Kadokawa Pictures USA Licensing Unit Shuts Down

These are the same guys that released Lucky Star for the US, but they also released One Missed Call (which was criticlaly hated to death), their only theatrical film.
 
Hmm, that might put the second season of Haruhi (and the trainwreck of endless eight) up for grabs. Or maybe they'll just stick with their partners at Bandai. I doubt there is gonna be a fight for it.
 
I think you mean "We've Known this day would come" (Grammer Troll!)

But yea, it was Inevitable that the anime companies in the US would Fail, its 15 minutes of fame has been over for awhile, given Anime like Sci-fi or anything else will always have a decent presance & Fanbase in the US, but its getting to where Funimation & Viz can single handedly uphold the US Anime & Manga industries.

However the Companies that have fallen so far will be missed.
 
This is not a death, apparently this doesn't change anything that's already licensed and being distributed. And Kadokawa is still around in Japan. It ended its presence in the U.S., but that doesn't mean that the R1 companies won't be talking to it from now on--just like they talk to all the other parent companies in Japan.
 
If anything, this just means the risk of Japanese-style marketing practices (like endless eight across four disc,) just got slimmer. It's not a bad plan either. The US companies know their culture, know how to market this stuff now. Trying to do it how it's done in Akiba isn't gonna work, but companies like Kadokawa can still make a fortune working with companies like Bandai, Funimation, Viz and so on. I think Kadokawa gets this.
 
I feel sorry for whoever worked in the company's office. Otherwise, great big "eh". They didn't really do much anyway all in all.
 
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