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Viz Rep Interviewed On Anime Piracy
Date: 5/15/2006
Active Anime has interviewed VIZ Media's Director of Public Relations, Evelyn Dubocq on issues of internet anime piracy. Right out the gates we learn the following:
How do you think "Bittorrent" and other forms of downloading are affecting the anime and manga industry in the United States?
EVELYN DUBOCQ: If anime piracy continues to grow in North America, at the expense of legitimate product, then studios will be forced to increase prices and/or slow down the number of anime releases, to compensate for lost sales. For some of the less popular, but critically acclaimed anime series, this could mean that new seasons would never be officially released here. Similar, new anime properties may never even make the leap from Japan to North America. Ultimately, if piracy continues to extend to a greater scale and sales of legitimate anime DVDs in the US fall as a result, there could be less anime produced in Japan. Part of what makes the anime genre so unique and attractive to fans is the diversity. Unfortunately, piracy could undermine this, leading to fewer anime series being created and even fewer being released in North America
Source: Anime News Service