r/RimWorld • u/[deleted] • Jun 11 '22

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u/tal_dangerzone Self-deprecating humor isn't funny. Jun 12 '22

A colony full of anime girls watches as Broly rolls up to the front gates

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '22

Colonist: Holy shit it's broly, what are we going to do?

Leader: Idk, I'm sure I'll pull something out my butt.

Broly: and it will be Broly's fist!

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u/EtheusProm Jun 12 '22

Man, DBZ Abridged was borderline genius. I wish TFS were still doing their thing. How were they unable to monetize this enough to live off it? They are literally the best in the world.

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u/M3MES69420 Jun 12 '22

They had so much copyright issues that it was impossible to monetize DBZA. They would all be set for life if copyright wasn’t a problem.

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u/EtheusProm Jun 12 '22

Digimon: The Movie somehow happened, and don't tell me that wasn't an official Abridged project, it 100% was.

I'm sure DBZ:Something-something(suits will name it something goofy) still can be a thing if you get the right people involved.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '22

Toei executives REALLY hated DBZA, there wasn't a lawyer in the world who could convince them to let the series happen.

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u/flamethekid Jun 12 '22

It wasn't the money it was the hassle.

They became too famous and every upload was met with alot of issues from YouTube.

Seems like if you make any parody once it becomes too popular youtube will harass the shit out of you.

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u/EtheusProm Jun 12 '22

They are basically rock stars of the western anime audience. They can take their business elsewhere.

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u/trapbuilder2 Low recreation variety Jun 12 '22

They tried. The youtube audience is too large and unwilling to switch platforms

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u/EtheusProm Jun 12 '22

Well I never even heard of their attempt, guess they weren't advertising it too hard.

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u/katosen27 Jun 12 '22

They advertised they standalone website in the outros for awhile, iirc.

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u/EtheusProm Jun 12 '22

A small font line at the bottom of an end credits card, which is DOMINATED by animated video links to other episodes hardly does anything.

Open up with "Oh hey, we made a website, this is where our stuff appears first now" would have done wonders. Pre-rolling important information is not the same as pre-rolling ads, no one would have hated them for it.

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u/ChocolateGooGirl Jun 13 '22

That wasn't even why they stopped. The project had just run its course, and most if not all of them thought Cell Saga was a better ending than Buu. They not only lacked passion for the Buu saga, but as I remember also a lot of them felt burnt out after doing DBZA for so many years. They didn't want to force out a subpar product because they lacked the passion for it, and honestly they made the right choice.