NYAF 07 Day Zero

Hey Folks! Take a look at our Thursday coverage of the festival! More to come tomorrow! to downloadSave link as(640x480 35.5 MB, 4:06 minutes) Some Show Notes: DAY ZERO was, December 6, 2007. In addition to the show’s general setup and early badge pickup, Day Zero was also the day of the ICv2 Conference on Anime and Manga. ICv2 hosted a presentation followed by moderated panel discussions of industry professionals, covering a range of topics specific to the anime and manga markets here in the U.S. Topics covered were: -ICv2 Whitepaper; Anime and Manga (general overview of the market) -Marketing to the Otaku Generation -Girls, the “Other Half” of the Otaku Generation -Technology and the Otaku; The New Media Frontier These events had the aim of educating industry professionals, retailers, and institutions the varied ways in which the anime and manga industry function, how the market reacts to certain things, and what to expect in the future. Some major points that were made known were: Tokyo Pop is working on developing a method of manga content delivery to cell phones and other hand-held devices, but it will be a long time before print is dead.Japanese studios are still looking to begin co-productions from the ground up in an effort to both finance production as well as release properties simultaneously in different regions in order to avoid the loss of revenue that comes from anime downloads which happen in the long window between release in Japan and release in the U.S. (We could have told you that years ago).Manga is doing well while anime DVD sales have steadily declined. Downloading of anime fansubs by fans is a problem because it makes the market look bigger than it really is. (We don’t like to hear that any more than you do, but prove us wrong).One Piece turned out the way it did because of the FCC, much as Otaku would like to think otherwise. The way to get girls to buy manga and anime is basically to just put Sessho Maru on the cover with his shirt off. ...

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