Forum - View topicWho owns an Anime legally before getting it licensed?
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animebrainyanic
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I'm still bit unconscious last night just don't ask why but who really do own an anime before getting it licensed.
Is it the Manga-ka or the publisher who published the manga? Talking about manga/game adaptation to anime or whatever adaptation it is. EDIT Last edited by animebrainyanic on Sun Dec 02, 2007 6:37 am; edited 3 times in total |
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Meson
Posts: 219 Location: Buffalo, NY |
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It's the Japanese owner, always.
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cloud1989
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you start off talking about anime yet refer to manga artists and publishing comapines?
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Kruszer
 Posts: 7995 Location: Minnesota, USA |
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The owner of the original work's copyright is the original creator who gets royalties (read money which is portion of the profit the anime makes) when animation studios decide to animate his/her work for using their idea. If he/she allows the anime adaptation than the anime studio, like Madhouse or Gonzo for instance, owns a copyright for the anime version (the author still owns their copyright for the manga though and always will until they die sell it or let it expire.) and it's distrobution and broadcast in Japan or elsewhere.
The Breakdown: Manga Author or it's publisher owns the manga copyright Anime Studio owns the anime copyright |
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animebrainyanic
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So, what if it is a game adaptation? Are there are no differences between any adaptation, whether it a game adaptation or such? Or it is same as the breakdown. |
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cloud1989
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if it is a game, then the game company would pay who ever owns the rights to the anime for the rights to make a game and thus the game company that makes the game now owns the rights to the game.
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marie-antoinette
 Posts: 4136 Location: Ottawa, Canada |
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If a game was being made of a manga, the mangaka would have to license the game creators in order for them to be legally able to make the game based on his/her work. This derivative work however would be owned by its creator, not the original creator. The same goes for anime, live action, or any other medium.
It gets a bit trickier in cases where a game is made based off an anime, based off a manga. Depending on the original agreement between the mangaka and the anime company, the anime company may be able to give permission to the game company without requiring it from the mangaka, but that really depends on the contract that they came up with originally. This also goes for merchandise. This is of course assuming that the system is similar to North American law, which it may not be (but the other responses here suggest that it is). |
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