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Forum - View topicNEWS: 1st Attack on Titan Compilation Film Slated for November 22
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LaughingElbow
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Keep milking!!!
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tuxedocat
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^^^um hmm^^^
These "movies" are just feature-length recap episodes. I wonder who buys this kind of stuff. |
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Little_Hawk
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Apparently Japan does. |
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whiskeyii
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I have to admit, the idea of hearing Titans smashing through the towns in eardrum-shattering surround sound does seem appealing.
 But yeah, it sounds like a glorified recap episode.
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unready
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Unless the theaters showing the film somehow pander exclusively to anime otaku, I'd say it's an attempt to appeal to a wider, mainstream audience. Not everyone reads manga. Some people just watch the anime TV shows. They're still otaku, though. Not everyone watches anime TV shows. But lots of people go to movies. Those would be regular, normal people. Madoka Magica kind of tried to be the next Cowboy Bebop-ish mainstream success, but I don't think the movies appealed to anyone much beyond fans of the show. Maybe Attack on Titan can succeed. I don't think it can hurt to let them try. |
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Rederoin
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Going by its sales/box office, I actually think it did succeed with that. With that many sales, I really doubt only Otaku where buying it. But at the very least, it was a far bigger success in the Japanese mainstream than Cowboy Bebop. Just a minor sidenote, not all Anime watchers are otaku. |
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#816316
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idk what feeling if they use japan actor when this anime suit for western actor,,
but this movie for japan,,, |
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walw6pK4Alo
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That was a good argument, for 1978. Now it's really just "HEY FANS, THAT SHOW YOU LIKED SO MUCH IS GOING TO THEATERS, GIBE 1800 YEN PLOS." Manga is super affordable and fully accessible to anyone, and anyone with a DVR could have watched the TV series. |
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Wyvern
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The thing is, it's really hard NOT to turn a profit with these kinds of films. The AoT TV series has already been profitable for quite a while now. Recutting the existing animation into two hours costs next to nothing; even if the potential audience for it is small, the studio will likely still make a great deal of money from these films simply because of little overhead they have. And Titan is a damn popular franchise right now, so it could turn out to be quite a successful venture. Besides, they've got to do something to keep the anime in the public eye since it's probably going to be at least a year before season two hits. |
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Miyanoai
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It sounds like you're thinking about the live action movie. This isn't that. This is the animated series broken down into two movies so it only makes sense that they would use the original voice actors. I'm curious about the new dubbing. Is it just going to be extra narration of some sort or are we actually getting some minor new material? |
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Progeusz
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Publishers will make a great deal of money. Studio get paid for the job but don't get money from tickets or discs sold (and even when they do, it's very little compared to other parties involved into creation of anime like sponsors and distributors). |
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Greg Aubry
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I've got to be honest, the TV series' pacing has serious lulls and pointless melodrama filler. With the right editing, a set of two compilation movies that cover the first season could actually be the perfect way to watch Attack on Titan. (Attack on Titan Kai?)
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Jayhosh
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Spot on Greg. I think the best aspect of these recap films is the chance to streamline these series and overall just make them flow better. Attack on Titan did have some pacing issues due to the deal with not wanting to catch up to the manga, and films already have a much shorter running time, so they're going to have to adjust the pacing anyway. It worked for Madoka (which is also a series I love), I'd even go as far as to say those films actually made the series better. And the same could apply here as well.
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