Profitmon Catches The Dollars

An anonymous reader writes "The mainstream press has finally discovered the cash in anime. Fortune's Daniel Roth profiles ADV, the largest anime distributor in the U.S.. He uses it as a way to talk about how the anime and manga business has, in what's become a rarity in showbiz, managed to find a way to do 'more than not alienate its customers: It has found ways to keep them buying and buying.' The article also details the madness of the anime superfans--the Otaku--and the likely Neon Genesis Evangelion live-action flick that Weta's Richard Taylor is pushing for." Good Content + Bittorrent = Profit?

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The customers

[Mancat]

When customers are OBSESSED with your product, they'll usually buy it no matter waht. Many anime fans seem to have nothing else on their minds but seeing the latest season of Bigeyes Tokyo, or whatever the hell it's called.