Recession reality bites Japan's anime industry
By Morgan Neill
CNN
TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- Given the magnitude of Japan's recession, it should perhaps come as little surprise that the fantasy-obsessed animation industry has received a hard dose of reality.
Yasuo Yamaguchi, executive director of the Association of Japanese Animators, said the industry has been rocked by the country's deepest recession since World War II.
"The spread of free Internet downloading is having a deadly effect," he said.
Japanese animation is roughly a $2 billion-a-year industry. Revenues peaked in 2006 but have since fallen off, as lower advertising revenues lead to fewer new programs.
Yamaguchi said the animation industry is important to Japan's economy and that the government should be helping it through these tough times with subsidies.
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07-31-2009, 03:23 PM #1
Recession reality bites Japan's anime industry
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07-31-2009, 03:31 PM #2Elite Member
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we who download for free are to be partly blamed. hehehe. XD
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07-31-2009, 09:16 PM #3Elite Member
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^^ 50-50 bai, 50% for seeders and 50% for leechers. lol
are they expecting a bailout from the govt?
what if istop ang production sa Naruto and Bleach and wait until mkagain ang industry? hihihi...
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08-01-2009, 03:41 AM #4Elite Member
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Sad but true. Good thing I didn't download any and yes I do video streaming.
Originally Posted by rodsky
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08-01-2009, 03:53 AM #5Senior Member
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are they expecting a bailout from the govt?
what if istop ang production sa Naruto and Bleach and wait until mkagain ang industry? hihihi...[/QUOTE]
ayaw uy...hehe...best things in life are free baya...
ok ra cguro if naa jud manga na orig ibaligya sa mga comic stands/bookstore...
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08-01-2009, 05:56 AM #6Muted User
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tanaw nalang og Hero TV. Originally Posted by fitzui83
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08-01-2009, 06:28 AM #7C.I.A.
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nag himo bah sila ug english version? kong di sila himo english version/with subtitles they can't blame us
you know we rely on 3rd party subtitled
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08-01-2009, 07:13 AM #8C.I.A.
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dah mao na. mga gahimo aning naruto ug bleach are to be blamed sad!!! Originally Posted by aozora
mga nawg kwarta!! straight to the point ra gud na inyung anime!! saunz.
worst animes ever (fillers + chit-chat). so terrible (compared to DBZ and YUYU)..
but both stories are good.
it just blows my mind that they made mess with these great titles.
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08-01-2009, 11:59 AM #9Elite Member
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na apil na nuon ang mangaka(cartoonist) ug blame. luoya pud. Originally Posted by X
i think ang fillers gihimo para maka rest/vacation pud ang mangaka. ikaw bay trabaho ug straight. kakapoy ana.
or maka concentrate ug lain like movie/ova sa series.
nya kung naay fillers kay kabantay ka nga naa pud movie/ova coming?
(fillers na gani ang episodes, kay lain na ang style sa pagdrawing/sketch kay dli nmn ang original artist naghimo i think, ako lang na notice)
maybe it's best kung ang Japan mo help sa ilang manga/anime distribution.
like making it available to other countries in realtime and translated.
maybe hire those fansubbers to work legally.
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08-03-2009, 01:35 AM #10Senior Member
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its a pretty harsh life gyud.. luoya pod oi.. but that's obviously part sa drawbacks on internet --
licensing gyud. got torrents and streaming everywhere, from fan subbers.
everything is being outsourced these days. tsk... lisod ning hard labor oi...
well as long as there are stations from different countries na mo buy ug anime license/right to be able to air them locally with translation it should help the industry a bit.
lisod manawagan na dili na pa downloadon or pa fansub-on ang mga tawo....
so calling all stations pasalida na mo ug anime diha oi.. okey ra kung tagalized... better para ma enjoy sa whole community... ma appreciate sa younger and older ones.. hehehhe
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