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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. Two problems... by Iscariot_ · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Most anime sucks. Just like most movies suck, and most games suck. So that takes care of 80% lets say.

    What about the rest? Well, there's no marketing... Pricess Mononoke, Akira, GITS2... all of them had marketing behind them (as in tv commercials that aired in the states), anow now all three are very popular. If the Japaneese really want to sell the shit over here, it's time to advertise.

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