28 September 2007, 4:10 AM
On another board focussed on what's becoming one of ADV's new successful titles, one the board members indicated that an ADV representative indicated the US distribution companies are now increasingly coming into competition with their Japanese counterparts who've got a sniff of the market.
Pioneer and it's bastard child Geneon made some rather bad marketing decisions, like not releasing the El Hazard OVA at a reasonable price until just recently. I don't think ADV, Right Stuf, or Media Blasters are in danger. ADV is out there actively influencing things and seems to have learned the lessons it needed to from its earlier attempts with things like SiN and BGC 2040. Right Stuf International has their purely distribution of other people's titles business to keep them afloat, and Media Blasters has been snatching up solid titles and doing decent releases at affordable prices like with Tekkaman Blade and MKR.
My only real gripe with any of them is ADV's habit of mysteriously dropping successful titles from their inventory with no comment. Examples include but aren't limited to: Nadesico, the Nuku Nuku OVA, Dragon Half.
Pioneer and it's bastard child Geneon made some rather bad marketing decisions, like not releasing the El Hazard OVA at a reasonable price until just recently. I don't think ADV, Right Stuf, or Media Blasters are in danger. ADV is out there actively influencing things and seems to have learned the lessons it needed to from its earlier attempts with things like SiN and BGC 2040. Right Stuf International has their purely distribution of other people's titles business to keep them afloat, and Media Blasters has been snatching up solid titles and doing decent releases at affordable prices like with Tekkaman Blade and MKR.
My only real gripe with any of them is ADV's habit of mysteriously dropping successful titles from their inventory with no comment. Examples include but aren't limited to: Nadesico, the Nuku Nuku OVA, Dragon Half.