CATDOLL: Anime fans hotly discuss: The future development of Japanese anime can only rely on China

Now when Japanese animation starts airing every season, many works will be purchased by Chinese video websites for legitimate broadcasting rights. In addition, the latest 2016 Japanese animation industry report also mentioned that the Japanese animation industry has achieved good results in the Chinese market in the past year, and the overseas market has increased by 78%. Such data also makes Japanese anime fans who have always felt good about themselves realize that the future development of Japanese animation is likely to rely on copyright purchases from China, and they have also found that the number of Sino-Japanese co-production animations has begun to increase. Now many Japanese anime fans have begun to discuss this issue. Let's see what they say.

Netizen’s opinion: I saw a piece of news that said Japanese animation has made a lot of profit from legitimate exports to China. It seems that the strategy of selling TV works is completely useless, and they can only rely on theatrical versions and overseas copyright exports.

Netizens' opinions: Has the time come for both producers and consumers to rely on China? Without China, the current animation industry would be doomed.

Netizen's opinion: Recently, many animation copyright companies in China have begun to invest heavily. Although the problem of piracy in China is still rampant, many people have begun to watch legitimate copies. In addition, the number of viewers in China itself is an exaggerated number.

Netizen’s opinion: Actually, speaking of piracy, there are many people watching pirated movies in Japan. Of course, if China can completely solve the piracy problem, it is very likely to help the Japanese animation industry maintain its development in the long run. Compared with the previous era when it could only rely on selling discs, now there are more good profit models. Both the producers and anime fans should agree with it.

Netizen's opinion: I really didn't expect that legitimate broadcasting could be so large in China. I heard that Chinese people don't have to pay to watch legitimate movies, and the copyright holders make profits through traffic, advertising, etc. Isn't this approach worth learning from for Japan? Compared with the membership system that charges fees at every turn, the free form is more conducive to the promotion of works.

Netizens’ opinions: Recently, it seems that animation can only rely on voice actors to support the surrounding industries, and many voice actors have gone to China to seek gold. Although I don’t want to admit it, in this era when even otakus are unwilling to buy DVDs, relying on overseas capital is the solution.

Netizens’ opinions: In Japan, a work with 1 million hits can be boasted to the sky, but when I visited some Chinese websites before, even ordinary new animations could get such hits. There are even works like "Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World" that have accumulated over 100 million hits...