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Talk:Licensing in Italy

2012-03-09T23:19:10Z

87.6.38.228: /* Unboxing */ new section

[[File:Madoka magica to be broadcast in italy fanart comic japanese.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Kyoko is excited with the broadcast of Madoka in Italy, home of the Tiro Finale.]]

Italian anime fans are lucky. To have such fresh and great series in streaming and TV, and a DVD/BD release as the first nation in the West, even before the US... And not only Madoka, you'll get AnoHana as well... I don't know if living in Italy is that great, especially hearing about all that crisis and politics stuff, but still, it's certainly a great place for the anime fandom, I'm jealous.

The Italian BD release seems splendid as well. Too bad it's still pretty expensive... I mean, it's cheaper than both the Japanese and US releases, but still... eh... I have my hopes for a UK license, the releases there tend to be very cheap and have subtitles in a language I can understand ;) Too bad it looks like that's not going to happen :( --[[User:KFYatek|kFYatek]] 19:13, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

:It's not that hard living here. It's harder to find work than usual, that's true. Taxes taxes taxes... And we need a bomb on our Parlament to get rid of all those corrupt and greedy mob. However, I think we'll be fine in one or two years. I hope.
:About the Fan Edition... Yes, it's a bit expensive. But look: Nendoroid! That's around 40€ alone! What the hell? They caught me off guard with this. By the way, the shipping is free (because on Amazon.it if you buy more than 19€ you don't pay shipping). Don't know about Amazon in other countries. So only 124.17€ for me.
:I'm confident about the dub: most of the VAs I chose won :) [[User:Kraff|Kraff]] 20:00, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

::Yeah, that Nendoroid is definitely the highlight of that Italian limited edition. But well... if I'm going to pay for an official release, I'd very much prefer to have subtitles in some language I can understand, to be able to actually watch the series off those discs instead of buying them just for the sake of buying. And I don't know any Italian, so unfortunately, your release is kind of out of question to me, regardless of the price...
::I'm not even dreaming about a Polish license, the anime market here is practically non-existent. A UK release would be perfect, especially considering that Amazon UK is shipping for free to Poland for orders over 20 or 25 GBP (I don't remember clearly). But I guess I'll need to go for the American or Australian version one day... Well, I want to have an official release, the show and the creators certainly deserve the money from me, but, well, call me stingy, but I'm not really comfortable with spending that much on it...
::That's good to hear that living in Italy is not that bad despite all that those recent affairs. I wish you all the best in getting out of that! --[[User:KFYatek|kFYatek]] 21:55, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

:::IIRC, the Australian BD edition is only $35, $40 with the artbook. But the shipping would be pretty expensive I think, so it's not a very good choice.
:::I understand what you feel. It's pretty useless to buy something in a unknown language and just stare at it. That's why I don't buy so much. There's not so much anime to buy in Italy. Most editions are crap.
:::Best whises from Italy, hope Poland (and other countries too, anime is not that popular in Europe today) will get some good editions. [[User:Kraff|Kraff]] 22:37, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

::::I just checked it and it seems that the shipping rates from Australia are not that much different from the ones from the US. It depends on the shop of course, but still the Australian release may be the way to go.
::::Anyway, you made me look more into the Australian limited edition release, and, although it's hard to find any clear info about it, it seems to have everything the American one, except the other format disc, ie. you pay for either the DVD or the Blu-ray, not both. And no wonder it's much cheaper that way. Really, the DVD+BD editions are quite ridiculous for me. I don't know, maybe they are marketed towards hardcore fans (hence it's the collector's edition) who don't have a Blu-ray player yet, so that they can watch on DVD now, and enjoy glorious HD later when BD players become commonplace? But if I have a Blu-ray drive already, what's the point of owning a DVD as well for me? And paying almost twice the price for it...
::::Unfortunately, both the American and Italian releases go the DVD+BD way for the collector's editions... --[[User:KFYatek|kFYatek]] 00:49, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

