| I feel amazing pirating and screwing the system. It feels delicious to know that the rights holders will not earn anything from me. |
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| Most of the shows I want to watch aren't on crunchyroll or netflix. There is also the case of JJBA which censors most names in the official subs so I go for fan subs. |
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Mythologically said: what clown would ever feel guilty about pirating lmao What other opinion could you expect from Kaiki? |
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| No. Why would i feel guilty? The japanese can watch it on their tv for free when the episodes air but i can't. |
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| If you give money to a streaming platform you're being lazy. It's not a moral thing. That's ridiculous. If you wanted to spend money to support the industry you could keep pirating and buy merch which has many advantages over giving money to CR / Netflix etc. And you'd be supporting the industry more directly. I went to Japan this year and dumped almost 1k GBP straight in to the veins of the industry buying merch in Akihabara. No I don't feel guilty. If anything I feel superior to people that pay streaming providers. They give less money overall to the industry, instead lining the pockets of people who only profit off the industry like leeches. I also take pride in not supporting the popularization and globalization of a niche Japanese subculture which only serves to see it become watered-down and soulless. Not pirating is lazy and ignorant. You're paying for convenience and harming the artisitc integrity of anime in the process. If you really care about anime you'll stop paying streaming services and spend that disposable income on merch. |
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| Honestly I really dont care. Recently I watch most anime on hulu and Netflix as Ive grown a liking to watching on my TV. But if I go back to watching on my computer Im pirating 100%. |
| Nah I don't feel guilty. Why would I? It's not like I can afford streaming services. No pirating = no anime for me with my tight budget. |
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| I sometimes have no choice unless I want to watch dubs for certain shows when the Japanese version is superior. For example I prefer subbed Digimon over the dub, but there are no official subs. Also some official releases are dogshit like the CR releases of Jojo (censored) and Hokuto no Ken (VHS quality in 2019 lmao), the Netflix release of EVANGELION, and literally any anime that Netflix picks up and takes 10 months to release cuz seriously WTF. Sometimes I have to pirate due to Crunchyroll Wii U glitches making episodes unwatchable, and the fact I do not have a premium account. I usually don't pirate niche series as they need all the support, but even pirating bigger series I feel guilty. It feels like I'm stealing from somebody. In some cases I feel no remorse, but I am mostly a whiny crybaby |
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EndlessMaria said: Most of the shows I want to watch aren't on crunchyroll or netflix. There is also the case of JJBA which censors most names in the official subs so I go for fan subs. Some of the censored names are funny Sticky Fingers= Zipper Man lol |
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| I used to buy everything, but I stopped, because it's just too expensive, and there's loads of stuff that I like that will never be officially released in my country anyway. I no longer feel bad about pirating Anime. I'll still buy something every now and then if it's an Anime I really enjoy, just as long as it's not too overpriced. |
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| Only the shows that are not on Crunchyroll and HiDive. Netflix has a terrible library honestly I'm canceling after I watch the new season of Disenchantment next month. I don't really see the point in Hulu and well Amazon Prime I might be open to subbing so I can get free shipping and if I can stream anime on top of that and its not behind another pay wall I might actually consider it. I can't afford physical media right now to watch some shows that are not on streaming platforms so I might go ahead and watch fansubbed. |
"What has two arms, two legs, and is alive? Not your favorite character lol! xD" |
| It's as simple as typing "Watch Series X episode 16, English sub online" into a Bing search engine. Takes all of 1.5 seconds. Why would I hesitate or feel guilty? I do the same for all TV shows and movies, anime and non. I don't give a shit about anything besides my own life, a few people close to me, and being able to continue to learn and experience amazing stories as long as I'm alive. I'm not the type of person to ever feel remotely guilty or indebted over trivial things. If I buy anything anime related, it isn't going to be for the temporary right to watch something you don't even own on some random server. It would be some random merch I feel good for having in my life as a tangible physical copy, like the Koi Kaze OST CD I bought a while back. There's too much endless viewable content to consider worrying about paying for it. |
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| I've always had a "try before buy" code of ethics in regards to torrenting anime. If I like a show, I'll buy a retail release. If I don't like it, then I won't buy the DVD or Blu-ray. It's a simple system. |
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| I don't feel guilty. Crunchyroll is frankly not worth my support, with shitty quality and region locked shows as well as questionable company employees. Not to mention that I generally hate streaming and avoid it as much as possible. I have Netflix, but if you think having a Netflix abo significantly supports the industry, I'm sorry to tell you but it's not really true. It's only good for your conscience if you randomly care about watching everything legal, which I don't. The aspect that makes me care about piracy is not the legality, it is suporting the industry and creators. I have a fairly large collection of anime and manga and whenever I have some leftover money I basically pour it into growing that collection so I'm already maxing out my support as much as I can. My motto is as long as you support as much as you can, you can watch whatever you want and not feel bad about it. It just happens that how much I can watch is vastly more than how much I can buy because I'm not rich. If I were, it might be the other way around. |
| I probably regret this post by now. |
| Yes, I do, and no, I don't. I'm not a moralfag. |
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| Yes, and no. I don't like supporting the bad business practices of 3rd party exclusivity monopolies and feature/technological stagnation. Maybe the $30m investment from Japan to Sentai Filmworks the other day will facilitate something worthwhile. |
