"F-Man" wrote:Still, in the case of Astro Boy and the new release of the Black Jack OVAs, I find it safer to wait for Anime Sols. Especially since they're supposed to do the Black Jack OVAs very soon, if they end up being Blu-ray, that will be extremely telling about their future intentions for Astro Boy. Anime Sols's sets would not only be about 3 times cheaper and have English packaging, but they would also have English subs on the discs from the get-go.
The problem with Anime Sols is they are limited to Canada & USA only, so they struggle to get enough funding. People outside the USA miss out on any bonuses, and only have the more expensive option of ordering via RightStuf later. I think we will be lucky to see complete series of Black Jack, at the rate they are going, since they are been split into sets.
Anime Sols really need to expand their rights, to Australia and Europe at the very least. Then Anime Sols can use a better service like Kickstarter, which would get much better funding.
The English dub for Wakfu (French cartoon series) would be an excellent example of how successful Kickstarter can be, when rights aren't any issue.