[EVA] ADV Films shuts down

[Gwern Branwen]

On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 11:07 PM, V V<frumious99 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> "Most importantly, will Neo-ADV still retain NGE TV? I am dismayed they don't have 1./0/1/1, even for obvious reasons.
> RJN"
>
> Neo-ADV won't give that up so long as they draw breath.
>
> It's their cash cow, they all know it.  If they lose Eva, all hope they had for being a "company" and not a "liquidation" are gone.
>
> Well actually, Media Blasters doesn't do alot but that's because they don't spend alot; they never overspeculated; they sort of have a policy of "aim low, earn low" which keeps them functional...but also assures they'll never be a major factor (i.e. "potential Rebuild of Eva buyer") unless fortune falls in their lap (Moribito)
>
> Now as for the industry as a whole, the major distributors left are:
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> FUNimation, Viz, Bandai, Media Blasters, The Right Stuf International
>
> There's a handful of minor companies that are nonfactors (Disney only buys Ghibli films, AnimeEigo is around but stopped dubbing anime and moved on to live-action imports, 4Kids is apparently being sold off and who knows what form it will take, and Tokyopop is having problems)
>
> ....is The Right Stuf International more of a distributor or a clearing house? You mentioned that TRSI would handle a liquidation like CPM/ADV

I'll admit that I don't follow the industry in nearly the detail you
apparently do, but I've always had the impression that TRSI is more a
clearing house. I've seen them distribute a few properties on their
own, but offhand I can only remember _Comic Party_, _Emma_, and _Ninja
Nonsense_ - none of which were terribly notable or successful
(although I'm sure TSRI's licensing must generally be profitable,
since I see a fair number of licensed series listed in the Wikipedia
article).

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gwern