Cyborg 009 was licensed by...*drumroll*

**Andrew** · 06-26-2003, 03:52 PM

Sony?

I guess we were ALL wrong.

**DianaGohan** · 06-26-2003, 03:57 PM

Sony!? Well I didn't expect that (Sony gives licenses to anime shows?) but I guess it's better then some other choices. There not the ones doing the dubbing as well right?

**JohnCrichton** · 06-26-2003, 04:06 PM

I knew that.... I just wanted to see if you guys knew it... >_>

**Andrew** · 06-26-2003, 04:07 PM

Sony had the home video/television broadcast rights to the Rurouni Kenshin TV series before selling both to Media Blasters after they failed in getting it on television in the U.S. More recently, they've got the rights to the new Astroboy series that will air on Kids' WB! next season.

It's been established already that either Animaze or Bang Zoom! (probably BZ!) did the dub for the series.

**Mysteryinfoman** · 06-26-2003, 04:44 PM

Well the mysterious company has been revealed.

**Killtacular** · 06-26-2003, 05:13 PM

More recently, they've got the rights to the new Astroboy series that will air on Kids' WB! next season.

Wanna bet it shows up on CN, now that a person who worked for Sony is now in charge of programming/acquisitions?

**Obi** · 06-26-2003, 05:27 PM

Originally Posted by Matt Wilson

Wanna bet it shows up on CN, now that a person who worked for Sony is now in charge of programming/acquisitions?

It probably would've shown up anyway.

**Naraku** · 06-26-2003, 07:14 PM

Originally Posted by Matt Wilson

Wanna bet it shows up on CN, now that a person who worked for Sony is now in charge of programming/acquisitions?

Haha, Well, now we know it won't happen, since Matt's hardly ever right.

**Kaiser0120** · 06-26-2003, 07:15 PM

Originally Posted by Naraku

Haha, Well, now we know it won't happen, since Matt's hardly ever right.

Hey, he's right more times than wrong. -.-

**JetMaster5** · 06-26-2003, 07:17 PM

Originally Posted by Andrew

Sony?

I guess we were ALL wrong.

Whoa. And here, I was expecting Bandai....

**Mysteryinfoman** · 06-26-2003, 07:22 PM

Haha, Well, now we know it won't happen, since Matt's hardly ever right.

What do you mean he is hardly ever right, sometimes he is not right like once but most of the times he is.

**Kaiser0120** · 06-26-2003, 07:23 PM

Originally Posted by jetwing5

Whoa. And here, I was expecting Bandai....

We ALL expected Bandai, as it was either Animaze or Bang Zoom. Then again, I think it was Andrew who already made it clear a while back that it WASN'T Bandai. So I gave up on it being Bandai when he said that.

**Artemis** · 06-26-2003, 07:39 PM

If it's Sony, then the dubbing group is Animaze since Sony only uses union studios for dubbing. Bang!Zoom! isn't union and I think Animaze is union now. It's probably the same people behind Metroplis' and Cowboy Bebop: KOHD's dubbing.

**Andrew** · 06-27-2003, 07:57 AM

And just in time for the show's premiere, TOKYOPOP has fessed up to having the manga rights.

**StrangerAtaru** · 06-27-2003, 09:44 AM

(facefault)

Well, considering they have JCA on CN, not to mention the rights to the new Astroboy series in this country (and in the native Japan), it sort of makes sense. Still shocking they would bring this show over, but I guess they want to prove they can do anime as well as radios.

**Master Moron** · 06-27-2003, 12:55 PM

What exactly do we know about Sony? I mean, are they going to be a good company like Bandai and Viz, or are they going to be like DiC and Nelvana and change music, names, and dialogue.

**Sprocket** · 06-27-2003, 01:23 PM

So far, every anime release they've done is bi-lingual.

They've done, through branches of their company...

Osamu Tezuka's Metropolis
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
Steam Boy (in the works)
Memories (it's finished, but won't be released for a few months. In fact, it's really old, but it was never released, despite the fact that it's a solid piece of work. Kudos to Sony for this.)

To put it simply, you have NOTHING to worry about.

**Master Moron** · 06-27-2003, 03:27 PM

Well, that's a relief. It's strange, even though I own the Metropolis DVD I wasn't aware that Sony dubbed it.

**JetMaster5** · 06-27-2003, 07:31 PM

Originally Posted by Master Moron

What exactly do we know about Sony? I mean, are they going to be a good company like Bandai and Viz, or are they going to be like DiC and Nelvana and change music, names, and dialogue.

They did tried to change Rurouni Kenshin's title into Samurai X when they had the rights.

They were planning on chopping down the episodes to make it less gruesome.

They picked up rights to Cowboy Bebop: Knocking On Heaven's Door and renamed that title into "Cowboy Bebop: The Movie".

They hired back all the dub cast working on the Cowboy Bebop series. And they aired it nationwide (well, more nationwide than any other anime movies). It was mildly successful.

They aired Metropolis in theaters. Though it didn't do quite well.

And that's about it. I mean honestly, I didn't think Sony would be so interested in picking up anime series. And if they were, I was expecting they'd pick Naruto or any other series that's currently popular in Japan.

**VinceA** · 06-28-2003, 06:09 AM

They picked up rights to Cowboy Bebop: Knocking On Heaven's Door and renamed that title into "Cowboy Bebop: The Movie".

I think this one was more laywer-related than anything else. Sony was either afraid of being sued by Bob Dylan or they were threatened with it already. So, they removed the song title from the movie's title.

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