luckydog001 wrote...
Serypti wrote...
I'd very much like to see Media Blasters / Kitty Media be healthier, since they have released plenty of great stuff over the years, and them buying FAKKU may very well help with that,
Other way around, FAKKU bought them.
Ah. I misread then. Thanks for correcting me. That would then mean that the main concern would then be how dealing with hentai anime affects FAKKU's bottom line. So long as they really could afford to buy Kitty Media from Media Blasters, and they manage this well, then it should be a good thing. I suppose that the main question then is how this will affect Blu-ray releases (Kitty Media did physical releases only and finally started doing Blu-ray releases recently). If we're going to get DRM-free full-res downloads out of the deal, then Blu-ray matters less, but there are some advantages to having stuff on Blu-ray, and some of the market is going to want Blu-rays and not digital downloads - though there are certain risks posed by physical releases with regards to stuff like producing enough beforehand (while not overproducing) that digital downloads don't have. I won't shed a single tear if there are no DVD releases though (even if a show isn't actually in HD) - especially if the digital downloads are properly progressive as opposed to interlaced.