Comments on: Ask John: Is America Due for a Tatsunoko Revival? http://www.animenation.net/blog/2009/06/26/ask-john-is-america-due-for-a-tatsunoko-revival/ Anime News & More! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:08:26 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: John http://www.animenation.net/blog/2009/06/26/ask-john-is-america-due-for-a-tatsunoko-revival/comment-page-1/#comment-3024 John Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:46:25 +0000 http://www.animenation.net/blog/?p=16514#comment-3024 The Speed Racer New Generation franchise doesn't seem to have totally bombed in America becaus it has at least three films. While it's true that the live action Speed Racer movie wasn't a commercial success, you have to acknowledge that it got made at all. If a Japanese animated Speed Racer movie had been proposed for American theatrical release, the idea would never have made it past the initial proposal stage. The Speed Racer New Generation franchise doesn’t seem to have totally bombed in America becaus it has at least three films. While it’s true that the live action Speed Racer movie wasn’t a commercial success, you have to acknowledge that it got made at all. If a Japanese animated Speed Racer movie had been proposed for American theatrical release, the idea would never have made it past the initial proposal stage.

]]> By: GATS http://www.animenation.net/blog/2009/06/26/ask-john-is-america-due-for-a-tatsunoko-revival/comment-page-1/#comment-3009 GATS Sat, 27 Jun 2009 06:19:49 +0000 http://www.animenation.net/blog/?p=16514#comment-3009 A good example of another similar "retro" Capcom fighter is Tech Romancer. That one was supposed to be inspired by old-school mech shows, but it didn't take off here, at all. [Though, other than MvC, that company was no longer really dominating the arcades by then; so gamers might not have been aware of the title, even though it was also on the DC.] And I personally was hoping the Jojo PSX/DC games would help sell the anime and manga, but that series still remains niche here, too. Crapcom could've put out the PS2 installment here, but STA's distribution deal with Broccoli on the anime fell through at the time; so I guess there was no incentive. "and American updates of Speed Racer by Nickelodeon Studios and the Wachowski brothers." I thought those bombed. A good example of another similar “retro” Capcom fighter is Tech Romancer. That one was supposed to be inspired by old-school mech shows, but it didn’t take off here, at all. [Though, other than MvC, that company was no longer really dominating the arcades by then; so gamers might not have been aware of the title, even though it was also on the DC.] And I personally was hoping the Jojo PSX/DC games would help sell the anime and manga, but that series still remains niche here, too. Crapcom could’ve put out the PS2 installment here, but STA’s distribution deal with Broccoli on the anime fell through at the time; so I guess there was no incentive.

“and American updates of Speed Racer by Nickelodeon Studios and the Wachowski brothers.”

I thought those bombed.

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