Does it mean that a company has chosen to translate and dub it, or that they have gotten permission to release it in America in original Japanese? Or is it something different altogether? Please only answer if you have some knowledge on the subject, or if you know where I could get information on licensing, or if you know who I could contact or how. Help is much appreciated.
2007-06-08 18:36:26 · 4 answers · asked by Chellips 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Comics & Animation
When an anime is licensed, it means a company has bought all rights to the anime. The company can then broadcast the anime, alter it, change it, translate it into another langauge or whatever they see fit. The license means the company owns all rights to the anime, so you can't make a toy of the anime, publish a book about the anime, alter and broadcast the anime yourself, or claim any rights to it. It is illegal once an anime is licensed to distribute it, such as on youtube or in torrent form (which is why youtube is taking it off, for fear of being sued and torrent sites stop an anime from being downloadable) because you can take the anime and broadcast it, alter it, change it yourself without the comapnys consent (and more importantly, you can watch the anime yourself, then you don't wath the anime, ratings drop, you tell people what happens and those people lose interest in the anime or download it, ratings drop more and people tune in to other shows, so companies lose money and their advertising for new episodes and specials fall on dead ears because you've already downloaded and seen it)
2007-06-09 13:31:35 · answer #1 · answered by Nikk Strife 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When an anime becomes licensed, it means the company has the rights to distribute in the US. Is up to the company how it will release the anime to the public. A good example is one piece, 4kids had the license for it. They changed plots, altered images, cutted/pasted episodes. ADV or Viz are some of the major licensing companies and they tend to do minor or no changes to the plot.
2007-06-09 02:21:33 · answer #2 · answered by Raul T 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That means the company has literally bought the rights to show the anime in whatever form that they wish, meaning htat they can show it in the original japanese form, they can cut out episodes, dub it, they can even change the title.
2007-06-09 01:42:21 · answer #3 · answered by koneko_bombay 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its usually something different altogether
2007-06-09 01:39:22 · answer #4 · answered by starconfusionco1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