THEY TRICKED ME!
Dec. 31st, 2008 04:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tsukikageSo, I thought that last slot there was for the last New-Show-A-Go-Go license. Little did I know that there was a panel on the left as well.
And once again I am happy.
Soul Eater has been licensed!!!!!
Unfortunately the release date for the first disc? Box set? Is November 17, 2009. Which is a long way away.
But it will be a sweet, sweet day when it does come. (And since FUNi doesn't suck, I'll probably get it at least a week earlier. ^_^)
*watches the trailer on the new website*
[EDIT: I love the dead seriousness used throughout the trailer, esp. during lines like "Death the Kid, son of Shinigami-sama, is obsessed with symmetry." Also, this might just be me, but sickle makes me think of only one thing: sickle-cell anemia.]
[EDIT 2: From Josh's Anime Blog:
Last night on the ANNbitch festival forum about the Gungrave announcement, a Funimation representative mentioned the following:
Timing on contracts for new shows add a few wrinkles into the mix with announcing. Rescue licenses are an easier contract - hence faster announcement and delivery on DVD release dates.
I agree with Astro that this might suggest that Funimation ran into a hiccup with either the Soul Eater license or the Evangelion license in the past two weeks which caused them to not be able to announce it yet, and threw in something they already had in their queue as a replacement in the meantime.
I guess we’ll find out a little more tonight when the final announcement (or if we’re lucky, announcements) are made. If we get both Soul Eater and Evangelion, then it was probably just a ploy by Funimation as they watch anime fans panic that one of them isn’t coming and then go “jusk kidding! here you go!” on the last day.]
And once again I am happy.
Soul Eater has been licensed!!!!!
Unfortunately the release date for the first disc? Box set? Is November 17, 2009. Which is a long way away.
But it will be a sweet, sweet day when it does come. (And since FUNi doesn't suck, I'll probably get it at least a week earlier. ^_^)
*watches the trailer on the new website*
[EDIT: I love the dead seriousness used throughout the trailer, esp. during lines like "Death the Kid, son of Shinigami-sama, is obsessed with symmetry." Also, this might just be me, but sickle makes me think of only one thing: sickle-cell anemia.]
[EDIT 2: From Josh's Anime Blog:
Last night on the ANN
Timing on contracts for new shows add a few wrinkles into the mix with announcing. Rescue licenses are an easier contract - hence faster announcement and delivery on DVD release dates.
I agree with Astro that this might suggest that Funimation ran into a hiccup with either the Soul Eater license or the Evangelion license in the past two weeks which caused them to not be able to announce it yet, and threw in something they already had in their queue as a replacement in the meantime.
I guess we’ll find out a little more tonight when the final announcement (or if we’re lucky, announcements) are made. If we get both Soul Eater and Evangelion, then it was probably just a ploy by Funimation as they watch anime fans panic that one of them isn’t coming and then go “jusk kidding! here you go!” on the last day.]
