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NEWS: AJA: Anime Industry Grew by 14.3% to New Record High in 2023




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mdo7



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 08, 2025 4:03 pm Reply with quote
After reading this article, I can't say I'm surprised because I knew streaming like Netflix, Crunchyroll, etc... would bring a lot of money for the anime industry. So to be honest, that is to be expected. I expect this trend to continue in the years to come.
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FishLion



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 08, 2025 4:19 pm Reply with quote
I forget that Peacock has anime, they don't even have an animated section so without knowing a specific series I had to dig through genres. I'm really glad I did though because I have been wanting to watch Cromartie High School for awhile now!
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L'Imperatore



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 08, 2025 4:27 pm Reply with quote
What goes up, will eventually go down. I wonder if it also applies here.
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Turtleboy76



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 08, 2025 4:44 pm Reply with quote
L'Imperatore wrote:
What goes up, will eventually go down. I wonder if it also applies here.


Well there was the Covid dip since then, but it may slow, but it shouldnt dip for a long time at this rate.

My only issue is man the amount of tourists and toxic new gen fans are an absolute pain online. Theyre all so sensitive and complain about basic fan service; like its [expletive] anime, its kind of its thing.

Sadly, theyre clearly here to stay if these figures are anything to go off.
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mdo7



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 08, 2025 5:08 pm Reply with quote
L'Imperatore wrote:
What goes up, will eventually go down. I wonder if it also applies here.


Unless streaming suffer from some kind of scandal, or a major technological drawback which for now I don't see, then no. But I do see couple of problems which I'll talk about below.

But as I said in the past, I have a major love-hate with streaming in general whether it's Netflix, Crunchyroll (before they went premium and Sony/Aniplex bought them out), Disney+, Prime Video, HBO Max. The problem is when it comes to 4K UHD is that the detail and the HDR (that applied to Dolby Vision) aren't as sharp or detailed like compare to the Blu-ray/4K UHD BD. My other problems with streaming:

  • 3rd party exclusive titles aka any 3rd party titles with Netflix originals, Max Originals, etc... don't stay on those streaming sites for too long, they can be removed from that streaming sites/providers when their expiration date due and the facts that a lot of these 3rd party titles exclusives don't have physical media release. This is my biggest complaint, and Netflix is the biggest culprit of that.

  • 3rd party titles that aren't a streamer provider's exclusives don't stay on there permanently and are subject to removal based on the nearing expiration date. That applies to most of my foreign TV dramas from South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and non-English speaking European dramas. This is what happened to Pili Fantasy: War of Dragons (the creators who made Thunderbolt Fantasy and Wulin Warriors also made this series) when it was on Netflix for a while back in 2019 and then it got removed in 2022. A lot of these titles include foreign-language TV dramas don't have physical home video release in the US, so that makes it harder for me to find access to these great TV dramas/shows from outside of the English-speaking environment.

  • Subscription prices keep increasing like every year!!! I don't need to explain what that is. I also can confirmed that people are cutting back on streaming probably due to that.

  • Password sharing crackdown. I mean when you got people complaining about the increasing subscription prices and leaning on their friend's streaming subscription to alleviate the cost and the password sharing crackdown from Netflix, Disney+, HBO Max. Yeah, this is not helping the customers/consumers.


If you believed I missed anything else about the problem and drawback of streaming for customers/consumers and anime fans, please let me know below.

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AniMangaNime



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 08, 2025 6:45 pm Reply with quote
Really hope that the production committee now would consider renewing anime for new season that the previous season did well in overseas in both streaming and merchandise but not meeting expectation in Japan.
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mdo7



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 08, 2025 6:56 pm Reply with quote
AniMangaNime wrote:
Really hope that the production committee now would consider renewing anime for new season that the previous season did well in overseas in both streaming and merchandise but not meeting expectation in Japan.


That would be great, but it'll draw ire from the "western companies shouldn't be involved with anime production" folks in the US even though we already had anime aimed at the US audiences before (ie: Little Nemo, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, etc...). I really hate those type of anime fans that think like that.
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Thulebox



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 08, 2025 8:28 pm Reply with quote
AniMangaNime wrote:
Really hope that the production committee now would consider renewing anime for new season that the previous season did well in overseas in both streaming and merchandise but not meeting expectation in Japan.


Well rest assured this already happens and has been happening for years now. Most recent time I can think of is the Black Butler anime staff saying overseas popularity was the major reason they brought it back.
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xxmsxx



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 08, 2025 8:51 pm Reply with quote
Thulebox wrote:
Well rest assured this already happens and has been happening for years now.


Exactly. Cash is cash. Just because it comes from somewhere else does not mean it is not money.
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