| The japanese actually don't handle the internet very well so I'm not convinced it's that big of a thing over there. Also the policies against it are fairly harsh IIRC. What does happen is a lot of people use VCRs to record their favorite latenight anime. There's even a weekly chart for that. There's also people reverse importing the licensed versions of an anime from the west because it's cheaper than buying it in japan. That being said I'm sure there are some ways to illegally watch anime, like nyaa. I just wouldn't know about them and I'm pretty sure it's not nearly as common as here based on knowing how japanese kids and young adults treat the internet. |
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cherryblossom519 said: I don't know how they watch anime, but it must be so much easier. Don't have to pay for DVDs/legal stuff, don't have to illegally stream it. In fact japanese people have to pay much more for their DVDs and BDs since they're expensive as fuck. Not sure where you're getting the information that they don't have to pay for those in Japan. |
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| Only in the major cities is where it is easy to watch anime on TV in Japan, there's also another hurdle in that some anime air only on pay TV channels or have delaycasts on those that aren't pay TV channels and yes they have their own illegal streaming sites. Even worse is that legal streaming OFTEN goes the delaycast route for a lot of anime especially NND and airs 5 days to a few weeks after the initial TV broadcasts including the delaycasts on TV. |
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| Maybe they watch it on Tv Tokyo site? I had seen it once , they release the episodes without subs |
| My friend who lives in Tokyo downloads his anime, he doesn't watch anime anymore. His download speed is ~160 mbps so he pretty much instant downloads episodes. I kid you not, I was surprised when he showed me his internet speed test and by the fact that he downloaded a 1.2GB game on Steam, that took me 20 minutes, within 1 minute. |
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Zeus- said: hitowy said: I always thought they just recorded it on TVI would assume that they don't just watch on TV, since that would be inconvenient due to different people's schedules. And if so do they have legal sites with full libraries of anime like k***anime? Also are there many illegal streaming sites in Japan? that's what I would do if I lived there plus I saw it on Lucky Star lol Screw Lucky Star, you could've gotten that important information from a vastly superior comedy: |
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| They record it on tv. The average Japanese is less technologically literate than the average western. I mean look how long it took them to get into the smartphone era. Though some download stuff. Internet streaming is hard in Japan though, especially with copyrights. |
| They record it on tv. The average Japanese is less technologically literate than the average western. I mean look how long it took them to get into the smartphone era. Though some download stuff. Internet streaming is hard in Japan though, especially with copyrights. |
Pullman said: Fixed that for you.The japanese actually don't handle the piracy very well so I'm not convinced it's that big of a thing over there. Japanese people is avid internet user but they just not that good with piracy because somehow the police can easily track them down. |
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FinalSynFrey said: I don't know much detail about it but afaic, despite the fact that japanese people really loves One Piece, they really sucks when it comes to pirating.tr1ckst3r said: Fixed that for you. Japanese people is avid internet user but they just not that good with piracy because somehow the police can easily track them down. Isn't that the Anti-Download law that was passed in 2012? Normally, they would go after the uploader of said copyrighted content, but now, they go after those who download copyrighted content. |
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| just like other countries... they have sites |
| They watch it on TV and sometime record them if the time/schedule not convenient for them. Japan didn't go for piracy because there's no need for them to do so. |
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hitowy said: I would assume that they don't just watch on TV, since that would be inconvenient due to different people's schedules. And if so do they have legal sites with full libraries of anime like k***anime? Also are there many illegal streaming sites in Japan? You are aware that technology to record stuff off television and watch it later has existed since the early 60s right? Maybe they use a DVR or VCR. Though, yes, I'm sure some of them may just stream it somewhere like any tech savy pirate. |
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Pullman said: cherryblossom519 said: I don't know how they watch anime, but it must be so much easier. Don't have to pay for DVDs/legal stuff, don't have to illegally stream it. In fact japanese people have to pay much more for their DVDs and BDs since they're expensive as fuck. Not sure where you're getting the information that they don't have to pay for those in Japan. Fun fact, you can get many of those "expensive as fuck" Blu-Rays and DVDs for a fraction of the price on the secondhand market. There are used Anime shops all over Tokyo. I found stuff that resellers try to sell for $300 on ebay for like $40 in Japan. |
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| There are lots of legal Japanese streaming sites, guys. Niconico has pretty much every currently airing show but there are also other services like Yahoo! (no, really). Here's a list of what Love Live! Sunshine is being streamed on, for an idea of where popular series are streamed. Note that most of these are Japan-only. So, y'know, the options are there. Most people probably do just watch it on TV or record it for when it's not 2AM but there are many legal streaming options. |
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| If you turn a TV on in Japan and you find an anime it'll be One Piece. That ones the SpongeBob of anime. |
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| they also use nico-nico...the ones that watch legally that is. |
| You can buy lossless digital music from your favorite Japanese artists on https://ototoy.jp/. The songs are all DRM-free and you can re-download your purchased albums as you wish. Show your support to your favorite artist if you can! ps. if you are looking for Japanese albums, you have to search it in Japanese (not romaji). Just copy and paste the name. For those who want to learn Japanese through anime Resources for learning the language |
| As other have already said,there are many ways: TV broadcast,TV recording,streaming (nico-nico video),buying BDs and some probably also download illegal torrents. And I've also heard that video rental shops still exist there,so some people just rent anime DVDs. |
| I imagine they have smart TV's or DVD players that are Wifi enabled with the appropriate apps so they can stream anime or movies etc., the technology has been changing so more videos are watched this way, instead of just laptops, and much of that tech is being made by Japanese companies like Sony. So I guess they may do that more in the future. |
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