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NEWS: Pokémon USA President Akira Chiba Steps Down




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GATSU



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 10:32 am Reply with quote
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In a separate development, Funimation announced at the New York Anime Festival last weekend that it hired Gary Ross to fill its position of chief operating officer. Ross was the co-founder of the Suncoast chain of entertainment retail outlets.


Why would you hire someone who worked for a chain which cost you a source of revenue?
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kokuryu



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 12:02 pm Reply with quote
He's a good person to hire in that position. He long lobbied for Suncoast to become the #1 distributor of Anime in the US, and even tried very hard to come up with a universal distributor channel for all of the US sub/dub houses to work with. Here is hoping he has some good ideas for Funimation and for the future!
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Mohawk52



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PostPosted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 8:39 am Reply with quote
GATSU wrote:
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In a separate development, Funimation announced at the New York Anime Festival last weekend that it hired Gary Ross to fill its position of chief operating officer. Ross was the co-founder of the Suncoast chain of entertainment retail outlets.


Why would you hire someone who worked for a chain which cost you a source of revenue?
How has he caused anyone to lose revenue again? He's got a working knowledge of the DVD retail market that will be very invaluable to any distributor, FUNi did well to net him for themselves. Now if Geneon had him on board then possibily they would still be in LA.
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hamtaroboy2006



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PostPosted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 5:43 pm Reply with quote
So, does that mean he will be in charge for marketing the Pokémon DVDs or am I looking at this the wrong way?
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