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Kadmos1
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 Posted: Tue May 02, 2023 10:42 pm
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| rankothefiremage wrote: | | I know the regulators really don't look at smaller markets but it's sad that Sony/CR was allowed to create a monopoly in the anime/manga market like they have. |
More like "semi-monopoly". Like various other media companies, the Sony Corp is way too big. The Sony Corp has has about $193,661,051,300 in total assets. To me, they should be at least $150 billion less.
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Ashen Phoenix
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Posted: Wed May 03, 2023 1:05 am
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This worries me... 
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Lord Seth
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Posted: Wed May 03, 2023 1:16 am
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| rankothefiremage wrote: | | I know the regulators really don't look at smaller markets but it's sad that Sony/CR was allowed to create a monopoly in the anime/manga market like they have. |
Do Crunchyroll or Sony have anything to do with manga at all?
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NJ_
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Posted: Wed May 03, 2023 3:05 am
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| Lord Seth wrote: | | Do Crunchyroll or Sony have anything to do with manga at all? |
Not in the US but they do have a manga publishing division in Europe thanks to Crunchyroll buying a majority stake of Viz Media Europe (which owned Kazé) in 2019 back when they were still part of WarnerMedia.
The rebrand took effect last year and just like with ex-Funimation sets here, you have anime & manga releases in France & Germany with Crunchyroll's logo all over them now instead of Kazé.
Example
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Alan45
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Posted: Wed May 03, 2023 7:10 am
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Also, since they have bought Right Stuf!, Sony has become one of the larger retail distributors of manga from all US companies.
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Joker#941490
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Posted: Wed May 03, 2023 12:05 pm
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| Summinn wrote: |
| rankothefiremage wrote: | | I know the regulators really don't look at smaller markets but it's sad that Sony/CR was allowed to create a monopoly in the anime/manga market like they have. |
They don't have a monopoly as long as Hidive and Netflix exist. Hell with the rise in popularity of Anime, even companies like Disney want some of the pie, leading to even a smaller chance of Sony developing a monopoly. |
i think disney might leave as amazon left as well to cut costs.
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Joker#941490
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Posted: Wed May 03, 2023 12:06 pm
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| Lord Seth wrote: |
| rankothefiremage wrote: | | I know the regulators really don't look at smaller markets but it's sad that Sony/CR was allowed to create a monopoly in the anime/manga market like they have. |
Do Crunchyroll or Sony have anything to do with manga at all? |
they have a section to read manga which had some kodansha titles.
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Aresef
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Posted: Thu May 04, 2023 1:02 pm
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| rankothefiremage wrote: | | I know the regulators really don't look at smaller markets but it's sad that Sony/CR was allowed to create a monopoly in the anime/manga market like they have. |
The DOJ actually did take a long look at the CR-Funi deal. They were concerned it limited the options of Japanese studios looking to license their content here.
https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/24/22349203/doj-crunchyroll-investigation-sony-att
I think the departures at TRSI are what tend to happen with a merger. Many of the administrative functions can be handled at the corporate level as they find efficiencies and redundancies. At this point, I wonder if Rightstuf will even stay in Iowa. I don't know what their warehouse lease looks like or any of that.
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