ALL the anime importers could close down, and it wouldn't affect me whatsoever. In fact, it would put anime fandom back where it was in 1990, except it would be a helluva lot easier to swap anime with each other. Anime conventions would go back to being small gatherings of like-minded enthusiasts instead of World's Biggest Douchebag competitions.
All the scanlations and filesharing and fansubbing didn't stop ADV and Geneon and Viz and Manga Entertainment and CPM and whoever from cramming retail shelves full of inept farted out junk. That's what killed the anime industry - it choked to death on its own greed, trying to sell forgettable TV detrius as high art. That'll kill any industry.
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Date: 2010-03-04 02:51 am (UTC)All the scanlations and filesharing and fansubbing didn't stop ADV and Geneon and Viz and Manga Entertainment and CPM and whoever from cramming retail shelves full of inept farted out junk. That's what killed the anime industry - it choked to death on its own greed, trying to sell forgettable TV detrius as high art. That'll kill any industry.