Forum - View topicNEWS: PW: Viz Media Lays Off Up to 60, Closes NY Branch
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The Unknown 24
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This really sucks big time. Viz is one of the major powers in the anime industry in the USA.
I just pray they do not end up going out of business. 
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SnaphappyFMA
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I couldn't agree more. I thought Viz was doing well. I just started buying the Rurouni Kenshin big 3-in-1 manga megavolumes. I just bought the second megavolume! Viz, don't go out of business yet!! 
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Jaymie
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This month, Viz put out 33 volumes. Yen Press put out 13. Tokyopop put out 15. Del Rey put out 5.
A cookie to anyone who notices the problem with that picture. 
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KanjiiZ
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Honestly, Shonen Jump is a terrible magazine. Beyond the manga, there is no reason to buy it. There's no quality editorials, they have useless Yugioh! card info, and some of the poorest excuses for content I've ever seen (Top 5 Manga Destinations? Get real). |
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skafreak51
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well crap, did why is this happening?
that's really disheartening- I'm just hoping it's the anime part of the company that started going downhill since they haven't put out too much. I really want the sales of manga in the US to be good =/ this was a bad time to get into the business... |
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skafreak51
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Sorry for the double post, but Kurohime was canceled about a year ago. They ended it with volume 14. It's the first Jump title (though, it's Monthly,) that was canceled. |
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FeralKat
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This is exactly what I was wondering a few weeks ago! I'm sad my speculation came true... 
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Kruszer
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Well that bites, I just hope it doesn't effect any of the manga or anime I'm collecting from them, namely Black Lagoon, Claymore, and Dogs: Bullets and Carnage on the manga side and Bleach, Monster, Naruto Shippuden, and the upcomming Vampire Knight on the anime side of things.
Ummm....all the numbers are odd instead of even? 
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comicozi
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it doesnt put things into perspective. they have some of the most popular manga series right now. they are just being like any other big business and want to put as much profit in their pocket with the least amount of expense possible. period end of story. >.> |
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Sanosuke_Inara
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Alright, this is bad news, and I've already been worried about the industry over here for a while, but I won't seriously start freaking out until Funimation starts to have problems.
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egoist
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The numbers sum up to 66, which means they're 2/3 closer to their doomsday? |
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firedragon54738
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Sigh one more hit for anime
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agila61
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The numbers sum up to twice the Viz total. Flip that around, Viz is half the market in terms of releases. So it can't duck out of the way of a downturn hitting the whole market. (and as listed above - its a "perfect storm" downturn, with the downturn in the economy, the problems faced by retailers in the channels that publishers sell print, and the loss in entertainment market share by manga ... three events that all pull the same direction). If they cut down staff, that means they will be doing less stuff, which means fewer volumes of mango and fewer series of anime. If they are successful in picking things to continue to do that pay their own way - and if there are enough things to do that pay their own way - they'll do OK for the medium term. Like everyone else, the long term will depend on the general health of the industry as a whole. |
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GWOtaku
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Eeeeh, I don't know about this. Vampire Knight. Nana. Honey and Clover. Monster. Most recently, Cross game. None of these fit that SJ pigeonhole.
Last I heard, Naruto was the best-selling title for them. If anything, they wish for more successes like that title.
Er: The manga is the entire point of the magazine. |
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Teriyaki Terrier
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I really hope this isn't as bad as it seems, because Viz Media and Funimation may be the only companies in the United States of America that license anime and usually give the licensed series English audio tracks. Geneon is gone, like ADV and Central Park media, Bang Zoom is likely stop dubbing anime all together, possibily and Bandai and Media Blasters typically license anime subtitle only these days. Same with Sentai, save a couple of titles. 60% is a giant number to lay off people, which I really don't want to see and to close the New York Branch isn't good news either. Viz Media also is the only company that I usually buy manga from, with the exception of Tokyo Pop. I am very optimistic that Viz Media will pull through, but if Viz Media does go either chapter seven or chapter eleven, the anime industry will be a serious and I mean serious trouble. Hopefully that never happens though. Because if that does happen, Funimation may be the only anime company other than 4kids to produce an English audio track in the United States of America. Maybe other companies may pop up, but Viz Media and Funimation are in my opinion the best anime companies in today's market. |
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