NEW YORK- Today, on April 1, 2008, CBS Corporation President and CEO Leslie
Moonves announced that CBS would be buying three major American anime
distributors and releasing several popular titles at a lower cost to the
consumer. The three anime studios, ADV Films based in Houston, FUNimation based
in Fort Worth, Texas and Geneon Entertainment of Long Beach, California paying a
total of $600 million for all three studios. The three studios will now combine
into one line known as "CBS Anime", with an anime-style version of the
world famous CBS eye logo. "Anime is one of the fastest growing forms of
entertainment in the world and has a growing number of fans", says Moonves
while meeting ADV President Matt Greenfield at CBS's 38-story headquarters at 51
West 52nd Street in New York City, "We are confident that CBS Anime will
become the premiere anime distributor in North America. I have watched several
of the popular titles available, and I am impressed. Today, April 1, 2008, will
be a red-letter day in anime history." ADV's president Matt Greenfield, who
was celebrating in a hot tub of champange which he purchased along with a
Porsche 911 studded with rubies, stated that he was happy that anime would now
be more affordable. "Instead of demanding $30 for one DVD with 4 episodes,
we can now sell whole 26-episode series for $40, saving our consumers lots of
money. Anime is about the fans, not the money. People make companies, companies
don't make people. I can say that with confidence now. I'm set for life!"
Greenfield then went back to swimming in the champagne, which a Japanese geisha
girl was now adding capers for him to eat. ADV Films, which was launched in 1992
in Houston was the first major anime distributor in the United States. The first
title released was the six-episode OVA "Devil Hunter Yohko". Other
titles from ADV include "All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku",
"Full Metal Panic!", Martian Successor Nadesico" and the
controversial, but popular series from Gainax, "Neon Genesis
Evangelion". FUNimation' popular titles include "Crayon
Shin-Chan", "Azumanga Daioh", "Mahou Sensei Negima!",
"Yu Yu Hakusho" and Akira Toriyama's long-running and popular
"Dragonball" series and it's spinoffs. Geneon Animation started as
"Pioneer Entertainment" as a branch of the Japanese-based Pioneer
electronics company. Geneon closed it's operations in 2007, leaving the future
of several of it's titles that were under development at it's closure unknown
until CBS's purchase today, April 1, 2008.
You got me! CBS won't do it. NBC might, however. They'll do anything to get out
of fourth place. So, they're going to stop selling anime in America? Let's hope
not.
I expected that to be something posted on Animenewsnetwork, but I didn't see it
there. What's the exact source of this of this gag? If you came up with this on
your own I say bravo.
Now this is a great April Fool's joke, since well talk about getting one's
underwear in a tizzy so to speak with just seeing the title of this entry and I
have to admit I was dieing of laughter by the end. Though I must admit there is
one line that I thought was truthfully valid in this entire wonderfully done
exploit, about "people making companies, not companies making people."
In response to shoujoboy; yes, I came up with this all on my own. I've had this
idea in my head since the Super Bowl. I wanted to do more for it, but time got
away from me. I did, however make an anime version of the CBS eye. I would post
it, but I don't know how to attach jpegs from my HD.
NEW YORK- Today, on April 1, 2008, CBS Corporation President and CEO Leslie Moonves announced that CBS would be buying three major American anime distributors and releasing several popular titles at a lower cost to the consumer. The three anime studios, ADV Films based in Houston, FUNimation based in Fort Worth, Texas and Geneon Entertainment of Long Beach, California paying a total of $600 million for all three studios. The three studios will now combine into one line known as "CBS Anime", with an anime-style version of the world famous CBS eye logo. "Anime is one of the fastest growing forms of entertainment in the world and has a growing number of fans", says Moonves while meeting ADV President Matt Greenfield at CBS's 38-story headquarters at 51 West 52nd Street in New York City, "We are confident that CBS Anime will become the premiere anime distributor in North America. I have watched several of the popular titles available, and I am impressed. Today, April 1, 2008, will be a red-letter day in anime history." ADV's president Matt Greenfield, who was celebrating in a hot tub of champange which he purchased along with a Porsche 911 studded with rubies, stated that he was happy that anime would now be more affordable. "Instead of demanding $30 for one DVD with 4 episodes, we can now sell whole 26-episode series for $40, saving our consumers lots of money. Anime is about the fans, not the money. People make companies, companies don't make people. I can say that with confidence now. I'm set for life!" Greenfield then went back to swimming in the champagne, which a Japanese geisha girl was now adding capers for him to eat. ADV Films, which was launched in 1992 in Houston was the first major anime distributor in the United States. The first title released was the six-episode OVA "Devil Hunter Yohko". Other titles from ADV include "All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku", "Full Metal Panic!", Martian Successor Nadesico" and the controversial, but popular series from Gainax, "Neon Genesis Evangelion". FUNimation' popular titles include "Crayon Shin-Chan", "Azumanga Daioh", "Mahou Sensei Negima!", "Yu Yu Hakusho" and Akira Toriyama's long-running and popular "Dragonball" series and it's spinoffs. Geneon Animation started as "Pioneer Entertainment" as a branch of the Japanese-based Pioneer electronics company. Geneon closed it's operations in 2007, leaving the future of several of it's titles that were under development at it's closure unknown until CBS's purchase today, April 1, 2008.
April Fools sucka! Not gonna happen, CBS has enough business sense to not put any money into the dying American anime industry.
You got me! CBS won't do it. NBC might, however. They'll do anything to get out of fourth place. So, they're going to stop selling anime in America? Let's hope not.
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I expected that to be something posted on Animenewsnetwork, but I didn't see it there. What's the exact source of this of this gag? If you came up with this on your own I say bravo.
Wow that's funny, as soon as I read the title I also thought April Fools.
Now this is a great April Fool's joke, since well talk about getting one's underwear in a tizzy so to speak with just seeing the title of this entry and I have to admit I was dieing of laughter by the end. Though I must admit there is one line that I thought was truthfully valid in this entire wonderfully done exploit, about "people making companies, not companies making people."
In response to shoujoboy; yes, I came up with this all on my own. I've had this idea in my head since the Super Bowl. I wanted to do more for it, but time got away from me. I did, however make an anime version of the CBS eye. I would post it, but I don't know how to attach jpegs from my HD.