Nachotee said: Ummm, it makes me kinda worried to be the first one to say this but. You know, it's not like they terminate the simulcast to fight piracy, (Like some of you implied, by saying "Combating illegal distribution of an anime by eliminating the only legal distribution of said anime") it's just probably that, if so many people are watching the fansubs, it's not very profitable to make those simulcasts. Sigh. As if simulcasts are that profitable to begin with. You're serving a niche of a niche audience and, in most cases, only in specific areas. Fansubs still cater to the rest of the world where legal alternatives are unavailable or severely limited. Plus, fansubbers can release their show in much higher video quality because they don't have to worry about bandwidth costs. Either way, the fansubbers have been blamed for all the anime industry's woes for decades now. So far, it's still standing and the only ones losing out on this are the ones who watch anime purely via legal means. Until Japan learns to cooperate with and seek ways to profit from fansubs, production committees like this one can scream all they want, but nothing will ever change. |
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Paladin65536 said: Can't censer the internet, ya know. Oh really... It's the Japanese we're talking about here, mkay? If they are capable of building highly trained robot ninjas with cat hears from the future (in secret of course!) they are capable of anything. On a side note: They are really overreacting about all this. Dumping their frustration on FUNimation is unreasonable. Still, I watch fansubs so it's not like I really care... |
| Well, now that it's come to this, enjoy pirated forms of Fractale without a qualm. |
We are the United. Even in defeat we stand united. |
| Well, if the Japanese really want to go ahead with this, then the first part of the solution is to understand that the US isn't the entire English-speaking world. In other words, if the streams are region-locked, then widespread piracy of the streams is guaranteed. Sure, you can bypass region protection via proxy, but that's illegal as well, so you might as well torrent a 720p version rather than going through a relatively complex process to get a LQ stream. To counter this, the production companies will need to make deals with British and Australian licensors as well as US and Canadian ones, so that there is universal availability in the English-speaking world. Of course, I believe that Crunchyroll are the only company to supply legal streams of anime to the UK at the moment, and they cover the US anyway, so they will have to convince a British licensor like MVM Films, as well as an Australian one such as Madman Entertainment to work with Funimation and provide localized streams on their own websites. |
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| Japan : STOP WATCHING ANIME ILLEGALLY. HERE WATCH THIS SIMULCAST INSTEAD. *Some people watch Fractale illegally* Japan : RIGHT, THAT'S IT. NO MORE SIMULCAST!!!! *Now everyone watches Fractale illegally as there is no other choice* Not that people outside of Funi's territories had a choice anyway. UTW for the win. |
| Significantly suppressed? Then how do fansubbers get the anime? This is ridiculous. I'm not even watching the fansub for this show, but if the fansubbers drop it because of this I'm not watching it anymore. I'm definitely not going to support this anime either way. |
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| I also think that this move is as absurd as it gets, but let me just reiterate one thing: *Now everyone watches Fractale illegally as there is no other choice* It's THEIR show, stop feeling entitled to something you are not. ...I know I come off as hypocrite as it gets for saying this, and for that reason I won't be the one trowing stones at anyone (I don't pretend to stop watching fansubs for that matter), but the more legal my collection grows the more this subject starts to bug me. I for one would ditch the whole copyright concept on the bin and move on to an updated (as in built around the concept of internet) stream of revenue for content creators, but as it stands, I can't back up my actions with the above quote like I used to. I obviously also can't stand by their side and think their draconian impositions on who gets to see their work is the way to go, but still... any thoughts on the matter? |
| "There is no stupid questions, only stupid people." |
| I gotta love Japan's thinking here. I think what they're trying to have FUNi send out all these C&Ds letters to the fansubs according to Japan, however, at that same time, Japan terminates FUNi's legal simulcasts and now we're left with a heck of a choice here. So basically, even if we had tried, how can we watch Fractale with a legal simulcast when really, it's currently terminated while illegal fansubs are on the run? (BTW, I did watch Episode 1 and I was bored whatsoever.) |
