> What I don't understand is, why is Gainex making such a big deal
> about their copyrighted material? On their website they have
> specific images that are allowed to be used on websites and only
> after an agreement is "signed" (that is, last time I looked).
> Perhaps they own the rights, yes, but very few, if any other
> studios care. Personally I think that displaying cels and images
> from any anime shows is a great form of free advertising for these
> studios.
> Back to the Eva cels; why do they sell hand-painted copies, but
> won't let the originals out of their sight? What is this fear
> they're displaying?
Unlike many other animes, EVA is sponsored and licensed
by "many" companies/investors like Sega and Bandai...etc,
Gainax has to get permissions from all those companies
first if they want to release the cels to the public.
If one of them doesn't agree, Gainax cannot sell any
EVA cels. So instead, they made some reproduction
cels to satisfy the fans. The licensing and copyright
problems can get very complicated when too many companies
involved, as it is in this situation. There are a few
other animes that have similar situations too, but those
animes weren't popular among fans anyway, so hardly any
one care, but for EVA, almost every anime fan knows
about this popular show.
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