::Not to dampen the enthusiasm(i have preorderd all three boxes myself) but watch out for the nendoroid: it's still good, but it's not the complete one, is the petite version which is smaller and without accessories. The value of it would be around 5/6€ at max. Of course the petit nendoroid it's sold out by itself, so for collectors it can be interesting. --[[Special:Contributions/87.6.38.228|87.6.38.228]] 10:47, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

The sales rank of the first volume on amazon.it have reached the top spot [http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/521/googlechromescreensnapz.png/ now] on the [http://www.amazon.it/gp/bestsellers/dvd/ref=pd_dp_ts_dvd_1 general] dvd category --[[Special:Contributions/87.6.38.228|87.6.38.228]] 10:32, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

== The dub ==
Well, not bad. Not bad. Madoka, Mami and Homura are ok for me. Kyubey it's a bit expressive but it's ok. Sayaka it's ok too. Other characters (Hitomi, Madoka's family, Kazuko) are good. Now for Kyoko we'll have to wait for some weeks.

Great dub afterall. [[User:Kraff|Kraff]] 10:30, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

:I managed to find a recording of the first episode from Rai4. I don't speak any Italian, but... this dub seems to work, it's quite good indeed! Madoka sounds a bit too cheerful to my opinion, and that deep voice of Homura... I don't know, maybe I got too used to Chiwa Saitou ;) And I can't believe they actually redubbed Anthonies' voices! xD And Mami is just perfect! She sounds almost like Kaori Mizuhashi, I can't believe it! Pretty good dub, overall! --[[User:KFYatek|kFYatek]] 09:59, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

::Yeah, Anthonies were weird. I was like "wait WHAT?". Maybe they were dubbed for the sake of understanding?
::What do you think about Sayaka? I read on 4chan a lot had "eargasms". [[User:Kraff|Kraff]] 12:56, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

:::Sayaka will always stay KitaEri to me, and it'll even take time for me to accept KitaEri in other roles as well ;) When I hear Karen in Nisemonogatari this season, I can't get Sayaka's image out of my head... and the fact that Karen acts all righteous and gallantly doesn't help either... so Italian Sayaka... not bad, but I still prefer the original. --[[User:KFYatek|kFYatek]] 14:38, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
:::Oh, and... well, it may be terrible, but I think that any attempt at rating any dub of Madoka is too early before hearing ep10. I'm very curious how the dub VAs (both Italian and English) will handle the Voice Actors' Hell which is Madoka ep10... --[[User:KFYatek|kFYatek]] 14:40, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
::::Yes, we need to hear how they will perform the tons (or litres) of tears. [[User:Kraff|Kraff]] 21:27, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

== The irony! ==
Today episode 3 aired. Dub pretty good and totally uncensored. I was browsing Animeclick expecting a shitstorm from new guys while waiting for ep 3 of Anohana. But then, instead of Anohana, Madoka ep 3 again! There was a problem in the studio and it was broadcasted two times in a row. They might broadcast eps 3-4 of Anohana next week, so when it comes they can broadcast Madoka's finale in one day (Anohana is only 11 eps afterall). [[User:Kraff|Kraff]] 13:49, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
:So Italy decapitated Mami twice? --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 14:36, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
::Yes we did. We are bad guys ;)

== Unboxing ==

Maybe in the next days (the release date is 14) some other photos will appear but [http://www.pluschan.com/index.php?/topic/3344-mahou-shoujo-madoka-%e2%98%86-magica/page__view__findpost__p__190072 here] the first images of the LE Box 1 directly from a guy working for dynit (the encoder, in the same post there is the raw info of the blu ray). You can see that the box show two covers (1-2 of the original release) and the same is for the bd and dvd: they have reversible covers. It appears that there is some extra booklet or pages added, because the black booklet titled 'The witches book' was not present on the japanese booklets.

