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Good job, HorribleSubs.

its the world we live in.

It happened again... And I thought they improved security after the first leakage, but I guess I was wrong.

I'll just see what happens next.

damnit, couldn't get the torrent.

way to go guys! i hope this happens more and funimation can burn in the hole its digging for itself.

im sorry but did i hear of companies licensing midseason, releasing absolute shit quality videos and subs and then blaming fansubs because they do it 10x better? i think i did

screw all you guys who are all butthurt over "this is gonna ruin it for everyone" yeah right. go read up on video resolution and coding and go download an episode. tards.

Why the hell must FUNimation be so ridiculously bad at internet security? Way to ruin anime simulcasting for the foreseeable future.

I guess I shouldn't care, it's not like I could see those streams before anyway...

All of those saying that Funimation is going to burn because of this have no idea what they are talking about. As far as simulcast streaming goes, it will probably still happen just not with Funimation since they can't seem to keep their videos secure.

As far as things go, even with the One Piece leak they still have the license and not having internet streams isn't going to cause them to go out of business. I doubt they are making millions from those internet advertisements and the fate of their company isn't reliant on the simulcasts. That and as far as I know, they aren't heading anywhere near bankruptcy so this probably has little effect on them as a whole.

Yep it's not enough FUNimation simulcasts the stream the day of the Japanese broadcast, no FANS JUST HAVE TO HAVE IT NOW! Makes you wonder why anyone even calls themselves a fan if they won't bother giving some support to it.

somehow someone has been able to leak these videos before the station? how? and i can understand wanting to see a show, but if you need illegal means to see it like that, then thats a big no no >_<

illegal? no. no no no no. funimation stepped in halfway through and said if you live in america you cant see the show until we say you can and you cant watch the show in full HD resolution until we release the DVD's and charge you 55 dollars for 3 episodes because we're a bunch of greedy bastards. what funimation is doing should be illegal and all because the money talks, everyone else turns a blind eye. i dont really care how funimation gets screwed as long as they get whats coming to them, open your eyes people.

funimation can rot for all i care

I think this is Funi's fault but I am going to go through and point the false statements...

1.They never said it would be available worldwide, Funimation is an American based anime company, made to release anime in America, not Denmark, Poland, or even the UK where apperantly you can watch.

2.Funimation releases One Piece in 13 episode sets at $ 50 each, here is a link to one such set http://www.rightstuf.com/cgi-bin/catalogmgr/2bjtq5trgvfVF0im-w/browse/item/78085/4/0/0 , you mistaken Funimation for a Japanese anime company

3.Selling material acquired through an agreement with a Japanese studio should be illegal, really?

4.What is coming to them, how do they screw the fans?

We need more leaks!

That's still about 4 times too much. It should be around $1 per episode, and around $1.5 for BD, when that eventually arrives.

Either you pulled that number out of nowhere or you shop at some website or store that is ripping you off because I highly doubt that is accurate. Funimation does not release single dvds for $55, maybe $23, $20 $25, and $30 if it's a special edition release but never $55. Most of their single DVDs contain 4-5 episodes which honestly is a lot more then what you would get from a Japanese single release. They've hardly been releasing single dvd releases, I've seen maybe 3-5 titles as single releases but lately they've mainly been releasing half season and full season boxsets.

You'll rarely even find a boxset for that much from Funimation unless you're buying it from Amazon since their prices fluctuate every few days. Rightstuf a site that is directly listed from Funimation's website as their online store and has most of their singles in their bargain bin for less then $10. That and almost every month they have some Funimation sale where you can get their stuff 40% off.

I won't even bother addressing the rest of your post since most of your claims are baseless and have already been addressed by someone else. Funimation hasn't done anything illegal, they really aren't doing much different then what the Japanese companies have been doing.


Even so, $50 is the MSRP price and rightstuf (and any other site)rarely ever lists those One Piece boxsets at full price. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if in a few months it where around $20 if it follows the trend of the DBZ and Yu Yu Hakusho boxsets.

That and this is much less then what you would pay in Japan.

Just because the Japanese get screwed over doesn't mean everybody else should... :)

I have a hard time justifying buying 4 hours of anime for $50 when I can get 16 hours of a live-action show for the same price. Lowering anime prices would probably not proportionally increase sales, so it's tough.

Most people just torrent anyway, I dont see what the big deal is...

www.horriblesubs.org are the source not animecrazy

There are a lot of factors in dertimeing the price of a DVD, imports also have to pay a tax which can drive up the price. Anyways, I am happy with streaming video and simalcast, even though I hate the subs they put one.

I love hearing onii-chan, and reading a sub that says "hey you". It is not quite the same, I mean they move away from the literal translations of the work to reach a broader audience to sell more material. Sell-outs, but no means doing anything illeage, and while not my favorite company, they still seem to be going strong while others are dropping like flies.

On the leak, Shame on the hackers and Shame on FUNinmation. Cant we all just get along and enjoy the official releases. Though It would be nice if they could drop the price on stuff, I can no longer afford buying it as much as I use too.

Just so we're clear, nobody was hacking anything. Downloading the episodes from FUNimation's unsecure servers isn't illegal, it's only illegal to share the episodes after downloading them.