| What do you guys think about using Illegal Streaming sites or torrenting anime ? Do you guys use Crunchhyroll, Funimation, Hulu ,Netflix or any other legal streaming sites that I'm not aware of. I use Crunhyroll since i don't have access to the Funimation and Hulu sities and Netflix has very limited choice anime where i live. I don't agree with illegal sites, but i did use illegal sites before i had a Crunchyroll account. And i buy anything that catches my eye and is released here. But with that said as a last resort if i can't watch it legally and can't buy it/ it's too damn expensive i will most likely Torrent it |
Lil-GoblinDec 12, 2014 1:14 PM
| it's the industry's fault for having shitty distribution |
| I always buy my chinese cartoon. i would never result to pirating. |
| I'm okay with it, mostly because most stuff I want to watch aren't on the sites you named. |
| i use KissAnime because its free and has better quality anime than crunchyroll. but i would buy the blu ray for anime that i really enjoyed. |
| I don't care since I have no other choice to obtain anime. So torrents and IRC are way to go. And streaming... well sucks at the best so I avoid that like a plague. |
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| This it's gonna be good |
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| I feel like i may have created something i can't control.. |
FGAU1912 said: evidence?JD2411 said: it's the industry's fault for having shitty distribution nope thye do not |
| If only the legal distribution was better in the west. Buying even slightly less mainstream or old anime is really fucking hard, at least here in Finland. And importing takes weeks. Crunchyroll is decent and I have the premium, but the amount of interesting shows they have is not nearly enough for me. |
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| It's necessary at times. |
 All credit goes to Sacred. |
| I try and be legitimate wherever I can as that is my policy with all forms of media but the anime industry doesn't make it easy. Japan needs to get over their fear of digital distribution, this is the 21st century, get with the times. |
| Imagine if there was one site that has EVERYTHING related to anime and manga. Everything would be available in crystal clear 720p quality for download or streaming. People all over the world would be able to access anything related to anime and manga with the click of a button. They could even implement a list system similiar to MAL and a lot of other good stuff. I would gladly pay a yearly/monthly fee for such services. Everything in one place. Make this happen Japan and I'll gladly pay for it. I'll never buy physical products related to anime or manga though. It has too much of a geek factor here, and I'm honestly not interested in cluttering my room with manga or anime related products. |
FGAU1912 said: if you talking about japan then your worng but if your talking us then i agree other than you, (almost) nobody lives in japan here if they're on MAL |
FGAU1912 said: mayukachan said: other than you, (almost) nobody lives in japan here if they're on MAL thers is quaite a few asians on Mal i use the west to mena people not in the Eurasian land mass uh there are ASIANS but it's not like they reside in japan right now people who use MAL are usually not living in japan. |
| Importing costs along with accessibility and many other service issues makes getting anime legally almost impractical in the US |
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| I live in a country which most people don't even know it exists, so yeah, buying anime in my country is impossible. Not to mention some of the legal streaming sites are unavailable. |
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FGAU1912 said: mayukachan said: 7uh there are ASIANS but it's not like they reside in japan right now people who use MAL are usually not living in japan. iim using the west ot mean The Americas both north and south were esacplly in SA the anime market is huge they have the bihggest con outside of asia for example but taxes aand tariff inflate prices do you order it online or what? there are no stores around me that sell anime at all shipping alone costs more than the dvds/BDs sadly |
| What kind of translator are u usingggg? |
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FGAU1912 said: robis798 said: What kind of translator are u usingggg? im not A little bit hard to understand you. |
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RinArcher said: >Implying people don't illegally stream stuff here. Is anyone really going to pretend you don't watch streams here? I don't watch streams. |
| I probably regret this post by now. |
| Did a quick calculation on CD Japan for 3 episodes of Chihayafuru on Blu Ray... $60+ including shipping. Damnnnnn. And I would have to add subtitles into it if I wanted to actually watch it. So, my personal reason for not legally doing anything is because of inconvenience. Second reason is price. Also: I watch a fair amount of anime and honestly, I end up deleting most of what I watch in the end, so why purchase? |
MayukaDec 12, 2014 1:41 PM
FGAU1912 said: It's not the import tax that's ridiculous but the fact that it takes 2-3 weeks for it to ship. If I didn't live in California I'd suspect it would take even longer. Not also that but if you include the ridiculously high price of a blu-ray box set; it gets a bit too overkill.VitaminCaim said: Importing costs along with accessibility and many other service issues makes getting anime legally almost impractical. what is the import tax in your nation |
