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Nosauz · 2009-03-06, 01:54

Its true us markets help, and actually a lot of shows would never get finished with out money from u.s lisence deals, but still the majority of money that supports the industry come from Japanese otaku, not american otaku, who really aren't even otaku. The mentality is very different, you'll rarley see an american fan buy 52 copies a game to get all the phone cards, though this is just one example, the fandom in japan is much stronger and should be since this were most of the material orginates from. And really when you think about how much japanese fandom supports, not only do the support most of the industry but they also support an entire doujinshi market too. so with the loss of americans, which won't happen, wouldn't be the end, it would just mean a shift from 200+ titles a year to a quater of that.

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Nosauz Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Age: 35	Its true us markets help, and actually a lot of shows would never get finished with out money from u.s lisence deals, but still the majority of money that supports the industry come from Japanese otaku, not american otaku, who really aren't even otaku. The mentality is very different, you'll rarley see an american fan buy 52 copies a game to get all the phone cards, though this is just one example, the fandom in japan is much stronger and should be since this were most of the material orginates from. And really when you think about how much japanese fandom supports, not only do the support most of the industry but they also support an entire doujinshi market too. so with the loss of americans, which won't happen, wouldn't be the end, it would just mean a shift from 200+ titles a year to a quater of that.