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scoobdog
 Posts: 2 Location: Artesia, CA |
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Having gotten to anime later in life, I've always been an outsider to the fansub phenomenon. But, the idea that there would be competition has really changed my perception: it never occurred to me that personal competition could be so central the fansubbing culture.
I'm glad to see that someone as knowledgeable as Tofusensei can see the same kind of solution that a lot of other people less intimate to the situation also see. |
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cool3865
 Posts: 770 Location: Austin, TX |
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its just the start, i have a feeling in 5 years or so we can have more anime TV channels........with the internet being better and more and more people getting exposed to anime as it starts to surpass american cartoons. look at american cartoons, they are starting to look like japanamation (actually i think some of them are drawn and animated from japanese co.). i dont think anyone could forsee this 15 or 20 years ago. i liked this article, it shows just how much time and dedication goes into a fansub group. alot of times i download (will admit) fansubs for shows that are brand new in japan or i haven't seen, mainly for a try before you buy type of thing. there are alot of shows that people have told me about and after about 3 episodes i will then go out and buy it on VHS (if avalible) or on DVD to support the companies. |
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Ai no Kareshi
 Posts: 561 Location: South Africa |
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Thank you ANN, thank you Zac, and thank you Tofusensei for this fascinating interview. This was some of the most interesting reading material I've seen in a while.
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Dante80
 Posts: 218 Location: Athens Greece |
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QFT, and thank you ANN for this feature... 
I think this could be solved too. R1 DVDs will definitely need more time to produce and release since you have to make the dub too. If you combine now a download to own // high quality streaming initial phase with the later release of physical media, and give the fans the incentive to follow both (for example, every eps you download provides a discount for the later purchase of the DVD) I think it is possible to make fansubs obsolete, boost the R1 market and avoid reverse importation issues. |
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HeeroTX
Posts: 2046 Location: Austin, TX |
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Another reason I support "subscription" based model instead of "pay per episode" is because it will work. There are already "fansub" sites (as mentioned in the interview) that charge a fee for access and people PAY that. If companies took that role and did it officially, it would work. I think more people would also be inclined to pay a flat rate to "sample" many shows rather than being forced to choose which shows to support even for lower rates and higher speed. I know I'd pay for "simultaneous" pro-sub downloads if it was a "subscription/channel" model, and I'd be MUCH more selective and watch buy "less" if it was a "per episode" model. Other than that though, great interview. I ALSO agree on the strong body/weak heart, but I disagree on the reason, or maybe just want to clarify it. I think there's too many people in the fandom as "the thing to do" rather than because they like anime. |
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nikolai131
 Posts: 4 Location: Bulgaria |
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Great Interview Guys
But I got some objections: 1. I know it's good to buy the DVD's when they come out, but here in BULGARIA there is no such a thing as that. There's not such a place as an Anime shop or something like that... But if it's available here I would buy it instead of watching fansubbers. 2. I don't like English DUBBED AnimeS at all... I prefer subs 
So The fansubbers are of GREAT help to the people of some countryes and I support them FULLY~ |
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Katsu Koneko
 Posts: 134 Location: California |
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X3 Awesome interview, it was very informative. :3 This was also the most interesting reading material I've seen in a while too.
Though.. What if the licensed anime is released only as DUB-only DVDs, e.g. Digimon, Konjiki no Gash Bell, Pokemon, Shaman King, Yu-Gi-Oh, etc. I'd really like the companies to release some SUB DVDs of those series. |
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Clodus
 Posts: 497 Location: Kansas |
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While personally I have already done past research about the inside and out of fansubs due to fan curiosity. It was good to see the ethical views behind it. I sincerely respect the attitude that all fansubs are bad however at the same time its personally understandable to keep doing it. Like the paradox statement we are helping the anime industry at the same time hurting it. In the long run however, I would prefer to see a fix on the problem and though it would hurt at first. I wouldn't mind losing an 'free' entertainment source because I feel its an entertainment worth paying for. Its in human nature as long as anime is easily accessible and free, people will always pick fansubs.
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Elves
 Posts: 269 Location: USA |
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Thanks goes to Tofusensei for sitting down and sharing his viewpoints from the fansubber side. Thanks to ANN for posting it, and for getting different takes on the same much-talked-about-subject. Very interesting interview and well written. I'm glad I read the whole thing.
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DeathNote20XX
Posts: 15 Location: Tennessee |
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This interview was so good I read all of it and it's almost 4 a.m. where I live.
 So mucho kudos to everyone who allowed this interview to take place.
