If some organization actually offered real translations for legal distribution, non-crippled streaming capability, and some of my money would go back to the original studio, I absolutely would pay.
Use Japanese middleman services to buy franchise directly tied to specific anime.
Congratulations, by doing so and even buying as little as t-shirt you already supported the content creators of your thing more than having a Crunchyroll subscription for an entire year.
Unironically, if Japan cut out the middle men, set up a streaming service that every studio can use and the government takes 10%, it'd probably bring in more money than taxes.
This is basically what Gabe said about piracy when he was talking about Steam, it's a service issue and right now all the streaming services are shit.
Normies. It's normies who pay to watch anime. This is just another item in the pile of evidence for the importance of gatekeeping normies out of everything you care about.
This is my main point of contention. Communist jannies now translate your favorite anime, your favorite studio hardly sees a red cent, normies have flooded your hobby - what's more, what profit they do see makes them pander more to what they see as modern western values. To top it all off, Crunchyroll sold all your info. GG.
You're basically throwing your money away and the Japanese hate you just as much if you were to pirate their export, all while getting fucked. It isn't the morally superior option despite all the shoulda, coulda, woulda around the topic.
It's better to just pirate and then buy the merch.
Imagine paying to watch anime.
If some organization actually offered real translations for legal distribution, non-crippled streaming capability, and some of my money would go back to the original studio, I absolutely would pay.
Crunchyroll is not that organization.
Use Japanese middleman services to buy franchise directly tied to specific anime.
Congratulations, by doing so and even buying as little as t-shirt you already supported the content creators of your thing more than having a Crunchyroll subscription for an entire year.
Unironically, if Japan cut out the middle men, set up a streaming service that every studio can use and the government takes 10%, it'd probably bring in more money than taxes.
This is basically what Gabe said about piracy when he was talking about Steam, it's a service issue and right now all the streaming services are shit.
It wasn't a service issue in his case when he offered ridiculous control over our games to publishers.
WatchCartoonOnline ... exists.
Back in the VHS and early DVD days we didn't have much choice.
At least I still have the DVDs after paying for them one time.
Normies. It's normies who pay to watch anime. This is just another item in the pile of evidence for the importance of gatekeeping normies out of everything you care about.
This is my main point of contention. Communist jannies now translate your favorite anime, your favorite studio hardly sees a red cent, normies have flooded your hobby - what's more, what profit they do see makes them pander more to what they see as modern western values. To top it all off, Crunchyroll sold all your info. GG.
You're basically throwing your money away and the Japanese hate you just as much if you were to pirate their export, all while getting fucked. It isn't the morally superior option despite all the shoulda, coulda, woulda around the topic.
It's better to just pirate and then buy the merch.