Anime TV Chief Fears Loss of Child Audience

SPEJ executive and Animax CEO Masao Toyama ソニー・ピクチャーズ エンタテインメント アニマックスブ社長 滝山雅夫

Head of top Anime TV station Animax, 滝山雅夫 / Masao Toyama, has said his greatest fear is that anime will lose popularity amongst the young, and seems set on trying to rectify matters, if in a modest way.

His statement was made amidst celebration of Animax’s tenth anniversary, with a long and glorious stable of anime (Dragonball, Gundam, etc.) stretching out behind it, mostly being distributed on a tried and true fee based model.

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  • なっきにゃーNakkiNyan commented on July 3, 2009 06:53

    ...And it won't progress until you get through the 20sec commercial.... More

  • なっきにゃーNakkiNyan commented on July 3, 2009 06:51

    They need to do what fox TV does they have ad supported episodes that only cache 2 minutes or so. Still free and they get funding from ads.... More


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