Re: Why are rights to movies/TV series split up to different distributors?

"leo86" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> NEON GENESIS EVANGELION  - ADV
> EVANGELION Movie - Manga
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> RUROUNI KENSHIN - Media Blasters
> SAMURAI X - ADV
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> BLACK JACK OAV series - Central Park Media
> BLACK JACK MOVIE - Manga
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> I'm sure there are several other examples (e.g. COWBOY BEBOP movie and
> TV series), but why is the series handled by one distributor and the
> movies handled by another? When the rights are sold, doesn't it make
> more sense to buy all the rights at once rather than just the TV
> series or movie?


Whoever is willing to put up the most money at the time to buy the rights.
And some, the series is negotiated before the movies are made. So its hard
to do a pckage deal.

LIke with NGE movies, Gainax received a reportedly 1 million for the series
from ADV but ADV couldn't bargain down the prices of the movies since Gainax
wanted 1 million each (and when 1 of those movies was barely an hour long, 1
million for it, in my book would not have been worth it). ADV wasn't
prepared to put that much money down.

So Manga came in a bought the rights (at a non disclosed amt).