISUKI, Viewster
DURARARA!! x 2 (The Second Arc)	7/4	Aniplex Channel, Hulu, Crunchyroll, DAISUKI
GOD EATER	7/5	DAISUKI
WAGNARIA!! 3	7/4	Aniplex Channel, Hulu, Crunchyroll,