Why Good Anime Is Hard To Make
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"Ok, I'll start spending more of my money on merch."
*checks wallet*
"Oh. Nevermind, then. I'm sorry, anime."
same, sacrifices had to be made anime. it's you or food.
One of the biggest pitfalls is that most anime fans are Generation Z; jobless, in school, & still living with their parents. You think they'd make more anime with adult protagonists to appeal to the wallets of Generations X & Y, or more family friendly stuff with a broader, less niche appeal that can be aired on prime time TV that a child, teenager, & adult could watch together. Or maybe they should aim for small children & toddlers; parents buy them whatever they want & they could even make quick buck off school supplies, clothing, & bedroom sets.
+Urbex Bootleg Glitch Exactly this. It's hard to get the older generations into anime: my mom won't watch even adult series in her genre. It's just ingrained into her brain to reject cartoons.
Meanwhile, parents will buy tons if stuff for their kids. Look at Disney. But the video mentions that they pander to younger audiences. But American parents aren't buying.
Aubren Try to get her to watch Grave of the Fireflies. I made my gran'ma cry through that one.
my problem is that I don't want merch, don't have space for it and I just... don't want it? Streaming services like crunchy roll suck so I'm limited in my options for supporting anime, kinda wish they'd all just have a page on a website somewhere that accepts donations.
People who say we are in the golden age of anime have no idea what they are talking about.
iron mask of hell Well, more anime is being made now than it was ever was. All of it maybe not be good mind you but the industry is doing fine money wise.
iron mask of hell the majority of good shows that come out now a days is allot higher then it was years ago. so yea we kinda are in a golden age.
+skrili I believe he's referring to quality, but honestly, the 90s were no different. They've already had niche markets in mind back then and some studios were meeting their end, so a lot of the works created in that decade were god awful much like the ones today if not worse. The only reason I could understand why previous eras (I'm guessing the 80s/90s) seem to have better works is because there wasn't an overwhelming amount of anime produced during those times, so the good stuff sticks out more easily. Now, if he meant profits, I'd say we're in the Golden age of anime right now. Many 80s/90s anime weren't dubbed/subbed until the early 2000s, well in the US at the very least, so different animations from different times were lumped together with the newer ones, the older ones tend to be overlooked. This was also around the time studios fell apart and had to resort to making otaku-centric anime, so much of that was brought to the west and lo and behold, everyone (the studios) jumped the bandwagon when these dying studios raked in truckloads of profits.
+iron mask of hell well you have access to old anime and new ones, and I have found great new anime shows to watch (and I am pretty picky in that).
so true
This video's auto-generated English captions are actually 99% perfect. It's incredible.
MrKingFunk how the hell?? Digibro has the perfect RUclips voice. I'm in awe.
@@Wadacup simp 🗿
@@bnashtay2278 lmao thank you for this blast from the past
@@Wadacup you are welcome 😁
Yeah true as a non-native speaker I often don't get some mumbled words in videos but Digi's pronunciation is godlike
You cant buy an anime if there is no legal source of it in your country.
import.
@@Superphilipp or, I dunno, fucking p i r a t e it
@@kmk1225 I'm 90% sure he is saying that he can't buy them to support creators
@@skirtchaser7766 i'm aware, my comment was more of a playful followup to the first replier's comment
@@Superphilipp I would import, but then I will also have to support my government (refugees) with 25% tax. No thanks. Tho whenever I'm in Japan I get a few manga books instead of downloading them illegally.
I bought the dvd boxset for Gurren Lagann. I don't even own a DVD player. Or a tv.
+Nebula “Youji” Storm Shouldn't that play on your computer though?
+“Youji” Nebula Storm rip 1k dollars
At least you done something good!
+Nebula “Youji” Storm laptop..?
It's a blu-ray...
so the reason we can't have nice things is capitalism.
