Toon Zone Talkback - Right Stuf & Nozomi Licenses "Dirty Pair"

[xxichilouchlyashaxx]

This is the talkback thread for Right Stuf & Nozomi to Announce New License on Wednesday, March 17, 2010.

We'll be hosting an audio clue for this new license in about 15 minutes. Watch this space.

EDIT: And there it is. Have fun decoding!

 

[jordan1223334]

It's totally gonna be Digimon. Calling it right now.

(Hey, I can dream!)

 

[Elaine Q]

What is the clue? I can't listen to it at work.

 

[Guard]

It's a robotic voice voicing a numerical code after a gibberish beginning. I'll see if I can transcribe it.

Each nuraber sequence is said twice. Ex: 50225 is said two times.

"Begin Group 10. 50225. 65215. 99551. 32502. 02874. 36980. 22405. 61258. 338."

 

[Under The Bridge]

is there a cryptographer in the building?

 

[Guinea Saurus Rex]

So not only do we get coupons, but disarm a nuclear device. Right.



*quickly visits other sites to cure confusion*

 

[I<3 Sarcasm!]

If you put the audio file in reverse it gets weirder. "Virus in the earth". "Submission natural". "Last word". "Thank you". "Something beyond".

 

[Alissa P]

My gosh, that's even more cryptic than Bandai hiding messages within HTML source code. I'm at a loss.

 

[lil hip hopper : )]

I am told that our clue "is a significant one."

No, they aren't telling me, either.

 

[Comrade Obama]

Turns out it's the Dirty Pair TV series. I'm not too familiar with the title aside from the knowledge that it was one of the very early "Girls With Guns" shows, or possibly the first.

 

[ctcougar360]

The code was related to Dirty Pair? What the....

They might as well show a Karate Gi and reveal Getter Robo.

 

[Tibby H]

So it's Dirty Pair. No dub listed. What a shame. Good to see the original finally available in the US though.

 

[me!X0]

For those interested, here's the official press release from Right Stuf.

 

[Celeb C]

I love you, RightStuf. You did what ADV didn't do.

A shame about no dub, but I'm still interested anyway.

 

[Briget]

Dirty Pair TV?! This is indescribably good news! One can only wonder how Right Stuf managed to license the series considering ADV were supposedly trying for quite some time to grab the TV show back when both they and the R1 anime industry in general were in a much, much healthier state. That ADV released everything else besides the TV show certianly made me doubtful we'd ever see the original series.

For now, an older license might just be a canny move for Right Stuf, since a sizeable proportion of the people who'd be interested the title would likely be older fans very much used to paying for their anime the old-fashioned way.

 

[Skeezux]

Plus they may be less sub adverse, and they may have collections they'd like to complete. A very good move indeed.

 

[sweetrelease82]

An attempt to explain the code and its' connection of Dirty Pair. Basically, each clue is supposed to result in a different 8-digit code of 1's and 0's. Using the ASCII 7-bit table, the result of the twelve transmitions will in the following: nleslelgoayv. Via an anagram program, you get the phrase "Lovely Angels", which is where Dirty Pair fits into the picture, as the Dirty Pair's code name is "Lovely Angels".

 

[Bri-S]

An epic way of revealing a license announcement, but nothing I'll be getting.

 

[Monty S]

Following by example, FUNimation decides to announce their next license by putting a group of the fanbase in the torture house from Saw II.

 

[morebidd]

For real?! I must pinch myself to be sure. : pinches self::

Thank you, Right Stuf and Nozomi! I've been waiting years for an official release.

I'm glad RS and Nozomi actually see this series as releasable. It's really strange that wasn't the case with ADV, after they had released everything else from the 1980's anime incarnation.

Even with no dub, I'll be buying this! Wheee!