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NEWS: Tokyo Anime Center Posts "Stop! Fan-Subtitle" Notice

A thief will find 1 thousand 1 excuse as to why he/she stealing to make the immoral crime he/she did to be something that are right.

Anime Losers

6 million downloads per week is too much to overlook. If each download generates a dollar, Japanese animation industry would've become prosperous as video game industry.

I guess I download as much as the next guy, but only if a show is not available in the States. Our house rule is if you watch more than one episode online, then you like it enough to buy it when it hits our stores. I think that is fair.

Data has shown that in the United States, there have been over 6 million downloads in any given week.

Asian Guy wrote:

A thief will find 1 thousand 1 excuse as to why he/she stealing to make the immoral crime he/she did to be something that are right. Anime Losers

I think you just called me a thief, but I guess I'm ok with that. I absolutely will not download a title that has been licensed, and once it is licensed I buy all of it that I watched online. I am an anime fan, and have no shame in admitting that I'm one of those lametastic losers that is still buying their dvds, and supporting the industry. I'm also willing to admit that I love alot of shows that may never come here. If they do then by all means, I'm always looking for ways to improve my collection.

I'm not trying to argue with you. I buy what I can ,but due to region coding which is completely stupid I can't play foreign dvds. That right there could be a solution. If we stopped having everything region coded, then ordering from over seas would help people like me who want to buy it, but can't. As for people that don't want to pay for it I don't know how to help them, but for people that want to be caught up with their fave show in Japan, or want to watch something that isn't out where they live, region coding might be an answer. Thank you for helping me with that idea. I like it.

@ AsianGuy: The problem is most downloaders don't think of it as stealing, stealing implies you violently coming into someones home, trashing the place, and taking their TV, Where as downloading something from the internet seems more like watching a show on TV, both seem effectively free to the viewer. The industry can put out a thousand press releases to the effect of "Fansubs is stealing" but they'll never get through, instead they should move with the times like GDH and give a legal alternative, that might seem as free as a TV broadcast, but they still get money through advertising or a subscription,people are clearly willing to get a subscription judging by the case of Crunchyroll, and it was ILLEGAL, if there was a more legal version where one could pay a monthly subscription, get a subbed episode with little to no downtime, with the possibility of ad revenue, Fansubbers would be defeated, thankfully the industry is going in that direction.

Westlo wrote:

Where's the stop uploading raws to share/perfect dark poster?

Exactly. It's like they've totally forgotten that the whole reason how fansubs can exist is because of Japanese uploaders...

I really hope this 'symposium' thing isn't just going to be some half assed look at illegal anime distribution, and at the end of it either some huge operation is going to take place, at the same time killing off these 'fans', and then killing off the new found revenue that Gonzo and other possible companies could make from using those 'fans'... Or they're just do a little bit and nothing will change...

Get serious Japan, even when all the evidence is placed in front of your nose you ignore it and look for the scapegoat of a 'secondary' illegal anime distribution method.

sorry to continue the rant as I've already said a lot of stuff to do with it..

At least now Gonzo are working towards a proper goal.

I think you just called me a thief, but I guess I'm ok with that.

I absolutely will not download a title that has been licensed,

I'm also willing to admit that I love alot of shows that may never come here. If they do then by all means, I'm always looking for ways to improve my collection.