+Blahidontcare11 piratism xD
Because Internet is communism how it should be
Iris Confusion What's that? Somebody is criticizing capitalism? QUICK MA! THE COMMUNISTS ARE COMING
+Blahidontcare11 No, because capitalism gives the people what it wants by supply and demand. What the video is saying is that not enough people are creating the "demand" for anime, so the supply of it is limited. there's no reason for ppl to churn out shows that people aren't gonna watch
+Blahidontcare11 More like piracy
now i almost feel bad for watching all anime online for free
well you shouldn't, you don't make up the major core audience nor do you substantially affect the industry. This. is. bullshit.
larrisAWSOME Quiadex the thing is, that i simply dont have the money to buy the stuff. i'm still a student and get 25€ per month
Almost
BlueCrowN its ok if you buy shit like I do (mangas from the series, toy models and so on)
Meh...if you dont have money, its not a problem, if you have money ... you are a piece of shit ^^ When i will grow up and have my own money i will buy everything i want...and say bye bye to piracy....but i will never turn off my adblock c: we only live once.
In Brazil its impossible to try watch anime legally
Netflix, Crunchroll and others kinds are HORRIBLE, they only show famous animes and have a REALLY BAD TRANSLATION
Not only that, but I really love dubbed animes (brazil is know to have one of the best dubs in the world) but holly shit, the last anime dubbed IN YEARS was FMA brotherhood (and I cant remember any anime before that), no one dub animes anymore. The last we had was infamous was Netflix who dubbed Gintama with RANDOM people from OTHER country, its like get japanese people to dub in english (IT WAS RIDICULOUS) and like I saied, if you try to watch with portuguese subtitles, the translation is horrible
What I want to say is: In some places its almost impossible to watch animes legally
"brazil is know to have one of the best dubs in the world"
All Germans
"Halte mein Bier, ich zeig dem Jungen wie dubben geht"
For sure xD
Let's just assume what said here is true
That doesn't take away the fact that it only explain for some places(hell,I'm from peru and even I can buy Japanese blue Ray's directly from them)but not the wide majority wich is the ones who should try the most
Verdade, animes aqui no Brasil tão ainda em fase de crescimento por assim dizer. Então ou todo mundo fica rico pra despejar dinheiro nessas empresas ou elas ofereçam um serviço melhor e mais acessível.
Why i pirate?
Here are below reasons:
1.Funimation - BLOCKED IN MY COUNTRY!
2.Hulu - BLOCKED IN MY COUNTRY!
3.CrunchyRoll - BLOCKED IN MY COUNTRY!
4.NETFLIX - BLOCKED IN MY COUNTRY!
5. Amazon.com - Devilry charges is double and crosses the price of item itself!
Piracy is not for people who have money, they are for weak like us....whose country are so back dated.
VPN will solve your problems, or get a better country.
+Blood Angel "get a better country" lel i wish how this was true....country needs to be portable like a pocket watch. About the VPN....VPN works but it takes longer time to buffer videos since they exchange the IP locations on different countries :/ well pretty much i am stuck.
+avikbellic911 where are you from?
+CollieHermai India.... i pay $25 for 2mbps internet how delightful my land is no?
+Blood Angel You're fucking stupid. Get a better country? Fucking dumbass.
The problem with buying Japanese blu-rays is that most don't have subtitles. In fact the lack of subtitles was the only thing keeping me from dropping a ridiculous amount of money to import all three seasons of Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei.
Yeah, but if you have the episodes downloaded in high quality with subs anyways, then buying the blu-rays is really just a show of support rather than a way of getting a hold of the show..
***** True facts, I'm just stubborn about not downloading fan subs anymore. Though, I may have to cave in and go that route to complete my Shinbo collection.
Hail Zeon Damn, I wish I had a decent Shinbo collection. All I've got is Hidamari Sketch S1, Pani Poni Dash box set, volume 1 of The SoulTaker, Metal Fighter Miku (still haven't seen), Twilight of the Dark Master (still haven't seen), and I think that's all. I do have Zetsubou-sensei, Miyako, and Kanbaru nendoroids, and a bunch of assorted Bakemonogatari figures, though. Also a bedsheet of Chihiro from ef though i don't remember if Shinbow worked on that.
That's still pretty awesome. I thought I was the only one that actually cared about looking back at his earlier work and seeing how he's progressed. So far I have everything he's directed that's been released stateside, but at some point I want to import all the stuff i'm missing.
