Forum - View topicINTEREST: AnimeJapan Offers Seminar on N. American Anime Market Expansion
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samuelp
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Moderated by Stu, with Kun/Shawn/Adam as the panelists?!
Those 4 people are arguably some of the most influential people in the NA market ever. If only Jon Ledford was there, it'd be perfect. I have to attend now, just in case it blows up somehow  .
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SailorPluto1313
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Didn't TokyoPop go bankrupt and leave a ton of manga licenses in limbo and several other series unfinished? And they're running the panel?? Well, hope it goes well. I mean I know they're back, but I thought they were only working with Disney right now.
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clipeuh
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I was interested until Stu Levy came up. His companies all failed. He's only there for the money.
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Kadmos1
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Despite TP's many failures, some of its successes include helping popularize shoujo manga and being an early licensor of some light novels (though how they translated is another matter). |
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Kicksville
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Tokyopop's unflipped, bookstore distribution focused manga pretty much spurred the manga boom in the 00's.
Given their behavior before and since then, it's not hard to feel like that was a happy accident, but that was them, and it was a big deal. So it's not total nonsense he'd be there. Still, he is pretty firmly a has-been at this point, and gross practices like their infamously bad original artist contracts have left their mark, so I'm not surprised people would be less than thrilled. |
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