Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Déclic-Images


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The result was   keep. JForget 02:11, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

Déclic-Images

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Declined prod. No reliable secondary sources to establish notability. It exists, but existence does not prove notability. Explodicle (T/C) 15:39, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
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 * Comment That one is for me to bring clues:
 * Déclic-Images is the anime licensing arm of Manga Distribution which is the closest thing to The Right Stuf International for France. For a partial list of licenses see here. The bottom line, Déclic-Images was/is the biggest licensor for good old & vintages animes series.
 * Déclic-Images is also infamous for the "Goldogate" aka i tried to release teens thousands of DVD box sets of Grendizer without Toei Animation proper licensing and got caught. See Toei series of press releases and this was covered by Animeland issue #115, Animeland issue #126 & issue #159 with a brief news indicating that Déclic-Images & Manga Distribution were recognized guilty and each one fined 2.4 Millions Euros in an appeal judgment.
 * (Update) Adding a link to a Japan External Trade Organization report on the French market. See page 135 where Déclic Image was ranked 4th in 2005 before filling bankruptcy due to the "Goldogate". Then again i should mention that Déclic Image & Manga Distribution are the two sides of the same coin with the same boss, sub-boss and same address.
 * No vote from me because i feel myself biased and utterly awkward in this one but feel free to ask me for additional clues. (updated) --KrebMarkt 15:20, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Hmm -- sounds like the licensing scandal alone would make the subject notable, given continuing coverage. —Quasirandom (talk) 14:14, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
 * And a crazy second-hand market. The result is the Grendizer license being locked down in France for nearly 5 years and Déclic-Images losing trust from Japanese anime industry "Hi, we are the guys who tried to rip off Toei Animation and Go Nagai" is an hard sell. --KrebMarkt 15:32, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep Based on the coverage they get from their licensing scandal and the rest.  D r e a m Focus  14:59, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep; their size in France seems like enough. As usual, it's worth remembering that most sources would be in French and we only see the tip of the iceberg. --Gwern (contribs) 13:52 9 March 2010 (GMT)
 * Keep because of their size and the legal matter. I've translated the article from the French version, hopefully it will be more infromative. Maethordaer (talk) 19:54, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep based on, well, size and coverage of the licensing scandal. —Quasirandom (talk) 03:05, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep per all of the above.Dandy Sephy (talk) 06:19, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep per above, this appears to be a large notable French company, there are references to back the claims, plus it has in the past been involved with lots of anime titles. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 16:48, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
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