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walw6pK4Alo
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 Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2015 6:23 pm
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Well, as long as they don't mess up anything with the list and functionality, whatever. But of course they will, because that's what buyouts and mergers always do.
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synaia
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Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2015 6:49 pm
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| pcj wrote: | | Maybe this means we'll get a working official mobile client for MAL now instead of just the third-party ones that all depend on hacks or proxies. |
Could just use the mobile version of MAL, they added one around January when the buy-out happened.
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Gasero
Joined: 24 Jul 2009
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Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2015 7:48 pm
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I think it is odd that the MyAnimeList website does not list a parent company or sister sites. If the site will have a first party relationship with other companies then that should be disclosed.
My curiosity arose because I wonder how MAL will evolve in the future. There is a lot of potential for promotional preference now that a company with direct ties to anime and manga companies is involved.
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wohdin
Joined: 10 Jun 2011
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Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2015 8:14 pm
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MAL hasn't even really been that good for a long time, there are plenty of services that now completely overshadow it. It's time for them to step up and fill in MAL's shoes of serving the community first.
| AnimeAddict2014 wrote: | | so anyone watching anime without paying for it on youtube, dailymotion or other sites.. aka ILLEGAL sites.. are pirates and should be prosecuted...
only if they have enough prison cells ..
but for fansub.. you got bad quality sub.. video compression so video quality is not the best.. |
That's cute.
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Razor/Edge
Joined: 05 Jun 2015
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Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2015 8:22 pm
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Well, this is the end of the good days of MAL. A company buying out a fanmade site never ends well. Guess i'll have to switch over to AniList once all the changes they make end up being terrible and destroy the entire foundation of the site. Too bad, but I guess a site can't be that popular without selling out. I though the guy who created the site really cared for it, but it's sad to see he's just another sell out.
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laureninspace
Joined: 29 Aug 2014
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Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2015 8:37 pm
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I use Anime Planet and that site has been doing streaming for a while. I guess I'll have to see how MAL's selection compares.
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Mr. Oshawott
Joined: 12 Mar 2012
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Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2015 8:51 pm
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| laureninspace wrote: | | I use Anime Planet and that site has been doing streaming for a while. I guess I'll have to see how MAL's selection compares. |
Lucky you- I've been using Anime Planet for quite a while now myself. 
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Veniamin
Joined: 25 Aug 2013
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Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2015 9:37 pm
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| GuruBuckaroo wrote: | | The fansub ratings were nice, but linking to the websites is questionable for a company that wants to "go legit", so I'm not surprised.
My biggest beef with MAL (aside from no integration with FB/mobile/whatever) is the refusal to list places to legally watch. I'm all for fansubs, and may or may not have a drive full of them myself, but I pay for Crunchyroll for a reason - to support the creators. I'm even considering the cheap sub-only Funimation membership to expand what I can stream.
I've always preferred MAL's DB format to ANN's as far as info. It's not as detailed, but the ability to track what you've seen is invaluable. I wish you could specify whether they displayed the titles in Romanji or English, though. |
Wouldn't it make sense to FULLY support the creators by importing the BD's?
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jymmy
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Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2015 9:56 pm
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| AnimeAddict2014 wrote: | | but for fansub.. you got bad quality sub.. video compression so video quality is not the best..
it's always funny to me.. like how they are trying to stop people from watching CAM version of movies in theaters..
did you actually watch those video?.. they are CRAP!! |
You have it backwards. While illegal streaming sites are generally the worst in every way, fansubs offer at least equal and generally superior quality to official streaming releases if you get them properly. For most shows legally streamed, people simply take the video in identical quality and release it for people to watch. People are then able to get superior video sources and either edit and, in theory, improve, the official translations or make their own. When shows aren't legally released, you get a variety of quality, from one group's fantastic release of the excellent Joshiraku to the utter drooling idiots Google Guesslating Dragon Ball Super at the moment – although people are perfectly capable of releasing garbage even if there's really no excuse.
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GuruBuckaroo
Joined: 18 Feb 2015
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Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2015 10:11 pm
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| Veniamin wrote: | |
Wouldn't it make sense to FULLY support the creators by importing the BD's? |
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA No. I buy enough of the DVDs and BluRays that are released by licensing companies here in the US. Importing Japanese releases is like someone from Canada buying prescription drugs in the US. Besides, I'd rather have something that comes in a box I can read.
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walw6pK4Alo
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Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2015 10:59 pm
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| wohdin wrote: | | MAL hasn't even really been that good for a long time, there are plenty of services that now completely overshadow it. |
Mind explaining this more? Maybe it's because I like my net not to be convoluted, but I cannot find anything wrong with MAL. It's clean, it's simple, it gives me pretty much all of the functionality I need other than a 100-point rating scale. Maybe a bit more fleshing out of the people involved for certain anime, but that's about it.
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Korogoro
Joined: 06 Apr 2015
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Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2015 1:02 am
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Next thing we know ANN will also start streaming anime. But seriously, this MAL anime streaming could be an extremely good idea or a complete mess... Probably a mess.
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BigOnAnime
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Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2015 1:26 am
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Korogoro
Joined: 06 Apr 2015
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Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2015 1:42 am
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OK, I never heard of this before... Thank you 
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SouthPacific
Joined: 24 Oct 2013
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Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2015 3:45 am
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I wonder how this will affect MAL as a whole, I can definitely see all the fansub-related stuff going away, which is quite sad.
| GuruBuckaroo wrote: | |
I'm all for fansubs, and may or may not have a drive full of them myself, but I pay for Crunchyroll for a reason - to support the creators. I'm even considering the cheap sub-only Funimation membership to expand what I can stream.
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http://seventhstyle.com/2013/09/30/crunchyroll-is-it-worth-subscribing/
Tl;dr: Subscribing to crunchyroll to support the creators is basically the equivalent of giving a Blue whale a handful of krill during its peak feeding period. During this time the Blue whale can consume 40,000,000 krill per day  .
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