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September 26, 2004
Samurai 7 Licenced
Well, it was just a matter of time. Funimation announced that they had Samurai 7 at Anime Weekend Atlanta, and all the fansubbers working on it immediately closed up shop.
Funimation is... well... not the worst company that could have picked up Samurai 7. (Although I'm surprised that out of the presumably many moneyed bidders, they could have afforded it. I wonder how many employees' firstborn have been promised to Sony.) I personally would have preferred someone like Geneon or Bandai to pick it up as they seem to have a clue about authenticity, but I'm hoping that Funimation does a Fruits Basket on this one. (I'm getting a tad worried that the only series that I can point out as a Good Example of Funimation Not Screwing Up is Fruits Basket.) I can't see how they can local-ize such a thoroughly Japanese series, though, so I'm guessing they'll play it straight. I hope.
Anyway, 11-12 as good a place to stop, seeing as the 7 samurai have been gathered and are at the village. I really don't see how this could diverge any more from the movie plot. so for all those complaining that Funimation has somehow "deprived" them of their right to fansubs, well.... go rent the movie. Heck, go buy it. It's GOOD.
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Posted by Innocent Sidekick of Evil at September 26, 2004 10:08 AM | Posted to Samurai 7
