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ANNCast - Divine Ed-ification

By the way, do these guys always sound like such dicks?

That's the thing, though. I've never watched an old school, super robot show. I rarely watch mech shows period and can count all the ones I have seen on two hands. Also, the oldest mech show I've seen is G-Gundam (also the only Gundam show I've seen).

Also, it's got cute girls, monsters and swords, so it has some mainstream appeal. It will most likely do semi-decent. M&H has no appeal for mainstream, and that's what Funi is going for right now. Then again, neither does House of Five.

--and geez, Funimation IS NOT the mainstream! They are in the business of providing their product to a very targeted audience.

Only occasionally will they license a show like Baccano! or Mushi Shi that would have a slight possibility of mainstream appeal.

Otaku stuff appeals to Otaku. Otaku stuff does NOT appeal to the mainstream. (Not even in Japan!!!). Otaku don't seem to understand this.

The King of Harts wrote:

That's the thing, though. I've never watched an old school, super robot show. I rarely watch mech shows period and can count all the ones I have seen on two hands. Also, the oldest mech show I've seen is G-Gundam (also the only Gundam show I've seen).

LOL. You rarely watch mecha shows and yet you've watched enough that you need two hands to count them? You must watch quite a lot of anime on a regular basis to call that "rarely." Granted, I'm not sure how much of a true mecha fan you can be when you've watched so little gundam, but I find it quite funny that you'd say "rarely" with how many you've seen.

I think TTGL has been bandied around as severely underperforming expectations, I think the last few volumes had massive problems getting out of the gate into stores, so I would say GL failed to draw enough sales to be successful, if they were, the movies probably wouldn't be treated they way they are.

Otaku stuff appeals to Otaku. Otaku stuff does NOT appeal to the mainstream. (Not even in Japan!!!). Otaku don't seem to understand this. They can't understand why this stuff doesn't appeal to everyone. In a way, they are identical to the hoards of Twilight fangirls who can't understand why so many of us are sick of Twilight. ---Except that they are nearly all guys, and there are a lot less of them.

I just always felt it was mainstream because it has action, super spunky protagonists, lots of explosions and is overflowing with spirit.

tuxedocat wrote:

Otaku stuff appeals to Otaku. Otaku stuff does NOT appeal to the mainstream. (Not even in Japan!!!). Otaku don't seem to understand this. They can't understand why this stuff doesn't appeal to everyone. In a way, they are identical to the hoards of Twilight fangirls who can't understand why so many of us are sick of Twilight. ---Except that they are nearly all guys, and there are a lot less of them.

From what I can gather, the North American anime audience falls into basically two categories. One category is aimed at children, and is comprised of shows like Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh, etc. This category accounts for the most sales, including the highly lucrative merchandising revenue stream. I think there is enough awareness of these shows among NA kids that they can be considered mainstream.

The second category is...every other kind of anime. And in NA, it doesn't matter whether an anime is clearly otaku or not, it's ALL super-niche. Sure, we've all heard of Neon Genesis Evangelion. Try springing that title on a non-anime person (i.e. virtually any North American) and enjoy the blank stare.

I know it's supah-cool to bag on those - ha! ha! - pathetic otaku, but you know what? They are the only group that consistently puts its money where its mouth is and buys, buys, buys. I know there is this conviction out there that if ONLY the anime industry would turn its back on the otaku and make shows that appeal to the so-called mainstream that is waiting with baited breath for shows like The House of Five Leaves, then all would be peaches and cream.

Yeah, not buying it.

I know it's supah-cool to bag on those - ha! ha! - pathetic otaku, but you know what? They are the only group that consistently puts its money where its mouth is and buys, buys, buys. I know there is this conviction out there that if ONLY the anime industry would turn its back on the otaku and make shows that appeal to the so-called mainstream that is waiting with baited breath for shows like The House of Five Leaves, then all would be peaches and cream.

Yeah, not buying it.

Man I think it's just horrible that some people would be so evil as to not only release an illegal scanlation, but the release a scanlation of the North American company's translation! That's just horrible. Zac is right, there are no excuses.

I do believe that enforcement and removal should be used. It's just that at this point there aren't enough resources to do so (boy I wish there were though). Ed's suggestions are good too though.

CG-LOVER wrote:

Man I think it's just horrible that some people would be so evil as to not only release an illegal scanlation, but the release a scanlation of the North American company's translation! That's just horrible. Zac is right, there are no excuses. I do believe that enforcement and removal should be used. It's just that at this point there aren't enough resources to do so (boy I wish there were though). Ed's suggestions are good too though.

there is no excuse for scanning an official manga/anime release/simulcast and releasing it on another site. also I still want to kill the group that hacked funimation and released that episode of one piece before it aired in japan.