ANIME LICENSING REVEALED - PART 2 : THE CONTRACT

Anime News Network has posted part 2 of its how anime is licensed series. Here is an excerpt of this must read article.

Before anything can actually happen, the two parties must come together on a written contract. While people who have never had to deal with contracts might think of them a something of a formality, the truth is that creating them is the hard part. At this stage, every detail of how the two companies are to cooperate needs to be worked out and agreed to on paper, and then signed off on by a senior executive at the company (and the creator's agent, and possibly the production committee). Needless to say, this is where things can get seriously messy.

I completely agree. As I said back in 2006 anyone can say anything during verbal negotiations, however, it is what is written into the contract that matters at the end of the day.

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INSTAPUNDIT PROMOTES ROBOTECH DVD'S

Instapundit, a United States political blog produced by Glenn Reynolds, a law professor at the University of Tennessee is promoting The Robotech DVD Box Set from A&E today. What Robotech goodness is the mighty Glenn Reynolds promoting? Well click on the link, particularly if you are "on the fence" about purchasing the Robotech A&E DVD Box Set.

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE ROBOTECH GOODNESS FROM INSTAPUNDIT.COM 

ANIME LICENSING REVEALED - PART 1

Anime News Network has posted part 1 of a new series about how anime is licensed. Part is is quite long but it is very informative and here is an excerpt.

Producers cold-call or cold-e-mail companies that have released similar shows in their areas of the world before, and ask if they want to take a look at their shows. This is a big job, and requires pretty decent English skills. If a producer is too small to handle it themselves, they might hire a sales agent to handle this part of the process. They prepare screener copies, packets of flyers ("one-sheets") promoting new shows, and fancy catalogs of old stuff that might still be available. Some distributors like to license a bunch of TV shows or movies at once, so having a large amount of good, available content can be a real asset to getting a deal done.

And then there are trade shows, such as MIP-TV, American Film Market, TIFFCOM (attached to Tokyo International Film Festival), NATPE (National Association of Television Program Executives), and just for anime, Tokyo Anime Fair. These trade shows are huge affairs that are, by day, semi-formal meetings at booths (complete with info packets, screeners, and business cards), and at night turn into fun, casual grown-up talk.

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NEW YORK ANIME FESTIVAL TO MERGE WITH NEW YORK COMIC-CON

Anime News Network is reporting that Reed Exhibitions is going to fully merge the New York Anime Festival with the New York Comic-Con.

The organizers of New York Comic Con (NYCC) announced on Tuesday that the New York Anime Festival (NYAF) will be folded into NYCC, beginning with this year's October 11-14 event. NYCC promised that while NYAF will no longer be a separate event, it will announce anime guests for this year and maintain a "commitment to booking top Japanese entertainment guests."

I support this move as the NYCC has become one of the top events in North America.

TOONMAI TO RETURN ON MAY 26th

With much of the Anime Industry being squeezed by the recession and changing business models its a nice change of pace to report some good news.

 Adult Swim, the cable and satellite network that is paired with Cartoon Network, revealed on Wednesday that it will bring back its Toonami programming block starting on Saturday, May 26. The network has not yet announced its lineup for the new block.

I feel that when you have more outlets for animation both producers and consumers benefit.

WARNER BROTHERS TOPS 1 BILLION USD IN BOX OFFICE FOR 2012

This news comes from Deadline.com

The studio reached $1B in 2012 global box office in less than 5 months, topping by 10 days its 2010 record for fastest to the mark. It’s the 12th consecutive year Warner Bros has surpassed that total. In 2011, the studio earned $2.87 billion internationally, and it is trying for a fifth year overall exceeding $2 billion with The Dark Knight Rises, Rock Of Ages, Argo and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey still to come.

FULL DISCLOSURE:  Harmony Gold has a deal with Warner Brothers for a live action Robotech film.

ROBOTECH CONVENTION TOUR AT THE DALLAS COMIC-CON THIS WEEKEND

Harmony Gold is pleased to announce that the 2012 Robotech Convention Tour will be making a stop at the Dallas Comic-Con on May 19-20th.

Serving Dallas area fans since 1994, the Dallas Comic-Con returns with an even guest lineup than 2011 which helped greet more than 11,000 pop culture fans from all over the world!

CLICK HERE FOR SCHEDULE AND TICKET INFORMATION!

ROBOTECH FANS SHOW OFF THIER COLLECTIONS

Our good friends at OnScreen Films have posted some photos of fans Robotech collections via their Facebook page.

CLICK HERE TO THE SEE THE PHOTOS!

HELP RICK HUNTER IN MTV'S BATTLE ARENA OTAKU FINAL FOUR

Robotech has entered the final four of and its Rick Hunter vs. Luffy MTV Geek's Battle Arena Otaku Fight! Fight!    Help Rick get to the final round.

CLICK HERE TO PLACE YOUR VOTE FOR RICK HUNTER

WIN A RARE ROBOTECH POSTER

From the Robotech Facebook Page 

We found some very rare Robotech posters from DC Comics (pictured). We'll select a pair of fans who "like" us here on our official Facebook page or "follow" our Twitter news page on May 4th to get one! Fans who follow us at both websites can double their chances.

THE SCI-FI JANITORS LOVE THEM SOME ROBOTECH

ROBOTECH ON MTV'S BATTLE ARENA OTAKU

MTV has a feature called "Battle Arena Otaku Fight" and right now they're taking votes between Black Butler and Robotech! 

CLICK HERE TO PLACE YOUR VOTE ON MTV.COM