| Because I like to have DVD's and Blu-rays of my favorite anime, so I can watch them without needing Internet. |
| @HossamZH Do you know what you need to produce all these things? |
| Check out my channel! Erzat |
| because I really like owning a physical copy of a show I love since I can then hold it in my hands |
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| Because we either like to support the industry or collect things of a certain value to us. |
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| because money makes things happen around here. it's also why so much of it is so damn expensive. they need that shit |
| bats are just rat angels |
| Because buying DVDs/Blu-rays keeps the market afloat. There is no other way. |
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| 1.You support the industry. 2.Owning a physical copy of your favorite manga/anime is pretty awesome. |
"At some point, I stopped hoping." |
| Because if people really love something then they usually want to have a physical copy, not just a file on a computer. I personally dont buy anime but I own quite a big collection of my fav bands' CDs and also some manga. |
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| Wait so we waste money when we support the industry while having a guaranteed high quality Watch, extras, sub and dub and physical disc and box? The only money that is wasted is the money that isn't and won't get spend. |
Darek said: £25 is only for older shows, newer releases are like £50 or £60.I don't think that buying a DVD for £25 is something for the rich only really. |
| I'm far from being rich but i like to support the shows, manga, authors i enjoy. There is also the collectible aspect. I do the same thing with books, music and movies. |
Johnnyd3rpMar 15, 2017 8:08 AM
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| Lol. I bet OP doesn't know it costs a fucking wall to make these episodes. |
| Honobono Log - best slice of life short -------------------------------------------- most kawaii loli overlord ---------------------------- Donquixote Doflamingo AMV - Control |
| Yeah OP there sure is no real reason. LazyNyanNyan said: By watching illegal stream anime, we are indirectly destroying anime industry. Bluray anime , figures, and other goods are the main income of anime studio or company.A lot of anime cannot release other season because of money issues ( a 30 minute episode of a TV anime cost about $145,214 ). That's problem of Nihonjin master race. |
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| Because sometimes, I want to help the industry? If everyone subscribes to the same opinion as @OP , there'd be no anime to begin with. |
| It was already possible before the Internet with this incredible technology called television. And despite that, the VHS market blossomed. So, the question had already multiple occasions to be answered for 30years. @Darek Since you talk in pounds, I guess he's refering to AllTheAnime. And they don't lower their prices. The french release of Kill la Kill is still at 45€ each half (making it more expensive than their new first edition of Zeta Gundam, same price for half the double-length series) when other companies sell full series between 30 and 40€. Not even comparing with the less recent and "classic" series at 10-20€. |
Darek said: reeeeeeeee i can eat for 1 week+ on this money and im sure op can tooI don't think that buying a DVD for £25 is something for the rich only really. buying music tv shows and video games is something only for rich westerners |
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| Sure, if you want the industry to collapse, stealing would definitely be the way to go. You should only do that if it's absolutely necessary (not available to buy or stream). Also, you have no control over whether something gets taken off streaming. If it does and you can't buy copies anymore, sucks for you (see Nana). Not to mention potential hard drive crashes wiping all of your digital content and torrents getting taken down. |
| TEN COMMANDMENTS: 1) If Evangelion and Psycho-Pass are his only 10s, he probably also worships Tool and smells like cheesy puffs 2) Freudian psychosis =/= good writing 3) Moe blob art style is only ok in pure slice-of-life comedy 4) It's ok to enjoy shounen. Having fun is allowed 5) It is not ok to enjoy isekai (jk, it is, I just fucking hate it) 6) Creator breakdown =/= good writing 7) A story does not have to be wrapped up with a bow. Life is messy, why would a good story need to be tidy? 8) InuYasha is proto-Twilight 9) Ecchi CAN be good, but is almost always an abomination 10) If God is real, They allowed Super Kid to happen, so fuck Them |
| First of all you're an idiot. Second, it takes hundreds of million Yen to produce anime. The artists and animators have to work 24 hours a day for meagre pay, less than minimum wage. So, shut the hell up and support the industry any way you can. |
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| Like anything it's not really a waste if you enjoy it and have the money to pay, some people like to have physical goods instead of everything being digital, granted I don't buy much but I've imported some anime BDs and merch such as figures, when it comes to watching anime though I pretty much download it all, never used CR and don't intend to, think that's mostly for seasonal stuff anyway. |
