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There's been no real evidence that anything bought over to the US that's gained any real notoriety (Naruto or even One Piece esque popularity) being decided apon illegal reproductions. Shows such as Gits:Sac, One Piece, Naruto etc are bought over because U.S companies believe that they'll be worthwhile merchandise pushers.

There may have been a time when fan videos were helping to grow the anime market during the rough early years, but that time has long since passed.

No real evidence, but it's kind of logical, and I don't believe that a show's current popularity has no influence on the US companies' decisions.

Show starts airing -> is fansubbed -> becomes insanely popular. Which company wouldn't want to make money out of that popularity? I may personally think that Honey & Clover is much more worthwhile than say, Naruto, but if I had to choose which one to license and distribute then I'd definitely choose Naruto.

I guess it could make sense, but for something that'd have a wide audience appeal (or moreso something aimed at younger audiences, Naruto, for example) you'd be relying mostly on a market that doesn't even know what the hell torrents are, or even that theres a Japanese version of Naruto to begin with.

Btw, I dunno if someone already asked this, but where doe YouTube get all their money to host their HDs and BW? Just by ads? They don’t have very much, and I think there used to be a time when they didn’t advertise... Are they owned by some other large company or something?

Wait a second... Music videos and AMVs are being removed?

That's damned stupid, and damned annoying.. and a little too iron fisted and draconian.

Zeiram wrote:

sunrise also requested all their items be removed mai hime AMVs suffered the removal fate thereof which upsets me I don't think they should be classified the same way

It's two counts of unauthorised copyrighted footage/music usage, so how should it not?

we are not allowed to express artistic expression which can only act as further free advertising for said used products.

We have the right to make new art from old art.

There may have been a time when fan videos were helping to grow the anime market during the rough early years, but that time has long since passed.

In the US. Not everywhere else. (Not going into the rest, I'm really tired of repeating the same arguments over and over.)

in a country where anime is as big as Disney

1) The same English fansubs that foreign fans download, are the same ones that are believed to be sometimes harming the North American & Japanese industries. Should 1 party be allowed to benefit (illegally) at the expense of another ?

2) Anyone who can read the subtitles in fansubs can read the english subs in an R1 DVD. Region free players and R1 imports are easy to get in most countries, although it would cost a bit more than in the USA, but no more than what a Japanese person pays for it.

Hmm, looking through this thread, and then looking at the thread about Bandai's "stop fansubbing" announcement thread...

Why is it that in this thread, people seem to be against the Japanese producers protecting their copyrights, but in the other thread, everybody's all like "Go Bandai!". Haven't heard a single person say "Go Fuji TV!"... doesn't make sense to me.

8-29-06 (1:34PM EDT)---- State Of Japan's Animation Industry
Nikkei BP has a new 2 page article on the current state of Japan's animation industry. Studio Ghibli's Gedo Senki Directed by Goro Miyazaki opened during summer vacation in Japan. The film's performance has exhibited traits of an apparant stagnation at the boxoffice there despite drawing in 5.3 billion Yen 4.2 million theater goers to see it. It's been estimated Gedo Senki is doing about 60% the performance of 2001's Sen To Chihiro (Spirited Away) thus far. Ghibli is looking for a 10 billion dollar gross when all is said and done there. With Gedo as an example Nihon Keizai Shimbun asks if there might there be a weakening of the animation industry of Japan? Could the reason be due to a new generation of creators coming in that cannot invent works capable of collecting the public attention of the world? It's mentioned a South Korean company produced some of the animation in the case of Gedo Senki. Securing talent within Japan who understands all aspects of animation such as canvas to character narratives, feelings etc. seems to become difficult. On the other hand, TV animation is booming in Japan. 103
series per week (the highest amount ever) were being telecast in Tokyo as of July, 2006. Midnight broadcast anime and DVD releases aimed at hardcore audiences have been increasing although all but the most popular are making money. The onset of cost reductions in the animation industry first started in the late '90's with a great outsourcing of cell creation to countries like South Korea and China. Typical TV anime requires 4000 cells for a 30 minute program. This amounts to 8-24 cells / frames per second. Through outsourcing the creation cost of
each indiviual cell can be brought down to around 150-200 Yen. Cost reduction measures advanced further around 2000 when digital technology and hand penciled, computer colored frames entered the equation. This method greatly reduced the lengthy time it takes to hand paint cells. Most production companies in Japan now wholey adopt the method. Nikkei staff writer Nobuto Ito asks what has occured overall as a result of this? His answer? A shortage of vital human resources of young men and women with detailed know-how has increased.

The long-running TV anime "Sazae-san" wethered through the period of the anime world boom virtually unchanged. The program celebrates it's 38th anniversary this year. Sticking to "Japanese tastes" around 50 employees carry out it's production in Arakawa Ward, Tokyo, still painting every cell by hand.