[Unka Josh]

Well, no time like the present-- what do you want to see in the video rooms in 2012?

...Bear in mind, as always, that we can only screen shows that are licensed in the US at the time of the convention.

[Ashori]

Glass Mask
xxxHolic
Tsubasa Tokyo Revelations/Spring Chronicles
Blood-C
Fairy Tail
Spice and Wolf/Spice and Wolf II
Cardcaptor Sakura

Bolded are the titles I recommend more-so over the others, but all the same would love to see all them played at A-Cen. ^^

[CurseOfTheLeek]

K-On!
Ao No Exorcist
Puella Magi Madoka Magica

and if that's not too soon!
Persona 4: The Animation (which I actually heard is getting licensed for release in the states to play shortly behind the timeline of the Japanese release)

[chainedbyroses]

--- Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counter Attack
GREATEST THING EVAR (*has DVD if you need*)

--> Higurashi no naku koro ni...
(*the license exists though it keeps expiring & getting picked up by new folk everytime; -think- the current holder is/was Funimation?*)

--- RahXephon
(I've spent 5 yrs looking for this one! OTL)

--> Mobile Suit Gundam 00
(don't have $150+ for S1 & 2 ;; ? Watch at con! :D)

--> Sgt. Frog
(preferably from series start?)

--- Tonari no Totoro/"My Neighbor Totoro"
preferably the original 80s dub, or sub - can provide original pre-Disney VHS (Disney voices do not want DX)

--> Zatoichi (the original Japanese '60s tv series -- tale based on the Zatoichi mythos)
(it -has- to be licensed! - saw it in Fry's today & I'm 99% certain it had a funimation live action label on it next to TvToyko!)

--> HOLY CRAP ... ORIGINAL GODZILLA
...WE KNOW IT EXISTS!


...edits for great justice as more ideas come! ^^7

(* Arrows are biggest 見たい wants. *)

[Unka Josh]

Good replies all-- and keep 'em coming, early and often! We're shorter on time this year...

[Goldeneyeuro]

I second the recommendations for:

Spice and Wolf, Ao no Exorcist, Gundam 00, and Madoka.

As for my additions:

Star Driver
Seirei no Moribito
D Gray Man
Angel Beats
Antique Bakery
If you can show movies, then Redline.

If it has been released by April 2012, Tiger and Bunny.

[chainedbyroses]

Another thought:

No idea if it's licensed or not, but Bokurano would be a good one if we can show it. After having seen -TheScreamer-'s violin version of the OP, I'd really love to see the series behind such a performance (not just read it on wiki/stray youtubes) :3

Oh, and Code Geass / Code Geass Lelouch of the Rebellion would be cool too. Think I only ever like saw/got 2 on iTunes or something like that (just recall it was on my ipod lol) (& I think it was 2 & 4 - someone was dying, & a blonde leader type person was being evil to a boy hiding in a box? & something about powers & schools and robots XD), so It's be nice to see them for real.. and actually ordered lmao XD

Would we be allowed to screen the Death Note movies, or would that be waaaay too many legal hurdles? Saw the 1st (& own it), but not the second, or the L spin-off.

[Unka Josh]

The Death Note movies get complicated, because of the complexities of dealing with screening rights issues and that particular media company.

All noted, keep 'em coming!

[Okko]

let's see

Bakuman
Gundam Unicorn
Tiger and Bunny
Gundam 08th MS team or Gundam 0083, Gundam 0080 was short that could be good for filler haha

[MomoKurumi]

Yes, please, Tiger and Bunny! Love it! <3

[Sayuri-chan]

Okko, on 09 November 2011 - 10:52 AM, said:

let's see

Bakuman <- <- <- <- <-
Gundam Unicorn
Tiger and Bunny
Gundam 08th MS team or Gundam 0083, Gundam 0080 was short that could be good for filler haha

OMG SECOND THIS!

It is licensed and the first 7 episodes have been released in a set. It is epic total win. I also agree with Persona 4: The Animation. (If it's released at that point.)

Titles I'd like to see: (Want moar older titles plz.)
There needs to be a room viewing older titles that some of the newer fans of anime might not know. D:
Outlaw Star
Cowboy Bebop
Yu Yu Hakusho
Tenchi Muyo
Shaman King
Digimon (Please? :3 )
Hana Yori Dango (Shojouuuuu)
Marmalade Boy (Even moar shojouuu)

And that's my list. I may come back and add more.

[Dark Spellmaster]

If you can...

Ao No Exorcist

Gundam Ages

Blood-C

Persona 4 the animation

Scrapped Princess

Saiyuki

Tower of Drugga

Spice and Wolf

[Unka Josh]

Excellent suggestions! Keep 'em coming! (And we always show older titles. Your D.H. here was into anime... well, let's just say "a long time ago," and leave it at that.)

[TeenyDratini]

Madoka Magica
Nichijou/My Ordinary Life
Usagi Drop
Hanasaku Iroha
Steins;Gate

[chainedbyroses]

...the original Techi Muyo! OVA from the 90s, plz?

Not the Tenchi Muyo RyoOhki/galatic police/etc series... the one that started it all waybackintheday. *nostalgia bus* :3

[Unka Josh]

...Some of these may run into rights issues. The collapse of Geneon did some unpleasant things to getting permission; not everything that they had was license-rescued. But I'll see what I can do.