Licensing in Italy

2012-02-16T19:39:38Z

87.6.38.228: /* Manga */ Details of the first volume

== Anime ==
=== Initial News ===
[[File:Madoka_italy_broadcast.jpg|thumb]]
Dynit [http://www.dynit.it/ultimissime_dettaglio.asp?idnws=604 announced] on June 21, 2011 of acquiring license for Puella Magi Madoka Magica in Italy. Following this, Dynit [http://www.dynit.it/ultimissime_dettaglio.asp?idnws=610 announced] free online stream of the episodes for Italian residents. These episodes started airing on September 2, 2011 with official subtitles in Italian on [http://www.popcorntv.it/poppiu/anime/madoka/ Popcorn TV].

Translation of image:

IF YOU THOUGHT YOU'VE SEEN THEM ALL...THEN YOU CLEARLY HAVEN'T SEEN MADOKA MAGICA YET! The series that rewrote the "Majocco" ''(Note: This is a synonym for "Mahou Shoujo" or Magical Girl)'' genre and that has surprised its public with a plot both convincing and full of surprises, is finally available in Italy!

Hidden away in the reaches of this world, there exists the so called "Messengers of Magic," entities imbued with the power to grant a wish to a girl of their choosing. Said girl, however, to be able to do so, has to sign a contract and become a mage. The mages's purpose is to fight against Witches, vile creatures born from curses, the cause of murders and suicides. Two students, Madoka Kaname and her friend Sayaka Miki come in contact with an odd being named Kyubey. He offers them an opportunity to become young mages but Homura Akemi, their classmate, will try in every way to prevent them from contracting.

The BD/DVD versions are the ones aired online.

=== Fan Vote for Voice Actors ===

On September 6 Dynit, along with Animeclick, [http://www.animeclick.it/news/29577-voices-for-madoka-magica announced] "Voices for Madoka Magica", where the fans would have the choice to vote for voice actors for the main cast. It was split in two rounds: Nominations from September 7 till September 19 and voting polls from September 23 till October 2. Results were [http://www.animeclick.it/news/29831-voices-for-madoka-magica-risultati-finali revealed] on the following day, October 3:

Fans selected the following voice actors:
*Mami Tomoe - Maria Letizia Scifoni
*Sayaka Miki - Gea Riva
*Kyoko Sakura - Veronica Puccio
*Kyubey - Loretta Di Pisa
*Homura Akemi - Alessia Amendola
*Madoka Kaname - Joy Saltarelli

On October 29, Dynit and Animeclick [http://www.animeclick.it/news/29989-voices-for-madoka-magica-cast-e-staff-ufficiali revealed] the final cast with only one change: Alessia Amendola was busy with another project, so she was replaced by Jun Ichikawa, who came in third in the fan poll.

On the same day, Dynit [http://www.animeclick.it/news/30157-lucca-2011-dynit-annuncia-anohana-dennou-coil-gundam-unicorn announced] from Lucca Comics 2011 that they will broadcast on Rai4 and will release 3 DVDs/BDs. They also said the BDs probably won't have the OSTs.

On December 15 Dynit [http://www.dynit.it/ultimissime_dettaglio.asp?idnws=628 revealed] the full cast with one change again: Alessia Amendola is back.

*Madoka Kaname: Joy Saltarelli
*Homura Akemi : Alessia Amendola
*Kyoko Sakura: Veronica Puccio
*Mami Tomoe: Maria Letizia Scifoni
*Sayaka Miki: Gea Riva
*Kyubey: Loretta di Pisa
*Junko Kaname: Maddalena Vadacca
*Tomohisa Kaname: Luca Gignone
*Tatsuya Kaname: Francesca Bielli
*Kyosuke Kamijo: Renato Novara
*Hitomi Shizuki: Debora Morese
*Kazuko Saotome: Debora Magnaghi

[[File:Italy - Madoka tops Feb 2012 anime rankings.jpg|Amazon Anime ranking Feb 1, 2012|thumb]]
=== DVD and Blu-ray release ===
On November 17, Carlo Cavazzoni (Dynit's executive director) revealed during an [http://www.animemovieforever.net/11106/dynit-intervista-carlo-cavazzoni interview] the following editions: DVD, Blu-ray and Collector's Edition (box with DVD, Blu-ray, CD, Booklet and more, details unknown) starting from February 2012. He also pointed that the Italian edition will have an "exclusive" 5.1 surround, since the Japanese edition had just stereo sound.

