Licensed

[gokumew2.livejournal.com]

It's official. Code Geass has been licensed by Bandai.
http://www.animeondvd.com/

7 days away from 24 and 25 too!! .T________T Not like we didn't see it coming.... Wonder if this will affect subbing. Probably not, but still.


EDIT: From ANN, "Bandai Entertainment announced its North American acquisition of Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion, which is confirmed for an American television broadcast during 2008."

Comments

[nikki-chan-2006.livejournal.com]

I wanna hear their eng. voices..But omfg the subbers better not be afraid to sub 24-25, along with the future of season 2. TT_________TT

[the-firefly.livejournal.com]

GG and Shinsen will probably still sub it. GG was subbing Coyote Ragtime after it was licensed and Shinsen was still releasing quite a few licensed titles well after the dvds were available.

[dc2004.livejournal.com]

Well, it would happen at some point. I don't know whever I'm disappointed by this announcement or not but I do have to admit that Bandai are not that bad. They've licensed quite a lot of good anime titles over the years.
David xx

[highside.livejournal.com]

I'm kind of dissappointed. D:

[i-own-boysluts.livejournal.com]

;lkajsdf YAY! ♥ They did a lot of good subbings; I'm happy that it didn't end up in the hands of someone like 4kids. ♥

I'm pretty sure it won't affect the subbing much. Maybe Bandai can sympathize with us; we've waited so long, haha.

[kurotsukih.livejournal.com]

Yay ! finally licensed .
i was waiting for this for so long, i wanted to buy the DVD so much ;_; .

though i hope fansub don't stop , i wanna see 24&25 subbed ;-;

[ex-nightray.livejournal.com]

I'm not worried about the fansubbers stopping. And if they do, there's always Anon. ♥ Anyway, I'm looking forward to buying the Code Geass DVDs~

Actually, I just read that it might also come to TV in 2008? I can hear some people screaming bloody murder already. XD; I have a feeling Kirby Morrow will voice Suzaku.

[halevy.livejournal.com]

KYENAKRFHAWNKH I CAN BUY THE DVDS AND EYE RAPE MY MINOR CHARACTERS :DDDDDD

Shinsen will probably drop Geass, they dropped Darker than Black like a hot potato but I don't mind GG.

[midoriankh.livejournal.com]

BANDAI did a decent job with Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu so I'm not too worried. I sorta expected FUNi to pick Geass up. I don't know why. *shrugs*

[gatekeepers-21.livejournal.com]

Fudge. My wonderful day of reading Harry Potter has been ruined. I don't know why but I'm starting to hate Otakon... they announced the license of Ouran by Funimation too damn you Otakon!

I was expecting it though, with all the hints of Pizza Hut and Coke Zero in the ASOS Haruhi movies.

I can't believe they want to air it though, I was sure that they'd have to think twice about it with America being to Terrorist paranoid.

Bandai is a good company though, they did an okay job on Haruhi, I hope they'll try hard to promote Geass like they did with Haruhi.

[thomasvye.livejournal.com]

I will stick to watching it raw I guess, if it comes to it; dubs never do a good job.

[spleen.livejournal.com]

Oh god I want to hear Lloyd's english voice. It'll be hilarious, or hilariously painful.

[x-reggg.livejournal.com]

great.

just great.

[okay.livejournal.com]

THAT WAS QUICK.

[rilani.livejournal.com]

At least its not FUNi...

[mossygirl.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I totally saw that one coming ... but I like Bandai, so this is good news to me ^_^ They have a tendency to have nice special editions of releases ( ... uh oh, my bank account's gonna be drained ._.)

[ex-letsrockb659.livejournal.com]

Oh goody, I can't wait for Johnny Young Bosch to butcher someone's voice.

[aeri-s.livejournal.com]

...Yes...the interesting prospect of who gets the voices looms ><
I will laugh/die very, very much if Vic does end up with Lelouch. Why do I think that's more than likely?

[fathobbit1191.livejournal.com]

I WONDER IF THEY WILL HAVE BRITISH ACCENTS. O_O

[faroredono.livejournal.com]

Haha.I want to hear Lloyd's voice.And Suzaku's.And Lulu's.
At least it wasn't FUNi,or even worse,4Kids.

I WONDER IF THEY WILL HAVE BRITISH ACCENTS.
That's a funny yet oddly scary thought.

Oh goody, I can't wait for Johnny Young Bosch to butcher someone's voice.
I second your thought of butchering character's voices.He killed Renton's entire personality.And very quickly so.

OK,now I'm scared that I'll start watching the dub,even though I hate dubs...

[cakemix.livejournal.com]

While I'm not particularly happy about it airing on television, this bit in the ANN article amused me: "The company has been leaving hints about this acquisition, such as using Pizza Hut (the in-animation sponsor in Japan) in promotions for other works."

... I smell free toys on the horizon. 8D

[zalem.livejournal.com]

Bad freakin' timing. -____- They couldn't wait a bit longer? *sighs* Oh well, even if the fansub groups don't sub it there are still RAWs. I imagine some underground group will pick it up eventually as well. I mean I did eventually want it licensed cause I do want a nice shiny dvd box set, but I just wish it was better timed.

[strike-x-slash.livejournal.com]

Aww, hell no. D: They're going to screw up badly with the voice acting, I just know it. I really hope fansubbers won't stop subbing the series, 'cos I am NOT paying for a DVD with bad voice acting (which is pretty much every licensed series out there). DVDs with bad voice acting are not worth my money, even if I choose never to watch them in English.

[(Anonymous)]

Well, this is interesting. So long as Bandai doesn't fuck this up, it probably won't be terrible, as Bandai's dubs are usually rather good. (Gundam Seed, Wing, G Gundam, etc.)

I just hope that GG and Shinsen don't stop subbing. I don't know about Shinsen, but I'm pretty sure GG won't stop, atleast...

[fruitpop.livejournal.com]

Please don't air on AS, that's all I ask D: