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ANNCast - Challenge of the Super Manga Pals

Zac, if you want to call them dead go on ahead as I won't stop you, but to me I'll consider this a time to simply watch and see what happens with Media Blasters.

If the American anime market goes more "Japanese," i.e. catering to the hardcore collectors and higher prices, isn't that a bit counterproductive?

In the last few years we've all witnessed the backlash against anime piracy since the bubbly burst, to get the message out regarding supporting the industry if you want to see it stick around.

Isn't that going to make piracy more of an issue by pricing it out of the hands of new or less hardcore fans?

Is digital distribution and legal streaming supposed to take up this slack, getting anime to the masses who don't want to (or can't) pay collector's prices?

Or are we in such an unstable time until someone cracks the code for making the digital age pay out like physical media used to?

Lastly, is the American anime market setting itself up to the point that, like the Japanese market, the industry caters to a very small, very specific niche (with specific tastes) that neglects other less ardent, more casual consumers, thus stunting any growth potential?

ShanaFan852 wrote:

... Anyway, I listened to just the first part (I may listen past the 18:50 or wherever Zac and Justin ended on segment 1.), and guess what I heard once about titles in the S.A.V.E. line being near the end of their licenses is true. Where did FUNimation first say this themselves first (I probably was living under a rock, or even a mountain at the time.).

I believe it was FUNimation's latest ANNcast, December 2, Its kind of a FUNI Story