| According to Mainichi Newspaper, Fukushima Prefectural Police has arrested a 38-year-old policeman for having illegally recorded Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha: The Movie 2nd A's at the theaters. He allegedly recorded the movie three times this July and August at theaters in the cities of Fukushima and Sentai. He was caught by a staff member of the theater on August 23rd when he tried to set a camera on a seat. He has confessed that he recorded the movie for personal use at home. Source: Mainichi |
NaruleachDec 15, 2012 2:42 PM
| At least he can watch it in a theatre.. |
| Whats more damaging to this guys reputation? The fact he committed a crime, or that now everyone knows hes a near 40 year old guy watching anime about little girls? |
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| No more, eiga dorobo (movie thief) !! (the slogan used in anti-piracy ads in Japan) Gash_V-D_Hetchum said: It is actually more common than you think in Japan. When I watched K-On movie in Japan, there are a large number of middle-aged people in the theater.Respect the hero. Faith in policeman restored. Watching Nanoha... at 40? Great |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
| Personal use at home huh, we all what that is, especially when it comes to magical girls. |
| So is there an age restriction for anime ? |
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AiCon said: symbv said: Are you serious symbv? LOLNo more, eiga dorobo (movie thief) !! (the slogan used in anti-piracy ads in Japan) Gash_V-D_Hetchum said: It is actually more common than you think in Japan. When I watched K-On movie in Japan, there are a large number of middle-aged people in the theater.Respect the hero. Faith in policeman restored. Watching Nanoha... at 40? Great Well, the average population in Japan are people in their 40's so that isn't so unusual. Must have been one hell of a movie for him to record it 3 times. LOL Nanoha is one of those mahou shoujo watched by older men and less by younger girls. Hell, most mahou shoujo anime these days are like that as well. |
| Well then..Here's hoping it didn't cost his job rofl. |
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| And he didnt have the decency of uploading it for us to watch it? GIVE HIM LIFE IN PRISON |
symbv said: No more, eiga dorobo (movie thief) !! (the slogan used in anti-piracy ads in Japan) Gash_V-D_Hetchum said: It is actually more common than you think in Japan. When I watched K-On movie in Japan, there are a large number of middle-aged people in the theater.Respect the hero. Faith in policeman restored. Watching Nanoha... at 40? Great Well, that's a good thing to hear then. Paul said: Personal use at home huh, we all what that is, especially when it comes to magical girls. So...  |
| He already saw it 3 times geez. |
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Paul said: Not really, the biggest mahou shoujo anime is PreCure, and despite a substantial number of adult fans, the main audience are still for young girls. For Nanoha, bear in mind that it is a midnight anime, a time slot that young girls are never supposed to be watching TV.Nanoha is one of those mahou shoujo watched by older men and less by younger girls. Hell, most mahou shoujo anime these days are like that as well. |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
| No age limit on anime. "He was caught by a staff of the theater on August 23rd when he tried set a camera on the seat." But LOL. You could try to hide it at least. |
| He filmed it three times, what an idiot, first of all he was most likely using a digital camera, he could've edited it, saved it as any video format then copied and paste the footage and he would have never been caught and could've shared with friends and family. |
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| That's why you always bring someone along to lookout in those situations |
AiCon said: I don't see why there should be age discrimination for enjoying anime. I watched Gundam when it was first aired in 1979 so you can see my age is not young, and I went to theater to watch K-On movie. Why is it so creepy? And the tissue joke is a pretty distasteful bad joke too.LOL That's really creepy and funny at the same time. I can imagine the movie theater being littered with lots of tissues at the end of every screening. |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
| That's the police for you. There're worse crimes to commit for cops out there (that unfortunately ARE committed by cops), but well, no nice role model, especially with THIS job. :/ |
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AiCon said: Hoppy said: May be the footage he shot was full of "weird sounds" and couldn't be used.He filmed it three times, what an idiot, first of all he was most likely using a digital camera, he could've edited it, saved it as any video format then copied and paste the footage and he would have never been caught and could've shared with friends and family. I doubt anyone was doing "that" in the theater. |
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| Why is this news? |