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Seifersythe said: Wait, where's all this hate for Funi coming from again? Aren't they the ones providing a ton of free anime online, simulcast and back-cataloged? Aren't they the one rescuing a ton of out of print hits from ADV and Geneon 20 bucks a pop? Aren't they the ones putting Summer Wars and Eva 2.22 in US theaters? Aren't they the ones that produced some of the best dubs in the last five years? Just because they're a company doesn't automatically make them evil, ya know. This teenage rebellion reaction is hilarious. I don't know why everyone else here hates Funi, but for me it's as simple as SGT Frog's english dub. I still buy from them because they are one of the few sources to get stuff legally but as far as I'm concerned with things like Hetalia and SGT Frog they are literally putting the nails in their own coffins. Not to mention the disturbing amount of cursing they added into one of my faves Blassreiter, really that was needed? Not a very good idea Funi. As for Fractale I really liked the first episode I will probably continue to watch it, now I just won't be watching it via Funi. |
I won't be fooled by a mere 3-d girl!!! |
| Oh great, just when I have started to make more of a habit of watching anime through funimation website, and this happens. Seriously, now I'm going to just download the anime as usual because it's not available any other way >.> Sandileina said: This shows my thoughts perfectly.peix said: Combating illegal distribution of an anime by eliminating the only legal distribution of said anime. GENIUS Genius comment. |
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| This is an amusing start to my day. I hadn't really intended on watching Fractale, and the only way I gonna try and watch it was through KeyHole TV. But now I'm half-tempted to go and download it. |
PheefaJan 20, 2011 6:09 AM
| 頭脳は子供、見た目は大人！ ƪ(˘⌣˘)ʃ |
| My number one most wanted to watch show this season is cursed. I was watching it legit, now I have no choice but to watch it illegal, sigh... Also the only way to keep it off the internet is to not make it at all. |
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Skeetulz said: A few days ago: "Fractale will fail better get ready to retire" Today: "Taking down the only legal stream of Fractale" It's like they want it to fail on purpose Seriously...this is retarded. Why are they trying so hard to screw this show? It's just one arrogant declaration after another. Boohoo..the show isn't pretty enough. Oh No..The show is streaming in other streaming sites. CRAP..People are watching our show! What the hell is their malfunction?! |
Well one thing I've learned from this experience, is that a princess is still a princesss even when she is naked. |
WolfWood37 said: STM said: Stupid FUNi. And even more stupid Japan. They wanted to make Fractale more popular and what do they do? Remove the only legal simulcast. How the hell is it stupid on Funi's part? They aren't the ones making the fansubs. It's not their fault, and yet they are the ones being punished by being told to wave their magic wand and make all fansubs disappear. If anything we should feel bad for them because they are the ones getting screwed here. Like I said, FUNi should allow the whole world, except Japan, to watch their simulcasts. But only America's allowed to watch. That's probably one of the reasons people still illegally upload Fractale to the internet. |
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| Normally I wouldn't care about this so much because Hulu isn't available here, but isn't FUNi, like, the only people who are subbing it right now? ;3; |
| I never did like funimation. All their dvds look really ugly in my shelves :C |
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ios said: they are paranoid about the internet, why dont they just make a site like CrunchyRoll for them to get some business going u said it man they should definitely try that |
| Big japanese corporations are generally really old fashioned. They have no idea how to do business in modern world. They are just corrupt idiots who should quit their jobs and let new generations do their work, properly. |
STM said: Like I said, FUNi should allow the whole world, except Japan, to watch their simulcasts. But only America's allowed to watch. That's probably one of the reasons people still illegally upload Fractale to the internet. Don't try to over simplify something as complex as Japan-US copyright deals. It's not exclusively up to FUNI to pick which countries they are allowed to showcase something. Not to mention their main source of income on the free streaming would require A LOT more work to function on a global scale, something that may just not be foreseeable on the near future considering I highly doubt they make that much money to begin with. Babels said: Exactly. Nice to see someone else who thinks this way. Personally, I've stopped watching any anime/reading manga illegally. So only people like me, who are going about it in the legal way, really lose in this case. Well, fractale wasn't quite the bees