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Forum - View topicMainstream anime
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Rozzer
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I was driving thru my local Carl's Jr. the other day, and I saw that they are selling Yu Yu Hakasho whatever's with their meals.
Now, I didn't have a problem with the show until I see that it's now getting cheapened by selling its merchandise in a fast food place 
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Nobuyuki
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Horrors! How dare they try to capitalize on a show's popularity by merchandising it like some Disney movie.  
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littlegreenwolf
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Why can't people make money off something ment to have money made off of it?
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Nagisa
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 Posts: 6128 Location: Atlanta-ish, Jawjuh |
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And shounen fighting anime aren't studio cash cows? Does anybody remember the Dragon Ball GT eyedrops in Japan? Yuu Yuu Hakusho is a Japanese children's show. Japanese children's shows typically double as both entertainment and thirty-minute commercials, even if the commercial aspect isn't always as blatant as Yu-Gi-Oh! or Beyblade. Even the good ones, like Naruto, are just as much merchandise whores as they are television shows. |
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Rozzer
Posts: 344 Location: So Cali |
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Well said Nagisa.
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king_micah
 Posts: 994 Location: OSU |
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I refuse to believe Naruto is a merchandising whore. *Looks over shoulder at pile of Naruto Candy Figures and stationary*
Umm, nevermind. |
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littlegreenwolf
Posts: 4796 Location: Seattle, WA |
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That's what I was saying. The creators got to eat. Anime isn't just there to entertain, it's there to make money. |
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Rozzer
Posts: 344 Location: So Cali |
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I agree that animators have to eat, but I am certain they make good profit off the work they do. All I am complaining about is they really are pushing the way they sell their merchandise.
Although I am not sure how much profit they make from them selling action figures at a Carls Jr. Some places who have the copyrights to certain characters, don't even get 50% from selling merchandise. And personally, the way I see it, it's just sad to see items for sale at a fastfood joint. But that's just me and I respect the way you feel about the people who created Yu Yu Hakusho making $$$
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Nagisa
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Posts: 6128 Location: Atlanta-ish, Jawjuh |
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Erk...I accidentally misread your post. Sorry about that. 
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