>>71166189You should read the press release. They never state anything regarding the US doing any actual talent interaction. See picrel. They probably want
1. Local Merch Production/Distribution
(Good, since shipping will get cheaper)
2. Local Promotion (Something like the Tokyo city partner thing)
3. Local Events (like Taiwan Lantern festival, or one of the many ID cons)
So the Japs still have full controll (good). The worst thing they can do is be retarded enough to sponsor some political event or a pride parade (I doubt they have enough autonomy for even that). In any case, nothing that could harm Ina in any substantial way.
The use of "Localization" rightfully made people think of how anime was localized, but thats an entirely different business model.
