Acquisitions Speculation - General
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@tusf At the panel, the license was announced with a trailer that was basically the anime OP. As Sentai owns the anime license and would have to be the one to approve the usage of said OP as an "announcement" trailer, that's arguably all the involvement Sentai has in "helping arrange" the announcement.
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I do kinda wonder what Sentai has to gain from this but whatever at least were getting it.
On another note I gotta say I'm a fan of releasing releasing multiple volumes at once to get past where the anime left off, hopefully Sol Press is able to keep a consistent schedule for future volumes (though I'm not too optimistic on that front.)
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@eternal-wanderer said in Acquisitions Speculation - General [AnimeNYC Nov 15-17]:
I do kinda wonder what Sentai has to gain from this
There's folks that don't watch the anime until they read the LNs. I don't think it's a demonstrably large amount of folks, but it's potential sales nonetheless.
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I have absolutely no faith in Slow Press, I wouldn't be surprised if they had the licence for a long time and are only publishing the first 3 volumes now, at once to hide their terrible publishing pace and attract fan of the anime who likely don't know about their reputation.
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I mean, there's pessimism, then there's flat-out paranoia.
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Every Sol Press announcement is a reason to be happy instead of sad that it isn't a title I care about. :) Strongest Gamer was the only halfway decent one and I still wouldn't be terribly disappointed if two volumes is all there will ever be.
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If you look up the definition of paranoia it reads:
An unrealistic distrust of others or a feeling of being persecuted.
This is not unrealistic, Sol Press has a history, (I am not using this term with a negative connotation) everything they have done in the past will paint their future whether they want it to or not.
True time will tell how well Rakudai is handled, and if they can give all their titles the attention they deserve. On the other hand if they focus solely on that 1 big name they will still not be regarded as a “good” company because they locked up so many other titles, big or not...
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A bit gutted about Chivalry being licensed by Sol Press after hearing about their slow pace and inability to stick to a schedule.
But, hopefully the company improves, how good are their translations?
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@rahul-balaggan I call it paranoia, because Raitoiro was imagining up malicious intent. It's not a realistic assumption to assume Sol is intentionally malicious in their operation.
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@tusf I agree with you that they aren’t releasing 3 volumes at once with ill intent to trick newbie readers, however I do agree that they had to have had this series licensed for quite a bit of time tho get 3 volumes fully translated and edited to the level that they can be released this soon.
No ill will behind it just like a marketing strategy
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@tusf I don't see malicious intent in Raitorio's scenario, just self-awareness of their incompetence. In any case, they had to decide at some point to hold on to the first translated volume to pull this triple release maneuver, and while we can't know the real motives, it will have the effect described.
Frankly, I have yet to see any sign of improvement from Sol Press, so this negativity feels justified.
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@raitoiro said in Acquisitions Speculation - General [AnimeNYC Nov 15-17]:
I have absolutely no faith in Slow Press
They are no longer Slow Press. They are now the "Shining Star" of Localization.
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@terrence Must be light years away then, that's why everything takes so long to arrive.
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@terrence Yeah "shining" because of the supernova before they collapsed into a back hole which trap all licenses ^^
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I mean, I'm open to Sol Press possibly improving, but even to me, it's pretty obvious they've had this license for a long while. Even the best localization companies can't release 3 volumes at once soon after announcement without having worked on it for a good while beforehand in secret. Given what I've seen of Sol's workflow, I can imagine that this license may have been held for a year or even longer. (Of course, that's just speculation and anyone with insider info to the contrary is welcome to share it...)
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Wait, I don't understand why famous industry people like steiney are openly dissing sol press and call them the new TokyoPop. Just because they are slow or have I missed something? Because in this environment of slowpokes it's hardly enough to brand someone the new TokyoPop. Do they even know how horrible TokyoPop actually was? Or is this just some weird unfair competition thing? Or steiner simply wants to topple them for personal reasons? I just... don't get it, to be honest.
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Hey I’m looking forward to Sol Press improving. I have a feeling it’s something in the background that’s holding them back but the more series that get licensed the better. I will get around reading their books whenever they release.
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@novurdim I don't really remember Steiner "dissing" Slow Press. He simply stated that he wasn't working for them anymore because of money issues. (I think they wanted to pay much less than he was expecting/hoping? Just a guess though, I don't recall exactly.)
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They wanted Steiner to do work for free basically (I don't know what part of the job, but yeah). Industry members have also talked about them paying near "slave wages".
A lot of people giving up hope on other social channels too (speculation about running out of money) and hoping licenses can be saved.
I just don't think all their licenses would get saved at this point (particularly the death game manga, Harem Royale), so I hope they survive long enough to see everything release (besides maybe Rakudai). And ideally, hope they improve enough to pay a good wage.
At the least, we know their recent license of Detestable Demon-Lord did well, so it's not all doom and gloom.