And this article has opened up my eyes in some aspects of fansubbers. For the longest time I believed that many fansub groups were just being more forceful in fansubbing every anime series. Now I see it's this younger faction of fansub groups that just want to be glory hogs. Overall I agree with Tofu's comments about the American anime industry. They've got to kick it up a few levels otherwise more will fall like Geneon did. |
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Ohoni
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The American companies just need to beat the Japanese companies over the head until they stop that. It's a really stupid position to hold. I mean, the Japanese raws are ALWAYS up before the fansubs, if reverse importation was an issue then Japanese fans already have an outlet for that.
Not any more ridiculous than any number of other things people get up to on the Internet. Quite a bit less ridiculous than many of them, really. They're providing a valuable service to an appreciative community, and have fun doing it. Nothing wrong with that.
Eh. Maybe. So what? All that would change is that SOME people would pay rather than NONE, net gain! Look, any anime that airs on US TV is available on the Internet as soon as it airs. Any TV show that airs on US TV is on the Internet as soon as it airs. Yet sitll, millions of people watch these programs on comercial television, or download off of legal streaming sources, so clearly the "if it's avaialble for free then EVERYONE will choose the free option" does not hold true. Personally, though, I'd take the usual bit-torrent downloads over the streams any day, because I hate streaming media as a distro method, and love torrented AVIs as a distro method. I might be more inclined to drop a buck or two per ep as a "donation" to an official site streaming a show I enjoyed, even if I didn't actually watch their stream of it, than I would of paying for a DVD that I'd never bother to open anyways.
Sure, although the Japanese channels would still need some form of subtitling, because there's no point if most people can't understand it.
It would need to be some sort of Internet-based channel, most likely. I do kind of get the feeling that over the next 5-10 years most TV channels will be more "on demand" than they are now, and people will be able to pick and choose their own cable line-up ala carte (for example I currently get Hallmark Channel, Univision, ESPN, etc., all of which I have NO use for, while I lack many channels I do want, like History International, whatever anime channels are out there, etc.) |
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teh*darkness
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(1) The Japanese do not get to watch anime for free. Same as in the US, they have to pay for cable television in order to watch most anime, other than shows like Doraemon or Sazae-san. (2) Many anime are broadcast on satellite networks, which you must pay for separately, akin to our HBO/Showtime packages alongside digital cable. (3) Commercials on Japanese television do not pay for the anime being there. It is not ad-supported like in the US, where the network pays to air the show and sells airtime for commercials to make back what they paid for the show. In Japan, the production company/distributor pays the network to broadcast the show, in order to increase awareness and hopefully increase the number of people who will buy the DVDs. Revenue from commercials aired during programming goes straight to the network. This is why R2 DVD prices are so high, because they have to recoup not only production costs, but broadcast costs as well. However, if they were to hire dual-native speakers (Japanese people raised in the US, English speaking people raised in Japan), and had them translate the scripts before airing, so that they could be streamed online with an English translation same-day as the initial broadcast from their website with a per-episode/monthly fee, there's no reason they wouldn't be able to make money. I see no end of people who 'say' they would support this, but also I see the number of people I've come into contact with that pay monthly fees to Naruto***.com in order to download whatever series Tazmo hosts on his site, or other such websites which charge fees to download their collection of fansubs. Also, the ad-supported low quality/fee-based high quality option could work, but only if companies felt that doing so would help them to sell products to the target audience. If it's being streamed from the Japanese company's site (since this model would most likely pre-date any R1 licensing issues), the Japanese companies would need to find R1 companies who wanted to take a chance selling products through this model. That could take a while to come to fruition, but the concept could work. |
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ikillchicken
 Posts: 7272 Location: Vancouver |
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I have to say, I have significantly less respect for fansubbers after that. So much for any sort of noble motives or anything. Especially with the "new generation" of fansubbers he described it seems to come down to "We don't care if it's hurting the industry. We do it because it's fun and makes us popular on teh internet." It's really selfish and kinda pathetic.
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mrploddy
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Yes there are a new breed of fansubbers who couldn't give a monkey's but old timers who uphold the founding values of fansubbing still exist.
Tofu is OLD OLD school =P I'm mid school (early 04) but I came in to the game before the rise of Rizon and groups like Shinsen.... -mrploddy |
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nikolai131
Posts: 4 Location: Bulgaria |
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I just don't care as long as I can watch Anime~
It's NOT ONLY ABOUT JAPAN/US What about the other countryes... I think u can found Anime mainly in Japan/US/UK/German AND THAT SUX It won't be fare to kick out the fansubbers!!! And Geneon failed cauze they didn't pick many projects... And what's the point to watch a series YEARS after they released in Japan and even with a crappy DUB~ |
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