The anime crash
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Anime, in general, sells better with dubs than without. In this case Bandai made a strategic decision, given the need to completely redo the dub from scratch, to give impatient fans the sub-only version first and to release a more consumer friendly version later down the line. In the UK we are only getting the hybrid (dub and sub) version rather than the sub-only.chaos said:
The industry, as with the complete dvd market, is in a pickle until they can find an online distribution method that works and is somewhat effective.
Lets face it, a 50% cut in movie downloads etc would probably end the complaints from the industry.
To be honest i dont think the ISP's have the capability to do what the industry wants or requires so i would say until this issues is resolved sales will continue to suffer under the current economic climate. Its nothing to do with the shows or whats being made, but rather a bigger problem.
Lets face it, a 50% cut in movie downloads etc would probably end the complaints from the industry.
To be honest i dont think the ISP's have the capability to do what the industry wants or requires so i would say until this issues is resolved sales will continue to suffer under the current economic climate. Its nothing to do with the shows or whats being made, but rather a bigger problem.
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Nyu said:
That 50% isn't going to happen. Add online distribution and people will complain it isn't free, make it free and people will complain it's slow, make it fast and people will complain it's too low quality, bump up the quality and people will complain that it's too Tuesday, or is displayed using photons and not beamed into their minds.
Cutting piracy in the anime industry is awkward. For a start you're cutting off where most people see your stuff, secondly you'd need to provide the stuff as close to Japanese release as possible, subbed perfectly, and at the perfect price.
Mind you, then again I'm one of those people who really dislikes digital downloads, and am a great believer in the powerful attraction of shiny shiny DVDs....
MrChom said:
Nyu said:
With most ISP's capping download speeds or using STM's this will be the biggest downfall to online distribution as a whole. In order for the online distribution method to become viable the network, in the UK atleast. needs an overhaul. But to be fair, BT are pulling thier fingers out but still thats 5 years away.
The movie industry got its act together with the US/UK film release fiasco. i'm sure these two markets could if they wanted it that bad. All of the major TV channels in the uk sorted out this problem. BBC I-player, 4OD etc. But again, the previous point comes in to play.
Digital downloads are not the be all and end all of the problem. They need to find a good medium. One of the biggest problems the industry has is, at the moment, they believe if joe bloggs downloads a program online and want to burn it to DVD they will then pirate it like crazy.
That and the process of actually burning a show to DVD is too complicated at the moment for 90% of computer users.