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The Business of Anime

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the still-haven't-seen-howl's-castle dept.

buckminster writes "Planet Tokyo's Talking Anime Business Blues is a great roundup and analysis of recent articles detailing the behind the scenes aspects of the anime business. By all accounts 99% of Japanese anime never makes it to America. Some of the arguments why might surprise you. There are still many in the industry who believe that fan subs are killing the anime market in the US."

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  1. Re:Anime subculture by Abcd1234 · · Score: 3, Funny

    (although I can't understand how they can put up with the repetitivness)

    No kidding! I mean, look at hollywood. No repetitiveness there! No siree, none at all. The paragon of originality, Hollywood is...

  2. Re:Closing my Anime store today by Fallingcow · · Score: 3, Funny

    P.S. it's not sir

    Faye, to Ed: "You're a girl?!"

    ;)