Meeting with Asmik Ace Entertainment Executive

As mentioned last week an executive from Asmik Ace Entertainment by the name of Isoda was trying to contact me concerning my involvement in the subtitling and accidental world promotion of the now infamous sushi documentary. Due to the recent frenzy of lawsuits arising from exactly this kind of "infringement," I was a justifiably a little uneasy about walking into the offices of the distributors and saying "Hey everybody, it was I that pirated your video! Come and get me!" but Mr Isoda assured me that I had nothing to worry about.

Fast forward to yesterday evening, when I turned up at the Asmik Ace Entertainment offices to proudly proclaim "Hey everybody, it was I that pirated your video! Come and get me!" - Mr Isoda did indeed come and get me, and treated me to a coffee at a nearby chain.

Contrary to any impressions people might have gotten from the harshly worded takedown notices that had been circulating the web almost as much as the video itself, he was an entirely agreeable chap with a good sense of humour and fun, and a genuine interest in the content his company was responsible for. I was also a little surprised to discover he had previously worked for my current company. Entirely as expected however, the meeting was very much an informal greeting, a chance to put faces to names, and to see if we were the sort of people that could work together. To that end, I think the result was very postitive. He also talked about some of his ideas for additional DVD projects which he'll be proposing to TeeVee Graphics in the near future, and suggested that should these come into actuality, would I take on the task of doing the subtitling - like I was going to say no?! Even if that particular role gets declined by the producers, I would be glad of any involvement, even just a visit to the set during filming would make it worth it!

So in short, nothing concrete yet, but definite significant progress has been made. I await further contact with eager anticipation!