Forum - View topicNEWS: Bandai Channel Blocked from Foreign Access
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Omega13
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Did they just block certain parts of the site? I'm definitely not in Japan, and the link on the main page seemed to work fine.
Edit: Ah, never mind. I went back and actually waited for the video clip to load. It was a frowny-face and said 'Sorry, you cannot access the contents." |
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burzmali
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Good thing there aren't any proxy servers in Japan.
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dormcat
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According to their FAQ:
Roughly translated:
It seems like proxy servers are not allowed even for Japanese users. The FAQ page teaches users how to disable proxy. And don't open its index page with Firefox. It'll crash. |
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Omega13
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Hmm...that's where I opened it preceeding my first post and had no problems. |
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ichido reichan
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like that is going to stop them....
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hikaru004
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Oh well, I hope that they bring Flag over when it's done then.
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Zalis116
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Okay, they bitch about non-Japanese fans stealing anime via fansubs, but they block off a legal avenue that people who don't download fansubs might actually use to check out new series? I can just hear Dark Helmet now, "Evil will win because Good is dumb."
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Romuska
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Suddenly I don't feel bad at all for watching fansubs.
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Riyousha
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I see why did that. They blocked it because Bandai Channle is only for people living in Japan.
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otimus
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Unless they did this because a Bandai Channel is coming to America (Which it likely isn't), I consider this a total jerk move.
Though, I am glad to NOT see the usual mindless-defense from my fellow anime fans of it. Thank god for that. |
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karatedog
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Well, they might as well close the airports, coz Japan is for the Japanese people, huhh?. 
I would understand copyright reasons, but that's free content they are streaming there. |
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Thefluff
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its always fun when you discover something cool because its being taken away
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Shiroi Hane
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Semi related, when I updated my PSP firmware there was a new option called PortableTV where you can download episodes of My-Otome for 100yen (as well as at least one free episode of something-or-other), but after struggling with it for ages (requires login but doesn't tell you how to get one) managed to get to the so-net registration page from a PC which requires a Japanese postal address and payment card
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Chamelion-Sama
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This sucks because Ajin specifically I've been trying to watch for a couple weeks, and I don't like the fansubs that people post, and I also don't have Netflix, I do have hulu, but unfortunately it is not in syndication (due to it being a Netflix original), so I finally found a link to the series through Bandai (unsubbed), but it requires payment to watch, and I'm broke, I do have an external JP bank account, but with no money in it yet, so just to Bandai Namco corporation (Kabushiki gaisha Bandai Namco) make it free again please[/code]
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