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Answerman - Is The "Netflix" Way Of Making Shows A Savior For The Anime Business?

The title of the article on the front page is incorrect. It says "Answerman - Is Netflix A Salve For The Anime Business?" instead of Savior. It made no sense to me until I clicked and saw the real title.

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Doesn't help LD is being made by fans too. They toss in references here and there for longtime fans of both shows. Kept Galra, had Shiro's scene in S2 or S1 be a shot for shot recreation of the original, etc.

Not sure what you mean by "doesn't help," the show seems to be doing fine as far as I can tell. It has a loyal fanbase online, and they've already announced another season. Whatever they're doing, its working.

Then again, the current anime streaming business model seems to rely on quantity over "quality" & I don't see CR etc being willing to pay more just because the producers spent more, & certainly not subscribers paying more to get fewer shows.

The problem here is the fact the Japanese loves to churn out stuff that maybe it will not be a sucess

Looking of what is coming out of Chinese anime made in Japanese studios i don't think that is that good of a solution.

Is more like the increase in manga/LN sales is more important than streaming numbers. Publishers don't mind cover the costs and loses if sales of their mangas and LN go up.

Here are a couple of good articles related to this topic

I just hope that American companies can produce more shows like this Castlevania show. I haven't played the games, but the trailer gives off a sense of maturity that other anime-influenced cartoons like Avatar and to a lesser extent ThunderCats 2011 were never able to achieve. The biggest problem with cartoons is not that they are for kids, since there are numerous shows that contradict this, but the fact that they are pretty much all comedies. Having shows like Castlevania would add much-needed variety to the cartoon industry, and I hope this show is successful enough to warrant such a change.

The scenario you described, Justin, where an anime producer pitches an idea in the early stages of development to Netflix already happened. It's Perfect Bones.

Last year, at Production I.G.'s Anime Expo panel, the rep talked about how Netflix came to them asking about anime they had in development and Perfect Bones was the one they picked. She commented how surprised she was at how complex the story was after reading the scripts for three episodes.

Despite playing a full trailer with Netflix logo and everything (after some issues getting the audio to work), which looked AMAZING, only I and one other person asked about it during the Q&A, and he was very hesitant to ask his question because the twenty or so other people in line only asked about the now released live-action Ghost in the Shell or the new FLCL.

I asked about the budget for the series, but the rep seemed to wave away my question that it had the normal budget.

Since the initial press release and AX there has not been any word on Perfect Bones, but it is easily the anime I am most curious about.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/netflix-continues-anime-push-perfect-869154

Seriously, if they plan on streaming it in 190+ countries and potentially attracting a large fan base, they should have given an update on "Perfect Bones" by now. Also, try something that many people prefer, Netflix. That is, weekly simulcasts. That is what Sentai, Daisuki, Hulu, CR, Amazon, and Funi are better at.