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AiCon said: Jokes using stereotype can be insensitive and offensive you know. At least we are talking about otaku ojisan, a demography group much abused by other otaku and mainstream public alike. Try the same with race or religion, and a bad joke can turn really awkward or nasty.Add that to the stereotypical image of the kind of person who'd do that and you get the joke. It was just for laughs - nothing else. It wasn't supposed to be taken seriously. |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
AiCon said: So when you said " I can imagine the movie theater being littered with lots of tissues at the end of every screening" it is directed towards that one person alone? But why should he be assumed to be making "weird sounds" at each of his filming. Because he is now a criminal and so is good target for joke? And it has nothing to do with the fact he is one of those middle-aged otaku watching Nanoha in a theater?I was only directing it towards the person who recorded it 3 times, in different cities and was caught trying to record a fourth for "personal use". |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
Gash_V-D_Hetchum said: Respect the hero. Faith in policeman restored. Watching Nanoha... at 40? Great Pretty sure Nanoha is a seinen, though. So, I'm not sure what you see wrong here? |
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AiCon said: Watching the same anime in different cities may be not common, but it is a well-known fact that many otaku watch the same anime movie in theater multiple times. This happens to K-On, Madoka and Eva and I am sure this happened in case of Nanoha movie too.Well he did admit to recording the movie 3 different times and I'm sure that he's seen it in the theater more than that. And the "weird sounds" is also a joke because of that person's need to record it 3 different times in 3 different cities for "personal use". I highly doubt that this is the average otaku in Japan and I doubt that many here think so either. |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
| This is probably the least concerning crime I've heard of a cop committing. Must be peaceful in Japan. |
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Malware said: Some fans in Japan wonder if the police should have better thing to do than catching movie piracy, like catching the terrorist making threats to KuroBas doujin events and publisher for example.This is probably the least concerning crime I've heard of a cop committing. Must be peaceful in Japan. |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
| Ok, but why 3 times lol.Maybe he wanted best quality he could possibly get with cam. |
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phoenixalia said: What's your point? That the police should have ignored it? A crime is a crime. It's not like they were investigating it. The theatre reported the crime, and the criminal was punished.symbv said: Some fans in Japan wonder if the police should have better thing to do than catching movie piracy, like catching the terrorist making threats to KuroBas doujin events and publisher for example. Personally, I agree. I'm not saying that the whole mangaka threat thing isn't a big deal, but police should do their job, no matter what the situation. |
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symbv said: Paul said: Not really, the biggest mahou shoujo anime is PreCure, and despite a substantial number of adult fans, the main audience are still for young girls. For Nanoha, bear in mind that it is a midnight anime, a time slot that young girls are never supposed to be watching TV.Nanoha is one of those mahou shoujo watched by older men and less by younger girls. Hell, most mahou shoujo anime these days are like that as well. I second this, in all honestly i actually know a lot of female friends that are more of a fan of Nanoha compared to my male friends |
MagicFlierDec 12, 2012 11:21 PM
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| he is a hero |
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symbv said: Haha that's the first thing that popped into my head when I read this. You've got to love Eiga Dorobou. He's the highlight every time I go see a movie. XDNo more, eiga dorobo (movie thief) !! (the slogan used in anti-piracy ads in Japan) |
| I have a feeling that most who posted on this news haven't seen Nanoha. well a crime is a crime whoever did it. |
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| Seriously... that's hilarious 8D |
| as much as i feel bad for him, i find this kinda funny... |
| Just recently there was a policeman who had sexually harassed a minor yet he got away with no charges. Japan has an interesting understanding of justice. |
bergil said: Source? I wonder what was the reason for pressing no charge.Just recently there was a policeman who had sexually harassed a minor yet he got away with no charges. Japan has an interesting understanding of justice. |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
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