Comments on: A quick question on current events…

By: MinuOftheConfused

MinuOftheConfused — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:38:09 +0000

Definitely not a good sign for the US anime/otaku, FUNimation has taken out One Piece and taken down some time on Naruto. I think it was either Bleach or Inuyasha that went down with it. Sad to see either go T-T.
As for Japan’s pocket full of money, i dunno. But i think their anime will hold the longest since that’s where it’s all from to begin with

By: Sub

Sub — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:06:51 +0000

In the current climate, I have a really hard time justifying any purchase, especially otaku stuff. I’ve narrowed it down to a robot-only diet: I just bought Super Robot Wars Z and I intend for it to last me a few months, at the very least. And then I splurged on an Ideon figure, because if the end of the universe is really coming, there’s no home decoration more appropriate.

By: akatsukisan

akatsukisan — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:44:57 +0000

It shouldn’t be that bad, with all the world leaders, financial leaders, central banks etc taking action, though in the United States anime will definitely take a severe blow. However in other countries e.g. Australia, Japan etc the anime industry should be still fine…aside from drops in profits as people tighten their belts.

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By: The Sojourner

The Sojourner — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:40:38 +0000

Oh. I have one answer. Parents are going to slap their kids for ordering that overpriced R1 DVD set through Amazon.

By: TheBigN

TheBigN — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:52:13 +0000

houkoholic: The moe/VN adaptations are the ones that get the most income?

kuromitsu: This is the angle that I’m paying attention to: as anime is more of a hobby than a necessity, what changes in spending will occur?

IKnight: Given what others have commented, the BBC might be right there. Though proof would be helpful. :3

Anna: Well, how much of the usual revenue comes from the hardcore fans?

Miha: It will be interesting to see how FUNimation handles things, since that might be a sign as to how well the US anime industry can cope with this.

Panther: Trends suggest that Obama would get in, and the economy factors in to this. We’ll see what happens in the future as well.

Sojourner: This is why I do the asking and not the answering. Because I don’t know jack when all is concerned.

TreeFrog: With a clock that large, I would be surprised if he did. I wonder if he’s beaten people with it.

By: TreeFrog

TreeFrog — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:58:47 +0000

Flavor Flav ALWAYS knows what time it is.

By: The Sojourner

The Sojourner — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:06:37 +0000

What the impact will be is up to us to speculate. But we all have to derive our predictions based on the same roots and that is the fact that it is going to be harder for companies to borrow money from banks.

So what is going to happen? I dunno lol. There are too many factors out there so I am just going to observe a bit longer before making a claim.

By: Panther

Panther — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:54:18 +0000

All I can say is, if McCain gets into office, GG, economy.

By: Miha

Miha — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:31:46 +0000

Not really, cheap season box sets are there for mostly two reasons:
1.) they are trying to make their products attractive even to mainstream consumers, those that are used to buying a whole TV season for $20
2.) anime consumers in the U.S. had been spoiled by cheapening DVD prices; this is part of natural progression
The problem I see is that the American anime industry can’t significantly benefit from die-hard fans in times of economic strain because their prices aren’t set high enough. So yeah, now that consumers are feeling insecure about the economy, I believe that the upcoming depression might strike additional blows to core anime industry powerhouses such as FUNimation.