What have you done to support the anime industry?
Buy anime DVDs/VHS/Blu-Ray
8.5%
34
Buy official anime related Merchandise (Figmas, Video Games including crossover titles, T-shirts, Mugs, Posters, etc.)
4.5%
18
Use Legal Streaming Sites to watch anime (The Ad proceeds go to the companies)
7.5%
30
Buy Manga volumes
13.4%
54
Two or more of the above
32.1%
129
All of the Above
9.5%
38
None of the above (I'm a cheapskate)
24.6%
99
402 votes
| All the anime and manga that I own are all store bought or bought at a convention. That's the only way you can call yourself a "true" collector. People who download give otaku a bad name. |
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napolean86 said: All the anime and manga that I own are all store bought or bought at a convention. That's the only way you can call yourself a "true" collector. People who download give otaku a bad name. Well obviously if you mean physical media. If you meant true fan then that is completely wrong. You don't have to buy something in order to be a fan of it. Also, people who call themselves otaku give otaku a bad name. |
| I buy manga volumes and rarely DVDs |
| I'm too poor to afford official shits |
| I need money to buy ship slots in KanColle. |
| I used to buy manga, dvds and soundtracks in the early years but then found out about online reading and torrents. I still buy some for collecting purposes. but then again anime isn't only the addiction I need to feed. |
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| Though I am a cheapskate, I have done all 4 of those things. . . . granted not many because I am poor lol but I have bought stuff (manga, merchandise, dvds) and went to legal streaming sites. . . doesn't happen often but at least I have done something to support the anime industry :) Though I will say that manga and merchandise and even some anime is wayyy to expensive |
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| I buy anime whenever I'm not in the mood to buy video games, which is really rare since I can just download all of the anime I want. Note: yes I know you can download video games too, but my computer is fucking ancient. |
| Yeah. By buying the anime DVD's and manga volumes. More on buying manga though. |
| I buy manga. Don't really shell out cash on anime. Most of my spare money goes to video games, though. |
| I buy Manga in Japan since they are cheaper here but Anime is so expensive for me and I do buy some Anime merchandise time to time. |
Lightyear8684 said: None of the above (I'm a cheapskate) - I'm living with my parents and I'm student I has no money for it, although if I had job I would support anime industry :) Are you sure you would support it even if you had money? |
Drunk_Samurai said: caninesrock said: If it's available in America, I try to buy the DVDs or else catch it on tv,but if it isn't available, I download fansubs. Hopefully nothing by Viz Media. Yeah. That's where I get my Inuyasha's from. What's wrong with them? The only company I've been told to stay away from so far for ruining anime is 4Kids. As far as I know, Viz is faithfully to the original. |
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caninesrock said: Drunk_Samurai said: caninesrock said: If it's available in America, I try to buy the DVDs or else catch it on tv,but if it isn't available, I download fansubs. Hopefully nothing by Viz Media. Yeah. That's where I get my Inuyasha's from. What's wrong with them? The only company I've been told to stay away from so far for ruining anime is 4Kids. As far as I know, Viz is faithfully to the original. I know they changed a cigarette to a chewing gum in Hikaru no Go and that sake is called "super secret potion" in Naruto at least. :p |
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caninesrock said: Drunk_Samurai said: caninesrock said: If it's available in America, I try to buy the DVDs or else catch it on tv,but if it isn't available, I download fansubs. Hopefully nothing by Viz Media. Yeah. That's where I get my Inuyasha's from. What's wrong with them? The only company I've been told to stay away from so far for ruining anime is 4Kids. As far as I know, Viz is faithfully to the original. For the way they treat manga series. They are a shitty company. |
| I like viz's manga translations and dubs. |
| I buy anime movies/seasons on DVD and Blu-ray if it seems interesting enough or if I saw the series and would rewatch the shit out of it. I bought Paprika this summer and a crappy anime not so long ago. I'd say I buy manga volumes, but the last one I bought was about a year from now. But I have a nice start of a collection. Which is about 15 somehting. |
Shirou_Emiya said: I like viz's manga translations and dubs. So you like censorship and the way they treat certain manga like they are God and others like they are pure shit? |
| None of the above, I rather support the FANSUBBING groups instead. The vast majority of my anime ain't licensed here, not upon release anyway. |
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SilverLeaf123 said: None of the above, I rather support the FANSUBBING groups instead. The vast majority of my anime ain't licensed here, not upon release anyway. It makes no sense at all to license something when it has barely started airing. |
| i buy anime and merchandise, if i really want it. manga, i've yet to buy but i have bought novel versions. |
| I'm about to buy a Hitagi figure. Will be my first anime-related purchase though. I can't justify DVD's with my current income, especially when I already have the show in digital format. Not having a TV, there's no convenience factor either. |
Mawiii said: no i just utorrent every anime show that i think is worth to download but i don't do it anymore because ive lost intrest in anime and i used too stream animes but i have firefox + adblock so the company won't get a penny :P LMAO same here except i didnt lost my interest in anime cause when i download a show i dont get on a marathon of watching :3 |
Mawiii said: no i just utorrent every anime show that i think is worth to download but i don't do it anymore because ive lost intrest in anime and i used too stream animes but i have firefox + adblock so the company won't get a penny :P LMAO same here except i didnt lost my interest in anime cause when i download a show i dont get on a marathon of watching :3 |
