[Shin Densetsu]

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Originally Posted by yami4ct

If it's the case that most of the fansub market does it to get something free rather than out of "necessity"(given that a subtitled version is not available in their country), than the industry needs to adapt to that. Streaming anime is fairly cheap to produce and has been a roaring success in a lot of cases. I'd wager that with a lot of anime's, most fans aren't looking for a dub anyway. Steaming is a looking like a great way for companies to go.

I'll say with anime that I say with every other media, piracy isn't a problem it's a call to adapt. You aren't going to beat it by trying to keep your old business alive. You won't beat it by trying to appeal to the moral/legal obligations of people, most pirates don't care. The only way to beat it is by creating a better product.

Well said. I usually stream as it's easier, plus hulu and netflix show anime so that's always a plus.

Most people who obtain fansubs do it because sometimes a US company may either not opt to get the license for it, or take forever in doing so. For example, Gokaiger, do any of us say "hey I'm going to wait eons for Bandai or whomever to release a subtitled version, before I ever watch it?". Same goes for previous toku/anime shows.

I would say most people have fansubbed anime because it's free, bust most watch it because it's their(and sometimes only) chance at watching it translated into their own respective language.

In recent months I watched the 2nd Macross Frontier movie.after watching it, I realized there is no way in hell I would've known what was really going down in the story without the subs.

If something is fansubbed and not yet localized for US release, if I'm interested, I'll watch it. Why? Because it's translated. If I like it and it gets localized I'll buy it.

It isn't all about getting things for free, people love free stuff, but as for myself, I have no use for raws if they are in a language I don't understand, free or not.