knees anyway. All the drama around that show lately has greatly diminished my desire to watch it. Yep, it's the same deal with gaming piracy, you end up hurting no one other than your customers... it's mind boggling actually. But don't fret, it's the usual generation clash... soon enough "this" people will be retired and people that know how to deal with the current world will slowly start poping up... let's just hope they still have a market to carter to 20 years from now when this finally happens ¬¬ -- ...and about the whole hate bandwagon, I did get screwed over the Witchblade release (what a piss poor job they did there) and maybe one or two other titles, but overall, I applaud their commitment to the market and will continue to like them for as long as they release quality stuff (which they do!). |
711Jan 20, 2011 8:22 AM
| "There is no stupid questions, only stupid people." |
| lol clearly the JP companies and authorities are doing a fine job "eliminating" piracy. i believe the only way to control or even eliminate piracy is to control the medium in which it is carried out. which means controlling information, the internet itself, and those who use it. i am pretty sure there are countries who actually do this sort of thing and even they can't eliminate piracy of any sort.... |
kisami said: lol clearly the JP companies and authorities are doing a fine job "eliminating" piracy. i believe the only way to control or even eliminate piracy is to control the medium in which it is carried out. which means controlling information, the internet itself, and those who use it. i am pretty sure there are countries who actually do this sort of thing and even they can't eliminate piracy of any sort.... For example China. |
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| One thing i never understood with this crap, is why people just fully download the stream and upload it to torrents. Just seems so damn pointless to me, atleast use a Higher quality raw, then the streamed one from sites... |
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| Kind of stupid since the fact that someone made a fansub has nothing to do with funimation but i don't give a shit. I don't get access to Funimation anyway. Actually their company only makes it harder to watch some anime for me so who cares. Fansubs all the way. |
| LOL seriously? There is no possible way for a company to tackle a problem whole countries fail to accomplish. Piracy isn't going to end. Deal with it Japan. |
FatherAndersonJan 20, 2011 1:42 PM
| Hmm, the number of illegal subs is rising quite a bit... I know lets PUNISH THE PEOPLE DOING IT LEGALLY, then surely, it will get through the illegal subbers! BRILLIANT! ...Yeah. |
FatherAnderson said: They are probably just making public statements so they can pin the blame on someone else when their product fails. It seems like there's some good old behind-the-scenes fighting here.LOL seriously? There is no possible way for a company to tackle a problem whole countries fail to accomplish. Pirating isn't going to end. Deal with it Japan. And for the people who mentioned Funi's C&D letters, I haven't ever heard of those having any sort of consequences in the end. At best the groups that got them would cease in public then create shadow groups to continue their work. At worst the group would merely laugh in Funimation's face and continue as if nothing was wrong. |
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| don't they realize that the raw's will always be around? of, the power of internet.... ironically enough, they didn't tell japanese tv stations to stop showing it if anything, it's the fractale producers who should pull the plug on the show, as it pisses all over the original manga/novel's character designs |
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STM said: WolfWood37 said: STM said: Stupid FUNi. And even more stupid Japan. They wanted to make Fractale more popular and what do they do? Remove the only legal simulcast. How the hell is it stupid on Funi's part? They aren't the ones making the fansubs. It's not their fault, and yet they are the ones being punished by being told to wave their magic wand and make all fansubs disappear. If anything we should feel bad for them because they are the ones getting screwed here. Like I said, FUNi should allow the whole world, except Japan, to watch their simulcasts. But only America's allowed to watch. That's probably one of the reasons people still illegally upload Fractale to the internet. I agree there, the problem is that different countries have different companies that license the anime. So then you get into problems similar to Harmony Gold and Macross here in the states. Then even if they get past that issue, they have to hire more people to translate into different languages for those other countries. |
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| Baka hanashi... Deal with it! YOU CANNOT STOP PIRACY!EVER! Unless the internet dies or something O_O which is never >:) Seriously blaming FUNi for this is ridiculous >_> I don't watch Failtale anyway ^^ |
