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Old 2008-02-26, 18:15   Link #164
ScR3WiEuS
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Join Date: Feb 2006
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Originally Posted by bayoab View Post
You watch a trailer for a movie. You play a demo for a game. For music, it was radio and then sample audio. In no other entertainment medium do you try out the entire thing before buying it. With TV, you only buy it because you want to watch it again. (And in Japan, DVDs start while the show is still airing.) Anime is a direct to disk medium in the US for the most part, and yet fans still feel they have a right to the entire show before a single penny is made off of them.
Except that...
1. anime shows are longer than movies.
2. so, a short trailer won't always give you an idea of what the show is about
3. if you think "but there's western tv show DVDs." you're right, but you've usually watched them on TV before buying the DVDs.
4. demos are more for gameplay than story. and as games don't usually rely on story to sell, a demo will give you a pretty good idea of what to expect.
5. the first few eps of a show are usually wasted on introductions,etc. in the end, you'll have to invest a LOT more money on a complete show than on a game or movie.

so yah, that's not a very sound argument.

what companies might try, rather than making anime a straight to DVD thing, is set up a cable anime tv channel or streaming website, and make money off advertisement.
the few anime cable channels i've known were piss-poor and badly managed.
cartoon network grew big by airing shitty cartoons 24/7. why can't anime ? most popular cartoons on TV anywhere in the world nowadays are anime shows or anime clones.
of course there's the entire issue that some countries forbid the excessive airing of tv programs that are not domestic. but i'm not sure if that applies to cable or satellite tv.

if anything, the american and japanese companies need to work closer together as to cut costs, especially pertaining to licensing, which is more or less the biggest cost.
both american and japanese companies would profit from it. but elas, american anime companies are horribly managed with utter incompetence, and the japanese are always
uncaring or doubtful about such foreign investments.
imho, the lack of cooperation between american and japanese companies, and american and american companies are the biggest reason for the problems this industry is facing.
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