A Sad Day for Courage
Both ANN and AnimeOnDVD comfirm that Media Blasters has put Gaogaigar on hiatus for the moment, in order to move more resources to their Voltron release. A very bad decision just to leave fans hanging like this, especially in the middle of the series. And all for Volton! Who cares about Volton? It’s like the most subpar super robot show from the eighties. Where’s my Getter Robo, Mazinger Z, Grendizer, Space Runaway Ideon, etc.? I remember watching Voltron, and all I thought was that it was crap. Can’t believe they can actually devote a DVD release for this. Also, its been confirmed on the AoD forums that when Gaogaigar continues, it will be in a no-dub, subtitle format only, not that I care. Most dubs suck anyway, and I wasn’t about to change my opinion with Gaogaigar. This may hurt its sells with the casual audience though. Then again, this is a super robot show from the late nineties that pays homage to shows from the seventies. I don’t think there’s much of a casual audience at all. Oh well, I’ll still buy this. I was waiting for a boxset release, but finally broke down and ordered the first DVD + artbox, which should come soon. Hopefully I’ll be able to get the rest of the series too.
It makes more sense to devote resources to where there is a greater demand in the market. Voltron’s appeal expands beyond the usual anime fan base and to a lot of people feeling nostolgic for the animation they grew up with. It’s pretty much the same reason why Robotech will sell better than Macross.
Look on the bright side of things, the more money Media Blasters can make off of Voltron means more money to license titles they wouldn’t be able to if they concentrated more on Gogaigar
Comment on April 26, 2007 @ 10:05 pm
Gotta say I agree there. Dubs do indeed suck. At least Media Blasters has shown some common sense there, in seeing that GGG is pretty much going to sell ONLY to the otaku and no one else.
Comment on May 3, 2007 @ 5:38 pm