Ways To “Support The Anime Industry,” Ranked
In this post, I’ll be ranking common ways to “support the anime industry” from least helpful to most helpful, from the perspective of a Western anime fan.
In this post, I’ll be ranking common ways to “support the anime industry” from least helpful to most helpful, from the perspective of a Western anime fan.
At the tail end of 2020, Sony set out to purchase Crunchyroll. AT&T, Crunchyroll’s owners, wanted to shed debt, and Sony wants to dominate the anime space. It’s a match made in business heaven. The US government, however, has some questions.
If AnimeLog manages to see wild success, it could be the beginning of a paradigm shift, but the deck is stacked against it.
I probably own well over $3000 worth of anime figures. I didn’t buy them because I wanted to “support” anyone.
It’s my belief that Crunchyroll and Funimation are heading for eventual disaster if they continue on the path they’ve been on.
Could what happened with Interspecies Reviewers have been prevented? Can it be prevented from happening to another anime?