Keep 'em coming!

[Glinda]

Ao no Excorcist
K-ON!!
K-ON!! Film
Cowboy Beebop
Angel Beats
Madoka Magicka

[Maze]

How about:

Dojin Work
Kobato
Trigun: Badlands Rumble
Soul Eater
Queen's Blade
Kampfer
High School of the Dead
Angel Beats
Rosario + Vampire (Released on 12/20/11 by Funimation)
Rozen Maiden: Ouverture (Released on 12/06/11 by Sentai Filmworks)
Heaven's Lost Property (Released on 12/20/11 by Funimation)

Also, for possible premiers:

Poke Funimation about Shakugan no Shana 2 and Last Exile, Fam the Silver Wing
Poke Media Blasters about Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei. Might get super lucky.

[Unka Josh]

Good suggestions on the premieres-- it's certainly worth a try!

[Defyplums]

Sayuri-chan, on 09 November 2011 - 11:24 AM, said:

OMG SECOND THIS!

It is licensed and the first 7 episodes have been released in a set. It is epic total win. I also agree with Persona 4: The Animation. (If it's released at that point.)

Titles I'd like to see: (Want moar older titles plz.)
There needs to be a room viewing older titles that some of the newer fans of anime might not know. D:
Outlaw Star
Cowboy Bebop
Yu Yu Hakusho
Tenchi Muyo
Shaman King
Digimon (Please? :3 )
Hana Yori Dango (Shojouuuuu)
Marmalade Boy (Even moar shojouuu)

And that's my list. I may come back and add more.

Ah, you have good taste-that's about all I watched when I first got into anime. LOVE Tenchi Muyo OVA (90s version) and the TV series. Ditto Outlaw Star and Yu Yu Hakusho.


My suggestions:
Melinium Actress or Perfect Blue
Project A-KO (any of em)
Macross
Sailor Moon (though no one knows who has the rights, so this is just a shot in the dark)
Reboot-again, not too sure if this will fly, but fun to put on here

[Unka Josh]

Alas, several of those are unlikely due to rights issues. (I know who has the US rights to the Sailor Moon anime, btw... nobody. They've been pulled. We currently can't legally show it.)

However, I certainly agree that these are good suggestions, and I'll do what I can.

[chainedbyroses]

Unka Josh, on 16 November 2011 - 02:18 PM, said:

Alas, several of those are unlikely due to rights issues. (I know who has the US rights to the Sailor Moon anime, btw... nobody. They've been pulled. We currently can't legally show it.)

However, I certainly agree that these are good suggestions, and I'll do what I can.

Question @ bolded part:

Can we try asking the Japanese license holders then for special permission to show at ACen? If they're leery, we could point out that it was once one of the most popular shows for the youth market/Cartoon Network, and an airing at one of the largest conventions in America could renew that interest and in general be nicely profitable for them in terms of reputation, free advertising of awesomeness, as well as financially?

Alternately, can we pester until they cave nicely ask Cartoon Network to step up their game give their best at reacquiring rights to the shows they aired in the 90s (Sailor Moon, Speed Racer, etc etc), the tl;dr reasoning being Nostalgia Bus, Japan Is Cool, We Currently Already Show Anime Late At Night, Money Is Nice And So Are Happy Nostalgic Fans That Will Boost Our Viewership and Therefore Our Neilson Television Ratings And Therefore Make Us More Money And Better Our Reputation In The Television World? Then we can kindly ask them to OK us instead of beating our heads into walls in frustration 8D

[jsieczkar]

Doing direct from Japan is very hard, ACEN had a title last year that was direct from Japan and it took several months to work everything out.

[Unka Josh]

Ah, if it were only that simple.

I can try to contact Toei, of course, but unfortunately, the argument you propose won't hold much water, as there are no current licensed distributors of the Sailor Moon anime in the US, so showing it won't really generate a lot of profit for them. Still, I'll try.

Cartoon Network can't give us screening rights to Sailor Moon. They do not have them anymore.

I'll see what can be done, but I don't anticipate success, which is a shame-- I'd dearly love to be able to screen Sailor Moon.

[Unka Josh]

jsieczkar, on 17 November 2011 - 02:22 PM, said:

Doing direct from Japan is very hard, ACEN had a title last year that was direct from Japan and it took several months to work everything out.

Tell me about it...

[AnimeMonster]

Tiger and Bunny
Blue exorcist

[Unka Josh]

Cool, cool... (More! More!)

[Goldeneyeuro]

Since I forgot to add these in my earlier post because they slipped my mind:

Kimi ni Todoke
Kuragehime aka Princess Jellyfish

[TaiyakiOni]

Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya - Came out in the US not to long ago so not a bad choice for a movie viewing I'd wager.

Hidamari Sketch - While licensed by Sentai Films and no english dub available, I believe this would be something other than Hetalia that 4-Koma fans might enjoy.

Supernatural the Animation - Out and Dubbed for fans of the live action Tv-series, this is an anime version which I must say, is quite excellent.

El Hazard the Magnificent World - Because old school series need loving too! This series doesn't get enough spot light in anime history D:

This post has been edited by TaiyakiOni: 21 November 2011 - 05:07 PM

[AnimeMonster]

Trigun the movie.