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Hey, Answerman! - Con Crud

Re: the third question: Execution is everything.

No, seriously. Everything. Yeah, a great idea is, well, great. But when it comes down to whether something is truly good or not, it doesn't make much of a difference. For example, it wouldn't be that hard to use Time of Eve's premise to make a dumb harem comedy with a "Which girl is real??" gimmick. But Yasuhiro Yoshiura didn't do that. He took Time of Eve's premise and used it to make Time of Eve.

Execution. Is. Everything.

So sit tight and hold on, people! I know these past few years have essentially beaten down our souls to the point where we brace for the worst of all possible outcomes when it comes to licensing, but why not just live in the moment? Somewhere amongst the dozens of things Sentai has licensed over the past few weeks, there's probably one or two shows you really care about. So let's just hope for the best. And of course, buy them when they become available for pre-order. That's pretty much the one thing you can do to ensure that Sentai doesn't choke on the magnitude of all this licensing. Everybody chill out, put your money where your mouth is, and everything should be alright.

I was wondering why 3D CGI animation isn't being used in anime as much as anywhere else - the only anime films I can think of that are in 3D are one of the Yu-Gi-Oh! movies, and Tekken: Blood Vengence.

It's just that, the few of them I've seen (Vexille, Appleseed, Cat Shit One) haven't been... terribly... good.

Brian, the reason we are worried about Sentai is because we care.

We don't want to see it die off, the Anime industry is already precarious as it is without another major player going under. So we want Sentai to do well and therefore we get worried when it looks like they are overreaching themselves. Given the nature of business, even they won't know if they are overreaching themselves until the sales figures come in and by then it may be too late given the sheer volume of licenses they have already acquired.

We're not being negative nellies because it's fun or because we are cynical, but because we simply can't afford to lose Sentai. Think of us as people who are concerned that their friend is drinking way too much and may have a car crash on the way home from the party.

I understand that it is somewhat worrisome that Sentai is licensing a lot of anime. But I think these two points Brian made are very crucial. One, Sentai does not dub everything (like FUNi does). And second, the best way to ensure Sentai does not go under is too buy their releases.

Besides, if you expect the worst, you can only be pleasantly surprised. Expect the best and you can only be let down.