On January 4 2012, the details of the "Limited Fan Edition" appeared on Dynit's [http://www.dynit.it/ultimissime_dettaglio.asp?idnws=632 website]. It will be published in three volumes monthly starting March, each containing four episodes on DVD and Blu-ray, a CD with the OST, a 32 pages booklet, a figure and some collectible cards. The figures will be one for each volume : Madoka, Homura, Mami. The Limited Edition is indicated with a print run of 1000 copies. Regular DVD and Blu-ray editions where also showed, each one in three volumes with the first out on April, four episodes each with no additional content listed.

On February 10 2012, a [http://www.dynit.it/focuson_dettaglio.asp?ctl=1&fcs=307 trailer] for the edition confirmed the content of the edition showed previously on images by Amazon. The figure contained in volume 1 will be a [[Merchandise#Nendoroid_Petit.EF.BC.8FPuchi|Nendoroid Petit]] of Madoka. Also audio/subtitles where detailed: as anticipated an "exclusive" 5.1 italian track will be present in addition of the standard italian and japanese 2.0. Blu ray tracks will be in dts HD Master Audio format, DVD's in Dolby Digital. For subtitle options, only italian will be provided.

As of February 1, 2012, Madoka dominates sales for anime on [http://www.amazon.it/gp/bestsellers/dvd/489126031/ref=pd_zg_hrsr_dvd_1_2_last/275-2553702-4802120 Amazon]. On this date, all three volumes also ranked in the [http://www.amazon.it/gp/bestsellers/dvd/ref=zg_bs_unv_dvd_1_489126031_1 top 10 for all BD/DVD sales].

=== Broadcasting on Rai4 ===

Madoka Magica [http://www.dynit.it/ultimissime_dettaglio.asp?idnws=634 will be] broadcasted on Rai4's "Anime Morning" every Sunday starting February 5 at 10:30am.

== Manga ==

On October 29, Planet Manga [http://www.paninicomics.it/web/guest/news?id=63118 announced] from Lucca Comics 2011 that they will publish the manga and spin-offs bi-monthly starting in April. First Madoka 1 and 2, then Oriko 1, then Kazumi 1 and so on.

The first volume of the manga will be released on [http://www.animeclick.it/news/31241-planet-manga-presenta-urasawa-madoka-magica-e-il-ritorno-di-shamo april 19] and will be published in two editions. In addition to the regular B/W edition there will be a deluxe edition with a dust jacket and color pages. A set of pins will be included (not clear if in one or both editions).

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Italian Volume 1 Limited Edition Set.jpg|Volume 1 Limited Edition set
File:Italian Volume 1 Front Cover.jpg
File:Italian Volume 1 Full Cover.jpg
File:Italian Volume 1 Madoka Nendoroid 1.jpg
File:Italian Volume 1 Madoka Nendoroid 2.jpg
File:Italian Volume 1 OST Artwork.jpg
File:Italian Volume 1 OST 1.jpg
File:Italian Volume 1 Booklet Cover.jpg
File:Italian Volume 1 Booklet Shinbo Interview.jpg
File:Italian Volume 1 Booklet Page 4-5.jpg
File:Italian Volume 1 Ume Aoki 4koma.jpg
File:Italian Volume 1 Booklet Page 18-19.jpg
File:Italian Volume 1 BD.jpg
File:Italian Volume 1 DVD.jpg
File:Italian Volume 1 CD.jpg
</gallery>

== See Also ==
* [[Translated_Official_Documents_Miscellaneous#Overseas.2FInternational_Licensing|Other International Licensing]]
* [[Translated_Official_Documents|Translated magazines]]

Licensing in Italy

2012-02-10T11:45:45Z

87.6.38.228: /* DVD and Blu-ray release */ confirmed details of the release

== Anime ==
=== Initial News ===
[[File:Madoka_italy_broadcast.jpg|thumb]]
Dynit [http://www.dynit.it/ultimissime_dettaglio.asp?idnws=604 announced] on June 21, 2011 of acquiring license for Puella Magi Madoka Magica in Italy. Following this, Dynit [http://www.dynit.it/ultimissime_dettaglio.asp?idnws=610 announced] free online stream of the episodes for Italian residents. These episodes started airing on September 2, 2011 with official subtitles in Italian on [http://www.popcorntv.it/poppiu/anime/madoka/ Popcorn TV].

