| My honest reaction to this question (real): |
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| Very low. I only really pirate anime that aren't on Crunchyroll, Hidive, Disney+, or Netflix, or that I don't have on DVD or Blu-ray. Only real exceptions is if I have to wait for official streams, there's an issue with the official stream, or it's Tokyo Revengers which got butchered on Crunchyroll and Disney+. |
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| Probably over 95%, with the exception being some anime movies which I own DVDs for |
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Reply to DesuMaiden
@Pinoffin is it full episodes? Because nobody wants to just see short clips or AMVs of anime shows. People wanna see FULL EPISODES OF ANIME.
| @DesuMaiden yeah! But only in Asia. |
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| around 95% of titles on my list I watched on pirate sites |
| Fine, 70%, because big evil corporate companies are not gettin my money plus I wanna screenshot cool scenes. though since because of my lucky spawn point some services already freely provided them Manga is 100% because my bookstore only has a few common shonens that already got an adaptation and they are inconsistent release and shit overpriced. The largest which have a decent selection one is very far away. |
Ratris_DecisionApr 14, 4:57 AM
| Around 12%, only looking at the last 10 years it would be more around 8~9%. Nowadays I mostly just pirate what's not available through legitimate streaming. Overall I would say that watching anime is pretty cheap unless you buy them as Blu ray/DVD, and most paid services have become good enough that I prefer watching there compared to pirating. It works for me, but it probably depends a lot on the individual situation/region. |
| Right until 2023, I'd say a good 95% of them were pirated. These days, it's looking like 80%. |
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KietaTeenRomance said: And why do you say only 1% goes to Japan?I doubt even 1% of the price of a Crunchyroll signature actually goes to Japan. Yes, one subscription doesn't cost 100 dollars per month, that's the appeal of them, but its the millions of people signing a $7 subscription that are making a difference. If anime producers were really not making that much money from them, the anime industry wouldn't be recording record high profits in streaming and oversas licenses each year. Anyone who follows the AJA reports each year would know this. And like I said, you literally have anime produced by CR on your favs. |
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| Nice try feds.... (100% piracy btw) |
| An admin's dickhead Soul banned me from MAL t('v't) |
Reply to red-tomato
Nice try feds.... (100% piracy btw)
| @red-tomato there is no such thing as 100% privacy on the Internet. But it is likely the OP is just a cop ;) |
| Probably about 60% Streaming services tend to really only have newer seasonal stuff, I'd say 90% of the shows I watch came out over 5 years ago. |
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| As far as "first time views" go, literally 100%. I DID buy plenty of the stuff I enjoyed later on though. |
Reply to Zettaiken
Almost 100% as a couple/several stuff I've seen through Netflix.
Zettaiken said: Almost 100% as a couple/several stuff I've seen through Netflix. Same here as well as some anime movies in theaters during a limited run. |
| Despite the OP likely being a cop, many people are falling for his bait. |
| +95% .. Only the shows that I got to watch on TV are excluded.. |
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| Then they complain that this anime didn't receive a new season... |
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| Probably 99% of it. I'm very greedy, |
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Then they complain that this anime didn't receive a new season...
| @LuckasWolf and why would you wanna contribute to the production of more anime into the future ;p ???? |
| 100%of them. and no, I dont feel bad!!!! |
| About 93%. Although I have legal sites to watch them, I've gotten so used to watching them pirated that I prefer the latter. |
 
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| There's no way for me to know that. I do try to be mindful of which anime are available to me for free, even if it feels insignificant to do so. |
MaroonedisbackApr 14, 3:56 PM
| probably 99% atp cuz I used to have a CR sub years ago manga 95% for english cuz of the same reason I pirate cuz data hoarding is fun lol |
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Probably 99% of it. I'm very greedy,
| @Spunkert A corpo missing out on a few dollars doesn't mean you're greedy. |
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| Almost, sometimes I see what looks like piracy on youtubede, but I think it's zero. I can watch new releases if I want to watch them in real time, and since I subscribe to a paid video subscription service, I don't feel the need to watch pirated copies. |
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| 100%. I'm not going to give my money to a bunch of western corporations that will use it to fund their degenerate alphabet and far left agenda. The only thing anime related I've bought is the first volume of Spice and wolf light novel. |
Vhailor said: "fund their far left agenda" and what they really do is fund anime like Shield Hero which got actual sjws on twitter mad, how ironic....100%. I'm not going to give my money to a bunch of western corporations that will use it to fund their degenerate alphabet and far left agenda. The only thing anime related I've bought is the first volume of Spice and wolf light novel. |
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@animegamer245 The main reason I could think of is this is because unlike in games, where there is a significant difference between the pirated stuff and commercially acquired product, in movies, TV series etc, what pirated goods and services are almost same as proprietary ones. Like in pirated games, there is chance of malware etc, then installation problems [missing DLLs all all that shit] frequent crashes, locked content like multiplayer etc. and delayed or no bonus content and patches.. Some of these issues are faced by legal buyers too, but mostly pirates taking risk are end the disadvantageous end. But in case of visual media? Not much setback is there.. Earlier one setback was delay between airing and feature on pirate site. Also, network development was slow. Now all that is gone (though risk of malware~adware etc and slight delay is still there). So, some people can't digest that risk taking pirates get the stuff same stuff they pay for.. |
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| I'd say roughly in the ball park of 50-55% with watching current season titles, dabbling into anything unlicensed, or wanting to see some long out of print title that I don't feel like paying an arm and a leg to track down a physical copy of. I've purchased physical media, rented titles, watched through TV programming, and streamed legally. But won't deny piracy also gave me exposure to unlicensed titles that have gotten my interest over the years and likely wouldn't have otherwise been able to see if I didn't resort to piracy to dabble into them. |
| i sail the seas often. its just more convenient |
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Its just one dude on this site man...
