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Freeter

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"Funimation's got Sumire. Yippee." , posted Mon 3 Feb 10:10

From Animenewsnetwork:

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FUNimation is announcing at Ushicon that they have licenced the OVA title Sakura Wars "Sumire Kanzaki Intai Kinen ~ Su Mi Re ~" as well as the three episode OVA Sakura Wars "Ecole de Paris."

Should I jump for joy or cringe in pain?

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Rid Hershel

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"Re(1):Funimation's got Sumire. Yippee." , posted Mon 3 Feb 10:19

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Should I jump for joy or cringe in pain?

So they're releasing ovas that aren't more than sidestories to a game that won't be released in the US? Stupid.

And about Sumire's voice being dubbed, it's horrible. I mean, the whole appeal of the ova is the fact that the seiyuu is also retiring.

I'll stay as away as I can from these releases. No matter if the dvd's include the original audio, the presence of a dubbing just makes it horrible for me.

Sorry if I'm being too hard with it, but ST is a seiyuu-based game-anime...

updated feb 01

Jazzie D

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"Nan da to?!?!?" , posted Mon 3 Feb 10:35:

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From Animenewsnetwork:

FUNimation is announcing at Ushicon that they have licenced the OVA title Sakura Wars "Sumire Kanzaki Intai Kinen ~ Su Mi Re ~" as well as the three episode OVA Sakura Wars "Ecole de Paris."

Should I jump for joy or cringe in pain?

Nan da to? Nan da to? NAN DA TO?!?!?

By the looks of my reaction, you should be doing the latter, although you will need a round drop or two afterwards. Oh, hell! Here's a batch of honey drinks instead!

*Gives Freeter the batch of honey drinks*

Ah, I might as well gulp down one too!

*Gulps down a honey drink*

[this message was edited by Jazzie D on Mon 3 Feb 10:42]

Ammadeau
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"Re(2):Funimation's got Sumire. Yippee." , posted Mon 3 Feb 10:40:

Funimation's release of Fruits Basket is the best anime release I've seen yet. Six eps of great video and audio quality plus neat extras, all put together perfectly. The dub sucks, but they usually do.

Damn, I really want the ST3 OAVs. It's my favorite game in the series by far. Erica is the great anime character of all time. She really is.

Though yeah, releasing these in the states makes zero sense. The first OAV series was a prequel so you didn't need to know anything, but in order to understand the second OAV series, you needed to have played the first two main games, seen both live action musicals, and either listened to the radio play or play through Hanagumi Columns 2. Crazy, but great if you meet the criteria.

At least you don't need to know anything to watch the TV series. Pity it sucks. I wonder if anyone has the rights to the movie, I'd like a nice release of that.

Oh, if you haven't playing Sakura Taisen 3, do so as soon as possible. It is hands down the best game on the dreamcast.

If you haven't played the first one and have a PS2 that can play imports, you should wait for the enhanced port of ST coming out at the end of this month. It replaces the old clumsy battle system with the quick and fun one from ST3.

If you haven't played ST2... well, you're really not missing anything. There's some really good bits with the new character Orihime and her outragous accent, but the plot on the whole sucks and the fights are pretty tedious.

[this message was edited by Ammadeau on Mon 3 Feb 10:47]

pointystick

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"Re(3):Funimation's got Sumire. Yippee." , posted Mon 3 Feb 11:52

Yes, I will be watching this at some point. No, it will not be the US release.

Jazzie D

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"Re(4):Funimation's got Sumire. Yippee." , posted Mon 3 Feb 12:38

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Yes, I will be watching this at some point. No, it will not be the US release.

Same here!

Sensenic

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"Re(4):Funimation's got Sumire. Yippee." , posted Mon 3 Feb 12:46

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Yes, I will be watching this at some point. No, it will not be the US release.

pointystick! You haven't been here for a while, have you?

Himawari chan

ain't she cute?

