Discussion Zone: => Cartoons, Anime, Comics, & Manga! => Topic started by: kinjo on March 06, 2008, 05:21:59 PM
Title: Is Anime Dead?
Post by: kinjo on March 06, 2008, 05:21:59 PM
the past few months the headlines have been pretty bad for anime companies in the west, Geneon USA has shut down, all other anime distributers (whats left of them) have greatly reduced their operations.
newtype USA magazine stopped (which is owned by ADV), toei animation gone
some say its the internet some say its just not as popular anymore
thoughts?
Title: Re: Is Anime Dead?
Post by: Famardy on March 06, 2008, 06:05:05 PM
Yeah 2007 was a rough time for anime indeed, but I wouldn't bet that Toei is out of business yet cuz Disney has offically bought Toei, so anime might be reborn! [8D]
Title: Re: Is Anime Dead?
Post by: kinjo on March 06, 2008, 06:05:50 PM
lets see what 2008 holds
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Post by: Famardy on March 06, 2008, 06:09:53 PM
Another main reason that anime might be decling here is because of 4kids, since they're ones that tarnish anime in the beginning with especially on how they've handled One Piece.
Title: Re: Is Anime Dead?
Post by: kinjo on March 06, 2008, 06:14:09 PM
atleast it keeps 2d animations alive
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Post by: Famardy on March 06, 2008, 06:19:38 PM
Btw, what do you mean that other anime distributors reduced their operations?
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Post by: kinjo on March 06, 2008, 06:41:28 PM
adv layed alot of people off
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Post by: ShinamoriAoshi on March 06, 2008, 09:11:27 PM
anime is just having a rough time i guess
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Post by: tkoold on March 06, 2008, 09:15:58 PM
yeah anime comes and goes, only once every 5 years is there a boom and the other 4 years it falls off of peoples intrest, this has been going on since the 80's also its only the US operations that are hurting, As far as japan is concerened Genoen ADV and Funimation is doing just fine, its just the US offices and productions that are not being the most profitable. so what it means is that without buying inport bootlegs its more and more unlikly well see newer/current animes in the future..
Title: Re: Is Anime Dead?
Post by: kinjo on March 06, 2008, 11:23:06 PM
i really want to get into the anime world doing something
i really think its still the future
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Post by: ShinamoriAoshi on March 08, 2008, 01:26:36 PM
...a future without sailor moon [drum]
Title: Re: Is Anime Dead?
Post by: kinjo on March 10, 2008, 09:45:53 AM
Title: Re: Is Anime Dead?
Post by: tkoold on March 11, 2008, 08:48:24 AM
lol you guys just like saying that to see what ill say [nono] [sailor]
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Post by: Wesker on March 11, 2008, 11:14:03 AM
why did Geneon usa shut down? They showed us Akira!
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Post by: kinjo on March 11, 2008, 01:53:39 PM
no they didnt akira was originally released i think late 80s by Orion which is also no longer with us
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Post by: Wesker on March 11, 2008, 06:37:57 PM
Well yeah Orion is gone, they released afew good action films in the 80s.
my Akira dvd was released by Geneon.
Title: Re: Is Anime Dead?
Post by: kinjo on March 12, 2008, 04:56:06 PM
Orion released all the Professional VHS's too, aka goglo 13
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Post by: ShinamoriAoshi on March 12, 2008, 07:24:32 PM
lol, only about half of these i know
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Post by: kinjo on March 12, 2008, 07:35:57 PM
[naruto]
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Post by: malevolencedrone on March 13, 2008, 12:18:00 PM
I think the reasoning is this: the kids who grew up on anime, grew up. Also, the whole being able to download stuff off the net and getting imports pretty easily nowadays probably didn't help.
Title: Re: Is Anime Dead?
Post by: kinjo on March 13, 2008, 03:42:12 PM
[rank] you are right
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Post by: tkoold on March 14, 2008, 09:59:02 AM
its the economy, no one intrested can afford it anymore Like me...
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Post by: kinjo on March 14, 2008, 10:29:11 AM
when the economy is bad, i go and make a huge anime purchase i spent like $200 total in feb
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Post by: TwitchLord on March 18, 2008, 02:14:59 AM
if anime dies i might die with it T_T so just to say for what might come, sweet dreams and goodnight anime
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Post by: tkoold on March 18, 2008, 05:06:40 AM
there there, Ash will still catch pokemon... [naruto]
Title: Re: Is Anime Dead?
Post by: kinjo on March 18, 2008, 09:47:05 AM
in your DREAMS!
