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Old 2012-10-05, 13:54   Link #107
NightbatŪ
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: The Neverlands
Age: 46
The trouble is that anime has the value of bubblegum
(along with anything in the media or software industry)

you chew on it as long as it tastes good, then spit it out

The whole problem is justifying $30 on a pack of bubblegum
Not the people buying, but the people selling

There has been such a surge in media production that it's more abundant than wheat or drinkwater
especially with the loss of 'tangible product' making copies as if they were reprinting money untill it's monetary value is the price of the paper its printed on
(or in this case: the cost of having a internet connection)


There is more anime released than there are waking hours in a year
Together with the fact that supply exceeds demand at an unthinkable scale for the 'product' itself

but ultimately it doesn't reflect the price



Then there is the story around the highest cost for producing an anime

Which oddly are not the productioncosts, but the broadcasting
(which not apply to the 'homevideo market')
and that works like this
Pay to get Anime aired - attracts viewers - attracts advertisements - attracts money - profit
Now if an anime doesn't attract enough viewers
-With the abundance at the rate its poured out means trying to get as much flies attracted to a very small piece of pie
(a slowly becoming a very unimaginitive piece I might add, and they're wondering why quantity doesn't attract enough fans)-
It won't pay its investments back

it might be possible to recuperate some money in apparel, or the homevideo release
But here, they're pricing things at such a price that a lot can't afford EVERYTHING that is released, and even toning down to one thing is an expensive hobby
(hurrah for complaining the market isn't growing!)
Injury to insult: For something seen for FREE 2 months ago
More insult: an anime often is an advertisement that was made to sell toys, posters etc. so they're trying to make money on the promotion as well

So, now after they killed any hope of a healthy industry in Japan, it piecemeal starts reaching our parts of the world
...months too late

Instead of trying to approach fans here fast through PPV internet broadcasting (slowly coming up, "Welcome to the digital age mediaproducers, we already knew about your new show a year ago!"),
they hastle with distributors, louzy-to-nonexistant-promotion, narrowminded networks
and the flooding of fansubs because they couldn't be arsed to try and outrun the internet translators

I'm not trying to make a point here, but I'm willing to bet there are a few things in there that may be very good reflection of the current situation onf anime (and much of it's media kin)
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