Oh, in response to something
MMM said...I know for a fact, that if I hadn't been pointed out to watch Suzimiya Haruhi no Yuutsu as a fansub (way before it was even thought of to be licensed), I probably wouldn't have even known about it, like a lot of "newer" series. I'm more of a manga person and keep up with those, not necessarily anime, and seeing as I'm pretty much the only one around her who likes the stuff, 'cept for one other person I know of, it's easy for me not to know of stuff. I just found out from this person that there's a newer Slayers series out now. He watches the fansubs of it, but knowing him, he'll probably get them on DVD when (or if) it comes out.
I still feel that fansubs can be a good thing. It does make wanting to own it helpful and I figured that most would buy it, if possible, anyway. I still would like to buy and own the Deathnote anime someday since I enjoyed watching its fansub a year, or so, ago.
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Originally Posted by noodle
I think the story with Anime isn't the same as music. In most countries, you are legally allowed to record whatever comes on tv and there is nothing stopping you from sharing with friends etc. However, you are not allowed to sell whatever you record. Correct me if I'm wrong, but most fan subs or animes online have already appeared on tv in Japan right? So, considering that, there is absolutely no difference to the anime companies because downloading it with fan sub or waiting a year to watch it on tv comes to the same thing. The only thing I can see being a problem is if people download it and don't watch it on TV which would end up with TV channels not showing these programs anymore. This of course is doubtful. Most people that download an anime still watch it on TV anyway simply because it's been months and months since they saw it.
So the way I see it is; downloading the series is bad only when it stops someone from buying the episiodes/series/movie. But most of us (who are not fanatics about anime), wait until it comes on TV in our country so it doesn't change much...
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Makes sense in theory. I'm not a big anime fanatic, but, I will admit, I do watch Naruto online since I started with it before it ever had a dub. For that, it's more of a habit to watch anyway. I don't like its dub much, but at the same time, I don't like the series enough to ever want to own it.
I know years ago, I used to watch fansubs of Inuyasha, but once it got a dub, I'd tape those episodes and watch them, up to a point (same with the fansubs), since I actually grew bored of the series.
That aside, you do seem right here. It does seem to be about the same; watching a fansub of a series or just waiting a year, or so, to watch it in our home countries on television, but even then, there's no guarantee it'll end up on television in the first place.