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INTEREST: Richard Ian Cox Leads Inuyasha: The Final Act's English Dub Cast

Pretty there were behind the scenes reasons. For crying out loud these things just happen.

Regardless, progress is getting made and why hasn't YTV and Adult Swim gotten this series to air yet? The original Inuyasha series was proven to be quite popular to both and I thought that the moment that the series is finally done dubbing that these two would snatch it up as soon as possible but what gives?

I personally can't understand Viz's business model when it comes to their anime releases. It seems like unless it has Naruto or Bleach in the title, it's not worth releasing on a scheduled basis.

Personally, I'm fed up with Viz's BS surrounding this. The company needs to seriously stop and think whether they should continue to be a distributor of anime if the majority of their releases are just going to be scaled back. It makes no sense to the anime community nor the business community if you're just going to license something and not have a clear cut vision of how to market it. It just makes the license acquisition look questionable and unprofessional to begin with.

If Viz honestly thinks that they're more cut out to be distributing manga rather than anime, then why bother with anime at all?

If Viz honestly thinks that they're more cut out to be distributing manga rather than anime, then why bother with anime at all?

That's because Naruto and Bleach are the animes that bring them in the money, so they have to make sure they keep releasing them. But this year, Viz is dubbing a lot of anime for Neon Alley. Sure, it's still only a few, but I think they're getting better at it. Sure, wish they would put out Tiger & Bunny faster, but they also tend to put more work into their animes.

Viz has always been a "publisher first, anime supplementary" company since it was founded. Manga is their day job; anime just their part-time side-job for pocket money. Think of it like the light novel publishers - the anime is a bonus if it's a success, but even if it fails, as long as it pushes the novel sales, then it's all good.

enurtsol wrote:

Viz has always been a "publisher first, anime supplementary" company since it was founded. Manga is their day job; anime just their part-time side-job for pocket money. Think of it like the light novel publishers - the anime is a bonus if it's a success, but even if it fails, as long as it pushes the novel sales, then it's all good.

I don't see how that's a reason for putting any anime that they license on the backburner. You license a show, DO SOMETHING WITH IT! Don't keep your buyers in the dark!

It is a perfectly viable reason... It's much too easily forgotten that Viz Media is first and foremost a business.

Veta Raven wrote:

That's because Naruto and Bleach are the animes that bring them in the money, so they have to make sure they keep releasing them. But this year, Viz is dubbing a lot of anime for Neon Alley. Sure, it's still only a few, but I think they're getting better at it. Sure, wish they would put out Tiger & Bunny faster, but they also tend to put more work into their animes.

Naruto and Bleach are famed JUMP titles and had their runs on television so of course they are going to bring in money for Viz. However, I don't see why that is any excuse for putting other titles on the backburner. If you're going to license something, make sure you have a release plan for it instead of keeping the fans in the dark. Otherwise, why bother with the license in the first place?

And there is no plural in anime...

enurtsol wrote:

Viz has always been a "publisher first, anime supplementary" company since it was founded. Manga is their day job; anime just their part-time side-job for pocket money. Think of it like the light novel publishers - the anime is a bonus if it's a success, but even if it fails, as long as it pushes the novel sales, then it's all good.

I don't see how that's a reason for putting any anime that they license on the backburner. You license a show, DO SOMETHING WITH IT! Don't keep your buyers in the dark!

enurtsol wrote:

Viz has always been a "publisher first, anime supplementary" company since it was founded. Manga is their day job; anime just their part-time side-job for pocket money. Think of it like the light novel publishers - the anime is a bonus if it's a success, but even if it fails, as long as it pushes the novel sales, then it's all good.

I don't see how that's a reason for putting any anime that they license on the backburner. You license a show, DO SOMETHING WITH IT! Don't keep your buyers in the dark!

Tenbyakugon wrote:

It is a perfectly viable reason... It's much too easily forgotten that Viz Media is first and foremost a business.

Getting a license and not doing anything with it is hardly what I call a logical business move.

Good grief, it's one of those people. Look, VIZ's first business WILL BE AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN MANGA, end of question. Why do you think they drop animes that don't do well, even if they license it all.

And 2nd of all, don't correct people on typos and crap, it's annoying as hell. To me, it's fine, it's an effing forum, you're not going to die form a bloody typo.

They have only so many resources. They put more resources working on manga priority first, then anime when there's time.

How is it not? You grab onto something that has shown to be a money-maker in international markets for use whenever you want to. In a business, it definitely helps to have options! The least you do by licensing an anime and not using it is preventing other competitors from having grabbed it in the first place. That's tactic.

Come to think of it, I should congratulate you guys. Because you finally showed me exactly what the true face of the anime industry and the anime fandom really looks like.

Okay, then let me see if I have this straight:

-Company X decides to license show
-Company X announces said license at a convention or through other means which then gets announced on ANN.
-Fans of said show get excited about Company X's license while non-fans express interest or criticism.
-Company X found the show to their interest and chose to license it out of concern over Company Y and Z getting the license first.
-Company X, while noted to have the license, decides to focus mainly on manga and certain anime due to greater revenue earnings.
-Fans begin to wonder if said licensed show is going to be released.
-Company X remains silent on said license despite inquiries.
-Fans are told to wait for developments on said license.
-Company X decides not to pursue release of said license, instead opting to focus on guaranteed revenue.
-Company X remains silent on further inquiries of said license.
-Non-fans are indifferent to the situation while fans start theorizing when the license will be put into effect.
-Fans are told to wait.
-Fans wait.
-Company X remains silent on further inquiries of said license. Continues to focus on other licenses that offer guaranteed revenue.
-License expires. No reason is given. Fans are left wondering what happened.
-License of show is then put into limbo.

So am I on the mark or not?