Thursday, October 09, 2003
In defense of American manga/dvd companies...
Maybe I've been brainwashed from being a forum member of AnimeOnDVD.com for so long or something, but I couldn't help writing up two long posts on this thread defending the American companies releasing manga and especially anime.
Personally, I can't believe how cheap anime is getting and I get kind of flustered when people claim that the companies are ripping people off...
Also, a quick correction to Dirk's post in which he wonders why ICv2 mentions that manga titles are growing faster than sales and yet still booming. A closer inspection of the article in question shows that anime is what peaking, while manga is still in "full boom mode" in comparison. A Tokyopop rep recently noted that their titles get about an 8% return rate in bookstores and that they want to get it to double-digits, implying that there is still some room for growth yet...
Personally, I can't believe how cheap anime is getting and I get kind of flustered when people claim that the companies are ripping people off...
Also, a quick correction to Dirk's post in which he wonders why ICv2 mentions that manga titles are growing faster than sales and yet still booming. A closer inspection of the article in question shows that anime is what peaking, while manga is still in "full boom mode" in comparison. A Tokyopop rep recently noted that their titles get about an 8% return rate in bookstores and that they want to get it to double-digits, implying that there is still some room for growth yet...
