You ever had an issue that you just can’t put to rest? Like whether Pluto is a planet or not? Or whether to side with pirates or ninjas? Or how to dispose of your arch-nemesis after they tried to blow up your home, only hours after escaping a trap you had gun-toting, ninja henchmen & sultry temptettes lure them into in the 1st place?
…Not that I would know anything about that…
No, it seems some things just won’t die no matter how much you talk about them or how they’re dealt with. My rant in particular is in reference to the Anime Industry. Before I get into why, a quick refresher for those who lost interest forgot about the issue in general.
State Of The Anime Industry-The Basics/The Decline
-Newtype Crumbles
-Geneon Falls
-“The Fansub War”
-Toonami Dies -The Darkest Day In Anime History-
-[Now] EVERYONE wants to save the industry…
-Behold our Messiah! FUNimation has secured our future!
-Sci-fi Channel pierces the heavens!
-Wait! What?! FUNi’s in trouble?! But Crunchyroll’s on the case?!
-Everyone and their grandmother has a Twitter or Youtube
All caught up now? Good.
So yea, after the last year or so, I thought the anime industry, as a whole, was done trying everything it had planned to stabilize itself. Would I have liked to see more, yes, but this industry isn’t exactly the fastest when it comes to reacting to fan demand in a timely manner. Something I hate, but accept nonetheless. But recently (and by recently I mean the last couple of weeks) I’ve noticed the core issue has been getting a fair amount of press that includes status reports, views from both sides of the Pacific, finger-pointing, and ideas to innovate and re-invigorate the industry. Now I’ve no type of professional association with the anime industry, so I’m not really “in the know” as it were, but as far as I can tell, all this talk about new ideas and revamping is relatively under the radar at the moment, so I thought I’d take it upon myself to put together some commentary surrounding it, because when the industry does start making some of the big moves everyone’s whispering about, I’d like to be there when it happens. So check back every few weeks or so and I’ll try to have a new article linked to this page about the anime industry’s progress during the recession.
*Ticket prices up for main events-3/21/09
*Twilight ‘bites’ into manga sales-3/21/09
*Tokyopop’s Stuart Levy interview w/ICv2-3/21/09
*Future of anime industry in doubt-3/21/09
*Not your father’s anime industry-3/21/09
*Anime Tourism?-3/21/09
*End of Anime Insider Magazine-3/27/09
*What it means to be a voice actor today-3/27/09
*Reboots!!!!-6/28/09
*Disclaimer! Articles are archived the date I write the blog, and not necessarily the date the event(s) happen, but I will try to keep everything updated as often & on-time as possible. Additionally, please take everything I’ve written with a grain of salt. I am not an expert & do not aspire to be one. While I will quote and link as many sources as I can find, I will also supplement my statements with opinions. So please respect my opinion(s) & if there’s anything I’ve left out or gotten wrong, please let me know.*
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