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Banken
Joined: 29 May 2007
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| SHIT, I literally just drove back from Fukushima and I didn't even know there was an Animate store there. |
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enurtsol
Joined: 01 May 2007
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| Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 2:34 pm |
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So much for Broccoli. Kids don't eat Broccoli.  |
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DoktorZetsubou
Joined: 15 Sep 2009
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Location: Washington state, USA
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| Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 3:56 pm |
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| As a Di Gi Charat fan, I find this kind of heartbreaking. |
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egoist
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| Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 4:30 pm |
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| enurtsol wrote: | | So much for Broccoli. Kids don't eat Broccoli. |
Come on now. Kids are bestial beings, surely they'd love to eat grass like things like most beasts. |
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Sailor S
Collector Extraordinaire
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| Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 4:47 pm |
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| egoist wrote: | | enurtsol wrote: | | So much for Broccoli. Kids don't eat Broccoli. |
Come on now. Kids are bestial beings, surely they'd love to eat grass like things like most beasts. |
Kids aren't even classified as human beings, so they will eat what they're given and they will like it!
As per the article, that's too bad. When I was in Akihabara, I much preferred the Gamers store to the Animate store. It was just laid out better and they had a better selection of stuff that I was interested in. |
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Teriyaki Terrier
It's Over 9000!
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| Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 5:55 pm |
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| enurtsol wrote: | | So much for Broccoli. Kids don't eat Broccoli. :lol: |
Or Carrots. Eat too many of those and you'll turn orange.
Makes me wonder though, what ever happened to the books that Broccoli Books had rights to? |
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Myaow
Joined: 20 Dec 2007
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| Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 7:53 pm |
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| DoktorZetsubou wrote: | | As a Di Gi Charat fan, I find this kind of heartbreaking. |
Aw, that was my first thought too! I remember those old Gamers comics that were all "GO GO GAMERS DOWN WITH THE ANIMATE SCUM WOOO" What will become of poor Digiko now!? D: |
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grooven
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| Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 9:29 pm |
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| WHAT?! NOOOO! I love Gamers!!!! Are they just re-branding the stores? I'm a massive Di Gi Charat fan ever since 1999! I have my point cards!!!! |
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enurtsol
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| Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 11:22 pm |
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So much for Broccoli's Omocha Box Los Angeles TV ad.
America is the death-knell of many an anime company.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2010-08-30/daily-video/omocha-box-l.a-store-commercial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxZPexwDZ0g |
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ximpalullaorg
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| Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 3:29 am |
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| Well, I personally think their peak was till 2004-2005, when they were having both Digi Charat and Galaxy Angel on TV, along with the long defunct US division and the Gamers shops (not to mention the Project GA games). While Gamers looked like healthy last time I was there in Tokyo (a few months ago), their statement makes it clear they feel goods-only is the way to go. Just hoping no one gets laid off as a result. |
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