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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. Fan subs are responsible? by winkydink · · Score: 1, Troll

    There are still many in the industry who believe that fan subs are killing the anime market in the US.

    I think it has more to do with the fact that it looks very cheap and chintzy in comparison to traditional animation.

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    "I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismometer." -Ken Kesey

  2. Anime sucks by nuggz · · Score: 0, Troll

    Maybe people aren't buying it because anime isn't worth the money.

    Sure I enjoyed it when I was younger, and to be fair some of it is pretty good.
    I won't even argue that people don't buy it, I know many people who do.

    But I don't think the market of people willing to pay for it is large enough.
    There will likely continue to be a number of smaller importers and grey market imports, for a while.

    Of course when Video On Demand takes off a bit more, we'll have international VOD and then we'll have the same stuff available everywhere.