AozureJan 20, 2011 1:00 PM
B-chan911 said: They weren't. Their simulcasting was legal. The Japanese producers just decided that there were too many free fansubs videos of the show floating around the net and denied FUNimation permission to simulcast until they stopped them all or some crap like that. Funny how they fail to realize this isn't Funi's sole fault at all since there wouldn't be fansubs at all if there were no raws to use. But well, the tards like to believe they are perfect while the US companies are the one who suck, oh well.I really don't get the big deal over all of this...so, how was FUNi obtaining the so-called "illegal" videos? |
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| ok so they told funi to stop the simulcast because of illegal file sharing right? So by canceling the only legal way to watch it they hope to stop people from watching it illegally.... 2+2=7 |
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thenube74 said: ok so they told funi to stop the simulcast because of illegal file sharing right? So by canceling the only legal way to watch it they hope to stop people from watching it illegally.... 2+2=7 Someone doesn't realise that businesses are still making a profit off of legal subs. When groups such as HorribleSubs take this profit area away and release it for free, it's obviously not what they want. Oh MAL, thinking FUNi's stream is free. It may only be 360p, but they're certainly profiting. >mfw no one here seems to realise that piracy is a pretty big deal in Japan and that many people are arrested a year due to uploading RAWs to the net.  |
| Purple hair in episode 2 please? |
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| ah good job |
Onibokusu said: thenube74 said: ok so they told funi to stop the simulcast because of illegal file sharing right? So by canceling the only legal way to watch it they hope to stop people from watching it illegally.... 2+2=7 Someone doesn't realise that businesses are still making a profit off of legal subs. When groups such as HorribleSubs take this profit area away and release it for free, it's obviously not what they want. Oh MAL, thinking FUNi's stream is free. It may only be 360p, but they're certainly profiting. >mfw no one here seems to realise that piracy is a pretty big deal in Japan and that many people are arrested a year due to uploading RAWs to the net. yeah i realize that piracy is bad, it's just that there are some people, including myself, who would rather watch on funi to support them rather than some other site. But by ending the simulcast the only way we can watch is illegally which just brings profit to fansubs. This plan just seems to lead to more pirating. |
RedGraveXIIIJan 20, 2011 4:13 PM
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TheUnknownX said: Big japanese corporations are generally really old fashioned. They have no idea how to do business in modern world. They are just corrupt idiots who should quit their jobs and let new generations do their work, properly. Sales excluding Japan are cruel. |
| In other news, UTW released their "illegal" version of it in glorious 720p. They sure did a good job on stopping the piracy. |
| Ok™ |
| damn i liked it but what can u do |
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| So what are they trying to say here?! http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-01-20/fractale-french-simulcast-still-continues That's some BS! And they get 1080p!! While America only gets was getting 360p. |
Yuri-HimeJan 20, 2011 5:54 PM
| their loss =/ oh well, since I can't watch it legally anymore I guess i'll just go watch some illegal fansubs that you can find just about anywhere ಠ⌣ಠ~ |
Yuri-Hime said: Now this is interesting, especially considering the fact French viewers have the same illegal torrents at hand. The web is not separated by borders after all. Heck, I bet FUNimation could use this to fight back at their retarded ultimatum...if they so desired.So what are they trying to say here?! http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-01-20/fractale-french-simulcast-still-continues That's some BS! And they get 1080p!! While America only gets was getting 360p. |
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| If only this was Crunchyroll. |
| OH NO.... How will I see Fractale now??? BTW, what the Fuck is fractale and why should I care? |
Now this is interesting, especially considering the fact French viewers have the same illegal torrents at hand. The web is not separated by borders after all. Heck, I bet FUNimation could use this to fight back at their retarded ultimatum...if they so desired. It's like their saying that North America are the only Pirates in the world. Well to me that is. I think Funi should try and fight back if they really want to simulcast it that is. Well I don't really care what Funi does really since am just going to download it from UTW so it's all good. |
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