| I could bet that less than 50% of all anime and manga fans actually paid for these entertainments. Free sites are far more popular than sites like Crunchyroll. For me, I personally do feel a little guilty. I love the series yet I cannot afford to pay for it and forced to watch/read them free online. But I've started to buy real manga volumes recently. For anime, not at all. So, this is counterintuitive, to avoid disrespecting the anime production staffs, I download the anime in HD and watch it with soundproof earphones. If I want to steal, I'll steal the best as to not insult the original makers of the product. |
| Well no, I think that a lot of people wouldn't be able to enjoy anime and or manga without pirated sites considering that funimation and Crunchyroll are not available in certain countries and those people who pirate anime also help grow the community as much as people who pay for anime |
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| No. Because I support my favorite anime in other ways. Like buying physical copy of the source material or buying official merchs. |
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| Nope, as I buy official anime merchandise for the anime that I like the most so I am still supporting the anime community |
| No, and I'm not going to pay for multiple subscriptions to different sites to watch anime. I have Netflix and if it ain't there I'm watching on 9anime or something. The only thing I buy is lightnovels, with Manga I just burn through chapters way too fast for me to want to actually pay. Although if I've been thinking about looking for manga at a library or something, it would be cool to hold it physically in my hand while reading it, I love that with my light novels. |
| Yeah like the others, no. I watch it this way cause one site can have close to idk 90% of the anime, while payed-for sites are limited. That and I do not have the money to constantly pay for a subscription while still in college. So I support in buying the anime or the source material if its good enough. |
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| Not anymore. I used to buy anime DVDs all the time, but when I switched to Blu-ray, the prices were much higher, so I just stopped buying stuff. You should never buy anything unless you've seen it first. |
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| Nope, there isn't really any streaming options here. I've got Netflix, Prime and I wouldn't mind paying a few dollar more for a decent anime service. Lots of MAL users are student, if you ask the ones with full time jobs I'm sure most would be willing to pay if the service is good. Netflix is a good example, good UI, video quality, catalog and recommendations with good backend infrastructure so no buffering. Now if only they'd simulcast anime weekly. I've never really looked into a manga service since I hardly read but there's definitely a need for a good manga site. The free ones are shit. |
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| It depends. If there is a way to stream an anime series I want legally, then I watch it on either Crunchyroll, Hulu, Amazon Prime, TubiTv, or RetroCrush if available on either one of these services (My family pays for Amazon Prime and Hulu, and I just watch Crunchyroll, RetroCrush, and TubiTV free with the Ads) If there's no way I can legally stream an anime, then I just use the illegal streaming services. I would love to buy a DVD box set of, say, Maple Town or Tokyo Mew Mew, but there's no legal option to watch either of these shows where I am, so I can't really feel guilty if no other option is available. I don't read as much manga, but I only use the illegal scanlation sites if the manga is either OOP or has never been licensed. Otherwise, I either try to save up for birthdays and holidays or just go to the library and see if they have the manga I want to read. |
NostalgiaGoddessJul 19, 2020 8:38 AM
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| I tried really hard to stream anime legally but legal streaming sites are either unavailable or do not have animes I want to watch licensed in my country. I tried using VPNs but that basically doubles the subscription price and sites like Crunchyroll and Netflix have actually banned me few times even if I am playing their subscription... |
| Not really. I've been able to buy the physical copy from time to time but honestly I wouldn't have gotten into anime if it weren't for piracy. I don't think a lot of people would be on this site right now. |
| When I go to Japan I want to buy blu-ray DVDs of my favorite ones like Kiss X Sis and Kingdom. Other than that, not really. I watch a lot of movies/tv shows on sketchy internet websites not just anime. I think being able to watch stuff for free makes me care less if I watch something low quality. I can watch bad stuff for the sole purpose of critique and education without having to directly support bad movies/TV shows. |
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CrimsonMidnight said: No. Because I support my favorite anime in other ways. Like buying physical copy of the source material or buying official merchs. This^^ Also, the fact that Crunchyroll blocked like 90% anime in my country doesn't help at all. |
| If I am able I try to buy stuff, often just manga since I don't like merchandises and DVD/BD are expensive and harder to order. I however use legal streaming services when available. |
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| maybe if i got the money i will feel guilty but i do feel guilty (second hand(?)) when i see people on twitter for example so arrogantly being proud of being a pirate to the point they will even tag/mention the twitter accounts of the author and anime makers like wtf |
| No bro cause I have to be ruthless to become the king of the pirates |
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| Not really because I would be much more inclined to buy merchandise for specific series if I had the funding available. Like over my lifetime there's easily a couple thousand dollars worth of figures, models, games, etc. that can all be directly traced to anime franchises. I have no interest in say buying blu rays or DvDs because I don't really rewatch shows and I don't even generally read manga through free alternatives so I have no incentive to buy it. |
