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NEWS: Anime News Network Streams Kite: Liberator

Does it suck that much that MB just gave it away?

samuelp wrote:

But worldwide will never actually be that, because Japan will always be excluded. Get me a show with true worldwide, no access restrictions, and then I'll be impressed

Hmmm lemme look... nope, "impress samuelp" isn't on my to-do list.

-t

The stream is free to view and ad-supported. A higher quality version is available to the website's subscribers. ANN's license to stream Kite: Liberator was acquired from North American anime distributor Media Blasters, and therefore ANN is only able to make the video available to North American viewers.

What is this fail boat right here? I thought ANN had more sense than this. Oh well.

Seriously, Conan-san, do you really have nothing better to do? We know you get pissed off because few streams are available legally outside of American, but must you troll every single thread where this is discussed? I've explained and explained why this happens and yet you choose to either ignore me or not care. It's getting old.

jsevakis wrote:

Seriously, Conan-san, do you really have nothing better to do? We know you get pissed off because few streams are available legally outside of American, but must you troll every single thread where this is discussed? I've explained and explained why this happens and yet you choose to either ignore me or not care. It's getting old.

I'm truly sorry I want to legally watch these shows and thus negate a good 3/4 of the complaints levied at myself and fellow anime connoisseurs and for whatever, draconian, reason of red tape of the most ludicrous kind coupled with the fact that I live in the United Kingdom (Scotland if you want to be specific) means that I am effectively bared from doing so and seeing as there is no other option available to me besides import DVDs (which is a gamble which could lead to buying £30 of broken by customs disks, and, if you pardon my want of free items, negates the whole point of having a video right there to try the show in the first place) then I am forced to go the illegal route which entails things too crude for this message.

I am aware of the issues do prevent, what is in my mind, the perfect ideal of a website that legally plays shows for all, regardless of where they come from. However, I am of the belief that limiting the otherwise world wide web site in it's video service to Americans is both offensive to non Americans and portrays a lack of care for the, surely, thousands of non American users who use this site on a regular basis.

What will be next? Barring people from reading Anime News Nina because whatever luid advertisement asking me if I watch anime in the bath or whilst pinning down Mikuru Asahina to do god knows what is not getting enough money from non Americans? Blocking me from reading Right Turn Only because, oh, it's American releases and thus it's openly assumed that I don't care?
It's videos now, but if it's not fixed now and changed to a far more positive situation for all, where else?

The joke is, of course, it's Kite Liberators we're talking about here but maybe I would have liked it and bought it, but of course, because I'm non American, I'm sure that both you and Media Blasters don't have a care.

In short, this sort of region coding nonsense is something I'd expect of a lesser website like crunchyroll. However, if you wish to present yourselves on that level, then be my guest.

and seeing as there is no other option available to me besides import DVDs (which is a gamble which could lead to buying £30 of broken by customs disks, and, if you pardon my want of free items, negates the whole point of having a video right there to try the show in the first place) then I am forced to go the illegal route which entails things too crude for this message.