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Oh noes anime is dying! FUNimation posts $2.3m profit


7:00 PM on 10.30.2009
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The issues surrounding the anime industry are myriad, as any otaku would know. Piracy, fansubs, declining interest in DVD sales, and of course the overall economic downturn. To that effect, many an internet voice has sounded the death knell of the American anime industry.

This is not so, however! At least, not for some publishers. Navarre Corporation, the parent company of FUNimation, has posted a 2nd-quarter profit of $2.3 million. Compared to the same period last year when the company recorded a massive $44.5 million loss, it looks like quite the achievement.

Home Media magazine reports that FUNimation's success played a large part in the turnaround, as well as Navarre's managing to cut ties with the unhappy DVD distributor BCI. Not everything turned up roses, though. The recession reared its head in the net sales figures, which were down to $122 million compared to $170 million the year before.

Good going, FUNi! Here's to you guys scraping together the cash to license Bakemonogatari on Blu-ray!






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Uh, fansubs and piracy are the same thing.
Not really. Not every show that gets pirated gets fansubbed, after all.
Not really. Not every show that gets pirated gets fansubbed, after all.


And the anime industry suffers piracy of not only shows, but music, images, and written work, so listing piracy as a separate item is reasonable IMO.
@My Stady: Fansubs are in the "Grey zone" until licensed, so only some are piracy.
they should improve the quality of their package, like by adding art, sticker or anything to make fans buy
because nowadays, even kid know how to watch stream
Good to see the anime industry hasn't ENTIRELY evaporated.
I've tried to get my own DVD copy of any series that I've watched a significant portion of.

However, I've become more fond of paying $40 for a set, than $80 or $120 for buying DVDs individually.

I think it's reasonable that Funimation is putting less resources into dubbing series that would never sell enough to recoup the costs... especially for those shows whose English tracks may never get played. Slayers should be dubbed. Cowboy Bebop should be dubbed. Big O should be dubbed. But I can understand why Aria wasn't dubbed. Not everyone can stomach its saccharine sweet cavity-inducing plots.
Aria should have been dubbed. And FRINKIN Hayate.. !!!! DAM IT... I wanted to give the dub a try. Nope... Zilch..

Either way where the hell is Seto No Hanayome ???????
Also Lucky Star OVA.. Dub was good. You get into the crazyness more with a high text dialog show on a dub.
Bah no edit comments option.
Lucky Star OVA had to dub. Only series.
Look at how much damage fansubs have done!
@My Stady: Fansubs are in the "Grey zone" until licensed, so only some are piracy.

All fansubs are piracy dude. When you dl a fansub instead of buying the show whether it's licensed or not, it's piracy.

I download myself but I took to calling it piracy 2-3 years ago because that's what it is. We need to stop lying to ourselves. Just be honest. Stop mincing words.
Not really. Not every show that gets pirated gets fansubbed, after all.



Good point. All poodles are dogs, not all dogs are poodles. With that said, all fansubs are piracy.

I download fansubs too, but I think it's time we stopped pussyfooting around and saw it for what it really is: piracy.
If anime(especially long anime) series were released as box sets instead of individual discs(that usually only hold 4 episodes)anime sales wouldn't be as big of an issue. There eventually going bundled all together so why not at the start(looking at you one piece and your "voyages").
@rainbow
Totally agree. I love it when the DVD box art have alternative box art. I would prefer more extras inside the discs.

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