| ANY person who watches anime using illegal streams (youtube, watchdub, justdubs, ect...) is a total disgrace to the Otaku Community internationally. It sickens me how people can not only upload and link to copyrighted material but also contribute to them by watching it instead of taking steps to have it removed. People like that cost the anime industry millions of dollars a year(in the US Alone). STOP DOING IT! |
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Lolicon said: Otaku Community loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool |
ciels said: Not all anime is illegally streamed :/ what about manga? I didnt say all anime is illegally streamed. But a lot if not most is. Especally on Veoh and Youtube. As for manga, same thing applies. MangaFox claims to be legal and a-ok, but apon farther legal review it is infact illegal. |
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Lolicon said: ANY person who watches anime using illegal streams (youtube, watchdub, justdubs, ect...) is a total disgrace to the Otaku Community internationally. It sickens me how people can not only upload and link to copyrighted material but also contribute to them by watching it instead of taking steps to have it removed. People like that cost the anime industry millions of dollars a year(in the US Alone). STOP DOING IT! Goddammit my post didn't show up. I seriously hope this is a troll post because of the Otaku comment. If its not a troll here's a response. The anime industry does not lose millions of dollars if people pirate. For instance if somebody never intended on buying the product in the first place then there was no lost sale. |
| Try to buy where I can |
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| None of the above (cuz there are no anime related products in Sri Lanka) |
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| I buy DVDs and manga. Ooh, and occasionally I will buy some type of merchandise. I buy mostly for self entertainment, but I guess it's nice to know that I'm supporting the sales and production of my favorites too. |
| I mostly buy DVDs |
Lolicon said: Nah.STOP DOING IT! I usually don't even bother downloading nowadays. The connection at my university is such shit that its twice as easier to stream if I want to watch multiple episode consecutively. Shitsux. I usually don't buy series either because the chance of me rewatching anything is rather slim. I have bought a few music CDs at conventions though but I've been downloading more than I've bought so meh. |
synthc said: Are games/posters/figurines a good way to support the industry? I try to support the industry, but fansubs do an infinitely better job than official subs at translating anime, and blu-ray and DVD imports are so expensive it's hard to budget (and I refuse to give my money to companies like Funimation so that they can roll out more crappy subs and dubs while being reverse imported). I don't really like paying for something that I'm not going to use (DVDs and blu-rays that I've already downloaded with better subs and therefore will never watch). All I've really bought so far are a few manga and OST's, but if other merchandise is a good way to support the industry, I'd certainly make a habit of buying that stuff. Does anyone have any suggestions on where to buy legit anime merchandise, how to avoid fake stuff, etc...? Play Asia has nothing but legit anime merchandise, nothing is fake and if you paid for it it will ship even if it means a delay, however if you are looking for rare figures or merchandise from anime prior to the year 2000 try Ebay or Amazon Japan. If you use Ebay do your research before you buy. |
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| Everyone knows piracy is virtually indifensible if you can technically go and buy it in your town (for a reasonable price), so stop being such flailing pussies in a bumfight. Personally I haven't bought any anime for years. Why would I when you can download it for free? The argument I hate the most is "I like owning something". Jesus talk about out-dated materialism. But actually I suppose I would buy (or pay to download) shit if I could. I have the money now to do so, but in Japan DVDs are ridiculously expensive, not to mention unsubbed. Incidentally, I buy manga here because I can get it second-hand for 105yen. Is there a difference between buying second-hand and downloading? Because I can't see one. |
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| Bought a one piece game for wii off ebay if that counts. |
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Drunk_Samurai said: Goddammit my post didn't show up. I seriously hope this is a troll post because of the Otaku comment. If its not a troll here's a response. The anime industry does not lose millions of dollars if people pirate. For instance if somebody never intended on buying the product in the first place then there was no lost sale. You are an idiot. |
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| I have a collection of about 150 books. But many translations of series have stopped due to economical problems, so many of the series are only translated half through. And buying imported books is far too expensive. The same goes with anime. I have a few movies but they cost a lot since they are imported. And it's the same problem with merchandise and stuff. In Japan the prizes are okay. But here everything is imported which means it is much more expensive. Which sucks... So I guess I don't support the manga and anime industry that much. |
| I have a decent collection of anime DVDs and boxsets. I only have one artbook and 5 manga volumes. I also have some posters and figurines too. I try to stream anime legally when I can if not I choose illegal means. So my vote goes to all of the above. |
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Lolicon said: Drunk_Samurai said: Goddammit my post didn't show up. I seriously hope this is a troll post because of the Otaku comment. If its not a troll here's a response. The anime industry does not lose millions of dollars if people pirate. For instance if somebody never intended on buying the product in the first place then there was no lost sale. You are an idiot. That is what you think because you absolutely know shit about how it really works. |
Onibokusu said: I am one of 21 people to have voted "All of the above". That's pretty sad. How exactly is that sad? 82 people voted for Two or more of the above. |
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