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    Studio Ghilbli is being forgotten- Nippon TV bought the studio and won't let their films run on any streaming services in Japan, including their own streaming service Hulu. It can be 7 years between when a given movie is broadcast on their TV channel again
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    Studio Ghilbli is being forgotten- Nippon TV bought the studio and won’t let their films run on any streaming services in Japan, including their own streaming service Hulu. It can be 7 years between when a given movie is broadcast on their TV channel again


    Studio Ghilbli is being forgotten- Nippon TV bought the studio and won’t let their films run on any streaming services in Japan, including their own streaming service Hulu. It can be 7 years between when a given movie is broadcast on their TV channel again

    https://news.yahoo.co.jp/expert/articles/cd010a1ede4bec504e4b4c04a6509d206400f434

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    1. crinklypaper on

      Really frustrating, when we all visited relatives in the UK we had a blast marathoning them on Netflix.

    2. its_neverending on

      I’d love to introduce my kids to the movies, but they’re too small to stay up after 9pm~ on the rare occasion one is shown on TV.

      Just gotta hope Nippon TV catches up with the times I guess.

    4. g8or8de on

      There are so many cases like this… Japan could have been ahead in the mobile phone game back in the 2000s, but didn’t take the opportunity to go global and lost to the iPhone. Same with robotics and AI… Japan was ahead of the game, but got lazy, which led to the US and China becoming leaders.

      Risk averse leadership and a “protectionism mindset” is what is killing Japan.

    9. mechachap on

      And majority of parents are not pro-active with what media their kids consume. So kids of new generations interest will slowly dwindle in favor of brainrot (or whatever passes as brainrot in Japan)

    10. Looseraccoons on

      I suppose tv/streaming culture also contributes. Curious what’s behind the black listing

    11. yakisobagurl on

      If you try to protect the integrity and “specialness” of something to such an insane extent it gets to a point where said thing just becomes obsolete and unknown

      It’s like the argument of whether it’s okay to post clips of shows/films/music on instagram/twitter. Yes it’s copyrighted material but in reality, if there are no fans posting clips of newly released stuff on social media these days then you’re losing out on insane free marketing

      Japan absolutely does not agree with this tho. Idol music still not even being on streaming services for one is just pure insanity 😆

    13. realistic_reality1 on

      This is why I own all the movies on DVD. No one can take them from me, especially not the TV and Streaming Networks.

    14. krg779 on

      My wife just bought me Mononoke Hime on Blu-Ray for my birthday this year. It had been years since a physical copy of a movie came into our house. The kids got excited when I dusted off the PlayStation 4 and we had an old school movie night.