***** wait a secound, i bet i'm wrong but if i buy the blu-rays on amazon the anime creator get the money right?
give me uncensored, ad free, hd quality, unlimited video streaming service and I'll pay $20 a month for it. piracy isn't lack of money, it's about quality of service. shit ton of people sub to netflix because it's a quality service and they are billion dollar company because of it
Truth. There is crunchyroll though, which is essentially netflix for anime.
Felipe Rodrigues crunchyroll doesn't even have half the amount of anime that kiss anime has. im sure that kissanime ad revenue is higher than crunchyroll's membership + ad revenue together.
fishywtf Netflix doesn't have the same amount of movies and shows that pirate sites have either. Having those things available costs money, and it's impossible to have everything.
Felipe Rodrigues back then netflix used to have a lot of movies but they don't anymore... a lot of deals fell through. but you're right no doubt but all im saying is if someone gives a quality service im willing to pay up
Some things have to go away so that new things can take their place, sadly.
One problem is many major anime fans are teenagers who want to support but can't because of money.
+Evangelion Unit6 Seele says a teenage anime fan who doesn't quite want to get a job just yet
Sorry that you have to be 18 to get a job in my area.
+Evangelion Unit6 Seele What's stopping them from asking their parents for money?
I mean, how do teenagers buy games? It's obviously not their own hard-earned money.
Man, they must of had a real hard time making Cory in the House.
+TeraTheGreat Please, explain what a "Fake" anime is... seeing how anime is just a form of animation, how can you fake an animation..... I'll wait.
+Bandicoot Brony ikr
+Bandicoot Brony i lost it
+Jeremiah J Take a joke.
+TeraTheGreat You're right about that fake ass anime fans.
Can barely afford the internet I'm typing this comment with.
XD the struggle !
The Fat Punisher DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN!!!!!
And neither can they
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Required viewing for every anime fan.
Micah Buzan Then there are only 1.6 million proper anime fans (or fewer) in the world, judging by the views on this video. Required viewing for every - English speaking - anime fan.
Just because one person's opinion is that this video is required viewing for "every anime fan" doesn't mean that every anime fan in the world watched it. In fact, only 38 people have agreed with this opinion, so does that mean there are only 39 proper anime fans in the world?
Holy shit that guy licking his own monitor cracked me up
I though I was seeing things lol
i was like gross xD i love anime to but really
imagine the one who make that character would feel if she/he see it lmao
"oh he's licking the character i've made, thats adorable" xD
Indonesia sama woi
You make very VERY good points about the difficulty of producing some types of anime, but you seem to have forgotten one very important aspect: the fact that most anime fans don't care about the type of anime that isn't made. The guaranteed market, as you very correctly call it, is more then satisfied with the current anime being made. In reality, the greatest enemy of the current anime industry is that they make too much anime. It has been showed that the anime market has a limited number of paying customers, and that number is more or less constant. By making more and more anime for the guaranteed market at the same time you run the high risk of spreading the revenue too thin. Thus instead of 3 shows that break even, you have 9 shows that don't even come close.
+DmonHiro i literally was going to write a rant of the same caliber then i saw your post x D very well put.
+DmonHiro
This is made even worse when you consider that unless less and less anime is made yearly until the number approaches zero, the number of anime for a virtually set-number of fans will always rise. Not only is anime competing against currently or just recently running competition, in many ways it needs to compete with older anime in terms of merchandise sales. Series that are 25 years old can still be making and selling merchandise at a decent rate if it picked up a substantial diehard fanbase at it's start (Ie, Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball Z. Both still produce new merchandise year by year, and it still sells decently well).
The anime market is the inverse of the gaming market in a sense. While the general lack of good quality games is suffocating the current gaming market (Excluding Indie, that's awhole'nother ballgame) because fewer people are willing to invest, with Anime, a massive buildup of good to great anime over 30 to 40 years is causing the market to suffocate due to less total value of money that can be spread about.