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Radish

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"Re(2):Funimation's got Sumire. Yippee." , posted Mon 3 Feb 12:58

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And about Sumire's voice being dubbed, it's horrible. I mean, the whole appeal of the ova is the fact that the seiyuu is also retiring.

Yeah, I found that odd as well considering the OAV is basically the seiyuu retiring vicariously though an anime character. I can't see it making any sense in a country in which few have heard of ST as well as being dubbed...

Weird.

pointystick

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"Re(3):Funimation's got Sumire. Yippee." , posted Mon 3 Feb 18:16

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Yes, I will be watching this at some point. No, it will not be the US release.

pointystick! You haven't been here for a while, have you?

Nope, I haven't, mainly because I used to come here for English news on Japanese games before the official English sources, but now I read enough Japanese to go directly to the source, Impress Game Watch, Famitsu or whatever. Anyway, Rid dragged me back so here I am.

Satoshi_Miwa

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"Re(2):Funimation's got Sumire. Yippee." , posted Mon 3 Feb 19:04

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I'll stay as away as I can from these releases. No matter if the dvd's include the original audio, the presence of a dubbing just makes it horrible for me.

Sorry if I'm being too hard with it, but ST is a seiyuu-based game-anime...

Then just avoid the Dub on the disc, like I always do. (About 99% of my Anime DVD's have unlistened too dubs, and I only listened to the BGC one cause I rented the VHS first...:)

And as mentioned by Amma, Funimation's latest releses are top notch. Fruits Basket is done quite nicely, as they left the orginal op and ed for the sub and have a very accurate sub. It rivals Excel Saga for disc quality, and beats the sub out (And Excel is a good sub).

But yes, it's curious that a side story OAV is being released that nobody knows about. But they've done it before for game anime...(See the Fire Eblem anime...)

Ammadeau
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"Re(3):Funimation's got Sumire. Yippee." , posted Mon 3 Feb 20:21

Well, ADV not only released the second OAV series, but dubbed it as well. I suppose you can get some enjoyment out of it without knowing the game series, but there's a heck of a lot that's going to fly right over your head. Heck, the first episode is built around a character who only appears in a Sakura Taisen novel, which left me out of the loop on that one.

For the Sumire side story though, her character was established in the first OAV series so you could watch it after seeing that alone. Don't know about the 3 part based on ST3 though. Depends on how they handle it.

If you like the series, there's no reason not to support a US release. Rent Fruits Basket if you have no interest in owning it just to see what sort of top notch release Funimation is capable of. I have no worries about the US release at all, especially since I won't even bother with the dub.

HazZan

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"Re(1):Funimation's got Sumire. Yippee." , posted Tue 4 Feb 01:14

quote:
From Animenewsnetwork:

FUNimation is announcing at Ushicon that they have licenced the OVA title Sakura Wars "Sumire Kanzaki Intai Kinen ~ Su Mi Re ~" as well as the three episode OVA Sakura Wars "Ecole de Paris."

Should I jump for joy or cringe in pain?

What is Sumire.

MESSATSU

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pointystick

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"Re(3):Funimation's got Sumire. Yippee." , posted Tue 4 Feb 02:05

Sumire Kanzaki is a character in Sakura Taisen. She goes "ooh ho ho ho ho!!" better than anyone else.

Ammadeau
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"Re(4):Funimation's got Sumire. Yippee." , posted Tue 4 Feb 12:46

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Sumire Kanzaki is a character in Sakura Taisen. She goes "ooh ho ho ho ho!!" better than anyone else.

I think Naga's VA would win that contest hands down, though Sumire would win any contest that involved any sort of intellegence.

Rid Hershel

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"Re(5):Funimation's got Sumire. Yippee." , posted Tue 4 Feb 15:10

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I think Naga's VA would win that contest hands down, though Sumire would win any contest that involved any sort of intellegence.

Hummm... I like Sumre's laugh a bit more. She has a more interesting tone on her voice. Plus she has the fan!

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