Iblis 19th Angel wrote:Phoenix Feet wrote:What, do you have inside info? Do you work for ADV?
The film is in pre-production. Lots of boring things happen during pre-production. Things that aren't worth reporting or aren't disclosable to the public.
Don't assume it's dead just because we haven't heard anything for a while.
You don't have to work for ADV to know they're not gonna go through with it. You just have to look at the current state of the anime industry in the west.
ADV began the project at a time when anime imports had just started to take off in the western world & business was booming.
They foolishly believed this trend would continue to grow exponentially into the future & that ADV could make enough money to become a major player in the entertaininment industry instead of a two-bit dubbing studio with delusions of grandure.
Unfortunately, the anime industry has hit the wall.
Due to market oversaturation, bad dubbing & other factors, public interest in anime in the mainstream is flagging & the rate of growth for companies like ADV has slowed to a crawl.
There's just no way that they can pay for a feature film now. And I think they're still in debt to WETA studios for the concept art commissions.
It's a simple case of counting one's proverbial chickens before they've hatched.
Are they not gonna work with WETA? [If it's still alive.]
If they do, they would have no debt, but a share of profit.