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?

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That is true. All of the major/big fansubbing groups stop when the lisence announcement is given. But there are always the minoriy rougue groups that just want to sub it just for the heck of it. And because more anime series are being lisenced even before its being broadcasted, the major fansub groups are seen less and less.