Anime is dieing

So what do you folks have to say about what Eric Sherman CEO of bang zoom said. I find sad that it does look pretty grim for anime in the states. <br> <br> link to his post. <br> http://goanimetv.com/?p=668

Everyone is saying that, but that's what anyone says if they're not making as much money as they think they should. Anime fans are accustomed to free anime online, and they expect not to pay. The industry has to figure out better ways to adapt more swiftly to what the audience wants, and they've got to figure out how to make it profitable enough to work.

On the other hand allot of the people stating the quality of anime and its present state desire a more nostalgic experience. They miss the good ol Bebop and Dragonball z, They see that they can't relate to the newer upcoming Genre of anime and they believe that there medium is dead, like Nirvana was supposed to ruin Rock and Roll, This is just the fact that they may no longer be considered the Key audience not unlike in the 90's. This is just my Opinion though XD

It would definitely be nice to see anime become more mentally engaging. I'm sick of anime that is there just to make money, having 300+ episodes doesn't make something good especially when the story practically goes nowhere. Mundane anime like School Rumble can be entertaining at times but if there isn't a beginning, middle, and end I typically don't watch it let alone buy it.

Ive been trying to help out the industry by buying them instead of watching it streamed, but it has recently come to my knowledge that 95% of my collection was produced by ADV Anime and that ive just been buying it off of online traders.To a high schooler that has no income, buying anime directly from its source is very expensive.

Eric S came out on ANN podcast and cleared it up a bit more. Honestly I think we just have to wait and see how it all plays out. btw he Explains that he not hating on fansubber but on people who download dub torrents and so forth.

As long as you're a fan, I say anime is far from dead. Though I must admit, I much rather stick to the old stuff, then the new crap spewing on Tv and such.

If anime is dying, how do they explain that Anime Boston grew an additional 2500 attendees this past year, NY Anime Fest was over 30,000 and NY ComicCon was over 75,000 (and God help us that they are being combined) the Javits Center this coming October is taking over both convention hall floors with an expected 100,000! and all this during a recession. I'll believe anime is dying when I'm sitting at FUNimation's booth in NYC twirling my Rebellion sword, or twiddling my automail thumbs if I get a free 5 seconds! I don't believe it at all. FMA:Brotherhood is going strong, DBZ:Kai is strong, InuYasha:The Final Act had great numbers overseas and I won't even talk about the numbers that Naruto, Bleach and the Pokemon franchises are pulling in...Believe what you want, there will always be naysayers. I find it easier to ignore them and let them sound stupid, rather than refute their claims and show they are stupid!

In some senses it is, but not in a permanent sense. The downright lack of substance in series lately I think has put a damper on things. All of the moe boom nonsense will die out and a lot of people might drop out, but the true fans will stay with it. As far as Anime as an industry, it's suffering the same things as music and film in this rapidly changing era. I am confident, however, that the industry will soon adapt and anime will be great once again. Also, hopefully production companies in Japan will begin to pay decent wages to their animators as opposed to the $2 average nowadays.