Thank you to Skip Beat's amazing supporters on Kickstarter! If you missed the campaign, please support the retail release of Skip Beat in Spring 2018! For info, contact: [email protected]
Latest Updates from Our Project:
AMAZING!!!
almost 8 years ago
– Tue, May 24, 2016 at 06:25:24 PM
Dear Incredible Backers,
This has campaign has been more than I could have ever imagined.
We launched this Kickstarter with the 250 or so backers from
We accomplished something pretty darn remarkable!
I am just one person, and the only thing I have is your trust. And that trust enables me to license shows from Japanese rightsholders.
I'd like to thank three organizations that knew exactly how tough it was going to be to rally Skip Beat fans, and I have specific asks for each one:
Righstuf: Shawne Kleckner will be handling the rewards fulfillment, but he went above and beyond the call of duty and shared this campaign via the Rightstuf newsletter and twitter.
Here's my ask: I think one of the things that gets us all hooked on anime is the diversity of stories. It's like entering a world where you can find every possible question about human relationships, power structures, goofiness... but for that magic to happen, we need to have a place where niche titles can find their fanbase. Based on my experience with Time of EVE, and now with Skip Beat, Righstuf is that place. And it is unique. As a consumer, I always thought of Righstuf as a fun place, but interchangeable with Amazon. But, as a producer, nothing could be farther from the truth. Could Amazon help me find Skip Beat fans? Does Amazon care about diversity in anime? I think not. I still sell my titles on Amazon, but my priority is always to work with Righstuf, because Righstuf is critical for the overall health of the anime industry.
Crunchyroll: It's a big company and their app drives me crazy, but I'd argue the same thing. As a consumer, I go to whichever streaming site has the shows I want to watch. But, again, Crunchyroll has the ability to connect shows of all scale and type with their audience. Honestly, without Crunchyroll, Time of EVE wouldn't have found its international fan base, and Pied Piper would never be able to find Skip Beat's fans.
Animeigo: Technically speaking, Animeigo and Pied Piper are competing in the crowdfunding arena. But, Robert has
VICTORY!!!!
almost 8 years ago
– Tue, May 24, 2016 at 06:25:20 PM
Dear Incredible Backers,
WE GOT OUR REVENGE!
The world said we could never do it. Skip Beat! didn't have the fan base to support a first-class dub. Everybody said the same thing:
Skip Beat! = shoujo anime = poor fan support
We blew those assumptions away.
And...
I think we just might have introduced a whole new concept:
great shoujo anime = passionate fans
(not like we're groupies...!)
THIS IS WHAT PASSION LOOKS LIKE
We have 4,000+ comments that have story arcs of their own: Shoujo anime recommendations, favorite VAs, updates on flyers, and surges of ALL CAPS at the big milestones^^
YOUR PASSION ignited this campaign!
Backers designed flyers, and took those flyers to cons, campuses, coffee shops, bus stops; spammed friends and family; tweeted our story to celebs; took this campaign to the most obscure corners of the internet in search of Skip Beat! fans; sent the milestone news tips to ANN, Crunchyroll and elsewhere; shared Skip Beat! at their anime club; created the beautiful graphics on the campaign page...
YOU are the reason for this campaign's success. Each and every one of us can take credit for this miraculous victory.
OUR DUB TEAM ROCKS!
This is so important. I WANT TO YELL THIS SECTION AT THE TOP OF MY LUNGS!
I was only able to license Skip Beat! because of our AMAZING dub producers: Mela Lee, Cristina Vee, Jason Charles Miller of Central Command Studios, and Alexander Burke. They took on Skip Beat! as a labor of love. You can think of them as the very first backers of this Kickstarter. They put in countless hours to prep the campaign with me.
And they are tapping into the connections and resources they've built up throughout their careers for this campaign. Every single person they've brought on board has world-class talent AND loves Skip Beat!, including our VAs, Supervising Director Taliesin Jaffe and ADR Script Supervisor Deborah Crane.They are our super heroes!
Our AMAZING VAs! Thank you @M. and @Tiffany Bryan for the design!
And, I am MOST excited about opening up the dub process through the behind-the-scenes updates and the $500+ tier involvement in the dub sessions.
I've fallen in love with our dub team, and if you haven't yet, I know it's only a matter of time.
You can get started with this THANK YOU message from Mela, Cristina and our Kanae actress Erica Lindbeck on the set of their YouTube channel Lindbeck & Lee (which of course you must check out!).
THE REAL FUN STARTS NOW!
We had a wildly intense 30-day campaign. Next comes the marathon. Over the upcoming months I'll be taking our pooled resources to craft a first-class release. I want you to share in the creation, frustration, and exhilaration! I'll start out with updates about:
Creating teams for subtitling and ADR script adaptation!
Poll on stretch goal options!
Merchandise designs!
But for now, let's savor OUR DAY OF VICTORY!
So sweet!!!
WE DID IT!!!!!!!!
THANK YOU!!!!
YOU ARE AMAZING!!!!
Ann/Pied Piper^^
Blu-ray Stretch Goal Cleared! New $80 Tier! 27 Hours Left!!!
about 8 years ago
– Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 06:52:38 PM
Backers!!!
The Kickstarter interface keeps glitching up so this is going to be a simple and fast update in our FINAL, MIRACULOUS sprint to the finish line and VICTORY!!!
WE CLEARED THE $185K STRETCH GOAL
But you already knew that!!!!
NEW $80 TIER for BLU-RAY ONLY!
3 x 50GB Blu-ray discs in Amaray case, plus $15 tier rewards
This is basically the $60 tier with Blu-ray instead of DVD
Several of you have asked for a tier between $100 and $150 with the chipbox case but NO merchandise. Now that I know we're doing Blu-ray, I can price out the Blu-ray package. But, I have to be very disciplined with the budget, or we are all going to suffer. I can't take the risk of pricing mistakes so I am only adding on the $80 tier. I know some of you will be disappointed, but please believe me, this is better for the overall project in the long run!
Please enter your donation amount (include shipping!)
In the message box, please tell me your reward tier and add-ons, and if you are in Canada or the US
DUB CAST & CREW ANNOUNCEMENTS
Cristina Vee and Mela Lee keep blowing me away with the team they are bringing together for our dub!!!
Taliesin Jaffe (Hellsing, Mongolian Chop Squad, Street Fighter IV and ROD the TV) joins as the Supervising Director!
Deborah Crane (ADR script for Sailor Moon Crystal) is our ADR Script Supervisor!
And Cristina just announced the VAs for the Ishibashi brothers!
Kyle McCarley - Hikaru
Todd Haberkorn - Shinichi
Bryce Papenbrook - Yuusei
Sorry about the lousy formatting and no links.
THANK YOU EVERYONE!!! You brought us up from the ashes to VICTORY!!! The world now knows WITHOUT DOUBT that Skip Beat! has LOVE!!!
