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Post by neo1337 on Mar 5, 2009 3:12:50 GMT -8
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dreamer
Osaka
Infinity +1
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Post by dreamer on Mar 5, 2009 3:58:42 GMT -8
I thought, "Every time you watch a fansub, an animator starves to death." Its pretty sad.
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Post by Nester05 on Mar 10, 2009 18:55:17 GMT -8
It's been said that pretty much anyone who gets into the anime industry in Japan does it these days for a love of the medium. God knows they don't do it for the money.
Of course I look at this and think that it's less a problem with fansubbing than the companies NOT PAYING THEIR EMPLOYEES ENOUGH TO LIVE ON! You read stuff like this and think that for all that people say about fansubbing (and while I'm not arguing its legitimacy here) the Japanese anime industry will most likely prove its own worst enemy. Because eventually sheer passion and a love of the medium won't be enough to get people to work there, eventually they'll need enough cash to eat, rent a place and buy more Gundam models.
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taisou
Disposable Gundam
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Post by taisou on Oct 14, 2009 20:23:21 GMT -8
I agree completely with Nester05's statement. Of course, there is another problem that Hollywood also deals with right now: overproduction. I have noticed a shift in anime in the last 15 years: anime is being overproduced in Japan. To lay the burden at the fansubbers feet is not really a good argument. Most fansubbers don't even live in Japan, purchase Japanese anime DVD's, and try to turn a profit. Most anime is broadcast on Japanese television stations, with paid advertisers. The rest of the money that the studios get are from DVD sales and other merchandising. Twenty years ago, you had to buy the Laserdisc of an anime series for about $100.00 a pop, and at that point you don't have the luxury of just throwing it away because you didn't like it. Another problem was the slow adoption of online content. Websites like Crunchyroll have done a good job of legitimizing themselves, however, ideas like this should have been embraced about 5 years ago. I think the industry has failed to connect the dots: people who produce it and people who want to watch it in a convenient form. Of course, you can always purchase the Japanese DVD's, which I have bought several. For one 'genuine' Japanese DVD it costs about $50.00 - $60.00 USD. A lot cheaper than that Laserdisc I mentioned up there.
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Prime
Urashima Keitaro
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Post by Prime on Oct 14, 2009 21:06:34 GMT -8
Welcome to anime, music, movies, 'regular' TV.... Forcing an old business model over the last decade has made things incredibly wary.
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