In the long-delayed second episode, we talk about Kickstarter. More specifically, we start by discussing anime and manga it’s funded already, and use what numbers we have (mainly myanimelist statistics) to wildly speculate on what else might be a viable candidate for a Time of Eve-style international BD release.
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Show Length: 59:40
(Timestamps for each segment in parentheses)
Kick Heart (1:01)
http://www.kickstarter.com/discover/categories/animation/most-funded?ref=more#p1
http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2013/05/27/video-latest-kick-heart-anime-trailer
Time of Eve (4:07)
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/693293489/time-of-eve-the-movie-on-blu-ray/posts
Kickstarting Manga (6:20)
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kansaiclub/limited-edition-translation-of-osamu-tezukas-the-c
Other anime realistically kickstartable (7:29)
-Refer to list after break for data
The “Almost Certainly Would Get Funded” Group (9:02)
The “Maybe But Maybe Not” Group (21:48)
The “Probably Not Actually Happening” Group (44:00)
Anime Sols and the viability of other sites to crowdfund anime (52:14)
http://animesols.com/series?search%5Bmeta_sort%5D=popularity.desc
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