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NEWS: America's 2009 Anime Market Pegged at US$2.741 Billion

Well it seem that Funi and Viz keep growing while the other one are shrinking

Uh... you do realize that many Americans can't afford to import all the time. We have a life that requires bills to pay or the very means of watching anime on computers or online can be shanked if the bills aren't met. We aren't greedy, its just many can't afford spending $100 dollars or more on an import when they have to pay bills every month.

Also, its great to put money in the hands of the original creators, but buying from anime companies who actually license the anime is just as good, because not only do you support the people who spent all this time making it for you, you also support the creators because they are paid the royalties from the Anime licensor. Saying that licensors are not supporting the original creators is just ludicrous because If they weren't supporting the original creators, Then why would they be selling it in the first place? That would violate international copyright law and that company would be flat out sued and shut down.

The American market may be small for anime, but it still is a great part of the Japanese anime industry because a good portion of anime sales comes from overseas sales. Saying that it doesn't matter to the Japanese anime industry isn't true as well, its like saying that sales Overseas mean nothing to the American cartoon market. For a large industry to survive, it would require enough demand to keep it running. Loosing that demand overseas could become a very heavy loss to the industry itself.

Number of licensed lolies in 2010: zero.

Charred Knight wrote:

You really think the anime industry can sustain itself only in Japan?

Yes. We call it importing.

true enough but i think with cr, ann and anime network's subscriptions it helps and every bit helps in the end after all but hmm there is still a big market for dvd's and blurays due to the fact that some people like me like to share their hobby. I just want to see where this is going to head is all.

egoist wrote:

Charred Knight wrote: You really think the anime industry can sustain itself only in Japan? Yes. We call it importing.

You import a JDM anime bluray/DVD that doesn't even have subtitles.

Then what's the next step after that.... pirating?


all a rouge online subber has to do is rip the Bluray disc content, sub it, then release on P2P and direct download.

Charred Knight wrote:

Most of the character goods are from Pokemon, you remove pokemon and the character goods are down by more than half. The average anime fan isn't going to buy body pillows. You're making the same mistake bandai visual made which was expecting that you can easily make money by simply using business models aimed at the japanese.

You realize that 40% (taking out Pokemon) of $2.420 Billion is still a lot more than the $306 Million DVD/BD makes, right? It's about 3x as much, actually. Why you're even excluding Pokemon is beyond me since anime is anime, but when you do, Character Goods still kicks Home Entertainment's ass.

And you do realize character goods are a lot more than body pillows, right? Please tell me you're not forgetting plushies, keychains, and figures. It doesn't take an otaku to buy a $30 nendoroid of their favorite character.

after reading this post, i can't help wondering if the drop in the dvd sales is the result of poor titles release - or too few -for this year.

personally i only buy dvd/ BR anime if it is dubbed in a language i am fluent at ( English/french/Italian).

so far this year there are not much titles released that warrent me buying them - I look for interesting stories, art quality and rewatch value.
FMA, Guin saga, Eden of the east movies, Highschool of the Dead, and the rest of Gundam 00 are so far the only titles i think i will be buying this year.
sometimes it makes me wonder who choose the titles that are being released, every season there is usually 2 shows that are unique, yet are not picked for US distribution - with dubbing that is.

as for the goods, sure i try to order them from US/ European stores
and if i can't find them then i get them from Japan.

one thing i will like to say - my personal opinion- i think it is crazy buying a DVD for 100$ in a different region and in a language i don't understand, beside - especially for anime - i want to look at the art and the animation, reading subtitles will distract for the experience.
beside for that money i can buy usually the whole series and save money for my yearly travel plans.
anyway i hope that the US distributors can turn this figure around, by being smart about what they import and knowing that there are always fans like me who will always buy their DVD as longs as they present us with quality intelligent shows.

ciao

after reading this post, i can't help wondering if the drop in the dvd sales is the result of poor titles release - or too few - for this year.

personally i only buy dvd/ BR anime if it is dubbed in a language i am fluent at (English/french/Italian). ...

Intriguingly, moe~ shows hardly appear anywhere on the list at all. Clannad Complete Collection, for instance, ranks around 170th.

And you do realize character goods are a lot more than body pillows, right? Please tell me you're not forgetting plushies, keychains, and figures. It doesn't take an otaku to buy a $30 nendoroid of their favorite character.

after reading this post, i can't help wondering if the drop in the dvd sales is the result of poor titles release - or too few -for this year.

Then what's the next step after that.... pirating?

NGK wrote:

Then what's the next step after that.... pirating?

No. I pirate or stream about everything I watch whether or not I import. I'm through with discs.