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NEWS: ADV Files 3rd-Party Claim in Funimation's Lawsuit

...and the new(er) MS IGLOO! Also, Super Robot War: The Inspector. They would be the only company with the testicular fortitude to go for it.

...I'm a little confused, why do people seem so angry if Funi did try to take over ADV? As long as it wasn't by illegal means, it's an acceptable(and common) business practice to takeover an existing company.

The other thing is, if Funi paid money for ADV's debt to Sojitz(?) but ADV says the debt was a con by Sojitz, mayhaps they should get together to pursue getting that Sojitz thing so Funi can get their money back and ADV can get what they deserve(the erasing of their debt or at least lowering of it).

Then again I could be missing the point entirely, I'm not well versed in all this.

Technically speaking, that should totaly break that whole newco thing Sentai's been trying to pull and that would mean that they would have to throw the towel in something closely resembling a dignified manor.

Course Texas is another freaking reality onto itself so whatever.

I smell some trolls here mods may want to get that lock button ready soon.

On to the topic at hand. This is just depressing. 2012 has just been nothing but bad news for anime fans in general. Be it young or old fans of anime in the end we the fans loose from lawsuits like these.

Also for those who care, a lot of what ADV did closely resembles the GM restructuring, just without government assistance and with no company ever filing for bankruptcy.

If the rest of the R1 industry dies, it will be replaced by (perhaps) half hearted attempts to market stuff directly in the US by Japanese companies.
Some will work, some will fail, but the days of people starting a "licensing" based business for disc media with dubbing are long gone.
The buy-in is too pricey and the upside is too bleak with no decent chance of TV airings.

I wouldn't worry too much about these lawsuits. Federal indicates that a settlement will be reached.

Will streaming ever become truly profitable, profitable enough to cover costs and provide enough to produce more? You can't take risks (expensive risks) if you're only just taking in enough.

That was the 2000s. The economy's changed a lot since then.

Perhaps, but it was a limited quantity, so it's not really indicative of a hit. If they had excess copies, I'd imagine GoS would be doing worse here.

Evidently not very rich at all, as there are still plenty of R1 copies of Madoka still available.

I might have misunderstood your comment, but I do not see streaming revenue playing a big role in producing/financing anime right now; if that is what you mean.

...I'm a little confused, why do people seem so angry if Funi did try to take over ADV? As long as it wasn't by illegal means, it's an acceptable(and common) business practice to takeover an existing company.

mayhaps they should get together to pursue getting that Sojitz thing so Funi can get their money back and ADV can get what they deserve(the erasing of their debt or at least lowering of it).

If the rest of the R1 industry dies, it will be replaced by (perhaps) half hearted attempts to market stuff directly in the US by Japanese companies.

Agreed and I also do not get what people have against Funi to go under because they do not have bad business practices.

Sentai or ADV has no Dragonball Z and when basically Funi became the number one after ADV went bankrupt that was their fault and nothing more.

I certainly don't wish bankruptcy on either of the parties, but deep inside I wish that Bandai Visual USA would make a comeback.

They've actually been doing better the past few years than in the early 2000's. Aniplex has been raking in plenty of money, especially when they had Fate/Zero, Madoka, and Nisemonogatari for example.

I wonder how many people wanted it as months after it sold out at Rightstuf, it sold out in Japan, and the new copies are going for inflated prices there.

If they were raking in money, then they wouldn't be expanding here. Wouldn't be surprised if most of those productions ended up costing more than they got back in return, even with higher home video fees.

And how many copies were available in Japan? Aniplex is just trying to cash in on an inflated secondary markets. And unless you're E-Bay, that's bound to bite you in the ass eventually.

If they were raking in money, then they wouldn't be expanding here. Wouldn't be surprised if most of those productions ended up costing more than they got back in return, even with higher home video fees.