Super Official Anime Discussion Thread

[pokoko]

Ka-pi96 said:

pokoko said:

Daisuki is a Japanese website focused on streaming anime content, which was founded in 2013 by Asatsu-DK and six anime studios, Toei Animation, Aniplex, Sunrise, TMS Entertainment,Nihon Ad Systems, and Dentsu.  (Wikipedia)

Some interesting names up there.  Sunrise and Toei involvement could make this big, Aniplex is Sony, and Asatsu-DK is a large Japanese advertising firm that owns Eiken.  Dentsu is an even bigger advertising firm and owns Geneon Entertainment.

Begs the question where do they get their revenue from though.

"You can buy limited DAISUKI products and official products all anime fans want!

When you’re watching anime, don’t you ever wish you could make the character your own?

At DAISUKI, we have a variety of anime products that can only be found here!

You can watch anime, and buy anime products whenever you want!

New limited DAISUKI products are coming out soon!

They’re products you can only get here at the official website. The products are sure to excite the collector in you!"

I could be wrong but it seems like they want us to buy anime products from their online store.  That's the impression I'm getting.  In fact, they seem very excited about that possibility.

Let's see, I'll take ...

 

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