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At the end of 2008, Funimation went on a licensing binge called "New Show A-Go-Go!", during which they announced even more [[Geneon]] titles (such as ''[[Samurai Champloo]]''), as well as new titles such as ''[[Soul Eater]]'' and the ''[[Rebuild of Evangelion]]'' films.
In an effort to counter [[Fan Sub|fansubs]], they have recently made a number of their titles available for free [http://www.funimation.com/video/ on their website] (as well as [http://www.youtube.com/user/FUNimation YouTube]), including new acquisitions that have never been sold legally in the United States before, like ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'' and the original ''[[Captain Harlock]]'' series. This is awesome. They have also begun a program to carry shows on their video site a few days after they air in Japan; they have done this with ''[[Shikabane Hime]]'' and ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]: The Second Raid'' and are now doing this with newer [[NoitaminA]] series and recent episodes of ''[[One Piece]]''. This is ''really awesome''. Unfortunately, they only have distribution rights for the USA and Canada for any of these, and have thus prevented people outside North America from watching those shows on their own website. This is anti-awesome.
Needless to say, the company is now held in very high regard among anime fans, despite forming an equal base of hatedom for those very reasons listed above, and they seem determined to hold to their current course. This all happening amidst an economic recession that is shrinking the dubbing industry, which results in gaining a higher percentage of anime statewide than other studios. Part of their marketing strategy is that they actually listen to the fans and take their suggestions into account, which does work. They graciously make most of their titles available in full on their website, with links to which DVD they're on so they may be purchased. They also run their own digital cable channel, currently the only linear anime-exclusive, television network. Because of their insane amount of titles and the somewhat limited budget for dubs, 95% of the time they have to use the same actors who live in the area, leading to severe [[Relationship Voice Actor]] situations in all their shows, and who have gained growing popularity among fans.
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* [[Fullmetal Alchemist (anime)|Fullmetal Alchemist]] (series, movie, and all but one OVA)
* [[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood]] (series, movie and OVAs)
* [[Full Metal Panic!]]: The Second Raid (Sort of. Kadokawa Pictures USA [now defunct] held the license itself and outsourced localization -- translation, subtitling, scripts, dubbing - to ADV in order to have consistency with the previous two series; Funi was in charge of packaging, DVD authoring, and distribution. Funi now hold this license outright, though)
* [[Ga-Rei Zero]]
* [[Gad Guard]]
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* [[Vandread]]
* [[Witchblade (anime)|Witchblade]]
* [[
* [[Yu Yu Hakusho]]
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* [[Fafner in the Azure]] (from Geneon, along with the previously unlicensed movie)
* [[Zero no Tsukaima|Familiar of Zero]] (first season only; rights have since lapsed and been picked up by [[Sentai Filmworks]])
* [[Full Metal Panic!]] (from ADV)
* [[Full Metal Panic!]]: Fumoffu (ditto)
* [[FLCL]] (from Synch-Point)
* [[Gantz]] (from ADV)
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* [[Unions in Hollywood]]: averted, Funimation is non-union, [[Department of Redundancy Department|and is based on Flower Mound, Texas]]. This can be [[Justified Trope|justified]] though, since Texas is [http://www.nrtw.org/c/txrtwlaw.htm a right to work state], which prohibits union-only environments.
** However, Funimation does occasionally hire voice actors from LA or New York, the most unionized places in the country when it comes to acting. Again, another [[Justified Trope|justification]], as many of these said voice actors either had worked with Funimation in the past (e.g. [[Vic Mignogna]], [[Kyle Hebert]], [[Laura Bailey]], [[Travis Willingham]], and [[Troy Baker]]), had lived and been raised in the Dallas area during their childhood years with family members still living around the area (e.g. [[Johnny Yong Bosch]] and [[Spike Spencer]]) or are used for continuity with previous works (e.g. [[Crispin Freeman]] and [[Sean Schemmel]]). It's also a possibility that the said voice actors had applied the financial core status, as many of them have worked in both union and non-union projects.
* [[Viewers Are Geniuses]]: They acquired and dubbed ''[[
* [[What the Hell, Hero?|What The Hell, FUNimation?]]: Funimation suing Section23 and other companies that was once [[ADV Films]] regarding to the sale of assets. [[Internet Backdraft|This divided the anime fandom even further]], considering that Section23 had already quickly rebuild themselves from the ashes of ADV Films and the fact that the anime industry in North America is suffering enough with the layoff of employees from [[Media Blasters]] and the downfall of [[Bandai Entertainment]], Funimation suing Section23 is kinda seen as a very dicky move.
** Even [[Chris Patton]], who had worked in many Funimation titles in the past under [[ADV Films]] label, was [https://twitter.com/#!/lechrispatton/status/159063669819449345 completely disappointed at Funimation for their lawsuit in his Twitter]. Justified, as he's predominately works at Houston, Texas where Sentai Filmworks/Section23 is headquartered at.
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