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angelmcazares
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I am very envious of those big shelves, and the figure collection is very nice. Perhaps one day, when I move to a bigger house, I will build my dream shelves.
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Snakebit1995
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Cool seeing RWBY on the list, anime or not whatever your view it's a fun watch.
Personally I could never get into Free, I just can't get the appeal it's so...boring to me, swimming just isn't that interesting or intense. |
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XtremeAnimeDan
Posts: 94 Location: Texas |
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Sorry, but someone needs to get their facts checked. Crunchyroll is doing the Free! Iwatobi Swim Club release, not Funimation. Crunchyroll hired Funimation to do the dub, and their alliance with Funimation allowed them to release it with Funi products. However it is a Crunchyroll product, not Funimation.
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zrnzle500
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I actually saw Free for the first time earlier this year. Even if I'm not in the target audience, it is a good, fun sports anime and of course a well made one. It's not hard to see why it is popular and it's not just the manservice. Though Gabriella did say abs in the review almost as many times as Yowapeda's Izumida
I'll second thinking it is nice to see RWBY here, whatever one wants to refer to it as. |
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chito895
Posts: 487 Location: Lima, Peru |
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Yo, that Ruri and Yurika figures are nice! Hopefully I can still find them out there...
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Alan45
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@chito895
With eBay anything is possible, but I have that Yurika figure, it is one of the first I bought, probably about 1998. |
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Ashen Phoenix
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I was happily surprised to see RWBY too! However one classifies it, if you enjoy it, then it's awesome to see here. While I'm personally a diehard fan of Free!, I can certainly understand it's not for everyone. I appreciate your respectful attitude. |
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Parsifal24
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I tried to watch Free got six episodes into season one and tried to watch part of season two it's got the useal Kyoto Animation quality. For those that like that sort of thing I'm glad they have something for them. It just in the end was not my cup of tea.
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Zin5ki
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I notice that the boxart used for the latest Kino's Journey release still bears the old ADV logo. Might I ask if there an explanation for this practice?
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Ouran High School Dropout
Posts: 106 Location: Somewhere in MA |
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ADV never quite went extinct. It still exists, and holds a tiny number of licenses. I have a Blu-ray copy of Elfen Lied from 2013 that bears the ADV logo. |
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Lord Geo
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Because while ADV doesn't exist in the form that we all remember it as, the company does still exist technically & still has the licenses to a handful of titles, like Kino's Journey. When Elfen Lied was re-released a few years back, it also featured the ADV logo, making it (I think) the only time "ADV" ever released a Blu-Ray. Is ADV still licensing titles? No, but there is still merit in occasionally re-releasing some of the titles it still has the rights to. Now if only that Kino set actually featured more than just the TV series. The last Elfen Lied included the never-before-included OVA episode, so I was hoping for a Kino's Journey re-release to include the short movies made since the TV series, but I guess that was asking for too much. |
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Ouran High School Dropout
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An interesting follow-up: Please check out the following link from blu-ray.com: http://www.blu-ray.com/ It makes me wonder if what's left of ADV is trying to claw itself back... |
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wolf10
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*cough* *cough* |
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varmintx
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Yeah, that needs to be changed to "their" for reasons that shouldn't be gone into. Also, how the hell are there no reviews for the series? It's been released about a hundred times over the years. Also, also...this is one of the best series ever and everyone should watch it. |
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keichitsu0305
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Ah yes... Before there was the first actually gay sports anime YOI!!!, there was the not-actually-gay-these-guys-are-just-REALLY-close sports anime Free! season one. After watching both seasons in one sitting, it still remains one of my favorite KyoAni and sports shows so far. The characters are lovable doofs and the water animation is beautiful. Glad that Funimation made sure the LE for season one fits snuggly into the Premium Edition boxset of Eternal Summer which saves me shelf space.
I'm also surprised Kino's Journey never got an official review. Since there's a new animation coming out, maybe now would be a great throwback to this underrated gem? |
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