by the fans for the fans

wow, that Megazone 23 tidbit is pretty cool.

YEAH, THAT SURE IS SOME NICE INFO ON MEGAZONE 23.

ALL YOU NEED NOW IS TO FIT YOURSELF IN THERE IN A LIVE PICTURE. HAHAHA.

I AM HEARING WHAT YOU GUYS SAYING. GLAD YOU STILL WORKING AND ALL IS GOOD AROUND YOUR AREA. WELL BOTH OF YOU ACTUALLY. SOME PARTS OF JAPAN JUST STILL NOT DOING SO WELL. BUT EVENTUALLY IT WILL COME TOGETHER OVER THERE.

MEMO1DOMINION wrote:

SOME PARTS OF JAPAN JUST STILL NOT DOING SO WELL.

Talk about the most understated thing you will probably ever say in your life time MEMO. If you actually have something concrete regarding the quake and the studios then post something or better yet let people know where they can help people in need who are not in Tokyo but in the actual affected areas.

Aside from Studios still being at work many are planning charity events like this one but I guess nobody can attend since Tokyo is either a ghost town or the "fact" we can't go any where because of rolling blackouts.

Gubaba you free tomorrow Egan leaves on Friday and we will probably head to Nayn-ja Town in the post apocalyptic Ikebukuro for some Frontier sweets.

This is what Kevin McKeever has to say concerning the quake and its impact on the anime industry:
robotechnews.blogspot.com/2011/03/japane...-studios-are-at.html

Part of the reason why I have focused so much on the economy of Japan post quake is that it directly affects the amine industry. If studios have blackouts for three to six hours every day their workers are idle (while those studios still have to pay overhead costs like their salaries, water bills, materials etc..) and they cant make anine and thus not make money. Hence they outsource and when they do...

Put that on top of other industries that are idle in Japan. We are already seeing the end result in Japan with major industries struggling to get back on their feet. Instability in the Yen/Dollar relationship Wondering whats going to happen next with the Nuclear Emergency that now appears to be getting worse again.

No one knows how this all will impact the anime industry long term.

rtsurfer wrote:

This is what Kevin McKeever has to say concerning the quake and its impact on the anime industry:
robotechnews.blogspot.com/2011/03/japane...-studios-are-at.html

Part of the reason why I have focused so much on the economy of Japan post quake is that it directly affects the amine industry. If studios have blackouts for three to six hours every day their workers are idle (while those studios still have to pay overhead costs like their salaries, water bills, materials etc..) and they cant make anine and thus not make money. Hence they outsource and when they do...

Put that on top of other industries that are idle in Japan. We are already seeing the end result in Japan with major industries struggling to get back on their feet. Instability in the Yen/Dollar relationship Wondering whats going to happen next with the Nuclear Emergency that now appears to be getting worse again.

No one knows how this all will impact the anime industry long term.

Don't forget to credit MaverickLSC for pointing McKeever to the article. I doubt it's relevant to Robotech's new animated feature though.

rtsurfer wrote:

This is what Kevin McKeever has to say concerning the quake and its impact on the anime industry:
robotechnews.blogspot.com/2011/03/japane...-studios-are-at.html

Based, again, on a faulty premise.

NOT ONLY THAT BUT NOW ADD A TAX HIKE TO GO ALONG WITH IT.

Japan business lobby gives OK to scrap corporate tax cut

www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/28/us-ke...dUSTRE72R0XX20110328

By Junko Fujita and James Topham

TOKYO | Mon Mar 28, 2011 10:40am EDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's top business lobby gave the government the green light to scrap a planned cut in the corporate tax rate and urged firms to look at shifting production to western Japan as the nation grapples with its worst crisis since World War Two.

ALSO

Japan may need to raise corporate tax for reconstruction-lobby

TOKYO | Wed Mar 30, 2011 10:27pm EDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan may need to temporarily raise income tax and corporate tax rates to cover the cost of reconstruction following the earthquake and tsunami, the head of an influential business lobby said on Thursday.


Government officials have already indicated it may scrap a plan to cut the corporate tax rate by 5 percentage points from the current rate of around 40 percent, but Hiromasa Yonekura, chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Keidanren), said more may be needed.

"The entire nation needs to support the reconstruction efforts. This means both individuals and companies," a Keidanren official quoted Yonekura as telling a meeting aimed at drafting a plan on what businesses can do to help with the recovery.

The government is likely to set aside 2 trillion yen ($24 billion) for disaster relief in its first emergency budget and will probably need two more such budgets, with total spending possibly exceeding 10 trillion yen, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Wednesday.

Yonekura said the ruling Democratic Party needs to reconsider its spending pledges, but if there is still a shortfall temporary tax hikes may be needed. ($1 = 82.875 Japanese Yen)

(Reporting by Kazunori Takada; Editing by Michael Watson)

save wrote:

MEMO1DOMINION wrote:

SOME PARTS OF JAPAN JUST STILL NOT DOING SO WELL.

Talk about the most understated thing you will probably ever say in your life time MEMO. If you actually have something concrete regarding the quake and the studios then post something or better yet let people know where they can help people in need who are not in Tokyo but in the actual affected areas.

Aside from Studios still being at work many are planning charity events like this one but I guess nobody can attend since Tokyo is either a ghost town or the "fact" we can't go any where because of rolling blackouts.

Gubaba you free tomorrow Egan leaves on Friday and we will probably head to Nayn-ja Town in the post apocalyptic Ikebukuro for some Frontier sweets.

THERE'S IS ALREADY A THREAD DEDICATED HERE FOR THAT.

THIS IS THE EFFECT ANIME WOULD HAVE AROUND THE WORLD AS PER THE TOPIC.

ONE WAS ALREADY TALKED ABOUT ON THE COURT DECIDING OVER ANIME IN JAPAN.

THIS THREAD JUST THE COUSE OF IMPACT FROM A JAPAN DEVASTATION.

2 MAJOR THINGS THAT TIE IN NEWS AS OF LATE FROM JAPAN.

My contribution to the cutting and pasting of "NEWS" more to come.

Message from Produciton IG as of two and a half days ago.

Electric Power Outage in Tokyo

March 28, 2011

Dear Friends Around the World

We mourn for the victims of the earthquake and tsunami that hit our country on March 11, and pray for those who are still struggling in the aftermath of that cataclysm.

Since March 14, 2011 the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) is implementing a rolling blackout plan in some areas of Japan following the energy shortage caused by the halting of the Fukushima-I and Fukushima-II Nuclear Power Plants, and a number of thermal power stations on Japan's north-eastern coast.

Planned power cuts (usually three hours long) may occur once or twice a day - or may be canceled according to the situation. Many scheduled power cuts did not actually take place.

The power outage may affect the area where Production I.G is located. This means that during a power cut, if any, this site will be down temporarily, telephone lines will not work and e-mails may not be received. As of today, no power cuts occurred in our area.

Currently, TEPCO has announced that the rolling blackouts will be occurring until the end of April, and may restart around July.

Thank you very much in advance for your kind understanding and support.

Production I.G