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Hey, Answerman! [2010-05-15]

AFAIK Animax Asia's dubs are done in Hong Kong and the Philippines. I think Odex was the only one doing dubs in Singapore. In any case, yeah the dubs are done very quickly and cheaply.

Animax was airing a lot of promos with the K-On! seiyuu, but the subtitled airing was only at midnight.

"the fansub kiddies are just leeches and scoundrels and don't know the true worth and value of things"

Here is a cartoon approximation of what happened after I clicked on his link.

Actually, there have been quite a few shows that have gone from streaming on Crunchyroll to a DVD release.

And here's a shocker - the Japanese don't print the color pages in color in the tanks either. You only get color pages if you buy the original magazine.

Second: All North American manga releases are printed LARGER than the original Japanese tankobons. And here's a shocker - the Japanese don't print the color pages in color in the tanks either. You only get color pages if you buy the original magazine. Any lackluster covers you've run across are almost always the original covers, and the paper quality is about the same.

... And here's a shocker - the Japanese don't print the color pages in color in the tanks either. You only get color pages if you buy the original magazine.

One of the main factors that restricts my usage of Crunchyroll —save legal red tape— is the fact that the list of available titles I'd be able to purchase on DVD after enjoying is still somewhat slim. I opted to cease my viewing of White Album and So Ra No Wo To owing to a suspicion that no DVD release for such titles was likely. Though one could say I look a gift horse in the mouth, what CR offers does not rest well with a shelf-oriented mentality.

So what you are saying is that you watch a streaming series primarily to decide what is worth acquiring for your shelves, rather than, as some might do, watch it to enjoy the show?

I'd be happy if you asked whether that was in issue with anyone else in a Poll entry in the Crunchyroll Feedback section. I had a list of other reasons why I'd like to see CR try to help get some series over the hurdle into DVD distribution, but I've never thought of that one.

I generally only stream series that I'm thinking about buying. I watch an episode or 2 and read some information about it and some reviews. What's wrong with that?

spartydragon wrote:

And here's a shocker - the Japanese don't print the color pages in color in the tanks either. You only get color pages if you buy the original magazine.

The Japanese tanks don't print the chapter color pages, but there are 1-2 color pages (2-4 page sides) at the front of all of the tanks on my shelves. I've read many a complaint about US publishers skipping those glossy color pages in their releases, and I assumed these were what the original poster was referring to. Can't say for sure, but it was certainly the first thing that came to mind for me.

Yeah I think I exhibit similar behavior.

Partly it's a side-effect of, if, before I finish watching a series, I've already decided I like it so much that I go pre-order the whole thing on BD, then at that point it becomes less significant whether I keep watching the stream or just watch the rest when the BDs arrive.

The other thing is that the quality on BDs is so much higher than on streams that I much prefer to watch shows that way. But they're expensive so I'd rather not blind buy everything. (Talking about Japanese market BD's mostly, since there aren't many foreign BD releases yet. At North American prices it's easy to blind buy stuff, heh.) So I do often go to Crunchyroll or wherever with the mindset of "OK, let's see what BDs I want to buy this season!" rather than "OK, let's watch some anime!"

PHOTOSHOPPED!!! OMG. Japanese releases are always the best quality everrr!!! If they turn yellow, that means they're even better. It's like alchemy!!!

But really, just kidding.

I'm sorry, but I just have to ask one question.

WHAT...is the POINT...of acting like this?

What's the POINT of all the contempt and the "burn the pirate/infidel" attitude? Does it help anything? At all? Even remotely? NO. If you have a good point, it'll stand fine on its own without contempt. And no, "YOU are what's killing the industry and starving these people's children!" doesn't count. Nor does "You are bad and you should feel bad!" or "I am a TRUE FAN and you are not!" Hell, I'd even go so far as to say that direct condemnation and reprimanding in general are worthless in this case. (Asking politely might not be.)

ikillchicken wrote:

Perhaps you mean to say I don't need everything Japan has

Or perhaps he meant your not entitled to everything Japan has. you need a reason not to? How about you didn't pay for it and it's just plain wrong and your a douchbag for thinking you have some reason you should be allowed to just download it anyway.