This is true. Worryingly, it's becoming common with U.S. distributors (I think Tokyopop had the same plans for their bastardisation of Initial D).
Slightly off topic, but being in the U.K. and not getting to see any anime on TV, I was wondering if airing shows affects people's DVD purchases.
I'd expect that the people who'd pay for a cable channel that plays anime are hardcore enough to be downloading digisubs of shows before shelling out for DVDs anyway. So it seems the broadcasts must be aimed at non-enthusiasts in an attempt to increase the market, a development which could have good and bad consequences in my opinion.
Damn, I'm so late to this thread. I had to post to say how excellent Family Guy is. I don't think any other TV show has made me laugh so hard and so consistently.
It's never been broadcast domestically here in the UK, but all I needed was to see 2 or 3 episodes and I bought all 3 seasons on DVD. If they do commission even 1 more season, I'll be a happy bloke.
Favourite scene? Too many to remember, but Death cracks me up when he tries to drive home drunk. Goes something like this:
[Death staggers out of a bar and gets into his car. Takes a deep breath.]
Death: C'mon Death, you can do this.
[Pulls out directly into the side of a stationary police patrol car.]
For those posting here saying China is going to be this massive technological giant and with a population of 1.2 billion America and Europe will brushed aside, are way off. I wonder if you've ever even been to China?
At the moment they're having a hard enough time trying to feed their population and combat the massive spread of disease, let alone building the infrastructure needed to accomplish what you're suggesting. Most of those 1.2 billion people are poor as poor can be, living in remote areas. They are not the skilled workers you assume.
The earliest you're going to see China make any kind of in-road into that market on the scale that's been implied, is 50 years minimum.
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Slightly off topic, but being in the U.K. and not getting to see any anime on TV, I was wondering if airing shows affects people's DVD purchases.
I'd expect that the people who'd pay for a cable channel that plays anime are hardcore enough to be downloading digisubs of shows before shelling out for DVDs anyway. So it seems the broadcasts must be aimed at non-enthusiasts in an attempt to increase the market, a development which could have good and bad consequences in my opinion.
Does this seem correct, what do people think?
When the ambient temperature in Hades drops below zero degrees Centigrade.
Damn, I'm so late to this thread.
I had to post to say how excellent Family Guy is. I don't think any other TV show has made me laugh so hard and so consistently.
It's never been broadcast domestically here in the UK, but all I needed was to see 2 or 3 episodes and I bought all 3 seasons on DVD. If they do commission even 1 more season, I'll be a happy bloke.
Favourite scene? Too many to remember, but Death cracks me up when he tries to drive home drunk. Goes something like this:
[Death staggers out of a bar and gets into his car. Takes a deep breath.]
Death: C'mon Death, you can do this.
[Pulls out directly into the side of a stationary police patrol car.]
For those posting here saying China is going to be this massive technological giant and with a population of 1.2 billion America and Europe will brushed aside, are way off. I wonder if you've ever even been to China?
At the moment they're having a hard enough time trying to feed their population and combat the massive spread of disease, let alone building the infrastructure needed to accomplish what you're suggesting. Most of those 1.2 billion people are poor as poor can be, living in remote areas. They are not the skilled workers you assume.
The earliest you're going to see China make any kind of in-road into that market on the scale that's been implied, is 50 years minimum.