ShiroiHikari wrote:I thought TBS, TNT, and Cartoon Network/Adult Swim were all Turner networks? So why couldn't they advertise AS anime on TBS or something? (I don't think it would fit on TNT, totally different demographic.)
They are, which all of them are part of Time Warner.
But that's the problem, TBS is not really going to go out of their way to advertise Adult Swim, when they could lose ratings.
The only reason why Adult Swim can't advertise on the rest of Cartoon Network is, because of the age demographic. Plus, I don't think Adult Swim would really want TBS to advertise for them, since the would have to advertise for TBS.
This was talk about at one board a few months ago about this as why doesn't Adult Swim advertise on TBS and so on.
Well, if you watch TBS, they have those annoying little pop ads for shows coming up soon or next. Could you see Adult Swim having to do that for TBS, that is if they went that way.
A lot of it has to do with what shows are being aired on Adult Swim. TBS just couldn't go and start airing ads for them like that. It would have to be at night and really it would be the same time that Adult Swim is on. Even channels have to go by rules on what ads can be aired at what time they are to be aired. But for now, Time Warner only cares about getting their other service aired on Adult Swim, like GameTap and online shopping service Bamzu.
Really, its hard to say if advertise anime would work on Adult Swim. Comedy just does better then anime on Adult Swim. When Family Guy was on Saturday night, it was still beating anime in ratings and the anime series would come on right after Family Guy was on. Also, Adult Swim Fix is taken away ratings from Death Note, because the numbers for Death Note on Adult Swim Fix are a lot better then they are, when its aired on Saturday night.
I actually think that poor marketing is one of the biggest problems with the US anime industry. How are they gonna get sales/ratings if nobody knows it's there?
This I can agree with to a point. I also point out that Japan and elist anime fans are just to blame for US anime industry as well as the US compaines that release the anime here.
Really, I think Japan needs to really awake up and try to help the US anime industry out more, but for now. They will just throw anime titles out to US companies like its a piece of meat and who ever has the bigger teeth (aka money) wins.
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