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Interview: Aniplex of America President Henry Goto

The questions were utterly gutless. Not a single one was aimed towards the quality of AoA's releases, or the decisions that go into the releases themselves - what gets subbed, and why such subpar extras.

But considering the fact that every other ad on ANN is an Aniplex product

Henry usually screens the questions that the interviewers ask before hand. He probably refused to let them ask about it.

Next time, when ANN is interested in talking about home video, if Goto grants an interview, he'll be asked home video questions. But honestly, that's an old subject. What more is there to ask them? Their position on the issue is quite well known. They've never evaded the question, they've answered it very bluntly many times before in panels, in older ANN interviews, etc... Why ask them again? The answer isn't going to change.

Your points are quite valid, but we have come to expect from "the media" when they interview a powerful and/or controversial figure to throw them a curverball or two; otherwise it frankly feels as advertisement "tell us about your company projects so that we can throw money at them". If Goto was a creative (meaning, someone that do creates the things that we are fans of) it then would be reasonable to ask just about his past, present or future work, albeit a curveball would still be nice.

Of course, that all goes out the window if it's someone taking questions from a live audience.

Which is why they should be nailed with these questions at convention panels.

TarsTarkas wrote:

Which is why they should be nailed with these questions at convention panels.

Which would make no difference at all. He has been asked all those questions before and I'm sure he has a series of stock answers that he would trot out and stand there smiling. The problem is not that the questions have not been asked, it is that people don't like the answers. The bottom line is that they set prices as they do for the same reason that the tom cat licks himself (because he can).

AniplexUSA seems to have found a way around this. Most likely the quality of their shows. They show no inclination to change.

The bottom line is that for non essential, non regulated goods a company can charge what ever they want. Each consumer has to make their own decision as to the products value to them.

I don't personally like what they are doing. There have been several shows that I would have bought and passed on due to price. That said, fans have been complaining about them since they first started, it hasn't changed anything and I honestly don't think complaints or questions will ever change them. Also I understand that some of the complaints here are simple venting. But someday you just have to let it go.

If you give up you have already lost, if you don't give up, you always have a chance, even if the odds aren't in your favor.

there is also such a thing as picking your battles and deciding just where you want to place your trenches.

Something I am sure of is that nothing said here on ANNs forums is going to change anything.

Really we are not disenfranchised here. Aniplex is very good at getting all their shows up and streaming.

encouraging us to abandon a dying technology. (favors like that I can do without)