but my scans were clearer, (the original ones were cuted in the middle by a line)

...and its resolution were close to the original scans in the gallery

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Well, I mean,... all I can say is, those several Animation companies in Japan are fighting for their survival, man. They don't wanna lose their jobs. And who would take the risk to create something new when there is a lack in budget or the risk in losing 99% of their investment to it. I mean, that's quite understandable when no company would wanna take risks... because most of the Animation companies around the world are simply poor.

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Yasuo Yamaguchi, managing director of The Association of Japanese Animations (AJA), described the anime industry as a "bubble several years ago that burst" in an industry report that came out in Japan this week. He added that he thinks that the industry is heading from times of surplus toward restructuring (ya think?). AJA reported that the number of anime television programs rose from 124 in 2000 to a historic high of 306 in 2006. However, that number has since fallen to 288 in 2008. In 2006, a record 60 anime programs premiered in April, but only 30 anime programs were expected to premiere this past April, a 50% decline.

Well, it's good to see that the Japanese are finally speaking publicly about what we've known for more than two years. Let's face it, too much of a good thing is almost always bad. The consensus in Japan going forward is that Anime production must now focus on quality over quantity, something we've also known for several years. The worldwide anime market NEVER had the potential to support anything close to 300 shows a year, and the Japanese producers never had enough resources to make even a fraction of that into good shows. Even back in the 90's I remember that they had to produce about 100 shows a year to give us 25 or 30 that were actually worth purchasing. I will say that I think the theory in the fan community is way over blown that publishers failure to adapt to a digital distribution model is the culprit for much of the contraction in the industry - rather than the negative influence of fansubs and P2P which have made it extremely difficult to monetize Anime in a digital environment. Free Anime is never going to inspire good Anime. What many fans and studios alike never want to admit is that the real problem the industry has had for several years now is that unadventurous studios have caused the overall Anime audience to contract by churning out too many recycled moe (aka: character fetish) and mecha Anime rather than take risks and explore new ground. It's a creative art after all. Hollywood could take a lesson from this as well.

Misc. Info

An interesting graph from an Asahi Shimbun article reporting that industry insiders are claiming that the “anime bubble has burst”



The top part with the red line shows the number of new works of anime produced each year since 2000. The bottom part shows total sales for the anime industry, with the darker blue section of each bar representing anime aimed at a general audience and the lighter colored section representing anime for kids. Both graphs show a decline since 2006.

Sources : http://blog.livedoor.jp/dqnplus/archives/1258998.html