Only registered users may post messages Want to register ? Topic  Re(5):Anime Industry go boom in the US! by Undead Fred 14:08   Thu 22 Aug Forum   Your UserName: Undead Fred Your Password:   *required - forgot your password ? Message Title: Your message: Icon selection: posticon BakedSquid 16mac1 BoiledEgg Before CutletDinner CandyBowl Clip Clipboard DC_Vm4 DC DishSoap2 Fc01 DC_b2 Dice1 Eggplant Disk_1 Disksys DuntPan Edamame KitchenKnife Fami_2 Fan1 Fc_FBasic Fc_PG Fc_cart1 Fc_cart5 GBP_silver Gameboy Garbege Gba2 Logo_NeoCD Linux Logo_Nintendo64 Logo_NeoGeo MailBox3 Logo_PS MailBox PaperBag MisoSoup OpenBox PCE Pad_DC2 Pad_PS Pad_Pce Pad_Sfc Pad_fc1 cocktail1 PetitTomato Pin-white Pockepika Pretzel SauceLadle Scale2 SegaSat SodaBar SoftCream ShavedIce-Strawberry StrappedBox Take-out Ws_3 alert angry apple arrow art attention beer biggrin book burger candy carrot cars chart chick chick1 chick2 chick3 chicken construction cocktail2 coffee digdug cpu download dosei duck dq1 dq2 dq3 icq-offline mp3 e3 egg face ff-cursor file film floppy fries frown gesselaf goemon1 goemon2 goemon3 happa health humor icecream icq-away icq-dnd icq-free icq-invisible icq-na icq-occupied oba-q pad icq-online icq-seek idea jojo_do jojo_go keylock library mahjong mario meat melon microphone mmcafe monitor multimedia music netscape1 netscape2 netscape3 netscape4 newspaper newswire questionmark opaopa pig pointer posticon pow powerbox pudding question redface sad science search smile smile2 smile3 smile4 sports strawberry sunrise theweb thumbdown thumbup travel upa_milk upa_pig yellowpages or view all icons here. [QUOTE]But changes do need to come to the market. Be it on the fansub side, or on the DVD side. As much as Japan hates it, the US market really can't support single volume TV series releases anymore. And unless they wake up to the fact the cash flow they need from the US market will dissapear.... Also, it'd help if they stopped releasing so much crap too. The volume and lack of quality of the product is getting pretty bad. For every 3-4 great series you get about 10 decent to okay ones and a pile of bad ones. It seems like every manga /game gets a TV series even if they don't deserve it...-.- [/QUOTE]Honestly, I hope they DON'T follow after the US and start cranking out anime that go on and on until the well runs dry and everyone is sick of it. That's one of the things that really appealed to me about anime was that series would END at some point. Sure, some had "second seasons" or spin-offs or whatever you want to call it, but at least a large majority (of what I've seen) don't keep going until they run it into the ground. Airmaster? Fun show, done. Azumanga? Awesome show, done. Cowboy Bebop? Great show, done. Throw an extra movie in here and there and keep it at that. I'm sure the lack of quality thing you mentioned is just more noticeable these days since the exposure's so much higher. We're more aware of these shows now, so we're catching more than just the classics overseas... It's not hard to believe that there were duds in the past. They just weren't successful enough to make it out of Japan. Delete? To delete this post, check this box. Delete subthread too ? To delete all replies to your message, check this box (currently disabled) Show Signature: include your profile signature. Emoticons: disable Emoicons in this post.