| @DGemu Two, actually. Like testicles, they always come in twos. |
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| A couple episodes of Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens that never aired on Disney since they were recaps. Based on my MAL stats, that's 40 minutes out of 42.4 days, so...0.06%? |
| This post glows like the south bound side of a north bound firefly. haha...nice try fed  |
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| It depends what you count as "pirating". Mostly I do things by the books nowadays, but back in the late 90s through 2000s, I have to admit I mostly read/watched stuff on random websites. |
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| Hmm I would say 99% has been watched pirated and this won't change until we have one platform with all anime ever broadcasted available on |
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| 100%, I am downloading everything in blu-ray quality when available and with localized subtitles only. |
| 99%. pirated all except tokyo revengers |
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Reply to KietaTeenRomance
I honestly don't care. I don't think that me signing a Crunchyroll subscription would help the industry, or that me using piracy is harming it. It's hypocritical to say that you're proud that you're helping the anime industry by signing some streaming service while you've never bought an anime blu ray, merch or manga in the Japanese BookWalker or something.
I doubt even 1% of the price of a Crunchyroll signature actually goes to Japan.
I doubt even 1% of the price of a Crunchyroll signature actually goes to Japan.
| @KietaTeenRomance Objectively 50% of the industry's income is coming from international profits which you can look at through the AJA data. I highly doubt most Western fans are buying expensive BDs as the primary way to fund the industry. Most are largely just streaming and the fact companies like Netflix are investing heavily into anime, the fact CR's paid userbase has increased 10x in the last few years and the fact other companies are investing into anime streaming seems like that yeah that is the main factor of growth of international funding, which is the primary driver of growth for the entire industry at large. Granted I don't even have to bring that up. The fact CR, during the Winter 2023 season was on the production committee for 1/5 of the shows being produced that season means they are directly funding about 20% of shows out there in some seasons. So actually your assertion is pretty flawed. So this isn't about doubt, it's more about being factually wrong because some of you have issues with CR over culture war nonsense. Objectively if Western funding imploded half of the industry's profits would be gone? You think that wouldn't impact the industry? We have more sequels and shows than ever before and partially it's because streaming has flooded into the industry. If that goes away well it's not going to just be whatever mainstream anime that you like disappearing, it's going to be nicher titles too. So yeah, I mean just be a leech but stop pretending that streaming money doesn't benefit the industry because objectively it does. I was fine being one for years. May not benefit animators, however, if you want to see a sequel of a show it absolutely contributes. |
Reply to KietaTeenRomance
I honestly don't care. I don't think that me signing a Crunchyroll subscription would help the industry, or that me using piracy is harming it. It's hypocritical to say that you're proud that you're helping the anime industry by signing some streaming service while you've never bought an anime blu ray, merch or manga in the Japanese BookWalker or something.
I doubt even 1% of the price of a Crunchyroll signature actually goes to Japan.
I doubt even 1% of the price of a Crunchyroll signature actually goes to Japan.
| @KietaTeenRomance Neah. Crunchyroll used to be transparent and say that about half of the subscription goes on licenses. With the tendency nowadays, it's definitely more than half on just licenses |
watsymApr 15, 11:09 AM
| About 10% of my list I own on DVD or Bluray. Probably about another 10% I've seen from other peoples' DVDs or Blurays. So about 80% I have only seen through "piracy", which I think is what people should be actually interested in. |
Reply to Vhailor
100%. I'm not going to give my money to a bunch of western corporations that will use it to fund their degenerate alphabet and far left agenda. The only thing anime related I've bought is the first volume of Spice and wolf light novel.
| @Vhailor "Degenerate alphabet". Wow, internet fascists are getting crazier and crazier. |
| I'll estimate about 90% of my list. However if a show ends up being a favourite I always end up getting the blu ray at some point as I like the look of them on my shelf and I end up rewatching them at some point. |
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