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Greed1914
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I guess I'm pretty pessimistic about where this will go. We've already seen things get worse as the big get bigger and the small are forced out. Crunchyroll licenses 80% of series for streaming, but can't be bothered to make full use of that TRSI purchase and sell anything except for the major hits.
That gross disparity in where the revenue goes between production committees and the studios actually making the anime is something that happens when there is no interest in making meaningful changes. How many of those committee members are hoping for the day when AI takes care of that pesky animator retention problem? Government intervention is slow, and has a tendency to miss in terms of how helpful it is, but it also seems to be necessary when there is no apparent interest in internally addressing the most glaring problem when it comes to the actual production of anime. |
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TarsTarkas
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It is the unknown country, we do not know what the future will bring or how things will go. Probably, a little bit bad and a little bit good. I do think, even if anime gets to big, there will always be people in Japan who will want to make their own stories. An as many have already shown, even one person can make anime, and they don't need an AI to do it.
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omiya
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It's also depressing how Japan is becoming less affordable to visit and significantly less affordable to live in, as the article stated.
I'd rather have a limited but sufficient number well-paid animators and staff producing good quality material that can both be streamed and purchased physically than a race to the bottom where good story-telling, animation quality and preservation for later enjoyment is lost. |
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Joe Mello
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I know this is real and accurate, but I just came back from a 2-week trip and it was still under $3k US. I also went last year and had I not spent miles and got a travel insurance payout that trip would've been about 20% more for less days (It ended up being $2400 with all the reductions). IMO a lot of the affordability of traveling to Japan has less to do with Japan and more to do with everyone else. (Also gas was still about $1-$1.10 per Liter). But I also see if you only have about ¥50k per month in non-rent income how that can quickly vanish by just trying to exist. |
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Dfens
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Less affordable to visit with the yen being nearly 160 to the dollar? Now with the war in Iran driving up fuel prices and airline tickets yes flights are a little more expensive if you are picky.
I was there for 2 weeks got back a day before golden week and spent under $2500.00 dollars for everything for all the essentials. Now I did spend a few bucks shopping for various goods that I didn't include in the price since they weren't necessary and if I had I could have skipped buying them. But the exchange rate was so amazing, no sales tax, and some were sold only exclusively in Japan. Hope to go again maybe a week this time in 6 months. Much better than Las Vegas and it's a real once in a lifetime vacation. |
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