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Post by: TwitchLord on March 18, 2008, 02:37:33 PM
T_T i dont dream
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Post by: kinjo on March 18, 2008, 02:38:17 PM
drink 2 glasses of water before bed, then you will
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Post by: TwitchLord on March 18, 2008, 08:28:38 PM
i cant drink water T_T
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Post by: kinjo on March 19, 2008, 09:38:33 AM
thats a lie
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Post by: TwitchLord on March 20, 2008, 04:38:09 AM
no the cake is a lie
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Post by: tkoold on March 20, 2008, 06:29:20 AM
yeah i cant drink water wither unless its bottled :P
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Post by: kinjo on March 20, 2008, 11:09:24 AM
impossible, you guys lie to me not to your friends [yoshi]
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Post by: tkoold on March 21, 2008, 11:56:22 PM
lol umm ima leave that one alone [panda]
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Post by: kinjo on March 23, 2008, 10:30:34 AM
[jive]
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Post by: TwitchLord on March 30, 2008, 03:59:14 AM
[naruto]
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Post by: Flashwerewolf on March 30, 2008, 06:10:21 AM
anime is dead. entertainment is dead. People are starting to be aware of how mizerable they are and are taking life into their own hands, so they are moving away from media outlets.
Title: Re: Is Anime Dead?
Post by: TwitchLord on March 30, 2008, 07:27:17 AM
i wish
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Post by: Flashwerewolf on March 30, 2008, 07:40:19 AM
well atleast I am. [XD2]
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Post by: TwitchLord on March 30, 2008, 09:07:25 AM
yes now i will try
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Post by: Flashwerewolf on March 31, 2008, 08:31:44 PM
[wiz] cool. [sailor]
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Post by: kinjo on March 31, 2008, 11:13:44 PM
it better not! i just made an anime site! [XD2]
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Post by: TwitchLord on April 01, 2008, 01:02:06 AM
yeah
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Post by: Flashwerewolf on April 01, 2008, 02:46:47 AM
yeah a lot of disney characters were created during and around the time of the depression and the world wars.
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Post by: tkoold on April 01, 2008, 05:23:53 AM
yeah if its to easy to pay nothing or 10$ for somthing that otherwise costs 50 -200$ then doing the right thing doesent seem smart..
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Post by: TwitchLord on April 07, 2008, 11:14:01 PM
:gotchahaha1xb:
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Post by: ShinamoriAoshi on April 08, 2008, 02:51:14 PM
but then you feel like shit inside
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Post by: Flashwerewolf on April 09, 2008, 01:41:48 AM
and be furthering the decline in anime
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Post by: ShinamoriAoshi on April 09, 2008, 01:51:42 PM
its the slow destruction of anime
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Post by: TwitchLord on April 11, 2008, 10:05:58 PM
well at least ill always have anime in my heart
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Post by: ShinamoriAoshi on April 13, 2008, 05:39:35 PM
and when its gone theres all that anime still the-
WAIT WHAT AM I SAYING!!!
ANIME WILL LIVEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
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Post by: TwitchLord on April 14, 2008, 05:24:29 PM
yes
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Post by: Whalesdude on May 23, 2008, 10:12:32 PM
I was thinking, I haven't ever really seen any good actually.. AMERICAN Made anime. They all had to be translated.
I'd love to see some come out. (That's what she said)
But yeah, I can understand why they're not doing so well. Now all the nerdy white kids watch anime so the asians are widthdrawing their stores of anime in order to preserve it.
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Post by: Flashwerewolf on May 26, 2008, 10:47:33 PM
well anime stores cant run on their own. they gotta team up with regular movies and/or games/cd stores to stay in business.
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Post by: TwitchLord on May 28, 2008, 10:13:23 PM
thats called merchandising and everything does that
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Post by: Flashwerewolf on May 28, 2008, 10:41:16 PM
cept me.
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Post by: ShinamoriAoshi on May 31, 2008, 11:37:02 AM
well anime stores cant run on their own. they gotta team up with regular movies and/or games/cd stores to stay in business.
thats the problem, anime can't stand on its own two feet
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Post by: Flashwerewolf on May 31, 2008, 08:33:08 PM
there was this one local shop next to the post office where i had lived that was its own anime shop. it had TONS OF MANGA and action figures, vhs movies, collectable cards. everything 100% from japan. Id buy old magic cards and DBZ stuff. it went out of buisness 3 years ago. I was really sad.
Title: Re: Is Anime Dead?
Post by: ShinamoriAoshi on June 04, 2008, 07:39:33 PM
that sucks, this anime store i saw near where i took guitar lessons went out of business and it became a sandwich shop
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Post by: Flashwerewolf on June 04, 2008, 11:21:57 PM
sandwiches are cool
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Post by: tkoold on June 25, 2008, 01:07:38 PM
really r They now!?
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Post by: Flashwerewolf on June 25, 2008, 10:14:59 PM
well refrigerated ones are! [XD1]
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Post by: PoWeRpEnGuIn on July 04, 2008, 07:59:57 PM
anime may not be dead but this topic is. [sailor2]
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Post by: ShinamoriAoshi on July 08, 2008, 02:30:10 AM
Nooo, it was always on topic *sarcasm*
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Post by: Flashwerewolf on July 09, 2008, 10:56:59 PM
and thus its locked
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Post by: Flashwerewolf on October 13, 2008, 01:15:13 AM
yup and its still dead as a hooker
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Post by: tkoold on October 14, 2008, 12:04:34 AM