Anime Discussion Thread - Page 1800

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On January 28 2012 06:47 matiK23 wrote:
So where are we watching anime now that Megavideo is no more?

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On January 28 2012 07:02 Ryndika wrote:

What subgroups do you suggest?

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On January 28 2012 07:02 Ryndika wrote:
Hello, I was just watching last ep of Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu. There is 2 things I'd liek to ask. First of all, I had problems watching last ep because most of the streaming hosts are down. I ended up watching half of it from some random place and other half from other place, quality being shit ofc. So how do people watch anime nowadays? Torrent it? If so is there a site dedicated to this where you also can get older animes? (Like having more than 0-2 seeders).
Some animes are just near impossible to watch. I watched petite cossette from megavideo, and I don't know anymore how to watch it.

Other question is that, was the season 1 ending spoiler>+ Show Spoiler +


What subgroups do you suggest?

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On January 28 2012 06:47 matiK23 wrote:
So where are we watching anime now that Megavideo is no more?

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On January 28 2012 07:48 xrapture wrote:


Preferably at home on Netflix or from a dvd you bought, instead of pirating, stealing money from the people that produced the content, and giving evidence that SOPA may be worthwhile.

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On January 28 2012 07:48 xrapture wrote:


Preferably at home on Netflix or from a dvd you bought, instead of pirating, stealing money from the people that produced the content, and giving evidence that SOPA may be worthwhile.

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On January 28 2012 07:48 xrapture wrote:


Preferably at home on Netflix or from a dvd you bought, instead of pirating, stealing money from the people that produced the content, and giving evidence that SOPA may be worthwhile.

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On January 28 2012 07:48 xrapture wrote:


Preferably at home on Netflix or from a dvd you bought, instead of pirating, stealing money from the people that produced the content, and giving evidence that SOPA may be worthwhile.

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On January 28 2012 07:53 Ecael wrote:

Real morals.

Shrug, availability of anime by official sources in other regions tends to be poor, suffering though official subs or even worse, dubs, is pretty horrifying. If you are going to take a moral highground, at least offer more viable sources like crunchyroll.

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On January 28 2012 07:55 Ryndika wrote:

Where do you buy anime? I could only find few to buy but couldn't find Elfen lied, Mind game, Bakemonogatari/Nisemonogatari, Yosuga no Sora, REC, Genshiken - just some of my favourite animes I love.

There's also limit on what sites people dare to put credit card info..
(contains content related to ethics)+ Show Spoiler +

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On January 28 2012 08:00 Emnjay808 wrote:


I bought the Crunchyroll membership for my little sister so she can watch anime, thats the only way I could support official groups. Other than that, access to the anime I want is very limited unless I download it illegally.

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On January 28 2012 08:06 xrapture wrote:
I don't understand how so many of you can support theft.

... Really?

Since when is OK to steal if you can't afford something and don't like the alternatives?

"I really want this Rolex watch, but I can't afford it. I don't like the cheaper watches either, I guess I'll steal the Rolex!"

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On January 28 2012 08:05 Ecael wrote:

There was that thread about piracy of knowledge and such in forms of self-help books or textbooks should be free, I had a good laugh at that. That said, trying to suggest that getting contents that are meant to be distributed for money at no cost is not incurring losses on the provider is silly. The losses might not be actualized, you might simply not want to bother with the product at all if it is priced, etc, the act in itself is still stealing essentially. I don't really see the point in trying to justify that just so that you can feel better. Reasonable amount and reasonable method? What is that, lol. They have an international market with different cultures and shitty logistics to overcome. The reasonable amount to them and to you is obviously going to be different. If anything, as the providers, they should have the say on what is reasonable. What you feel on the matter is frankly completely irrelevant.

Bake/Nise getting official DVD would be sad, I'd hate to see English for that. Yosuga and REC both not licensed here probably. Genshiken I don't know, Elfen Lied definitely should have something in English, and nfc what mind game is supposed to be.

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On January 28 2012 08:20 Ryndika wrote:

I spoilered it because I have no desire to start talking about moral and ethics to someone I don't know irl, is from totally different culture and in internet forum. Please respond to post itself and dont attach to other peoples morals.

However leaving ethic, foaming and arrogance like that aside (like you said it's silly to think something because "?" - because copy=stealing) I don't feel a bit bad for pirating anime. But I'm not either gonna say you are wrong, I'd like to just have some objective reasoning and not subjective terms and personal morals. Actually I'm not sure if I've actually pirated any episodes yet..

Is this international market a website you can buy anime with subs or a theme/idea whatever? (Not native english speaker.)
By reasonable price I meant that elfen lied shouldn't cost 140€ especially when you don't know what you will get.
Reasonable method like steam/iTunes or from local Mall.

My problem and wonder how to get those animes legimately? In my original post I didn't actually imo represent myself as some kind of "FREE MOVIES FOR EVERYONE"-guy.
Would love to see answer to that.

e: Mind Game is a good movie. I recommend it.

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On January 28 2012 08:32 Ecael wrote:

My point is merely that there is nothing to justify piracy. I don't condone it, nor do I say that you shouldn't do it. It is just nonsensical to try to justify an action that's clearly harmful to the content providers, especially with your sense of "reasonable" price and method. If we are to discuss how things should get done ideally, yeah, a lot of what you consider reasonable would in fact be so. That means nothing in light of how things are actually done though.

The content providers are slowly working with other methods of gaining revenue like using online distribution (more streaming than the iTunes/steam kind that you are thinking) w/ ads and such, but they have a pretty long way to go. Part of the problem is a cultural barrier, and part the fact that the international market is simply not large enough to be worth them paying attention to. The local mall idea simply doesn't work because no one in their right mind would want to stock non-mainstream anime because they too don't know who will buy them.

Incidentally, why shouldn't Elfen Lied cost 140? It costs a shitton to the Japanese as well.

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On January 28 2012 08:37 Ryndika wrote:

Yes obviously local mall wouldn't work. I was just wondering what is legit way to get this awesome stuff.

Because none of persons that are not in fulltime job couldn't afford it. No one I know would spent 140 on something you don't know at all.
If you think that anime should be hobby only of those who have fulltime job, and not only that, could afford really hundreds of euros on just anime, then I think your point is valid.

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e: There is also certain price range where you get alot customers and that way lower prices means more money. I haven't studied this in college very much and from here we would go pretty deep in economics, where I know nothing.

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On January 28 2012 08:40 Ecael wrote:

Hardly, this is just a case of really shitty business leading to stealing as the best way things could turn out for both parties.

The best legit ways are through what that guy mentioned, Netflix (and other similar stream services, like Crunchyroll) and buying DVDs. Not all that many options here unless you don't need subs or would import anime merchandise.

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