| First, Crunchyroll is free just with ads (unless you use ad block). I watch a lot of anime legally on Crunchyroll or on Netflix (used to watch on Hulu) which we now get as a bonus for no additional charge with our phone plan. Actually, there are a lot of legal sites where you can watch anime for free nowadays, so I don't watch illegally very often. Heck, you can even watch some anime (indie or not) on Youtube for free. When I do watch illegally, thanks to how much more available anime is nowadays, it's kinda more like, "Eh. Just this once". I'm also not afraid to drop some dollars on the anime I really love. There are sites like Rightstuf who seem to always have sales and deals too-- eventually you're going to find some of your favorite titles for a good price if you don't want to spend the full price. I don't really use Prime Video because I prefer having the physical copy, but I noticed Amazon has rental options for certain anime usually for like $2.99, which is pretty cheap. When Borders was around, I'd buy a lot of manga new there, but I also bought a lot of secondhand anime and manga, so I own a lot of physical copies of both manga and anime. Ya know, I even buy some manga here on MAL-- you can't read them offline, like with other digital manga sellers, but sometimes they sell a manga volume for like 99 cents and I can't help but buy it if I'm even a little interested. I think 99 cents is the least I can do. ALSO, Shonen Jump has free manga up a lot. Subscribing to Shonen Jump (digital) is only $1.99 a month which gives you access to like almost all their manga. I remember Shonen Jump used to be like $20 a month though it was huge and had some nice little extras. Like yo, things are so cheap compared to how much they used to be. I know money's tight for people-- me too, but I just can't help but side eye a little when people are like, "I have no money, so I pirate" because most things you can watch for free or it's really cheap. I dunno. I was raised by "unless it's a necessity, if you can't afford it then you don't need it and won't get it". It was just that simple. We didn't have money for a lot of things so I didn't get them. Things are easier to get illegally these days, but I never feel like I'm entitled to watch them even if I do. I don't do things that I'm not able to/willing to pay for or wouldn't be willing to pay any fines for if I were caught. Just like with speeding while driving; I've never been caught and usually drive the speed limit, but I'd know what I did, just give me my ticket so I can go. |
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| no and TV is dying nowadays lol. also spending for virtual stuff sucks personally. If I want to support the author, I would buy something physical instead (Anime DVD, manga, etc) |
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| No point in feeling guilt if you can't afford to pay. Leave that for the people with money to burn. To top it off it's the fault of the economic systems in place that make people have to work either to live or have additional things they want for a comfortable more enjoyable life. People should be doing work for the sheer enjoyment of it and be able to live a decent life regardless of it instead of having to follow the money. |
| not really. I've been watching pirated anime and reading scanlations since I was 12. tbh I never even thought about it And I'm definitely not using sites like funimation or Crunchyroll because there straight trash. But if its a series I care for or enjoy ill try buy a hard cover or purchase dvd's. |
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| I don't even feel guilty watching Crunchyroll with an adblocker. |
| Not really. I’ve been watching most of my anime pirated for years unless it’s on netflix, but I do own a lot of manga & some official merch so I feel like I’m still supporting the industry in other ways. |
| Well no, simply because : 1. Some of the legal sites aren't available in every country. 2. The database of the illegal sites are much larger, legal sites are only limited to specific animes. 3. Sometimes the translations are bad af, specifically, translated my own language, so I prefer watching a fansub. 4. Not everyone can pay in dollars or in euros to watch anime, some people are from poor countries that "paying" for CR as an example would cost them a lot (i.e. some currencies are meh). |
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| No. I live in Australia, if you don't get it from the high seas, you simply don't get it. It is not even a case of here take my money. Once they get their shyte together, different story. It's not like a physical bowl of spaghetti, where if i take it from you, you do not get to eat, it is basically me copying your spaghetti. We all get to eat! Should the content creators be rewarded? Yes. Do they via any supplier or paywall? No, or hardly. Again, when the money gets to the right people, and supply is there legally, then I will not need the ship, me hearties. Awwrrrh. |
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| Nope. If I'm going to pay any amount of money, you better be able to replicate the free service. Unfortunately, due to licensing issues, that's just not possible. Not my fault the anime streaming industry does not get their shit together. I do buy physical media for shows that I like, and I would have never liked any shows if I was prevented from seeing them in the first place. The world does not work out as straightforwardly as the edicts of some cultural moral norms, especially when most notions are based of outdated inspirations of the 10 Commandments. |
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| i'm trying to watch anime on actual streaming sites as much as possible, and i wanna buy more manga - but it's hard to feel guilty about it when, for the vast majority of the shit i read, there's no official translations. plus, even if i was watching shit legally, how much of the profit 'earned from me' would actually go towards the animators etc? |
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| no but I feel guilty for overpaying on import releases or overpriced aniplex releases... |
| Either I'm forced to pay for crunchykek or have to pay for overpriced blu rays, i try and watch it legally but its just much easier to pirate. |
| As an adult with money who pays for things, I can't relate. |
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| Um...but I do buy SOME anime and manga! And that never would've happened if I never got to see anime and read manga for free! That is 100% fact! |
Potentsativa said: I'd rather directly support animators through the Animator Dormitory Project very cool man hopefully more people will follow |
| Well if I was rich I'd definitely pay for this shit. but I cant afford anything. no so, I dont feel guilty. |
| I would feel more guilty if I payed for everything that I have watched. Not everything is good enough to support financially. |
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