American anime industry

The chair of AX says the attendees of Anime Expo is averaging about 20 percent annual growth,
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2005/07/07/apop.DTL

but Ask John mentioned "The contemporary American anime industry is in dire straights. Evidence suggests that many of America's anime distributors are struggling financially."
http://www.animenation.net/news/askjohn.php?id=1123

What's this all about?

>>17

you say this like the japanese anime companies are some kind of supernatural, cashless, benevolent force that just hands out anime to anybody who passes by out of the goodness of their hearts

it's because of the otaku paying up in japan that you can interweb all your shit and then make up elaborate justifications for it. if it's so fucking different in japan, then either go buy r2s or just admit you're pirating like the rest of us do.