Sorry, big fan of Japanese products, babes, etc., but this reminds me of the Big Huge land purchases by Japanese in the US in the 70's and 80's- that mostly all went Belly-Up in the 90's. I hope they didn't pay too much for Poser, as it seems other US and European companies "passed" on it after seeing what DAZ is up to. The Japanese have not done well marketing their 3D software in the US and the other big Japanese Movie project- (Can't even remember the name- highly realistic characters in a BORING Sci-Fi plot- came out in 2001) was a HUGE MONEY LOSER! (Yes, Japanese GAMES do very well- if its GAMES for Poser then ???) DAZ has the "Tiger By The Tail" because they are an enormously experienced 3D Modeling company entering a market they understand BETTER THAN Curious Labs did (obviously) and their new DAZ Studio only ACCELERATES their marketplace standing. It will take the E-Frontier people at least one year, if not two, to really get up to speed with this. (I've worked with Japanese companies and know that the "rubber meeting the road" part of it is much more difficult that it initially appears!)