Re: Bringing LOGH to the US?
Graeme Lennon (graeme@balefire.net)
Wed, 21 Jul 1999 20:24:20 -0400 (EDT)
Does anyone know how much domestic companies pay for licensing fees? Did
this topic come up at all in any of the AX panels, or in any previous
discussion I may have missed?
I'm just wondering what kind of profit/loss situation these kinds of
things really entail.
Or whatever.
> # LOGH_LURK=OFF;export LOGH_LURK
>
> NOTE: I have only seen up to episode 42
>
> At 02:04 PM 7/21/99 -0700, Hank Wong wrote:
> >Well from talking to Robert Woodhead at the convention, it seems Macross
> >will keep Animeigo very busy for at least the next year. And even if they
> >had the bandwidth, there are four other series ahead in Animeigo's "queue"
> >so to speak (the series petitions on their site.) Besides, Animeigo does
> >not do dubs (although I prefer subs, I agree with Lee, it probably needs a
> >dubbed version to succeed here.)
>
> Of the well-known anime translators stateside, Animeigo is currently the
> only shot for Ginga. However, I'm almost positive it won't happen.
> Animeigo already has one long fan show (Urusei Yatsura) and look how long
> it has taken them to get this far. Until they finish that you can bet they
> won't even consider it. I was on Animeigo's discussion ML's for a little
> bit when they were first created. One of my posts mentioned that I would
> love to see them do Ginga. The response from Mr. Woodhead was something like:
> Oh great. Now you want me to do a serious so long I won't be done till
> early retirement.
> Although he was making a joke there is some truth in all things. I'm sure
> Animeigo would seriously consider doing Ginga but their plate is full.
> Though never having met him, Mr. Woodhead seems to have a very good sense
> of humour besides being one of the best commercial subtitled anime
> supporters of the fan community.
>
>
> I will make one point on the dub. To get that to succeed you're going to
> need the support of something like PBS. The demographic that buys the
> anime dubs in retail is not the type of market for which Ginga will bear
> fruit. In fact I will go so far as to say it would be hard with the subs.
> Several people I have show Ginga to said they liked it but would not go to
> the bother to buy something that is so much talking. In otherwords the
> show is just to cerebral for them. I guess they want more action but that
> is not what Ginga is.
>
>
> I'm not trying to discourage stateside licensing with this but merely
> making a few points. Personally I would rather see the Japanese companies
> themselves or a true subsidary or branch office of theirs release their
> works stateside. Well at least it's happening with the Five Star Stories
> manga.
>
> Until then the only one to rely on is yourself. And I intend to do that.
> So now that Macross is licensed.........
>
> I could use some help being pointed towards places to buy the first two
> Ginga LD boxes as close to yen retail as possible. And I do mean as close
> to yen retail as possible.
>
>
> >I'll try and post my comments on the convention and panel tonight.
>
> I look forward to hearing them.
>
>
>
>
> Until the next...
>
> Dan Milliken
>
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