Translation of image:

IF YOU THOUGHT YOU'VE SEEN THEM ALL...THEN YOU CLEARLY HAVEN'T SEEN MADOKA MAGICA YET! The series that rewrote the "Majocco" ''(Note: This is a synonym for "Mahou Shoujo" or Magical Girl)'' genre and that has surprised its public with a plot both convincing and full of surprises, is finally available in Italy!

Hidden away in the reaches of this world, there exists the so called "Messengers of Magic," entities imbued with the power to grant a wish to a girl of their choosing. Said girl, however, to be able to do so, has to sign a contract and become a mage. The mages's purpose is to fight against Witches, vile creatures born from curses, the cause of murders and suicides. Two students, Madoka Kaname and her friend Sayaka Miki come in contact with an odd being named Kyubey. He offers them an opportunity to become young mages but Homura Akemi, their classmate, will try in every way to prevent them from contracting.

The BD/DVD versions are the ones aired online.

=== Fan Vote for Voice Actors ===

On September 6 Dynit, along with Animeclick, [http://www.animeclick.it/news/29577-voices-for-madoka-magica announced] "Voices for Madoka Magica", where the fans would have the choice to vote for voice actors for the main cast. It was split in two rounds: Nominations from September 7 till September 19 and voting polls from September 23 till October 2. Results were [http://www.animeclick.it/news/29831-voices-for-madoka-magica-risultati-finali revealed] on the following day, October 3:

Fans selected the following voice actors:
*Mami Tomoe - Maria Letizia Scifoni
*Sayaka Miki - Gea Riva
*Kyoko Sakura - Veronica Puccio
*Kyubey - Loretta Di Pisa
*Homura Akemi - Alessia Amendola
*Madoka Kaname - Joy Saltarelli

On October 29, Dynit and Animeclick [http://www.animeclick.it/news/29989-voices-for-madoka-magica-cast-e-staff-ufficiali revealed] the final cast with only one change: Alessia Amendola was busy with another project, so she was replaced by Jun Ichikawa, who came in third in the fan poll.

On the same day, Dynit [http://www.animeclick.it/news/30157-lucca-2011-dynit-annuncia-anohana-dennou-coil-gundam-unicorn announced] from Lucca Comics 2011 that they will broadcast on Rai4 and will release 3 DVDs/BDs. They also said the BDs probably won't have the OSTs.

On December 15 Dynit [http://www.dynit.it/ultimissime_dettaglio.asp?idnws=628 revealed] the full cast with one change again: Alessia Amendola is back.

*Madoka Kaname: Joy Saltarelli
*Homura Akemi : Alessia Amendola
*Kyoko Sakura: Veronica Puccio
*Mami Tomoe: Maria Letizia Scifoni
*Sayaka Miki: Gea Riva
*Kyubey: Loretta di Pisa
*Junko Kaname: Maddalena Vadacca
*Tomohisa Kaname: Luca Gignone
*Tatsuya Kaname: Francesca Bielli
*Kyosuke Kamijo: Renato Novara
*Hitomi Shizuki: Debora Morese
*Kazuko Saotome: Debora Magnaghi

[[File:Italy - Madoka tops Feb 2012 anime rankings.jpg|Amazon Anime ranking Feb 1, 2012|thumb]]
=== DVD and Blu-ray release ===
On November 17, Carlo Cavazzoni (Dynit's executive director) revealed during an [http://www.animemovieforever.net/11106/dynit-intervista-carlo-cavazzoni interview] the following editions: DVD, Blu-ray and Collector's Edition (box with DVD, Blu-ray, CD, Booklet and more, details unknown) starting from February 2012. He also pointed that the Italian edition will have an "exclusive" 5.1 surround, since the Japanese edition had just stereo sound.

