Japanese Comics Invade; Can They Conquer?
...But at movie theaters, anime hasn't done so well — and naysayers say it never will.
"I think it's such a cultural thing that it won't work in the U.S.," said Jonathan Hung, a Hollywood "lit" manager who represents some of the industry's top screenwriting talent.
But a look at manga's history might prove otherwise....
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Anime, the Next Generation
It wasn't that long ago that finding Japanese animation in the United States was quite a challenge.
You'd have to check the back corner of your local comic book store, where you'd find half a dozen 30-minute videos for $40 each. And the only anime on television was a heavily edited version of the shojo (young girls') show Sailor Moon. ...
"There's way too much supply and not enough demand. Publishers overshot their estimates and had way too many returns. Target just started scaling back their anime section, and I don't blame them. They got burned,"...
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