You are wrong, wrong, wrong. Fansubs are advertisements. If I don't see a fansub, unless it's on Adult Swim or Anime Network (and their collection is piss poor - how many times will Anime Network replay Kare Kano?) I'm not going to buy the series. I'm buying a nice little series called Simoun. Do you think I would have bought it if I hadn't seen some episodes first? Absolutely not.
You cannot compare the anime industry in America to the record companies, because there's no radio in anime. You can't compare the anime industry in America to written media, because there's no libraries in anime. Comics and manga have hobby stores, but you can't review anime at The Source.
I am not a young asshole who doesn't want to pay for my entertainment (I /never/ use PDFs for my RPGs.) I spend hundreds of dollars on anime titles over a year, and will spend more. I have waited for Zipang, I am waiting for Kanon, and I will wait for more. So don't give me attitude that I don't have the right to tell you, that without fansubs, I stop buying 80 percent of my titles.
If they succeed in stopping fansubs, (not bloody likely), anime will go back to what it was in the early 90s, where a title is lucky to sell 1000 copies, and it's going to be heavily hentai.
And if you think I won't tell this to our guests at the convention, all Programming has to do is put me on the panel. I'll bring the figures.
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You cannot compare the anime industry in America to the record companies, because there's no radio in anime. You can't compare the anime industry in America to written media, because there's no libraries in anime. Comics and manga have hobby stores, but you can't review anime at The Source.
I am not a young asshole who doesn't want to pay for my entertainment (I /never/ use PDFs for my RPGs.) I spend hundreds of dollars on anime titles over a year, and will spend more. I have waited for Zipang, I am waiting for Kanon, and I will wait for more. So don't give me attitude that I don't have the right to tell you, that without fansubs, I stop buying 80 percent of my titles.
If they succeed in stopping fansubs, (not bloody likely), anime will go back to what it was in the early 90s, where a title is lucky to sell 1000 copies, and it's going to be heavily hentai.
And if you think I won't tell this to our guests at the convention, all Programming has to do is put me on the panel. I'll bring the figures.