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The Current State of the Industry
I'd like to see some references for the claims made in this paragraph. As a consumer, I'm not seeing any slowdown in the amount of anime and manga available. Rather, I'm seeing a marked increase. If these claims in this paragraph can't be backed up, I think the paragraph should be either removed entirely or reworked to give a more accurate picture. --nihon 04:10, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
I agree, can someone improve the article to give an idea of the state of anime in Japan (how popular is it compared to conventional films and manga?)
- Need we include 4Kids any longer? I recall reading they were no longer planing on brining Anime and were going to focus on their own shows.
Bootlegs, fansubs, and legal issues -r emoved section
I've removed this section as it is of poor quality, not well sourced, and makes broad dubious claims like "bypass the act of licensing and copyright law." Needs a major clean up. Doesn't belong in the article until then AtaruMoroboshi (talk) 17:09, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
Bootlegs and fansubs are illegal because they bypass the act of licensing and copyright law by being distributed without permission from the copyright owner. There is a controversy in the fandom over fansubs (versions with fan-produced on-screen-translation (hence "fan-subtitled")) and bootlegs (illegal copies). Fansubs are episodes of anime subtitled by fans which are either released for download through BitTorrent or are distributed in video format for no profit, and generally ended when the Anime is internationally licensed.
Anime bootlegs are commonly DVDs that are exact rips of fansubs or the Region 1 DVDs and are sold for profit. Bootlegs commonly originate in China and Southeast Asia and often feature horrendous "English" subtitles. The fandom is torn over fansubs. Some believe that fansubs are necessary to promote series in other countries and that fansubbing is a "labor of love" by fans. Executives at ADV films stated they desired to bring Azumanga Daioh to the United States because of the amount of hits from fansubs.
Others see fansubs as a major problem that is seeping profits away from legitimate companies. Bootlegs are frowned down upon much more, as it is impossible to argue for bootlegging as a "labor of love". Only one company in Japan, Media Factory, asked that its series (such as Rumbling Hearts, Aquarion, School Rumble, Gankutsuou among others) stop being fansubbed.
This really needs to be rewriten, how can a industry article talk only about Licensors?
Aren't producers,the studios that actually produce the shows, the core of industry? As in without them, there is not anime industry, yet this article has almost no mention of them at all. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.80.117.229 (talk) 08:30, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
Source
The Anime Economy - Part 1: Let's Make An Anime!. This is a great source for this article.--Cattus 20:38, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
- More possible sources: --Cattus 23:29, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
- All About Licensing - Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 AngelFire3423 (talk) 22:21, 30 September 2012 (UTC)