Ok, I?m not going to win any friends here. Think this issue of Extra Creditz, except with anime. http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/extra-credits/2653-Piracy
So what is the problem here?
Pretty much most of the anime we have seen in the last decade or so, about the time people figured out the sometime after both figured out there was an internet and it was for more than looking at [insert supermodel?s/big name Hollywood star?s private parts here], people started using it to download stuff from it. One of them was anime, especially on the fan dub and sub site. For many people this was their gateway into anime as during the 90?s there wasn?t much out there, and up until anime?s popularity was getting back up at the turn of the millennium, there was still hardly anything on TV other than a couple programs on Toonami, and Pokemon.
Even after that, this was often the best way to get the latest shows from Japan. In some cases, distributors looked at the most popular movies and shows on these sites to see what people were watching, and going with the most popular programs.
We also have the common excuses for downloading include: it?s cheaper and I?d like to eat, or I would never pay for something like that.
The problem here is if you can afford most of the computing technology you can use to download, store, and enjoy that anime, chances are you can spend a few bucks for a subscription for Netflix or Crunchyroll, which in the long run, is a lot better then buy DVD?s for the most part. As for the other, your already wasting your time and hard drive on something worthwhile, why not put something back into the company so they can keep churning out great stuff?
So where is the problem? Money. Truth be told, this does bite into the prophets the studios make, and limits what they can do. It?s one thing if you can?t get the anime in your country yet legally, but it?s another when there are legal streaming sites. Again, what is the problem?
You ever take the time to read the credits on the shows and movies you watch? Especially past the names of actors you know? All of those extras, stuntmen and women, special effects teams, and so on and so on, would like to be paid. Most of the actors get paid upfront a set number, and while Angelina Jolie will never starve by choice (seriously, she needs to gain a few pounds back) any of the extras will not be paid so much, and depending on the DVD sales, paid even less with royalties. It?s a trickle down thing. This isn?t the paychecks of the big time actors we are worries about, it?s everyone else.
This applies to anime as much as it applies to any other product of filmmaking, and when it comes to acting, voice actors tend to follow that line of thinking as well. Well known actors, such as the cast of the Simpsons maybe getting 400K and episode, but younger actors who are still trying to make a name for themselves are still in the starving artist state. Even with more experienced, and height paid actors, they and their families tend to have become accustomed to eating now and then and would like to stay that way.
TO sum it up, if you enjoy anime, and you can get it legally, do that so we can see more good stuff. Otherwise, the anime studios tend to go with a safe bet, and well, safe bets can be anything but (and you wonder why genres you are sick of still exhist?).
So what is the problem here?
Pretty much most of the anime we have seen in the last decade or so, about the time people figured out the sometime after both figured out there was an internet and it was for more than looking at [insert supermodel?s/big name Hollywood star?s private parts here], people started using it to download stuff from it. One of them was anime, especially on the fan dub and sub site. For many people this was their gateway into anime as during the 90?s there wasn?t much out there, and up until anime?s popularity was getting back up at the turn of the millennium, there was still hardly anything on TV other than a couple programs on Toonami, and Pokemon.
Even after that, this was often the best way to get the latest shows from Japan. In some cases, distributors looked at the most popular movies and shows on these sites to see what people were watching, and going with the most popular programs.
We also have the common excuses for downloading include: it?s cheaper and I?d like to eat, or I would never pay for something like that.
The problem here is if you can afford most of the computing technology you can use to download, store, and enjoy that anime, chances are you can spend a few bucks for a subscription for Netflix or Crunchyroll, which in the long run, is a lot better then buy DVD?s for the most part. As for the other, your already wasting your time and hard drive on something worthwhile, why not put something back into the company so they can keep churning out great stuff?
So where is the problem? Money. Truth be told, this does bite into the prophets the studios make, and limits what they can do. It?s one thing if you can?t get the anime in your country yet legally, but it?s another when there are legal streaming sites. Again, what is the problem?
You ever take the time to read the credits on the shows and movies you watch? Especially past the names of actors you know? All of those extras, stuntmen and women, special effects teams, and so on and so on, would like to be paid. Most of the actors get paid upfront a set number, and while Angelina Jolie will never starve by choice (seriously, she needs to gain a few pounds back) any of the extras will not be paid so much, and depending on the DVD sales, paid even less with royalties. It?s a trickle down thing. This isn?t the paychecks of the big time actors we are worries about, it?s everyone else.
This applies to anime as much as it applies to any other product of filmmaking, and when it comes to acting, voice actors tend to follow that line of thinking as well. Well known actors, such as the cast of the Simpsons maybe getting 400K and episode, but younger actors who are still trying to make a name for themselves are still in the starving artist state. Even with more experienced, and height paid actors, they and their families tend to have become accustomed to eating now and then and would like to stay that way.
TO sum it up, if you enjoy anime, and you can get it legally, do that so we can see more good stuff. Otherwise, the anime studios tend to go with a safe bet, and well, safe bets can be anything but (and you wonder why genres you are sick of still exhist?).