Oh! Those are really really good points. O__O that is so true. There's so many anime that the consumers couldn't keep up. Especially the American audience.
yes but you have to remember that anime is the main kind of series Japan makes and it's population is 127 million! my country has less than a million people and it produce more than 10 series every year, not to mention it makes 2,5 times the live show
Really good points. Too much being produced and very little quality.
I'd settle for relatively low quality art that tells a good story. It's increasingly difficult to find stories that even make sense.
+50srefugee
"Make sense", at least, to a Western viewer. I often get the idea that Japanese storytelling works differently than Western storytelling. Not so involved with plot as with emotion and visual effect.
+50srefugee I can agree with both of you. While I totally get the emotional weight of the story, it does get rather old and cliche. Having a creative story line helps to keep things new. Which makes it easier to absorb the emotions.
Lain is perfect for you
+50srefugee A good anime to me is when the beginning is all tricky and messed up and then once into the series, all the of just suddenly ticks all together. And all the events make sense.
+Daniel Yu
I watched Serial Expiriments: Lain several times. I still didn't understand it. I think there is much room for better story writing by having a story that can be pieced together a little easier.
That is the single reason i cramp my room with cupboards over cupboards filled with anime and manga i love. I started downloading and streaming them first. And finally, since i am able to afford them, i buy them. A lot of people are giving me the looks like "why the hell would you buy that. Isn't anime free?" or "how old are you that you fill your room with that. Isn't that embarassing?". I am okay with that. I can ignore people, but i fear that a lot of people can't.
Also a big problem is, that most of the good stuff is simply not available in my country. I'd buy movies or series in an instant, if i could. I am okay to pay the price for them, but if i really want something, i need to import that. And that is often pushing me over the limit of being able to afford what i want. THAT is a big problem and maybe also a reason why they don't sell as much as they could. They are not taking enough of a risk to invest in the western market. Getting the movies into the cinemas around here. I am pretty sure, they wouldn't crash.
windranger
I used to buy stuff. Then I grew up & downsized to a smaller house & realized I couldn't dedicate an entire room & half a paycheck to manga anymore. That VHS fansubs & DVDs were also taking up too much space. That I had more posters & wall scrolls than I had walls & that a grown ass woman shouldn't be in a situation where she invited her boss over for dinner & has to explain why there's cartoon pictures on the walls in the living room. Took it all to Half Priced Books & sold it for pennies on the dollar. Now if I'm gonna pay for stuff, it's just for digital access. No more physical media for me....Except keychains. Those don't take up much space.
I do a mix of the two. Storage capacity is an issue for me. So I buy what I know I'll like physically and/or digitally, and I'll also dedicate my bedroom to my posters and stuff. With Small allusions to my hobby throughout the apartment (for exmple I got a mario toy posed on top of a ? block tin in my living room bookshelf, where all my bigger nerd things are in my room and nobody comments on good old Mario)
i use a similar system (clothes smushed in a corner to accommodate) i use panasonic 50gig bd's for long term storage of shit i may not get to buy, and store backups of valuables on, while also using cheap organic verbatims for backing up bought disks for quicker play on pc or editing (i can be ok if they die as i can re-rip the originals). as it costs 60p per disk its seems reasonable- hdd are cheap per gig but useless when full. you can flick through a cd wallet book about the same speed as reading down a list on drives anyway- i'd love to store the original disks that way too but i would still have to store their cases somewhere if i had to sell them...
Me too, I used to buy movies or watching them on cable tv. But now I am too lazy to buy new dvds so know I regulary visit streaming website to watch my favourite animes.
Would argue most anime lovers are, unfortunately, poor. Everyone I know who likes anime like me is poor asf. Also since most anime is geared to teens, they rely mostly on parents money.
True.. Which is the reason why I can only buy Manga.. And even that drains my wallet!
Exactly! He's talking about patreon and kickstarter and what not and I'm like bruh I DON'T HAVE MONEY lol. That's why we read manga and watch anime online for free, I think because so many people do this lots of anime and manga get more popular as well! I'm sure if us kids and teens had money we would totally buy anime merchandise and fund your fav series, I know I would.
