| Personally my interest would die out pretty quickly. I'd keep buying volumes of series I really want to finish and buy some of my favourites but my consumption would go down more than tenfold. Over to you. |
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| Anime and manga are two forms of entertainment I enjoy sparsely, to spend the time. I don't see myself paying for either, though that might change once I get a job(Lol basement dweller). Right now, I'd probably just move on to something else. |
やがて気づく本当の気持ちは そして 人間が大好きでした |
| In general, I find it hard to pay for things I haven't ever seen even a little of, especially since I'm still in college without a job. So I would just finish reading the stuff I bought and buy a few other series that I enjoy, but I'd be pissed cause a lot of manga I read aren't available in English officially. |
 "In both love and octopus-hunting, you have to take the initiative!" - Gintoki Sakata |
| I would almost certainly give it up. Maybe I'd by one or two of the top rated shows/movies per year, but that's probably it. |
LoneWolf said: @Josh makes me sad to call myself Canadian. |
| What are "animu" and "mango" the fruit? |
sleeplesstown said: If there was easier access to it, yes. There's no way I'd be able to watch as much though, it's expensive. Exactly this. Zoml3ie said: What are "animu" and "mango" the fruit? It's just a diffferent way of adressing anime and manga. You clearly need more experience on teh interwebz. :p |
| Expensive as fuck to continue. Would probably give into crunchyroll or something then ;x. |
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| Considering I don't buy much overall to begin with, I might just drop the habit of buying what I'd like and just use the internet. Wouldn't mind a mango right about now either. |
| "If anime and manga were no longer free" Well one I don't read manga, when it comes to reading I stick to novels. Also I think you underestimate the power of the internet, trust me when I say they would and will always be free and there is no way to stop it. |
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| At current prices of blurays/dvds, hell no. As said above by one poster, I'd just pay CR or any other streaming site if fansubs somehow died out or killed off. TBH, if fansubs were somehow eliminated, tons of pay-to-stream sites like CR would pop up so not much would change aside from being unable to archive my fav anime. |
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| Assuming you still have an Internet connection (and depending on your location), there would still be plenty of free, ad-supported, legitimate streams at CrunchyRoll, TheAnimeNetwork, Funimation, Viz, Hulu, Viki, etc. It's not like the only options are "illegally download, buy discs/subscriptions, or get out of the fandom." |
| Being a teenager that can not yet get a job, no. Anime is very expensive and so is manga. 10-12.00 just for one volume when I can buy a whole novel for that price. -____- but anime goes 35-50.00 just for a whole series on DvD. I don't even want to know about blu-ray prices. I'd pay for Crunchy Roll if I'd have to, but I can not buy tons of box sets. Even single DvDs that only have 2-3 episodes on them or pricey. |
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| Yes i would of course... either way being free or not Mangas are always better reading from a book than from a pc |
| Yeah,just less of it I guess. |
skapandiApr 28, 2012 4:22 PM
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| I won't mind paying for legal streaming/fansubs if they make it avaliable in my country. BDs/DVDs is a no no. It's meant for collection purpose. |
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| I buy DVDs and Blu-rays when I have the option already so yes, I'd continue. To be honest, on average, I don't think the prices are unreasonable. |
| They are when they start getting released at Eleven prices. £50 for 4 episodes....nope. |
fuck everything and rumble |
miereneronaile said: Enjolras1830 said: i find the turn of Pharse insulting and i own all i wtached / read animu and mango i You bought 5000 mangas and 3000 animes? wow. I call bullshit. But anyway. I buy the occasional anime myself but generally I wont buy an anime I havent watched and REALLY enjoyed so there is a chance I'd probably drop the hobby altogether as I simply cant afford to pay £15+ for a single series. |
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| Are we all just going to forget the fact that this person has spelt anime and manga incorrectly or is this person just trying to take the piss. and to answer the question, no i wouldn't, because everything that i watch is streamed online and everything i read is found online, definitely not going to WASTE my money on anime and manga even though i'm pretty much addicted to it. |
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| Mangoes? Hell yeah! Love em. But anyway, I'd like to buy most if not all my favorite anime series/movies, but the prices kind of pull me away from it. If I wasn't so broke or if there's a special occasion coming up, sure. Plus, there are legal streaming sites like CR, Funimation, and Anime Network that you can sign up for free. And the subscriptions seem more reasonable. |
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| Just buy whatever R1 companies come out with after doing some research so I won't spend money on shit. When the R1 companies finally die I would just import Gundam and Code Geass since those are the only things that I would spend a ton of money for unless something else just as great catches my eye. My two favorite manga titles I can buy already I just don't have the money so I'm just reading them for free atm. So I guess it would be tough luck for me until I can afford these. |
"What has two arms, two legs, and is alive? Not your favorite character lol! xD" |
| I would definitely still continue with this as a hobby. A majority of what I watch these days are off of legal pay streams, so I don't think I'd have a problem. But I'll admit that I wouldn't be as big a fan as I am today if I had stuck only to the legal physical media format of the 80s and 90s. Today, I think it's much easier to be a paying fan. Disregarding streams, legal or otherwise, if anime was physical format only, I would probably just stick to manga. Most of the money I spend for this hobby goes to light novels and manga anyway. |