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| yes im a pirate and i do feel guilty at times (but not always) especially when i see news about japanese anime animators in average have lower wages than japans minimum wage thats why im fine if anime do more 3DCG shows since 3DCG animators are usually paid more better (due to less staff overall are needed) and longer working hours is rare for them (due to a lot of automation done by computers) |
| I feel guilty for not seeding enough for the poor guys with bad internet. |
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| Why would I feel guilty for that? I mean I could stream it for free instead but that's just an objectively inferior experience compared to downloading it. But other than that it's still the same thing in practice since I usually just delete it after watching anyway |
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| All the anime I watch is online, but if I like the anime or I see a couple of episodes and I think it has potential I usually buy the manga so I don't feel guilty. I see as a way to discover new shows in an easy way |
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| Do you want me to pirate your heart so I can flaunt it for whole world to see? No but I want others to watch Sword Art Online so that some people might be able to do something about it. I like books (now I can really admit it) but people would not like me if I ended up being smarter than them. |
| As if I'd feel guilty about not supporting terrible business practices of both the distributors and the Japanese license holders. Legal streaming sites have poor selection and the ever-so-beautiful "this cannot be viewed in your country" message. |
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| Paying anime DVD's,Blu Rays and anything costs a money. If i was rich,i'd support anime industry by buying DVD and Blu rays of my favorite anime. Why i do i watch pirated anime? Because there are many airing anime that you can't watch and anime where you can't find on Crunchyroll,Netflix,Funanimation etc. Not to mention,subscribing to Crunchyroll and other sites where you have to pay is impossible if you don't own credit card,PayPal if you are poor man who can't afford credit card and if you are too dumb for that. |
| There is no bad waifu,only bad anime. |
| I have prime video and Netflix, almost everything on Crunchyroll is not available in my region. If I want to watch something and it's not available I'll find other means. YossaRedMage said: If you give money to a streaming platform you're being lazy. A ridiculous notion, it's not about laziness and even if it was there's nothing wrong with that. People pay money for convenience in many things in life. Anyways I like Netflix originals and Prime I got for the other benefits. Prime barely costs anything here and Netflix is also affordable since I split the cost with friends. Once I started working and earning money I don't mind spending a bit for convenience. Also I wanna binge watch new seasons of shows I like as soon as it comes out. I went to Japan this year Did you go by boat or swimming? Anything else and I'm gonna call you lazy. I suppose you were being satirical in your entire post, at least I hope so. |
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| most of the stuff that's on netflix or crunchyroll isn't available in my region, so i just use other ways lmao |
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| A lot of the time illegal streaming sites offer better service and a shitload more shows than legal sites such as Crunchyroll, Netflix, Amazon etc. Ads may be annoying, but a little bit of adblock will solve the issue. I don't want to pay for 15 different streaming services because a) I don't have a job and b) I don't want to. |
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Catalano said: I feel guilty for not seeding enough for the poor guys with bad internet. I hate you. Even if I don't do it as well lmao. Anyway not really. I don't feel very guilty. But actually I feel better if I watch fansubs without torrenting things from HorribleSubs (since those are the subs of Crunchyroll lmao). |
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AyumiVk said: No. Why would i feel guilty? The japanese can watch it on their tv for free when the episodes air but i can't. I don't know much about Japanese television but don't they pay for the cable television providers? OT: I do not feel guilty, no, but I do struggle in finding a ground for the justification of it. I can find multiple reasons that make it understandable why someone would do it but not one where it is warranted assuming the legal way is accessible. |
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-InfiniteLoop- said: YossaRedMage said: If you give money to a streaming platform you're being lazy. A ridiculous notion, it's not about laziness and even if it was there's nothing wrong with that. People pay money for convenience in many things in life. Anyways I like Netflix originals and Prime I got for the other benefits. Prime barely costs anything here and Netflix is also affordable since I split the cost with friends. Once I started working and earning money I don't mind spending a bit for convenience. Also I wanna binge watch new seasons of shows I like as soon as it comes out. Why would people pay for convenience when they can get the same thing(probably even better) for free? |
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| i use netflix/prime whenever i can, but their selections are pretty poor. we need a good legal site to watch anime tbh, rather than whatever crunchyroll's trying to do. |
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| I do pirate it. And no, I don't feel guilty. If the industry doesn't provide a good, consumer-friendly way to consume the media, fuck them, I won't care. I might buy BDs for the few of the shows I love the most, but I'm not interested to go out of my way to support anything else. |
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| lol no I don't feel guilty for pirating. I am already giving enough to the studios of my fav anime through merch/LN,manga and other stuff. |
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| Ah yes, the another disscusion about pirating anime. It's not like this is a dead topic or something... |
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| As much as possible I try to stick to official sources but I still resort to pirating when the series I'm looking for is not available. Then again I need to use a VPN to access Crunchyroll, so that's most probably still illegal. I only feel a bit guilty while pirating if the anime is incredibly good. |
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| I'll start buying my favorite Anime once they decide to start selling BD digitally, with reasonable prices and even then probably wait for sales. (until then.. games/VNs on steam is where they get my money from +sometimes some misc merch that I actually have use for) (same way I buy games on sales only) But TV quality and streaming. Screw that... Whatever in life I can get cheaper or free, I got for.. life is depressing enough... And can't be bothered physical cluttering.. enough shit in my room and no space for anything.. |
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