Comments on: How to fix the industry, part 2

By: Shameful Otaku Secret! » Aaaaaaaaaand… Fixed.

Shameful Otaku Secret! » Aaaaaaaaaand… Fixed. — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:34:21 +0000

[...] Kabitzin: Stop scapegoating fansubs and get with the solutions. [...]

By: Wait, the anime industry’s broken? « A.R.K. (Anime Reviews by Korasoff)

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:55:07 +0000

[...] industry of the past few days, first defining the problem and putting forth some ideas, then asking famous bloggers for their take on the issue. (As I write this last bit he’s putting the final post or [...]

By: omo

omo — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:54:12 +0000

Miha is right! Wow, a good comment right off the bat.

By: How To Defib A Dead Horse | Sea Slugs! Anime Blog

How To Defib A Dead Horse | Sea Slugs! Anime Blog — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:47:49 +0000

[...] I like the direction that Otou-san is taking with this, as he is surveying others (including some really brilliant and handsome bloggers) about how they feel they would address the problem of fansubbing and piracy. I’m really [...]

By: Miha

Miha — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:42:50 +0000

“A fansub downloaded is a DVD sale lost.” That is both logically flawed and, frankly, whiny.
There are different types of anime fans/consumers out there, and for some types of consumers, companies take this stance because it holds true. Some people may not realize how prevalent streaming sites are, but it’s safe to say that they are now part of mainstream media. Within that mainstream, companies found that majority of American anime consumers that bought DVDs and liked dubs. This is the reason why anime was at first very successful in the U.S.: distributors put their money on logistics so that regular consumers could find anime in their local BestBuy and Musicland stores. A small fraction of the mainstream bought anime this way, but that target audience had more buying power than the combined hardcore anime consumer base. ADV collapsed because they couldn’t market these new titles to the same audiences anymore, most of those just moved to YouTube, since they don’t particularly care about piracy either way; they’re just casual anime fans.
When R1 anime companies made statements regarding piracy, they generalized quite a bit, much like you’re generalizing right now from your end of the debate.

By: blissmo

blissmo — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:01:21 +0000

Some fansubbers can be so lame ;____;

I downloaded the 16th episode of SOUL EATER thinking someone got pregnant