Manga Nippon Mukashi Banashi Plans VOD Service to Fund Digitization
With more than 1,000 of 1,467 episodes still undigitized and no other funding source named, the plan makes the series' own viewers the budget for its archive.
Reporting from 1 source: Denfaminicogamer.
Ai Kikaku Center is preparing an official VOD service for Manga Nippon Mukashi Banashi, the anime that began airing in 1975. Revenue from viewing the works will go entirely toward digitizing them. The series runs 1,467 episodes, and the original films and tapes are still preserved in good condition, but only some works have been digitized. Preserving more than 1,000 remaining episodes will take enormous time and cost. Start date, pricing, and the distribution lineup are not disclosed.
The request for input is wide. Ai Kikaku Center is collecting opinions on what the service should carry, which regions should host events, and which goods people want, including episodes they want to watch again and details they do not want changed.
Some digitized works are already on the official YouTube channel. The company says it wants the series used in schools, in communities, and in places where folktales are handed down, and it describes the aim as a system for passing the works on to the next 50 and 100 years. A follow-up event is decided, and an official e-commerce site is in preparation for people who cannot reach venues.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
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- Denfaminicogamer 『まんが日本昔ばなし』公式VODサービスを準備中。売上はすべて作品のデジタル化に充てる方針、残る1000話以上を次の世代へ