| Because you can show off how morally god-clean you are to everyone around you and yourself. (pat yourself on the back now) LMAO at people screming "industry will die". Do you live in the real world or a fucking hypothetical non-sensical situations? I wouldn't pay shit anyway, so piracy doesn't heart anyone, it's actually making anime more popular. Retail releases are just overpriced box clutter. |
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| Some people like to support the things they like so they can keep getting more of it. Also, for me, having a physical copy of something feels a lot better than having a digital one. It's nice to have something to display sometimes. |
| 1). I like to support the people in the industry who have made/produced things I like. 2). I like to have a physical collection. |
"I'd take rampant lesbianism over nuclear armageddon or a supervolcano any day." ~nikiforova |
| There's a difference between being rich and having money to support the industry. I mostly stream too and I just support them by buying manga and stuff |
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| because people want to support what they like personally i dont give a shit |
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| -Zero chance of getting jailed or fined for buying anime legally VS chances are not zero if you pirate. -Never got a virus/trojan/malware/spyware from a legally bought disc -Basic Economics: Your support of the products you buy provides companies with capital to license more anime you like and in turn the money earned from licensing those anime helps Japanese companies make more anime you may like. Conversely, if nobody supports them they can not license or make anything and go out business and you have nothing to watch. -Not everyone has a broadband connection capable of streaming or downloading in a reasonable amount of time. -The internet goes down a lot, you can watch a disc without the internet. -DVD/BDs are portable for road trips, watching streams on the road would kill your data. -Internet content is not permanent, a legal stream sometimes gets taken down if the company lets the license expire or if the copyright holder sends a C&D order to your illegal streaming website. A disc is yours forever. -A whole wall of shelves full of anime looks freaking amazing. -Having something physical you can touch and hold is way better than some vapid ethereal file on a computer or a stream. Anyhow, I'm a collector since 1998. I have both an anime collection of 700 various series, movies, and OVAs as well as a manga collection of over 500 volumes and I have all that despite being in the poor bracket for income. |
KruszerMar 15, 2017 1:46 PM
| "Laws exist only for those who cannot live without clinging onto them." -Souske Aizen "Bleach"  |
| Why, you ask? Because that's how companies stay alive. |
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| Well, some people don't like pirating it. You may do it all the time, but some people have standards. You also get stuff with the anime, like extra scenes and the animation process or something like that |
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| Why buy food when you can just steal it??? |
| I bet you don't contribute to your society and is just wasting time and resources on watching anime and being on the internet with that opinion :3 |
"No matter what painful things happens, even when it looks like you'll lose... when no one else in the world believes in you... when you don't even believe in yourself... I will believe in you!" |
| My internet will give out for a few days from time to time. When that happens it's nice to have some Blu Ray's on hand so I'll buy a series if I really liked it. |
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| When you start complaining about why an anime looks so low-budget, come back to this thread and you'll understand why... |
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| Yeah why should we support the industry. I mean - making an anime is not even expensive - so no need to pay for anything. Just keep downloading. |
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| Because it's my damn business how I spend my money. |
| Wtf is this thread? Not everything is free bro, production also needs money to make their stuffs. |
valvravetruthMar 16, 2017 5:58 AM
Johnnyd3rp said: I'm far from being rich but i like to support the shows, manga, authors i enjoy. There is also the collectible aspect. I do the same thing with books, music and movies. Also buy the manga to really support mangaka, cause anime isnt enough.. This is one sad truth... Well people have their reason, also this open letter.... I think Im kinda agree.. |
EufieMar 16, 2017 6:06 AM
| Sucking at the core of the industry at its finest. xD Good thing there's still people who supports the industry by going to the convention and stuff like that. |
| If everyone thought like you, the "anime is dying" crowd would actually have some truth to them. |
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