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- Funimation and Viz Media [message #306654] Tue, 22 December 2015 06:30 Go to next message
Brian is currently offline  Brian
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I was faffing about on the Viz Media site again, specifically the
streaming anime site again, and in their "recently uploaded subs"
section was episode 700-some of One Piece.

My first thought was "has Viz taken over the NA rights to One Piece?"

I watched it, or at least the very first of it where they show the logos
of the American licensor and the logo of the studio that actually made
it, and the Funimation logo (not the Viz logo) that came up, so I don't
think they have.

Is it just some kind of mistake since both Funimation and Viz link back
to Hulu for their streaming content? Do Funimation and Viz media have
some sort of cross marketing deal? What is the explanation - enquiring
minds want to know.

Brian Christiansen
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- Re: Funimation and Viz Media [message #306680 is a reply to message #306654] Tue, 22 December 2015 11:31 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On Tue, 22 Dec 2015 11:30:52 +0000, Brian wrote:
> My first thought was "has Viz taken over the NA rights to One Piece?"

Viz have the manga publishing rights in the US; Funimation have the TV
series rights in the US.

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On Tue, 22 Dec 2015 16:31:28 +0000, Stainless Steel Rat wrote:

> On Tue, 22 Dec 2015 11:30:52 +0000, Brian wrote:
>> My first thought was "has Viz taken over the NA rights to One Piece?"
>
> Viz have the manga publishing rights in the US; Funimation have the TV
> series rights in the US.

Perhaps, but if VIZ has the rights to the MANGA, why would they have the
ANIME available on their site.

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- Re: Funimation and Viz Media [message #306763 is a reply to message #306695] Wed, 23 December 2015 09:26 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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- Re: Funimation and Viz Media [message #306903 is a reply to message #306680] Sun, 27 December 2015 18:37 Go to previous message
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On Wed, 23 Dec 2015 08:26:22 -0600, Bobby Clark wrote:

> Got to be a cross licence deal. Funi gets promotion to the readers and
> I bet some VIZ titles are over on Funi's site.

Or Funi are getting money from Viz, or are paying Viz to promote the
content, or something along these lines. It's all advertising.

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