[EVA] Gunbuster has a US license

[Brian Shea]

>>Now the question is, will Gunbuster finally get dubbed?
>
> Don't think so, the official excuse is that the original audio track was 
> lost to a fire or something similar (or I'm just getting confused with 
> Ultima IV). Now, it shouldn't be a real problem, but I think that any 
> company will do whatever it takes to keep costs down and maximizing 
> profits.

Peter beat me to the punch.  Yes, not dubbing it will keep costs down.  But 
it will also severly reduce the revenue because although some anime fans out 
there don't want to admit it, no dub track severly cuts down on the 
desirability of the product to very many and absolutely, 100% guarantees it 
will never air on american TV (not that the chances are good in the first 
place, but no dub brings it from maybe 5% probability to 0% probability). 
In the long run, the revenue made by the larger audience the dub will 
attract by far outweighs the costs of producing it in the first place.

Anyway, very happy that we'll finally get a decent Region 1 version of this! 
Now if someone could just do the same for Galaxy Express 999...

Brian