IDK who this expert is, but “core anime fans” are absolutely not watching anime on Netflix or other “mainstream” streaming sites.
They’re pirating. We all are. Because pirating is literally the same as watching through those other sites, except it doesnt cost us money.
Because pirating is literally the same as watching through those other sites
This is absolutely not true!
The pirated versions have better subs and editors notes to translate signage, explain/translate in-jokes, and cultural differences, not to mention the onomatopoeia that most “streaming sites” never bother to translate.
If you’re watching anything other than the pirate version, you’re probably missing out on some things.
When I said that I really meant with regards to the anime studio getting money from the viewer, not with the quality of the anime itself. But you are correct, anime is having a big problem with bad localization lately.
Crunchyroll used to be the pirate site :(
Now it’s the same shitty streaming quality, sometimes even worse, but with a subscription.
Plenty watch using Crunchyroll. At this point there’s only 2 anime-only sites in aware of: Crunchyroll and Hi-Dive. Even though I didn’t subscribe to Funimation, I was not happy when they were purchased by Crunchyroll. There isn’t enough competition in the area now.
No one is getting Netflix, Prime, Hulu, whatever to watch anime. I’m sure as hell not. I’ll watch what they have if I already have the service though. At best it’s a bonus. Any popular anime that’s on a non-anime only site is likely going to be pirated far more. Might even stretch that to anything not on Crunchyroll at this point.
Free sites also always have way more features and the animators don’t see a penny from the subscription fee of streaming services anyways
the animators don’t see a penny from the subscription fee of streaming services anyways
I don’t know where you got that impression, but sites like Crunchyroll definitely pay to be able to host anime on their site. Where exactly do you think that money comes from?
They pay the rightsholders, very little of this makes it to the studio and close to nothing goes to the normal employees
Sometimes the studios are the rightsholders. As for whether the animators and other staff in the industry are well compensated, I think there’s almost nothing that can be done about that. Where there is passion it will be exploited.
I mean, some subscription services do pay the IP owners, but many times it is at a reduced rate. The best thing that you can do to support your favorite studios is buy bluray releases and merch direct from the studio, or as direct as possible.
Pirating doesn’t directly pay studios, but if you pirate and then buy bluray/merch, the studio is definitely getting more of your money than if you were paying for a subscription service.
> Nascent monopoly surprised people hate that
Not me clicking the link expecting to find some alternative site that is not crunchyroll that allows me to legally watch anime and support the creator. But actually those are just companies I want to avoid just as bad as crunchyroll…