On January 4 2012, the details of the "Limited Fan Edition" appeared on Dynit's [http://www.dynit.it/ultimissime_dettaglio.asp?idnws=632 website]. It will be published in three volumes monthly starting March, each containing four episodes on DVD and Blu-ray, a CD with the OST, a 32 pages booklet, a figure and some collectible cards. The figures will be one for each volume : Madoka, Homura, Mami. The Limited Edition is indicated with a print run of 1000 copies. Regular DVD and Blu-ray editions where also showed, each one in three volumes with the first out on April, four episodes each with no additional content listed.

On February 10 2012, a [http://www.dynit.it/focuson_dettaglio.asp?ctl=1&fcs=307 trailer] for the edition confirmed the content of the edition showed previously on images by Amazon. The figure contained in volume 1 will be a [[Merchandise#Nendoroid_Petit.EF.BC.8FPuchi|Nendoroid Petit]] of Madoka. Also audio/subtitles where detailed: as anticipated an "exclusive" 5.1 italian track will be present in addition of the standard italian and japanese 2.0. Blu ray tracks will be in dts HD Master Audio format, DVD's in Dolby Digital. For subtitle options, only italian will be provided.

As of February 1, 2012, Madoka dominates sales for anime on [http://www.amazon.it/gp/bestsellers/dvd/489126031/ref=pd_zg_hrsr_dvd_1_2_last/275-2553702-4802120 Amazon]. On this date, all three volumes also ranked in the [http://www.amazon.it/gp/bestsellers/dvd/ref=zg_bs_unv_dvd_1_489126031_1 top 10 for all BD/DVD sales].

=== Broadcasting on Rai4 ===

Madoka Magica [http://www.dynit.it/ultimissime_dettaglio.asp?idnws=634 will be] broadcasted on Rai4's "Anime Morning" every Sunday starting February 5 at 10:30am.

== Manga ==

On October 29, Planet Manga [http://www.paninicomics.it/web/guest/news?id=63118 announced] from Lucca Comics 2011 that they will publish the manga and spin-offs bi-monthly starting in April. First Madoka 1 and 2, then Oriko 1, then Kazumi 1 and so on.

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Italian Volume 1 Limited Edition Set.jpg|Volume 1 Limited Edition set
File:Italian Volume 1 Front Cover.jpg
File:Italian Volume 1 Full Cover.jpg
File:Italian Volume 1 Madoka Nendoroid 1.jpg
File:Italian Volume 1 Madoka Nendoroid 2.jpg
File:Italian Volume 1 OST Artwork.jpg
File:Italian Volume 1 OST 1.jpg
File:Italian Volume 1 Booklet Cover.jpg
File:Italian Volume 1 Booklet Shinbo Interview.jpg
File:Italian Volume 1 Booklet Page 4-5.jpg
File:Italian Volume 1 Ume Aoki 4koma.jpg
File:Italian Volume 1 Booklet Page 18-19.jpg
File:Italian Volume 1 BD.jpg
File:Italian Volume 1 DVD.jpg
File:Italian Volume 1 CD.jpg
</gallery>

== See Also ==
* [[Translated_Official_Documents_Miscellaneous#Overseas.2FInternational_Licensing|Other International Licensing]]
* [[Translated_Official_Documents|Translated magazines]]

Talk:Licensing in Italy

2012-02-02T10:47:27Z

87.6.38.228:

Italian anime fans are lucky. To have such fresh and great series in streaming and TV, and a DVD/BD release as the first nation in the West, even before the US... And not only Madoka, you'll get AnoHana as well... I don't know if living in Italy is that great, especially hearing about all that crisis and politics stuff, but still, it's certainly a great place for the anime fandom, I'm jealous.

