I'm starting a Tokusatsu dubbing company.

[Tendou Soujiro]

Because a dubbing COMPANY would then SELL the material. Material which will finally be considered officially licensed and could be sold in stores like Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Target etc. etc. etc. just like dubbed animes already bare the privilege of doing right now.

I see. In that case, those standards are far too high. Toku in general is barely known in the west and the small population that knows what it is looks down upon it.(then there's the even smaller population that loves it as much as we do) The west has gotten mostly Super Sentai adaptions and because of that, not many other toku shows will ever be taken seriously.

I'm saying this not only your sake but for the people who are even thinking of wasting their money on this. It just isn't worth the risk. You'd be far better off doing something like this for fun and for free or if you're really serious, find a way to join up with the big guys.

 

[Khaiden]

Hello, fellows. While this post might be considered spam, it's not as worse as some of the others in this thread.

With that said: http://forums.henshinjustice.net/showthread.php?t=71640

 

[shingamyeonblack]

Situational irony: irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected.

Example: Accusing people of being dicks.

 

[KingRanger]

Hello, fellows. While this post might be considered spam, it's not as worse as some of the others in this thread.

With that said: http://forums.henshinjustice.net/showthread.php?t=71640

No one is being an asshole in this thread. Well maybe 1 or 2. The rest of us are giving valid advice.

 

[Shynilyte]

Also it sounds like the thread OP doesn't have a very solid plan anyway.

 

[Glamador]

No one is being an asshole in this thread. Well maybe 1 or 2. The rest of us are giving valid advice.

Well we all know what they say about one bad apple. Spoils the bunch 'n all that.

 

[Solari]

Why don't you join up with the company that's doing the Kamen Rider english dubs for the south east asian region? They've been doing it since Ryuki(except Hibiki. not sure about Agito and Kuuga). Decade is on air at the moment(in singapore, aired on weekends 5.30pm timeslot. this sunday would be episode 16).
The translations are good and accurate from the episodes I've seen, but I know a lot of people don't like the acting of the dubbers.

 

[Shir]

I'm sorry, but unless you literally have millions of dollars to fund this, you will never be able to do it. If you are starting some kind of dubbing company then you need to look into business loans and such. Having a company like this funded by fan donations just sounds like you are doing fandubs.

I agree with king.
For example for a french dub of a tokusatsu series it is about 2000 EUR for the rights to the episode.
+ translation
+ dub actors
....


You really need a lot of money to pull it off.


But nothing is impossible. I know of a few European companies that actually started up this way. Do not forget that people who help you out financially would like to see their money back.

Anyway if you need a translator for official releases, you can always contact me. But all translators have a price.

 

[NAND NOR]

I'm terribly sorry for this misunderstanding. I should have made it clear that this was just to cover the expenses of starting a start-up, Obviously, our $37,000 goal isn’t going to buy the roughly $25,000-$1,000,000 licences. The real money will come from Angel Investors, and later, actual Venture Capitalists. Then we can start buying properties of real worth. Until then, we will have to stick to buying cheap properties, raising revenue by selling those and items such as T-shirts and coffee mugs, and thrifty and wise spending.

If this is your plan ... I'm sorry, but it will never work. No one wants the "cheap properties." They only want two things: Super Sentai and Kamen Rider.

The tokusatsu fan community is already very small, and those within it that actually give older, and/or more obscure shows a chance is almost none. The other problem is that this has already been attempted (though not dubbed). A few years ago BCI Eclipse began releasing older tokusatsu shows beginning with IRON KING and SUPER ROBOT RED BARON. I believe Silver Mask was also in the works, but was scrapped when the company was shut down around the time the economy went to down hill. Severe lack of sales didn't help. Media Blasters released Masked Rider the FIRST prior to that. I may be mistaken, but The FIRST was probably meant to "test the waters" before trying for larger, full series releases. Judging by the fact that we never got any more Kamen Rider releases ... we can assume that sales weren't so hot. Generation KIKAIDA has been the only company so far to find any success, but that is mostly due to the fact that the shows they've subbed and released, such as Kamen Rider V3, are part of Hawaii's nostalgic culture. Even then, I doubt every toku newbie is in a rush to drop $90 on Inazuman. :disappoin

The biggest problem really is the audience. While the amount of western tokusatsu fans has exploded in the time since I first started watching (around 2004/2005) the community is, in my experience, made up of mostly younger kids/teens which have been raised on the "get it all for free" mentally that the internet creates. A lot of them seem to cross over from the anime fan base, which suffers from the same sorts of problems. You'll be hard pressed to get them to donate anything, let alone actually buy your releases once they hit shelves. The best you'll be able to hope for is something like Generation KIKAIDA, where you can sell a few niche series in a high price range. Most fans won't be able to afford this or will refuse to pay the higher prices out of spite.

I really wish I could be more positive than this, but I've only got my experiences to go on. The only real option I can think of would be to approach an already existing company that deals in niche releases in an attempt to create a tokusatsu based subsidiary.

 

[Allio]

If this is your plan ... I'm sorry, but it will never work. No one wants the "cheap properties." They only want two things: Super Sentai and Kamen Rider.

Well we know, Saban isn't going to give that up... so the next best thing might work... Ultraman, and since Tsuburaya is wanting it in the west, their might be a possible good deal there

I do wish Shout/ Saban would give Sentai a shot, but I understand why they wouldn't risk it. I say as "test the waters" as you say, they should do Akibarangers... something small that could fit in one release, and something that wouldn't really affect or be affected by the official Power Rangers sales