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FGAU1912 said: I was wrong. It takes longer than 2-3 weeks. If I were to order a blu ray box set, its estimated delivery is within 6-9 weeks. And there's only one method of shipping, I can't pick a faster alternative.VitaminCaim said: It's not the import tax that's ridiculous but the fact that it takes 2-3 weeks for it to ship. If I didn't live in California I'd suspect it would take even longer. Not also that but if you include the ridiculously high price of a blu-ray box set; it gets a bit too overkill. you ue the cheapest method of shipping i wager use expedited shipping |
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VitaminCaim said: FGAU1912 said: I was wrong. It takes longer than 2-3 weeks. If I were to order a blu ray box set, its estimated delivery is within 6-9 weeks. And there's only one method of shipping, I can't pick a faster alternative.you ue the cheapest method of shipping i wager use expedited shipping How can it take two months for you to ship a blu ray set to US, when it takes a max of 3 weeks to northern yurop. |
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cupc said: Because shipping overseas is substantially longer though cheaper while shipping by land/air is faster albeit a bit more expensiveVitaminCaim said: I was wrong. It takes longer than 2-3 weeks. If I were to order a blu ray box set, its estimated delivery is within 6-9 weeks. And there's only one method of shipping, I can't pick a faster alternative. How can it take two months for you to ship a blu ray set to US, when it takes a max of 3 weeks to northern yurop. |
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| Meh w/e. I watch free and legal streams on chinese sites so it's all the same to me |
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mayukachan said: Did a quick calculation on CD Japan for 3 episodes of Chihayafuru on Blu Ray... $60+ including shipping. Damnnnnn. And I would have to add subtitles into it if I wanted to actually watch it. So, my personal reason for not legally doing anything is because of inconvenience. Second reason is price. Also: I watch a fair amount of anime and honestly, I end up deleting most of what I watch in the end, so why purchase? Lol, if that was a valid argument stealing food would also be valid because you only eat it once and then it turns into shit so why purchase? ^^ I'm all for piracy but the only real reason for it is laziness and not being able or willing to spend money on stuff (Inconvenience and price). No need to try and rationalize it further than that because that's all there is to it :P. |
| I probably regret this post by now. |
| Yo, I gotta eat, so yeah I'd go out of my way and buy it. Plus, stealing stuff like food and clothing have risks of being caught more than torrenting. |
| I typically purchase all my Anime on DVD, but for the titles that have never, ever been licensed in North America, I have no choice but to download them, because I can't purchase them. |
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mayukachan said: Yo, I gotta eat, so yeah I'd go out of my way and buy it. Plus, stealing stuff like food and clothing have risks of being caught more than torrenting. You see how it all boils down to Inconvenience? ^^ |
| I probably regret this post by now. |
Everyone best watch out. THEY comin' for you all. |
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Higashi_no_Kaze said: mayukachan said: Yo, I gotta eat, so yeah I'd go out of my way and buy it. Plus, stealing stuff like food and clothing have risks of being caught more than torrenting. You see how it all boils down to Inconvenience? ^^ Laziness ftw |
| Buying chinese cartoons? Where I live? Impossible |
 Nico- said: Conversations with people pinging/quoting me to argue about some old post I wrote years ago will not be entertained@Comic_Sans oh no y arnt ppl dieing i need more ppl dieing rly gud plot avansement jus liek tokyo ghoul if erbudy dies amirite |
deanzel said: That isn't going to stop me.Everyone best watch out. THEY comin' for you all.  |
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Kolnikov said: Japan doesn't care about us, so why should we care? Just keep watching bro. They don't even make an effort to distribute their cartoons. |
| I pirate everything. I stopped using illegal sites only because streaming anime sucks, now I simply go to HorribleSubs' website or NyaaTorrents and download it at 720, then delete anything I don't plan on archiving. I don't really understand people who are anti-piracy. Information and entertainment should be free. |
Higashi_no_Kaze said: mayukachan said: Yo, I gotta eat, so yeah I'd go out of my way and buy it. Plus, stealing stuff like food and clothing have risks of being caught more than torrenting. You see how it all boils down to Inconvenience? ^^ I dont understand how companies still havent realized how much of an factor inconvenience is. The more effort I have to put into buying something the less likely I will do so. Hell I was buying like 2-3 games per year prior to digital distribution ala Steam and Co, now I buy like 50 of them. Just cause they are so easy to buy and so goddamn cheap. |
| If I can get something free I ain't gonna pay for straight up it doesn't matter if its anime, music or video games I don't give a fuck. |
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