The Italian BD release seems splendid as well. Too bad it's still pretty expensive... I mean, it's cheaper than both the Japanese and US releases, but still... eh... I have my hopes for a UK license, the releases there tend to be very cheap and have subtitles in a language I can understand ;) Too bad it looks like that's not going to happen :( --[[User:KFYatek|kFYatek]] 19:13, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

:It's not that hard living here. It's harder to find work than usual, that's true. Taxes taxes taxes... And we need a bomb on our Parlament to get rid of all those corrupt and greedy mob. However, I think we'll be fine in one or two years. I hope.
:About the Fan Edition... Yes, it's a bit expensive. But look: Nendoroid! That's around 40€ alone! What the hell? They caught me off guard with this. By the way, the shipping is free (because on Amazon.it if you buy more than 19€ you don't pay shipping). Don't know about Amazon in other countries. So only 124.17€ for me.
:I'm confident about the dub: most of the VAs I chose won :) [[User:Kraff|Kraff]] 20:00, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

::Yeah, that Nendoroid is definitely the highlight of that Italian limited edition. But well... if I'm going to pay for an official release, I'd very much prefer to have subtitles in some language I can understand, to be able to actually watch the series off those discs instead of buying them just for the sake of buying. And I don't know any Italian, so unfortunately, your release is kind of out of question to me, regardless of the price...
::I'm not even dreaming about a Polish license, the anime market here is practically non-existent. A UK release would be perfect, especially considering that Amazon UK is shipping for free to Poland for orders over 20 or 25 GBP (I don't remember clearly). But I guess I'll need to go for the American or Australian version one day... Well, I want to have an official release, the show and the creators certainly deserve the money from me, but, well, call me stingy, but I'm not really comfortable with spending that much on it...
::That's good to hear that living in Italy is not that bad despite all that those recent affairs. I wish you all the best in getting out of that! --[[User:KFYatek|kFYatek]] 21:55, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

:::IIRC, the Australian BD edition is only $35, $40 with the artbook. But the shipping would be pretty expensive I think, so it's not a very good choice.
:::I understand what you feel. It's pretty useless to buy something in a unknown language and just stare at it. That's why I don't buy so much. There's not so much anime to buy in Italy. Most editions are crap.
:::Best whises from Italy, hope Poland (and other countries too, anime is not that popular in Europe today) will get some good editions. [[User:Kraff|Kraff]] 22:37, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

::::I just checked it and it seems that the shipping rates from Australia are not that much different from the ones from the US. It depends on the shop of course, but still the Australian release may be the way to go.
::::Anyway, you made me look more into the Australian limited edition release, and, although it's hard to find any clear info about it, it seems to have everything the American one, except the other format disc, ie. you pay for either the DVD or the Blu-ray, not both. And no wonder it's much cheaper that way. Really, the DVD+BD editions are quite ridiculous for me. I don't know, maybe they are marketed towards hardcore fans (hence it's the collector's edition) who don't have a Blu-ray player yet, so that they can watch on DVD now, and enjoy glorious HD later when BD players become commonplace? But if I have a Blu-ray drive already, what's the point of owning a DVD as well for me? And paying almost twice the price for it...
::::Unfortunately, both the American and Italian releases go the DVD+BD way for the collector's editions... --[[User:KFYatek|kFYatek]] 00:49, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

::Not to dampen the enthusiasm(i have preorderd all three boxes myself) but watch out for the nendoroid: it's still good, but it's not the complete one, is the petite version which is smaller and without accessories. The value of it would be around 5/6€ at max. Of course the petit nendoroid it's sold out by itself, so for collectors it can be interesting. --[[Special:Contributions/87.6.38.228|87.6.38.228]] 10:47, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

The sales rank of the first volume on amazon.it have reached the top spot [http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/521/googlechromescreensnapz.png/ now] on the [http://www.amazon.it/gp/bestsellers/dvd/ref=pd_dp_ts_dvd_1 general] dvd category --[[Special:Contributions/87.6.38.228|87.6.38.228]] 10:32, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

Talk:Licensing in Italy

2012-02-02T10:32:26Z

87.6.38.228:

Italian anime fans are lucky. To have such fresh and great series in streaming and TV, and a DVD/BD release as the first nation in the West, even before the US... And not only Madoka, you'll get AnoHana as well... I don't know if living in Italy is that great, especially hearing about all that crisis and politics stuff, but still, it's certainly a great place for the anime fandom, I'm jealous.

