I've been hooked on anime ever since I saw (and later read) Akira about 6 months ago, if more non-anime fans watched that film, I'm sure anime sales will saw.
another big problem is that most people in Japan are completely uninterested in getting into the anime industry for a career due to entry-level jobs giving piss-poor wages and no benefits (which, when living in Tokyo, is very BAD) thus which is why most people go to different industries. There are TONS of trends in the industry that are damaging it both on a creative level as well as a commercial level
Soleron said:
I think it's more a case of finding out hy are people who don't currently buy anime aren't buying it, and creating a series based on that. A 'Wii' of anime. I agree, you shouldn't have to do that in anime to make it successful. I don't know about the Japanese market, but there are plenty of Western films and books that don't have that and are still hugely successful. |
The question of not buying anime is far more one of structure and business model then content. I love me some anime, but there's none available on satellite (outside of Shippuden on Disney XD and Fullmetal Alchemist and Kekkaishi on Adult Swim), and i'm not paying hundreds upon hundreds of dollars to acquire my favored series on DVD, hence, piracy (or something near it. I tend to stream before i'll pirate)
Funimation streams a lot of the stuff that they've licensed (and uploads most of their stuff to YouTube, too), but this model needs to get more aggressive. They need to beat the fan-subbers at their own game, primarily, provide ad-supported content and have a subbed version of the episode up 48 hours at most after the release of the Japanese episode
Similar to the problem with the mangakas and publishers crushing the scanlators, they seem to want to take the bitch way out, instead of stepping up to bat and providing what the market clearly demands: speedy ad-supported content.
Monster Hunter: pissing me off since 2010.
Mr Khan said:
The question of not buying anime is far more one of structure and business model then content. I love me some anime, but there's none available on satellite (outside of Shippuden on Disney XD and Fullmetal Alchemist and Kekkaishi on Adult Swim), and i'm not paying hundreds upon hundreds of dollars to acquire my favored series on DVD, hence, piracy (or something near it. I tend to stream before i'll pirate)
Funimation streams a lot of the stuff that they've licensed (and uploads most of their stuff to YouTube, too), but this model needs to get more aggressive. They need to beat the fan-subbers at their own game, primarily, provide ad-supported content and have a subbed version of the episode up 48 hours at most after the release of the Japanese episode Similar to the problem with the mangakas and publishers crushing the scanlators, they seem to want to take the bitch way out, instead of stepping up to bat and providing what the market clearly demands: speedy ad-supported content. |
Agree 100%.
Mr Khan said:
The question of not buying anime is far more one of structure and business model then content. I love me some anime, but there's none available on satellite (outside of Shippuden on Disney XD and Fullmetal Alchemist and Kekkaishi on Adult Swim), and i'm not paying hundreds upon hundreds of dollars to acquire my favored series on DVD, hence, piracy (or something near it. I tend to stream before i'll pirate)
Funimation streams a lot of the stuff that they've licensed (and uploads most of their stuff to YouTube, too), but this model needs to get more aggressive. They need to beat the fan-subbers at their own game, primarily, provide ad-supported content and have a subbed version of the episode up 48 hours at most after the release of the Japanese episode Similar to the problem with the mangakas and publishers crushing the scanlators, they seem to want to take the bitch way out, instead of stepping up to bat and providing what the market clearly demands: speedy ad-supported content. |
Wrong. There are fan-subbers who have the anime shows that are aired in Japan subbed in 10 hours after it's release. 48 hours is WAY too late.
g-value said:
Wrong. There are fan-subbers who have the anime shows that are aired in Japan subbed in 10 hours after it's release. 48 hours is WAY too late. |
I was just being reasonable. If they *really* wanted to beat the fan-subbers, they could simultaneously launch it, given that the episode is done in production usually with more than enough time to do some subtitling (plus an official licensor could get the official script to do a more perfect translation), and could have the subbed version out quicker than possible
It's just that they're not thinking. If it's ten hours of (relatively) simple video-editing and a translation job, that can't possibly cost much.
Monster Hunter: pissing me off since 2010.
Hey, as long as the story line does not get as convoluted and drags on as long and dull as in a Robert Jordan book, I am fine.
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g-value said:
Wrong. There are fan-subbers who have the anime shows that are aired in Japan subbed in 10 hours after it's release. 48 hours is WAY too late. |
He said at most 48 hours btw, but yea i completely agree, i think they should offer a service like hulu watch all the episodes online simultaneously to release and be paid with advertisements, and maybe offer a premium service for like 10$ a month offer even more shows as well as making a downloadable app for the consoles to stream it straight to the tv, I would be all over that!
crunchyroll.com does stuff like that; lately a lot of companies have been trying simulcasts with anime and even official scans of manga way closer to the release date to crack down on stuff like that.
| Aiddon said: crunchyroll.com does stuff like that; lately a lot of companies have been trying simulcasts with anime and even official scans of manga way closer to the release date to crack down on stuff like that. |
I know you have to be a member to see Crunchyroll, but do you have to pay for it, too?
Monster Hunter: pissing me off since 2010.
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