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NEWS: U.S. SyFy Channel Lists No More Anime After June 9

ZeroGee wrote:

enurtsol wrote: ZeroGee wrote: Why am I not surprised. Even satelite tv is a "vast wasteland". And this is why most of my entertainment and information comes from the internet nowadays. It becomes a circular logic. As more people get their entertainment from the internet, it becomes harder for TV channels to attract audiences, so they drop poor shows left and right in desperate search for those few shows that would actually get more than a few people to stick. When their offerings consist of cookie cutter monster/alien of the week and other networks offer reality tv drivel and cartoon network delivers nothing but fart and poop toilet humor because all that is cheaper than showing something inovative and original, then yeah, the only alternative is to seek out what you can find on the internet. It's called competition. TV refuses to compete for viewers by showing quality and instead opts for quantity for the almighty advertising dollars. So SYFY and other networks are killing themselves, it's not the viewers fault.

I think that the concept of fault isn't useful here and is being used for something other than explaining things. I don't think that it makes sense to indignantly bemoan a network pursuing, "almighty advertising dollars." It's like castigating somebody for breathing too much air; it's what they survive on and sustains their ultimate purpose. Channels like SyFy are pursuing broader audiences, which alienates niche audiences, who then turn to alternative sources and provided that they gain more general viewers than they lose niche ones, it's an annoying state of affairs, but not an evil one.

I think that we would do well to being mindful that we are all thinking from perspectives without any personal risk to our livelihood or careers.

Anime was never going to last on American television, or any other channel broadcasts outside of Japan. Even if it did, the little shows they had were either not that good, reruns, or only attracted a miniscule audience due to limited genres.

We're better off with internet streams and DVD/BD versions. Those are better quality and more "up to date" than what we see on cable t.v. anyways.

greensoulreaper wrote:

Anime was never going to last on American television, or any other channel broadcasts outside of Japan. Even if it did, the little shows they had were either not that good, reruns, or only attracted a miniscule audience due to limited genres. We're better off with internet streams and DVD/BD versions. Those are better quality and more "up to date" than what we see on cable t.v. anyways.

regarding anime shown outside of Japan, while relatively small, it's actually much more than the US. For example Italy gets the usual One Piece, Naruto, Beyblade, and older stuff like Golden Boy, but they also get most of the Pretty Cure franchise which is huge there (e.g. Pretty Cure 5 Gogo, dubbed songs and all) etc. France of course is a big market. Germany as well (which would also cover Austria and Switzerland). And when they get Kara no Kyoukai and King of Thorn already dubbed, that's got to say something about the market. Heck, even Russian TV showed Ikkitousen.

I think anime distributors in the US have to figure out how to introduce various anime genres to broader audience. Why not Lifetime

reanimator wrote:

I think anime distributors in the US have to figure out how to introduce various anime genres to broader audience. Why not Lifetime

Yeah, there's always anime out there where girls are raped, abused, and incest.

enurtsol wrote:

reanimator wrote: I think anime distributors in the US have to figure out how to introduce various anime genres to broader audience. Why not Lifetime Yeah, there's always anime out there where girls are raped, abused, and incest.

Aki-Sora would totally fit on Lifetime or We.... Or maybe Logos.

They could double bill it on Logos with Skins.

Nayu wrote:

enurtsol wrote: reanimator wrote: I think anime distributors in the US have to figure out how to introduce various anime genres to broader audience. Why not Lifetime Yeah, there's always anime out there where girls are raped, abused, and incest. Aki-Sora would totally fit on Lifetime or We.... Or maybe Logos. They could double bill it on Logos with Skins.

School Days

Am I missing anything, or is that really going to be it now for anime on broadcast and cable?

SyFy: Imagine Nothing.

ljaesch wrote:

Am I missing anything, or is that really going to be it now for anime on broadcast and cable?

Don't forget one of TBN's channels, Smile of a Child. Because they're showing 5 anime.

Flying House
SuperBook
Little Woman
Swiss Family Robinson.
Going Wild. (KTV only airs it also.)

Thanks, kokoro1. I don't keep up with TBN, so I didn't realize that they showed any anime. Guess you can learn something new every day.

kokoro1 wrote:

ljaesch wrote: Am I missing anything, or is that really going to be it now for anime on broadcast and cable? Don't forget one of TBN's channels, Smile of a Child. Because they're showing 5 anime. Flying House SuperBook Little Woman Swiss Family Robinson. Going Wild. (KTV only airs it also.)

Catseyetiger wrote:

Anime seems to have died on tv. sad!

Can't say I'm mad; it was always either butchered severely due to American censors being so strict or edited for tons of commercials and shifted around a lot (SyFy)