Statement of delivery from Gonzo Style
After hearing in September that Gonzo would be closing its official online store at the end of that month, I ordered some items from the GONZO Style store since there were heavy discounts on a number of products. (Like usual, I waited until the last day to place the order.) I used a forwarding service called JSHOPPERS that worked pretty well and the package arrived yesterday through DHL.
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FUNimation, Gonzo, and The Relationship Between Them
September 30, 2007 in Commentary, News by Tom Langston (calaggie) | 3 comments
Friday’s news that Shinsen-Subs has dropped Romeo x Juliet in accordance with an C&D letter sent by FUNimation on behalf of Gonzo is a stark example of the deep relationship the two companies share. FUNimation has previously licensed many Gonzo titles including Black Cat, Bakuretsu Tenshi, Basilisk, Desert Punk, Kiddy Grade, Samurai 7, Solty Rei, Speed Grapher, and Trinity Blood. Anyone who remembers the “Babes, Blades, Blood, Beauty” campaign from last year knows that all those were Gonzo titles. Other licensors have also distributed shows from Gonzo such as ADV with recent releases Red Garden, Pumpkin Scissors, and Welcome to the NHK and less recent ones like Kaleido Star; Viz with Saikano; and Geneon with Hellsing, Last Exile, and Vandread.
One thing that concerns me about this occurrence is what FUNimation said to ANN about producers’ rights:
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Tags: funimation, gonzo, licensing, romeo x juliet