Forum - View topicAnime Expo International?
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Tenchi
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What would Anime Expo going "International" entail? Anime Expos outside the United States? Where would they hold them? London and Sydney? Montreal would be a fine city to hold an AX, if they tied it in with FantAsia, but I guess we're too close to the East Coast AX in New York (same goes for Toronto). Are the AX organizers seeking to make Anime Expo a global franchise? I though most countries outside the "Anglosphere" (with large enough fanbases for Japanese animation) already had their own cons. Would the quality of the Japanese guests (manga creators, animators/directors and seiyuu) be the same for the International AXs as for the American AXs?
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Tempest
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AX Tokyo.
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Tenchi
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But would that work? Japan isn't exactly virgin territory for coventions about Japanese animation. I mean, AX Tokyo would just be one of hundreds of anime events over there each year, wouldn't it? |
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Yes, it would be. But it would also be the first successful _american-based_ anime convention hosted in Japan. I can see a few vague business-related benefits from hosting a con in Japan (regardless of how successful it is).. mostly image-related, though, rather than financially-related. I think AX International is just a stepping stone for them to something bigger. I mean, an American con in Japan? How could you do better than that? What's bigger/better? Got me.. but a business/organization with no higher goals will stagnate and fail. |
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GATSU
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The only way I'd go to an AX in Tokyo was is if the airlines and hotels gave out special discounts for members.
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Tenchi
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Well, yeah, that would be the only reason I could think to hold an American-run AX in Japan; if it were held in English for the gaijin tourists. I still can't think of any good reason why the Japanese fans would much care for a Japanese animation fest on their home turf run by foreigners, unless they screened some American/Canadian animation and brought in American/Canadian animators and vocal talent. The reps from the American distribution companies already attend the big Japanese-run events in Japan to make business contacts. |
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