Forum - View topicEric P. Sherman, President of Bang Zoom! Entertainment
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Wildcat70
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I wonder if this means somehow we will get DVD 4+5 of When They Cry |
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Greed1914
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I agree. Take his example with Haruhi for instance. Lots of people that I've met have seen it but only a few bothered to buy any of it. Decreased sales due to the various things he mentioned are why we're seeing production being done in Singapore and other companies that are strictly subtitling certain shows and not even investing in a dubbed version. |
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Richard J.
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I'm extremely happy to hear that BangZoom's continuing their work on Rozen Maiden and When They Cry. RM's one of my personal favorites and I desperately want to hear more, like Megu's voice, Kanaria's fight scenes, and the last battle in the Alice Game. When They Cry turned into a surprise favorite and I can't wait to hear and see more. I only wish he'd listed all the Geneon related titles they were still working on. I'm going to stay away from the fansubs issue except to say that my opinon and Mr. Sherman's aren't much different. About AnimeTV: They are doing their own series a bit much, but any anime related product is going to be put out by an anime company. It's not like HBO is dying to interview Wendee Lee about Haruhi or discuss the true meaning of EVA. BangZoom has more access to their own products so it's not surprising they've talked about thier own products. In time, I'm sure we'll see things even out a bit more. |
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khryoleoz
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Looks like BZE has got Lucky Star. Hardly a surprise. I honestly find it hard to believe that we have more anime fans and fewer actual anime consumers. I have 785 domestic anime DVD titles! At an average of $27.00 per title, that's $21,195.00 I've spent on anime over the last 7 years that I've been into it. I've been to 3 cons within the span of that time. So I'm in a minority of anime fans who pay for his goods?
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ultrapostman
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Basically yes, you're in the minority. I think one of the primary reasons for this phenomena we've been seeing for a while now (increased fanbase and decreased sales) is that the new blood is either completely unwilling to pay for what they can get for free (Radiohead's little experiment proved that) or they can't afford it. I sincerely mean that, because teenagers are discovering anime in greater and greater droves and they don't have jobs (admittedly some may have babysitting and allowances, but this is small change) to pay for it. I myself only recently got my first part time job so I can finally afford to finance my addictions (anime, video games, manga, ect.). Before that, however, all I had was $10 a week, birthday and Christmass presents, and occaisonal odd jobs I could do for neighbors and family. As a result, I had to split my money between anime and everything else I spent it on: clothes, video games, manga, American books, and various activities with my friends (movies, paintball, arcades, etc.). Now, that left very little money for anime, but I still bought what I could or asked people to get it for me (Christmass and my birthday). Particularly manga because it's cheap, but I got anime DVDs when I had enough cash saved up. The sad part is that almost none of my friends (who are anime/manga fans) buy anime or manga on the regular basis that I do. Most torrent the anime and either borrow the manga or get a scantalation. Do I try and persuade them to spend more? Of course. The problem is that few of them have jobs and the ones who do are already entrenched in the fansub mentality. Furthermore, they not afraid of lawsuits from the companies because they all find the concept of being fined for downloading anime completely ridiculous. The incident with Odex? Laughed off as something that could "never happen to me". This way of thinking is only going to spread as the industry loses cash from old fans who've either moved on or turned to fansubbing and new fans who either spend nothing or very little. IMHO, it's going to take one hell of a crackdown in order to change my generation's (and others of course) spoiled attitude, although it will be funny when it happens. |
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Steel Angel
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Sadly yes, people like us are getting fewer and further from being the norm. I won't get into all the arguments about fansubs, we've all heard em before, so it's nothing new and doesn't warrant another full thread of arguments. I can only do my share of supporting the Anime I enjoy, and have to hope the best for the rest. |
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Zac
ANN Executive Editor
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DO NOT IGNORE THE MODERATORS |
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ultrapostman
Posts: 164 Location: New Jersey. Don't you just love traffic circles? |
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Sorry if it seems like I'm being defensive but I just wanted to clarify my position. I have no intention of ignoring what Keonym said and starting a debate on fansubs morality. I was trying to do exactly what he (she? I can't remember) said and address the issue in terms of the interview. That is, my opinion on why the fansub community is growing out of control so fast yet anime dvd sales are down. I didn't say anything about watching fansubs being right or wrong (admittedly I did imply that it hurts the industry, but that is a widely accepted idea already expressed in the interview) and I really don't want another pointless 20 page debate. |
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khryoleoz
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It's too bad I didn't hear of Zero's Familiar. I was hoping that this release would continue and that BZE had that one too. BZE and Animaze continue to be my favorites among studios, followed by the defunct Coastal then Industrial Smoke & Mirrors. I hope they can weather this storm, especially in light of the proliferation of Japanese sub only releases, Shanghai and Singapore dubs. I'd have to disagree with Sherman about the Ocean dubs though. Yuck!
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MokonaModoki
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I thought it was a great interview over all, and it was nice to get a glimpse of the views of someone in his position. I was especially pleased to hear him speak confidently about Bang Zoom!'s prospects for weathering the uncertainty of the Geneon situation.
Some of the guests at Oni-con recently made it sound like they thought that the Geneon news had rendered New Generation a sinking ship going down fast. A little insight into the industry can be nice, but hearing these things from actors often makes me wonder if it is just panic in the ranks. |
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Nermal
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Seirei no Moribito....that's all I wanted to hear.
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zeno99
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I think in the near future there won't be an American anime industry. After the collapse, the only way to get anime will be through fansubs.
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TheVok
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What a laughable question. Dude, in relation to Japan where the shows are produced, we nations where English dubbing takes place are all foreign countries. How is the U.S. not foreign but Singapore or Canada is?! |
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khryoleoz
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? I don't get what's laughable about the question. We're talking about Region one (which in the context of anime consumers is essentially English speaking and largely a US demographic) releases of anime. Why wouldn't a US production company be in a preferred position to handle the dubbing if we were after quality, given that they have an overall better track record compared to those "foreign" companies? The question doesn't even say "should", which assumes a right for BZE to get the work, but "could". And I agree.
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calawain
Posts: 192 Location: New York, NY |
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I haven't seen the first at all and I watched the subs for Kenshin and Chobits, but the dubs for Last Exile and Samurai Champloo were great. Chobits I watched the dub for an episode and didn't really like it.
I guess they still have a contract for it even if Geneon is dying off and won't release it, it would be cheaper to let Bang Zoom finish it then try and breach the contract and suffer whatever liquidated damages they put in it for such a breach.
Now if that's not a loaded question I don't know what is, what a joke. |
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