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I think moreso than anything to do with the translation the magazine's licence was conditional upon them promoting all anime and not just the stuff they had the licence for. I would suspect that is a greater contributing factor since it would otherwise smeer the name of the magazine as a...

I would imagine that it would be the opposite of that in small arthouse cinemas and won't be showing in large ones.

In an ideal world what you say is perfectly right however when Japanese producers see that series X appears to be exceptionally popular in the west the licencing costs are liable to increase by a large degree. This makes licencing the series much more risky since many more copies need to be sold...

The major flaw in your argument is that somebody at some level is getting revenue for the anime being watched on TV be it through advertising or state-funded TV. There is absolutely no gain to anybody involved in that broadcast over fansubs downloaded via the internet other than the single...

It is exactly because it is a fairly recent one that they lost it, probably. With the backing from Sojitz falling through they have lost a lot of the capital they made those acquistions with and without that have had to let them go. I wouldn't say it is a case of them wanting to let these titles...

That argument simply doesn't stand up. Food and general upkeep are required. Anime is an optional luxury and is not required. If, after your common expenses, you can't afford anime (or any other luxury you could name) you simply do without it. There is absolutely no imperative forcing you to...

The problem with the US release was that there was no dub produced for it. That may not be a problem for you personally but for a great many anime fans it is.

According to the release at the AnimeExpo the DVD releases for these (at least in the case of Freedom) are coming at a later date (a couple of months down the line), with the initial release going to BD.

Usually the way it works is that the retailer takes so much stock and returns to the distributor any overstock, sometimes retaining some to sell at a lower pricepoint (I assume when sales have been enough to cover costs). In some cases distributors pay shops for shelf-space (usually supermarkets...

It is not true to say that Geneon US is no more. They exist as a licence holder in the US representing Dentsu/Geneon Japan properties in much the same way that Kadokawa exists to represent its Japanese holdings in the wider world. They made this very clear when they ceased US distribution. The...

Kodansha have actually had publishing houses in Europe and the US for some years, which is why I am relatively surprised to find that they only now came up with this thought. It probably has something to do with the current financial pinch the world is going through, which not only will hit...

My understanding of this from what others have said is that Bandai Visual is simply being moving under the Bandai Entertainment banner. The cynic in me sees this as a move to placate those who spoke out against Bandai Visual, making use of the relatively good reputation of Bandai Entertainment...

Revelation only releases FUNimation titles in the UK where they own the US and UK licence. In this instance this is a US distribution deal and rather than a sale of the licence, much like their deal with Tokyopop for some of their anime titles. I would be very surprised if the UK licence was...

That is not viable in reality. The fanbase, percentage-wise between the US and UK is about the same. The difference is really about the population difference. You cannot force people to buy into a particular medium so anime will remain very niche for the forseeable future.

Simple answer to that question would be "no". There is a legal requirement to submit all video content to the BBFC and receive certification before being released into stores in the UK. This was decided many years back to prevent the ignorant masses from viewing questionable content on recorded...

Being a Hollywood adaptation you can almost count on it being vastly different from the original work. Big screen movies quite often sacrifice a lot of plot elements for the sake of accessibility. Some things simply do not translate well to a movie, which necessarily has a limit as to how long...

Not really. Shana (and other Flame Haze) are there to prevent people being devoured by Crimson Denizens. The majority of people are perfectly alive but there are some who have been destroyed with only their remnants left behind to fill the void. The premise of the show is based around Shana as...

For the first question, there are three discs to the collection, each covering half of the series (if I remember the disc split correctly) so the first box finishes at episode 13. For the second question you are better off asking in the BEEZ discussion thread where Andrew Partridge from BEEZ...

Anime Central is a channel owned by Chart Show Channel Group (CSC). Other channels owned by CSC include Scuzz, Popgirl and of course Chart Show channel itself. Anime Central as a channel in its own right and instead looks set to become a block on another of the group's channels, namely Scuzz...

I reckon that would have to be Cardcaptor Sakura, followed by Angelic Layer.