I'm doing my best to spread the Otaku Culture in my own way so, that's something right? LOL
Even if I don't have the money to spend, at least I'm doing something to support. (I'm an Anime Channel)
It would be awesome if Bill Gates would be an anime fan xD Free anime for everyone :D
ThePikachuvirus Yeah? He don't watch tv? - logic.
Wait wait wait wait wait. You think One Piece was aimed at kids? *laughs ass off*
+Mariam Nisar It literally runs in a magazine aimed at boys between ages 8 and 16.
+Mariam Nisar Shonen jump animes are typically well, shounen, aimed at young boys and male teens.
+Mariam Nisar kids, and teens
+Mariam Nisar yes...did you know that one piece used to be on a kids channel once?
Yeah, that was probably the 4kids English dub you're talking about.
I bought the Spice and Wolf blu-ray combo after watching the first season. Therefore I have every right to say MAKE ANOTHER SEASON!!!! >:o
They did make a second season. Did you get that one on blu-ray too?
Yep that's why I bought it. Only season 1 was on netflix at the time. But I want that 3rd season. I need some sort of ending to this show to be happy. :3
Well you can always read the novels. They've got an official English release by Yen Press. Idk how many are out though and don't think the books are over either.
but I loved the english dub voice actors. the Japanese voice actors were kinda shitty though :\
***** Yeah, I have both the first and second season, as well as the first english adaptation of the light novel.I really, really want a season 3. I hope the state of the anime industry improves soon.
this is exactly what i tell people all the time, if you like a show/series support its creator directly otherwise you have no right to complain if its delayed or cancelled
Lol I guess I'm guilty of it with regards to Naruto, but I did 100% support Manglobe b4 they went under. But sadly it seems like Animé is dying. Look at DBZ Super, the quality for a show that has made soo much money is dying down, either cuz they're trying to save or they just don't care to put that much money in there to begin with (probably both)
At first I thought he said "whitest possible audience" instead of "widest possible audience"
Oh no
Same thing.
Me too.
The problem with buying anime dvd's is that there is absolutely no buyers mentality behind it anymore. I would feel like i am wasting money on something i have already seen for free. The internet is to blame... One solution is to make a Official anime website that is extremely cheap but is all around better than streaming sites that have advertisements, terrible load times, or content that sometimes gets removed from copyright.
it could be 99 cents for a whole season of anime, if a million people buy this season, thats a million dollars more that anime would have lost to streaming sites.
This mega website could also have a merchandise store and adds that pop up on the side based on the anime you have purchased. Harmless adds that you won't even see once you go full screen
Times have changed, most people aren't going to pay 20-40 dollars for maybe 10-20 hours of entertainment, especially when that entertainment was already enjoyed. DVD sales in general not just anime have reduced by 55% over the past decade, netflix/hulu/redbox basically let people experience more for less
Chazz vc There is something similar, it's called Crunchyroll.
It's not perfect, but I heard premium's pretty good, and so far it's the anime industry's best bet.
If you people can't cough up cash to support your favorite shows, I perfectly understand... but in that case, you should try to shy away from Animesomething.com sites and try to prioritize OFFICIAL streams like Netflix, Neon Alley, Crunchyroll, and Funimation. With these streams your viewership actually supports the anime industry, since the money you spend on subscriptions (and ads that these sites shove down your throat if you choose not to pay the meager 10 dollars a month) actually helps the people back in Japan, and provides you with high quality streams.
True and thanks for the explanation and video but I would buy the DVDs if I didn't finish or if I had all the time and money to do so
Chazz vc What they should do is instead of paying useless radio stations, and other "going extinct" commercial mediums, they should be paying VLOGGERS, Anime Reviewers and BLOGGERS, with real online presence.
You've got reviewers like this guy who could use an easy $2000 to review an anime, and reach 200,000 people who will all potentially view, and even buy into the anime. Instead you've got reviewers who struggle because these large companies think people still listen to the radio or watch the news on their TV's...i mean really who watches TV anymore?
Justice Hunter true cuz then would work
Chazz vc Here's a solution, take down all illegal streaming sites (how? dunno), and then make an official streaming site for anime to be streamed. