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Nintendo May Do Anime

Posted by Zonk on from the big-N-at-it-again dept.

Thanks to GameSpy for the news that former Nintendo President Hiroshi Yamauchi is planning to present a plan to the Board detailing Nintendo made anime series. The move is intended to provide diversification and increase earnings by linking their characters more closely with the anime market. The company also pleased investors by adjusting higher their profit forecast by almost 20 percent for the year. Nintendo now expects to report almost US$758.9 million for the year.

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  1. Mario by lexarius · · Score: 3, Insightful

    What, the Mario cartoons don't count as anime? As I recall there were also Zelda and Kirby cartoons. And who can forget Captain Nintendo? That stuff had to be made in Japan, right? Or is it that they are going to do it in-house instead of licensing it out?

    1. Re:Mario by Joe+the+Lesser · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Ok, listen up.

      Made in Japan != Anime.

      Anime is a style. Not region based.

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    2. Re:Mario by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

      The petulant use of "anime" by westerners goes hand in hand with the insistence that "anime" is mature and for grown ups, and really has NOTHING in common with kiddie cartoons, except that they both happen to be animated.

      Extra bonus funny that the Japanese themselves think anime is for kids or otaku (NOT a compliment). Except for Miyazaki of course!

  2. Makes sense. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    In the past year, Nintendo had recently been on-again in their off-again, on-again talks to acquire majority control of family-run entertainment conglomerate Bandai. Bandai is the sole owner of so many properties with worldwide appeal that it's no wonder.

    Yamauchi isn't just talking about anime, either. If Nintendo follows his advice (which is all it really is, at this point, since he's no longer really running the show), they would be branching off into full-blown film, video, and toy production and distribution as well. Bandai, the number 2 toy maker in the U.S. alone (not to mention Asian region), would have instant competition and Nintendo would likely be rolling in gold.

    On another note, it's important for us level-headed folk to recognize that the reason Nintendo has increased their profit forecast so impressively is because of foreign exchange rates. All those doom & gloom Nintendo detractors that predicted their end due solely on their one recent unprofitable quarter should remember this. Nintendo holds considerable American investments, so a strong dollar is actually far better for them than a strong yen. Now that the yen has weakened again, they are seeing the benefits. Basically, they rise and fall on the power of the dollar, not that of the yen. Sony, who is in the same predicament, also saw a bad quarter along with Nintendo, whereas now navi should fare better along with Nintendo as well.