Comments on: GDH Int’l Head Condemns Illegal Anime Distribution: A fans point of view

By: NovaJinx

NovaJinx — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 19:28:53 +0000

There’s also the fact to consider that whether an anime series is licenced in the US doesn’t affect the rest of the world one bit. In far-away Europe the latest anime you can find with reasonable prices is at least a few years old and the quality of releases is very poor. Even if say, School Days was licenced in the US, it can be years until it appears in Europe, if it does at all. In a country like Finland without the capability to order abroad fansubs are the only feasible option.
Also, saying that downloading fansubs is stealing isn’t that accurate. Stealing is taking something that is owned by someone and claiming rights to that object for yourself without the contend of the other person. The other person loses his/her possession of this object and is no longer able to use it. This isn’t the case in downloading – you merely create a copy for yourself but do not remove the rights of use from the original possessor.
I’ve invested several hundred euros in anime merchandise and I’m sure that without the discovery of fansubs and their continuous use this number would be zero. Fansubs keep me in touch with the field and allow me to pick the best of the bunch. Personally, I don’t see any different from watching anime on TV. If I see something awesome, I will buy it. I may be a pirate, but I’m also a considerable consumer.

By: oru

oru — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 15:06:55 +0000

they are damn idiots all the time the are looking for ways to kill the fanbase of theyer own industry, people wont just buy anime with out knowing who it looks or seeing episodes of it.. FANSUBS ARE THE BASE OF THE OUT-JAPAN ANIME COMMUNITY stop messing with us.

By: tj han

tj han — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 07:46:20 +0000

Is that the official excuse for why GONZO shows are trash these days? Like the “GIOOOOOOOOO” Dragonaut? Yes, let’s blame fansubs for “JINNNNN”.

By: kad22

kad22 — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 05:19:15 +0000

Its times like this when I hope the industry does crash, not because it deserves too but because it will get rid of the idiotic higherups that don’t know how to run a business and appeal to the masses. The demand is there, but judging from the way anime is hated by the public, it seems that the industry has done a pitiful job in the way they handle their business, which imo is even more harmful than whatever effect fansubs brings to the industry. Hopefully another unknown company will riseup and make everyone realize how to market anime properly and if it takes the industry dying to do so, then I’m all for it.