We do have Animax. But it's still belongs to Animax in Japan. And they don't even have branch at Malaysia ( i think lar.. if there's don't flame me lar) The only one near is at Singapore. Ever think of a Malaysian made Anime channel? 24/7/365 whole days filled with anime. Is IT POSSIBLE? well next 10 years i mean.

Animax that we have is SE Asian, with the office at Singapore. Also I've talked with the Animax people before in an interview for Lowyat, and they say even tho they share the same name, they have to get all the animes themselves, which lead to another issue. Money. Licensing animes are not cheap, and you won't really recoup all that money if you get a channel just for one f***ing country. Which is why major paid for channels like Animax, ESPN and all that shit is centered to one region instead to a country. It's non feasible in the long run.

Last i heard from someone who knows someone in Sony, Animax will have a base in Malaysia very soon, so it won't be just Singapore.

I don't know what's your issue though since the Animax channel we get here is subbed in BM and more or less doesn't matter whether its in SG or MY or timbuktuu for that matter.

well the last time i watch animax is around... a year or two ago. ANd at that time, not all of the anime is english or BM subbed. They only provide english dubbed. And their sub sucks.... they translated it.. wrongly as i know some ( not all ) basic...
Not to say that they didn't put their effort. I appreaciate them doing so.

Even when you say it's not benifitcial for long run, maybe, why not made one company which is based in Malaysia? well.... it's just some... crazy though of mine. It might be impossible. Or even is.. bull shix i am just curious.

You can be the pioneer.

well they do self translation so not all the anime have subtitles so fast. The dubs are done in Phillipines or somewhere and they just take it from them that's why the dubs always come out 1s.

Easy boy. First, we look at how well the hardcore animu fans themselves especially in Malaysia. They're many but not that many. My wild guess is a mere 1 million or less than that. Because for Astro, there are more than a million subscribers and I am not sure how many are subscribing Animax. In this point, there might be other animu fans who didn't register for Animax. Animax channel itself is included in some packages and I don't think you might only subscribing the channel solely. From these fans, who are up to spending monies to buy their favorite stuffs? Most are teenagers to adults who unwilling to pay hefty bucks to feed their lusts with those things. When I said most, that doesn't meant all. Of course people like me, linkinstreet and also wolfx are people who gladly to get figurines, magazines, original DVDs or games from Japan and others using our hard earn monies. But most of other people are not really like that. A dedicated channel from Malaysia is welcomed but I don't think you can get enough money to maintain it.

Being an application developer, I've always looking at demographic of Malaysian citizen whenever I planned to release something for local audiences. For example, there are 8 millions Celcom subscribers plus several millions from other telcos. But only 2 millions are using smartphones (Nokia, Samsung, HTC, Apple and others). From these 2 millions are people who capable of using 3G connection/network. From these 2 millions also we must know what kind of smartphone OS they're using. If you choose to develop for Symbian OS (like Nokia N95), you're neglecting other OSes. Which means, less than 2 millions of possible users. To get a 10,000 products sold is not easy. Most of the time, more money being wasted through marketing while the revenue isn't that much.

2 things will happen if that possible.

-Anime showed in Animax-M may have to go through many filtering.Cannot stand with too many ecchi scenes,thus the board have agreed that only a childish anime can be showed.Or the newspaper will start making a fuss regarding anime as bad examples to the youth and ask the government to prohibited it.

-Some stupid malay dub company will chase the contract to dubbed all the anime in Animax-M.Since this is Malaysia, of course akan ada "orang dalam" to help them. I not suprised if 1 morning you turn on your tv and suddenly got a heart attack after hearing "Saya akan gerudiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!!!!!" from Lord Kamina Gurren Lagaan,...and you realised that you already dead before you could change the voice over.

imagine malaysia dub ALL the anime.

OMGOMGOMGOM OMG NOOOOOOOOOOO

DO NOT WANT

don't forget malay tabloid like to go witch hunting on otakus....

Since most of us here prefer the free shortcut method with P2P, the anime market here in Malaysia are the least profitable IMO. Unless you're a newfag below 12, none would want to enjoy the ear raep of Malay dubs (how hypocrite of us, considering that our first animes were all Malay-dubbed). Don't forget the annoying cuts and censors.

Also, in before:

ANIMASI JEPUN PENUH SEKS, BABI, BUDAYA BERCANGGAH ISLAM, ELEMEN SEMBAH SYAITAN

Imagine a giant cock flying towards your mouth, and there's nothing you can do about it. And you're like "Oh man, I'm gonna have to suck this thing", and you brace yourself to suck this giant cock. But then, at the last moment, the media says it's un-islamic and and you get threatened with ISA.

You think to yourself "Well, at least I got that out of the way" after the High Court quashes the legal suit against you, but then the giant cock rears back and stabs your eye again, and again, and again. Eventually, this giant cock is wielding C4, and you begin to lose control of your motor skills when it inserts the said C4 up your anus.

That's when the giant cock slaps you across the cheek, causing you to fall out of your chair with the said C4 up your ass. Unable to move and at your most vulnerable, the giant cock finally lodges itself in your anus and blows up together with the C4. That's what watching locally dubbed anime is like.

This post has been edited by Aoshi_88: Jun 15 2009, 07:58 PM

would like to have a free channel that show anime 24-7-365 but dun think that is possible

oh shi-

get lost pl0x

I realized that the Malay-dubbed version of Pokemon follows the English-dubbed version. Also, watching Initial D on Malay dub really makes it sound like you're watching Impak Maksima the Animation.

Try pronouncing the following with a weak, unconvincing generic voice:

IYAAAAAHHHHHH!
HEEEEEYAAAAAHHHHHH!

I swear I heard the same voice yelling out with the same tone and vocal pattern a bajillion times on TV.

Tapi, misteri belum lagi selesai!

meh... imagine listening to the same voice over and over again from 15 different anime...

oh teh agony~~~

doraemon~~~ tolong saye~~~

I can't imagine it also...
Prefer go download [HD] anime to see...

Some dubbing are good but then again...

All the animu in Singapore are all dubbed.

Haw haw haw haw haw haw haw

Oh god. If we ever have anime channel made in Malaysia, I dont think I can take it with the BM dubbing. By then also, the government will start realizing what is 'echi' and 'hentai', start making censorship for cartoons (backed by religion excuse) and probably will declare Japan as bad influence. No more opening magic door to Suzuki's bathroom lol.

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Added on June 15, 2009, 9:33 pmNo offence. In Japanese language, the characters sound so intelligent. When dubbed in BM, they sound like washed out Mat Rempit. Btw, souldnt Initial D not be shown publicly since it does sort of promoting illegal street racing.

This post has been edited by LeechFever: Jun 15 2009, 09:35 PM

m'sian gomen = /r/-tard

^

Y U SO FAST.

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Added on June 15, 2009, 10:16 pmMIND IS BLOWN.

This post has been edited by Quazacolt: Jun 15 2009, 10:16 PM