Koby Posted June 18, 2011 Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 A member of Funimation's acquisitions team, posted on Funimation's forums on Thursday that poor sales of When They Cry - Higurashi (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni) and The Familiar of Zero (Zero no Tsukaima) led to the company's decision to not renew the licenses or acquire the sequel projects.The post noted that Funimation never acquired the rights to the When They Cry sequel series, such as Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni Kai or the related Umineko no Naku Koro ni nor would it seek out series "that bears even a minor resemblance."07th Expansion's original Higurashi no Naku Koro ni visual novel software revolved around murders that coincide with an annual festival in a quiet rural village. The software inspired two television anime series, several video anime projects, two live-action films, and manga adaptations by several artists.The game publisher MangaGamer licensed the rights to translate the original visual novel software for personal computers, and it has released them in English. North America's Yen Press acquired the Higurashi manga for its Yen Plus anthology magazine and later for compiled book volumes.The Familiar of Zero anime adapted Nobaru Yamaguchi's light novel series, and three television series were produced.Both When They Cry and The Familiar of Zero were previously licensed by Geneon Entertainment. When Geneon ceased in-house production of its licenses in 2007, Funimation began distributing some of the former titles.Funimation also cited low sales for the decision to not license more of the Big Windup! (Ookiku Furikabutte) baseball anime after the first season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james194zt Posted June 18, 2011 Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 Gutted, really enjoyed when they cry higurashi and was hoping that a dub of the sequels might appear one day.Oh well I still have the original subbed to watch at least! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koby Posted June 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 Gutted, really enjoyed when they cry higurashi and was hoping that a dub of the sequels might appear one day.Oh well I still have the original subbed to watch at least!Sad thing is they account for the lack of sales as a reason for not renewing but the majority of fans that liked the show, such as myself, only haven't bought it because we didn't want an incomplete story. Had they ever did season 2 many fans would have purchased both seasons. So the failure to sell lies with them not the fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nero D. Ace Posted June 18, 2011 Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 I really didn't think much of their visual novels either. It was priced ridiculously high for the content viz. a whole bunch of text that moved at 1/10 th the rate of the anime.If anyone wants those, just grab em from the Premium Section :- http://forums.kametsu.com/showthread.php?t=8045 Though i gotta say that I wasn't in a mood to read em after watching the anime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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