Universal Studios Acquires Geneon; APAG's Gone!
http://av.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/20081112/geneupj.htm
http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=74055
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-11-12/geneon-to-merge-with-universal-pictures-japan
There are many implications for this. Any pre-transfer deals between Geneon and foreign distributors of their titles (i.e. Funimation among them) could be altered or even reversed by the American studio (through the local management of their Japanese subsidiary, of course). But on the other hand, I think Universal is paying serious attention to Japanese animation.
What else? Theme rides? Or "Tokyo Drift" the animation series? xD
But let's watch and see what happens next.
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http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=74055
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-11-12/geneon-to-merge-with-universal-pictures-japan
There are many implications for this. Any pre-transfer deals between Geneon and foreign distributors of their titles (i.e. Funimation among them) could be altered or even reversed by the American studio (through the local management of their Japanese subsidiary, of course). But on the other hand, I think Universal is paying serious attention to Japanese animation.
What else? Theme rides? Or "Tokyo Drift" the animation series? xD
But let's watch and see what happens next.
------------
Something's wrong with this site... can't load it:
http://animepa.csusm.edu/galleries/
It appears that CSU had decided to remove the whole site altogether, possibly because of heavy traffic issues or that the subdomain is economically a money-waster or simply that the operation has been discontinued as the university's main site has undergone a total redesign. :(
The solution? The Wayback Machine.