Post by Yash on Apr 28, 2005 16:56:55 GMT -5
animenewsnetwork.com/columns/sunday.php?id=35
What a moron... like this part:
This guy from the Anime News Network boards pretty much summed it up:
What a moron... like this part:
What attributes should a property have before you consider bringing it over to the west?
We look at things such as popularity, but also if it has a merchandising component; can we license it, can we license products for it? Thats really the main issue for us... the playing pattern, if it's popular and how it merchandises. If we can't merchandise it, it really doesn't have a lot of interest for us.
Because it's not financially viable?
That's correct, because it's too expensive to do the dubbing and the acquisitions because we rewrite, we re-script, we re-score. So it's very difficult to do that if you don't have any other revenue streams and we have to make sure we get that.
We look at things such as popularity, but also if it has a merchandising component; can we license it, can we license products for it? Thats really the main issue for us... the playing pattern, if it's popular and how it merchandises. If we can't merchandise it, it really doesn't have a lot of interest for us.
Because it's not financially viable?
That's correct, because it's too expensive to do the dubbing and the acquisitions because we rewrite, we re-script, we re-score. So it's very difficult to do that if you don't have any other revenue streams and we have to make sure we get that.
This guy from the Anime News Network boards pretty much summed it up:
Al Kahn isn't the best guy in the world at winning arguments, I take it.
Q: Why do you guys edit anime?
A: Because it's very expensive to produce, and editing is the only way to offset those costs.
Q: Why are your series so expensive to produce?
A: Because we edit anime.
So you guys edit anime because it's expensive, and it's expensive because you edit it. Good show.
*snip*
At least it's good to know we'll all be getting uncut DVD's of The Cramp Twins sometime soon. That's the one everyone's been waiting for, right?
Q: Why do you guys edit anime?
A: Because it's very expensive to produce, and editing is the only way to offset those costs.
Q: Why are your series so expensive to produce?
A: Because we edit anime.
So you guys edit anime because it's expensive, and it's expensive because you edit it. Good show.
*snip*
At least it's good to know we'll all be getting uncut DVD's of The Cramp Twins sometime soon. That's the one everyone's been waiting for, right?
