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This week we record at AX, the con that could have been. We review Wolf’s Rain and Mermaid Saga. Tim and Weltall join us for this, the best show in a while. Enjoy!
Mermaid Saga – Wouldn’t kick it out of bed for crackers.
Wolf’s Rain – Wait until it hits the US and NetFlix it. Continue reading “Episode 138: Mermaid Rain”
Shokotan, the amazing blogging idol, is keeping an english blog during her stay at AX. So if you’ve always wanted to know what the fuss is about but can’t read Japanese, now you can check it out.
Here are my notes from the ADV panel.
ADV is not going anywhere.
They separated from their business partner Sojitz, and Sojitz took a lot of titles with them. But ADV has procured a new partner, whose funding has allowed them to start negotiating for a new group of Anime acquisitions.
They have no plans to acquire any new manga for at least 12 months, although they would “like” to finish their existing ones.
ADV will continue to do dubs, as they have their own production facilities. They might have new acquisition titles by Otakon.
Blu-Ray releases are coming, but have to wait on the Japanese distributors.
The 2nd industry panel was a moderated panel.
Technology, Entertainment and Licensing
Ken Iyadomi – President & CEO, Bandai Entertainment
Vu Nyugen – VP Business Development & Strategy, Crunchyroll
Trulee Karahashi – Society for the Promotion of Japanese Anime
Asako Suzuki – Director of Manga, CMX
Moderated by Justin Sevakis, Director of New Media, Anime New Network
Licensing is becoming more, not less, complicated. Multiple parties want approval and control rights about how things are released. The Japanese distributors have no real internet strategy because they fear the impact on DVD sales as well as piracy. Continue reading “Anime Expo 2008: Industry Notes #2”