The Italian BD release seems splendid as well. Too bad it's still pretty expensive... I mean, it's cheaper than both the Japanese and US releases, but still... eh... I have my hopes for a UK license, the releases there tend to be very cheap and have subtitles in a language I can understand ;) Too bad it looks like that's not going to happen :( --[[User:KFYatek|kFYatek]] 19:13, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

:It's not that hard living here. It's harder to find work than usual, that's true. Taxes taxes taxes... And we need a bomb on our Parlament to get rid of all those corrupt and greedy mob. However, I think we'll be fine in one or two years. I hope.
:About the Fan Edition... Yes, it's a bit expensive. But look: Nendoroid! That's around 40€ alone! What the hell? They caught me off guard with this. By the way, the shipping is free (because on Amazon.it if you buy more than 19€ you don't pay shipping). Don't know about Amazon in other countries. So only 124.17€ for me.
:I'm confident about the dub: most of the VAs I chose won :) [[User:Kraff|Kraff]] 20:00, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

::Yeah, that Nendoroid is definitely the highlight of that Italian limited edition. But well... if I'm going to pay for an official release, I'd very much prefer to have subtitles in some language I can understand, to be able to actually watch the series off those discs instead of buying them just for the sake of buying. And I don't know any Italian, so unfortunately, your release is kind of out of question to me, regardless of the price...
::I'm not even dreaming about a Polish license, the anime market here is practically non-existent. A UK release would be perfect, especially considering that Amazon UK is shipping for free to Poland for orders over 20 or 25 GBP (I don't remember clearly). But I guess I'll need to go for the American or Australian version one day... Well, I want to have an official release, the show and the creators certainly deserve the money from me, but, well, call me stingy, but I'm not really comfortable with spending that much on it...
::That's good to hear that living in Italy is not that bad despite all that those recent affairs. I wish you all the best in getting out of that! --[[User:KFYatek|kFYatek]] 21:55, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

:::IIRC, the Australian BD edition is only $35, $40 with the artbook. But the shipping would be pretty expensive I think, so it's not a very good choice.
:::I understand what you feel. It's pretty useless to buy something in a unknown language and just stare at it. That's why I don't buy so much. There's not so much anime to buy in Italy. Most editions are crap.
:::Best whises from Italy, hope Poland (and other countries too, anime is not that popular in Europe today) will get some good editions. [[User:Kraff|Kraff]] 22:37, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

::::I just checked it and it seems that the shipping rates from Australia are not that much different from the ones from the US. It depends on the shop of course, but still the Australian release may be the way to go.
::::Anyway, you made me look more into the Australian limited edition release, and, although it's hard to find any clear info about it, it seems to have everything the American one, except the other format disc, ie. you pay for either the DVD or the Blu-ray, not both. And no wonder it's much cheaper that way. Really, the DVD+BD editions are quite ridiculous for me. I don't know, maybe they are marketed towards hardcore fans (hence it's the collector's edition) who don't have a Blu-ray player yet, so that they can watch on DVD now, and enjoy glorious HD later when BD players become commonplace? But if I have a Blu-ray drive already, what's the point of owning a DVD as well for me? And paying almost twice the price for it...
::::Unfortunately, both the American and Italian releases go the DVD+BD way for the collector's editions... --[[User:KFYatek|kFYatek]] 00:49, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

The sales rank of the first volume on amazon.it have reached the top spot [http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/521/googlechromescreensnapz.png/ now] on the [http://www.amazon.it/gp/bestsellers/dvd/ref=pd_dp_ts_dvd_1 general] dvd category --[[Special:Contributions/87.6.38.228|87.6.38.228]] 10:32, 2 February 2012 (UTC)