| I'd most definitely continue to watch and read. I would do whatever it takes to keep on trucking. Even if it means getting a job. Never underestimate a man and his hobbies. |
| Nope ,will quit it on the spot . |
| Actually glad that nepal is facing disaster |
| Considering that at least half of what I have seen was prior to internet access, the answer would be yes. |
| -animeS - The plural of anime is anime. More than one deer is still deer. There is no damn "s". -epic |ˈepik| noun•a work portraying heroic deeds/adventures covering an long period of time - adjective • heroic/grand in scale or character Active Military, Prior Service, and Veteran's Anime Club http://myanimelist.net/clubs.php?cid=25937&time=1299710079 |
| yeah of course! now if they were never free to begin with i'd probably never gotten into it in the first place... but i'm already hooked now X.x ... though, it would slow down a lot because i wouldn't be able to sit down and watch a 12 ep series in 6 hours *you all know those days...* it would become very very expensive at that rate xD ... |
| I'll pirate or do SOMETHING, i'll find a way, if anime is gone then I have nothing else. As a last resort, i will pay for it. If I don't get my daily doses of anime, I'd probably be on meth. |
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| I would probably keep up with anime. Even if it costed me so much of the cashes. I mean, I would probably only watch the top 5 series of the season. To be honest, I feel guilty watching anime and reading manga for free....but not enough to stop! |
| "Crazy Carnival." ~TK |
| You mean without legal streaming? If no, then yes, I'd continue. Legal streaming is how I watch all of the anime I watch anymore. If yes, then I'd still continue. I'd just be much more picky about what I consume. |
| More or less give it up. Expensive plus you got to wait a lot longer for the manga volumes to come out instead of reading a chapter weekly online and you'd have to wait for animes to come out on DVD subbed or dubbed instead of watching an episode weekly etc etc. Basically you'd have to wait a lot longer to gain access to that stuff. Unless of course you have membership to sites like Crunchyroll. Basically I'd buy the mangas/animes I'm already deeply into but then would probably stop. With of course maybe every now and then to check out if anything out interests me. However I'd pretty much have given it up. \ |
Touch me, you filthy casual~ |
Enjolras1830 said: Anime and manga aren't based on collecting.Most hobbies based on collecting are expensive I'd quit. 95% of the stuff I watch isn't worth paying for. |
Xjellocross said: Enjolras1830 said: Anime and manga aren't based on collecting.Most hobbies based on collecting are expensive I'd quit. 95% of the stuff I watch isn't worth paying for. Manga looks like a collector thing to me. Just like comic books some people read and toss while others keep, the read and tossers don't negate the collectible nature of books. Anime being a physical product once it's copied to any media instantly becomes a hobby where people collect and keep the product. |
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Anime_Name said: Manga is debatable because as far as I know, there are no legal channels for reading manga online.Manga looks like a collector thing to me. Just like comic books some people read and toss while others keep, the read and tossers don't negate the collectible nature of books. Anime being a physical product once it's copied to any media instantly becomes a hobby where people collect and keep the product. Anime, however, is fully digital and can be streamed at any time. Some people decide to start collecting it in addition to watching it but that doesn't define its nature as a hobby based on entertainment and art. |
| there will be always piracy but i would have to change my hobby since i won't be able to afford the animus i watch(ed) right now. |
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| I would use whatever free streaming sites are available. I might buy some anime on BD on a rare occasion if I really want to see it. Even after I finish Uni and get a job, I need to save up for a wedding, a house, etc. |
| My interest would diminish and I'd probably be way more selective about what I buy. |
| Yeah nobody collects streams. Although digital distribution is rather new and the foundation of the industry has been and continues to be physical goods, which are aimed at collectors. |
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| Well, I'd pay for crunchyroll if they subbed every series every season. I'd pay for DVDs if the shows I wanted to watch were licensed. But what if there were unlicensed shows that I wanted to watch? Would there be no fansubs in this scenario, or would the fansubs cost money? Because I'd buy the fansubbed bootlegs of shows I was interested in. Bottom line, if it's still acquirable, I'd pay for it. Of course my consumption would go way down, but I'd still watch the shows that piqued my interest. |
| I don't really watch anime anymore so yeah I guess I wouldn't continue. But when I get bored maybe I'll just go to my anime club or something |
| For animes, i'll rent the DVDs. As for manga, i will save up and get them(only those that i feel like reading it). |
| Why can't you guys just watch from cable/etc tv ? You don't have to buy the dvd, you can just follow it up by watching tv. Its cheaper that way :) but its limited to certain anime |
| Actually glad that nepal is facing disaster |
| I'd continue but I'll probably start searching for other hobbies since I won't be able to get a job yet. >.> |
| I am an adult, so I already buy most anime that I watch. I put about $30 a week towards my hobby. Not hard to do with employment. |
| If I get incredibly dedicated then probably yes e.g. get a job and start funding myself to get more anime and manga But it won't be anytime soon that people will try to make/find a way to make stuff free like they always had |
| I buy anime dvd's all the time so yea i would. |
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| I would pay to stream, and buy other stuff on occasion. |
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