Sony now owns FUNimation. -

[UnclePhil]

What does this mean for FUNimation, the titles in their catalog and what licenses they can carry in the future? Will Sony leave well enough alone, or will they enforce standards and demand censorship? Will they steamroll over TeamFourStar?

We know Sony kowtows to SJWs and occasionally stirs them up to be a personal revenue army (see: Ghostbusters '16). FUNi was cool with DBZA existing, Toei not so much, but Sony's a different boss.

The FAQ about the acquisition on FUNi's website is not surprising in the least. It's full of very short, vague answers.

 

[m0rnutz]

RIP TeamFourStar.

 

[Bob Page]

RIP TeamFourStar.

Met them at a con once. Cool people. If they're going to youmacon this year, I might ask them how sony buying funimation will affect them.

 

[Mimic]

Well this definitely explains TeamFourStar's latest vid about DBZA.

 

[Somsnosa]

Sony is not even noble enough to be sjw, they just used it as a shield for Ghostbusters. Just an year before GB, another nostalgia cash in came out: Pixels. And Pixels is not a very sjw movie. At all
If you want to see full on spergery look at Netflix's originals

 

[Sammy]

It really depends on TOEI and Sony's relationship.

Sony owns about 2% of Toei's shares. DBZA hasn't really affected stateside DBZ sales, except maybe to boost them simply by keeping Dragonball in the public's interest. If Sony decides that DBZA (indirectly) boosts Funimation subbed Blurays in the states, they'll probably turn a blind eye on it. If TOEI tries to muscle Sony into something on account of their shares, it could be different. That being said, 2% investment might not be enough for either side to pull executive favors just to bully like 6 white kids making silly voices over cartoons.

 

[CWCchange]

A considerable amount of salt exists over this news, but not enough to warrant a thread. Sony Music Entertainment Japan, separate from its international publishing arm, already uses the Aniplex marquee for publishing anime in the United States, and box sets are a lot more expensive compared to middle man FUNimation and Sentai Filmworks's bargain bin quality. The last time I bought a middle man release for something was when Bandai Entertainment (which is a subsidiary of a Japanese company, so I suppose it's semi-official) still existed. Otaku becomes a fucking expensive hobby, so you might as well buy official sets from Japan if you buy Aniplex and Ponycan USA releases, unless some more subsidiaries are formed, foreign and domestic (NBCUniversal and Warner Brothers Japan).

I always fucking hated FUNi for licensing stuff and making it have a ghetto pseudo-indie feel for weebs. For example, Your Name could have been a successful mass market theatrical release over here from all the positive reviews, but FUNi decided to screen it at the most random theaters to the extent of which I ended up going out of my way to see it, even though I live in a major metro area. With Sony Pictures owning FUNi, it can only get better with a network of releasing films to theaters and making quality sets. Maybe they'll change it to the Animax marquee as a companion to Aniplex.

 

[AnOminous]

What does this mean for FUNimation, the titles in their catalog and what licenses they can carry in the future? Will Sony leave well enough alone, or will they enforce standards and demand censorship? Will they steamroll over TeamFourStar?

We know Sony kowtows to SJWs and occasionally stirs them up to be a personal revenue army (see: Ghostbusters '16). FUNi was cool with DBZA existing, Toei not so much, but Sony's a different boss.

The FAQ about the acquisition on FUNi's website is not surprising in the least. It's full of very short, vague answers.

Isn't Funimation that thing that dropped GAMERGAAAAAAATE REEEEEing into one of its dubs for no reason at all?

 

[Ruin]

Isn't Funimation that thing that dropped GAMERGAAAAAAATE REEEEEing into one of its dubs for no reason at all?

Yup and into an ecchi harem anime no less because nothing says feminism like that.

https://www.dailydot.com/parsec/prison-school-anime-funimation-gamergate/

 

[AnOminous]

Yup and into an ecchi harem anime no less because nothing says feminism like that.

https://www.dailydot.com/parsec/prison-school-anime-funimation-gamergate/

If anything, that says "Only Gamergate autists even watch and fap to this shit."

 

[TerminalTryHard]

TFS should be fine they demonetized DBZA a long time ago to deal with Toei and most of their money now comes from patreon and their gaming channel.

 

[ForgedBlades]

Ugh.

 

[KickyerArsene]

I'm more upset at Sony getting their grubby paws on more things than anything else.

Seriously, apart from their gaming branch, Sony needs to burn.

 

[bbpoison]

Sony will now force Goku to be the protagonist of the new Dark Souls prequel.

 

[Trombonista]

Sony will now force Goku to be the protagonist of the new Dark Souls prequel.

That sounds better than my brother's Rick and Morty/ Dragonball Super crossover fic in which Rick kills everyone.

 

[weirdMcGee]

This is really going to suck.