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NEWS: Kadokawa USA Orders Halt on Fansub Links for 11 Anime

Here we go again. My opinion remains the same. There's no reason for this unless they plan to release these titles in the U.S. themselves.

some good titles there, hope it means a license, and please be faster than what it took for romeo x juliet, felt like it took funi forever to get it.

yea... Why these 11 anime?
I've only been watching Junjou Romantica from that list anyway Razz

^^^^

Everybody above my post needs to read the update.

Still hoping that Canvas2 and Spice and Wolf are potential license possibilities Razz

They better not remove it, if it's not licensed it's fair game. Kadokawa is overstepping their bounds.

I could hear the echoes laughter all the way over here. It would have been more productive if Kadokawa had said "we have licensed these for immediate distribution, so please stop fansub links", otherwise they are just pissing into the wind. Rolling Eyes

The thing I find interesting is that most of these companies keep pecking at C&Ds here and there.

Remember a couple years ago, when a certain Japanese anime company named Media Factory requested ALL of their shows be delisted, including any future shows they may create?
If Kadokawa really cared about fansubs in general it would have sent a similar request a long time ago. Instead, it chose these particular 11 shows for some unknown (as of yet) reason.
Perhaps they've decided to use them in some as-of-yet unannounced streaming project for R1 customers, or maybe they simply want a slightly stronger hand when shopping them around to the few R1 companies that are left (although good luck with that... none of these titles seem like something that could really do well today).

In any case it seems like they have some reason for this, but we just don't know what it is yet.

I just checked their website and at least one of the Animes are showing up. The anime is Mamorukun ni Megami no Shukufuku wo and its americanized title will be Venus to Mamoru. I don't see a problem with them asking the torrents be taken off a website Especially if they are licensed. anyway I view this has good news since I watched enjoyed six of the 11 that they asked be taken off the website. anyway here is the link to vensus to mamoru

http://www.kadokawapicturesusa.com/2007/10/venus_to_mamoru.php

This is so pointless. They've sent the C&D to Anime--suki but not to the individual fansub groups. There's nothing stopping them from it being torrented on another site, and pretty pointless if they're not going to be licensed.

I've remember the Media Factory thing they've sent to Anime--suki, yet I've managed to search for ARIA (one of their titles) without any problems. (looking forward to the boxset this September!).

Last edited by PantsGoblin on Wed Jun 11, 2008 4:28 am; edited 1 time in total

To quote Dr.Cox from "Scrubs": "Giant "Who Cares?!" What is going to stop me from getting these from another tracker/P2P, if I want to? It seems pointless to send a C&D to the ONLY site that would take down those series with only a simple request. If this is the "Let's show them how badass we are by picking on those who we know listen to us".....it is about as usefull as sending a C&D to annon.

Well, at least in some defense, the fansubbing of many of these shows has been long completed.

So you can't really ask some to C&D from something they long finished Smile

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And even if it's removed from bittorrent trackers, without a legal alternative to buy it'll just be reuploaded elsewhere.

The only way these sorts of these would be in the least bit effective is coupled with the phrase "And you can purchase these shows from XXXX for $XXXX"

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