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Nanoha StrikerS? - 11/1/2009 8:29:56 PM

zakuro

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Can you guys dub Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS?? I have seen both the dubs for Nanoha and Nanoha A's and I think they are excellent! But the saga is not complete without StrikerS! And plus that series is in my opinion the most action-packed one of the three. If you are already working on it (to which I say, huzzah!) can you let me know when it will be released?

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RE: Nanoha StrikerS? - 11/3/2009 1:01:22 PM

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Nanoha and Nanoha A's were not dubbed by FUNimation but by Geneon; this is one of the series they started working on before ceasing distribution but which was still completed. FUNimation distributed the DVDs on behalf of Geneon but Geneon still holds the license for at least the first two series and no announcement was ever made regarding StrikerS.
To knowledge FUNimation has yet to pick up the sequel for any of titles they distribute Geneon. Whether this is because they simply don't want them (remember, Geneon went down for a reason) or because Geneon are sitting on the rights I don't know, but there are three likely outcomes:

FUNimation licenses StrikerS, in which case it will either have completely new cast of they will have to arrange something with whatever studio produced the original dub.
Geneon springs back into life and starts licensing and producing again (although probably still distributing through FUNimation since they axed that part of the company completely)
It is never released in the US at all, or has a cheap sub-only or streaming release of some kind.

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RE: Nanoha StrikerS? - 11/4/2009 5:57:32 PM

zakuro

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Thanks, Shirobane. Hopefully though, StrikerS will be released... but since I'm not an anime company expert, why did Geneon "go down?" I thought they were still airing anime.

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RE: Nanoha StrikerS? - 11/4/2009 8:08:48 PM

Shirobane

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http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-09-20/adv-films-geneon-entertainment-distribution-deal-cancelled
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-09-26/geneon-usa-to-cancel-dvd-sales-distribution-by-friday

Geneon were going to have ADV do their sales and distribution. The deal fell through. Geneon ceased sales and distribution since they had already laid off most of the staff involved; the parent Japanese company basically pulled the plug taking a huge loss in the process.
Rumours I remember reading at the time was that the restructuring was due to poor performance, which was at least in part due to them picking up a lot of niche titles like Rozen Maiden that just didn't sell well in the US.

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