Forum - View topicGainax controversial stance on the industry and fansubs.
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Zalis116
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Sure, there are plenty of ways to find out about anime before it gets released in R1, but many of those ways boil down to indirect use of fansubs. Look at AnimeOnDVD's General Anime forum on any given day; 2/3 of the threads will be about series currently being released in fansubs. (A similar proportion applies at this forum as well.) ANN's preview guides? Fansub-based. Wikipedia summaries? Probably fansub-based. Blogs and fan reviews of complete series? Definitely fansub-based. Sure you might not be downloading those fansubs yourself, but if they didn't exist, that information wouldn't be out there. |
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Greboruri
Posts: 384 Location: QBN, NSW, Australia |
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Some Guy
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Ok, here is something I dont understand. If just the subbing part of anime distribution doesnt take to long why dont see subtitles only dvds? Or perhaps even better why dont we see legal digital distribution methods by the companies of sub only material?
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Zalis116
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Regarding legal downloads, there's just a lot of legal red tape in the way, from DRM negotiations to Japanese companies that are reluctant to allow R1 companies to try new means of distribution. |
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Ohoni
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Really, sub-only should be kind of like OEM hardware. You shouldn't ever see it in stores (aside from kitchy import stype places), and if anime companies don't want to ship individual orders out to customers directly then they can either sell them through the online branches of retail outlets (for example you could buy them through Best Buy.com or something), or I'm sure at the very least some of the more boutique anime-interest online retailers would be willing to stock them.
All the translators would need to do is translate and burn the discs. They could make the process even cheaper by having no packaging (beyond a simple slip cover thing and envelope), or just reusing the default packaging. |
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