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+author: einar
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+date: 2006-09-24 08:36:25+00:00
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+slug: cooperation-and-stupidity
+title: Cooperation and stupidity
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+While I was viewing [Yamato Video](http://www.dennogumi.org/www.yamatovideo.com)'s latest Samurai Troopers DVD, I noticed that in the trailers section there was a part showing off some footage of [Chrno Crusade](http://www.animenfo.com/animetitle,1261,pipkkd,chrno_crusade.html). As a few may know, it's written _Chrno_ and not Chrono for some obscure reason. What it matters though is that [Planet Manga](http://www.paninicomics.it/Home.jsp) already edited the relevant manga with the name Chrono Crusade (same as what AD Vision did in the United States).
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+Of course, Yamato didn't bother changing the title to stir interest from people who already bought the manga. I can bet the adaptation will alos be different and nothing like the manga. This is not new in the Italian market, which is basically a mafia. Everyone knows each other, there are stupid, petty rivalries between the head sections of different companies which basically means that any good idea of cooperation - for mutual advantage - is scrapped  because of stupidity.
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+Healthy competition and cooperation help. In this case there is _no_ competition, just mutual ignorance. The fact that sales' figures are kept hidden should tell something. I hope that someday a  _real_ company, whith a sensible business plan (so, nothing like [Shin Vision](http://www.shinvision.com) is doing, for example) will come and force the others to act accordingly.