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For the people who live outside North america you can always use the internet the too buy your dvds by funi.They have subs you know. -.-

As for airing anime lol,well there obviously is some places you can look too find them your just too stupid. >_>

Except, y'know, they'd be R1 DVDs, which are illegal to sell outside of R1. So you may as well just pirate it.

And not only that but you will have to double the price with the cost that you will have for bringing it from America.
I wonder, if i make a site with all the funi anime for download but i put a block in IPs from America will i still get a letter from Funi.

Funi are very aggressive about protecting their IP. They will send you DMCA notices if you host it within a nation that is a member of the WIPO.

I Don't see why people are complaining.
There's still subs and torrents ready.

Why complain?

A) It's not a Japanese company handling it, so it's going to be butchered/maimed/destroyed/whathaveyou.

B) It means there'll be a dub, which as you are aware is some sort of horrendous crime against all creation.

C) These people have even less life than I do, so they spend the time bitching about things that ultimately don't affect them at all.

You're being silly, Kuyuchi.

1) Funi is quite loyal with their translations, for the most-part. They certainly don't edit things, and most people are aware of that, so this isn't a gripe.

2) Everybody also knows that DVDs are always dual audio. Again, this isn't an issue.

3) You're missing the point, because these licenses do affect people who live outside of R1, yet because of Funi's DMCA takedowns, can no longer download said show. While there are some distributors who sub-license most series (not all!) to other regions (See Madman here in R4) they seem few and far between. So this kind of thing upsets people as it prevents them watching the show entirely, so yeah, it does affect a lot of people. Quite a few billion outside of R1, in fact.

That's why people complain when licenses occur. Because the majority of the world is outside of R1, and a title being licensed in R1, by a company as aggressive as Funi, means people can't watch the series at all unless they illegally buy the DVDs or illegally download them, if they remain available with DMCA.

So yeah, if I have no life for pointing out the problems with the industry, I guess that's fine.

Hey, I realize there are morons in this thread who can't detect sarcasm, but don't make me look like a moron in the process -_-.

You know I <3 you Kuyuchi. And we both agree people are being pretty daft about this, as always happens with every license announcement. But I dislike people ignoring the fact there is a world outside of R1. D:

I don't see how it's illegal....I buy R2 dvds from play-asia all the time.Is that supposed to be illegal if so why would they be selling them too people in R1?

Huh. First time I've heard it is illegal to sell R1 DVDs out of region. Interesting. D'you know the legalities behind all of that? :\

(And does that mean buying R2 DVDs is illegal, even the legit ones? :o)

It's illegal to sell them in another region. For example, it would be illegal to sell R1 DVDs outside of R1. But Play-Asia.com is based in and ship from Hong Kong, which is why it's fine to buy it from them and have it shipped to you.

The DVDs from Hong Kong are listed for both R3 and R6 but Japan is R2. I'm just thinking that maybe Japan releases DVDs in R3 or R6 also since Hong Kong is nearby.

I could be wrong I just extrapolated from a Wikipedia article so don't quote me on this one.

Ah. Thank you for the explanation. :)

I really hate funi subs.