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Originally Posted by speedyexpress48
To be honest, I doubt that most anime would be a hit anywhere besides East Asia. China may be the biggest potential market right now...even with the mass piracy and regulatory barriers, you can easily squeeze money from the huge population number and anime/manga is way more accepted there than in America.
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Agree, foreign productions only go so far in America, especially since the "new car smell" has long since wore off for anime. France has a vibrant comics culture and is relatively less skittish about "objectionable content" at least now
(I've been watching ripped Parisian dubs of American Dad and South Park and the damn things are "Not recommended for those under TEN years of age, WTF?!
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They also have good history of fandom there (
ask some old(er) heads in France about Albator, Goldorak, Nicky Larson, and of course "Les Chevalliers De Zodiac."....so awesome.)
There is a caveat, protectionist heavy China is apparently weary of allowing TOO much official penetration of foreign productions on the airwaves, or something like that according to wiki (LOL). They wanna prop up their own industry.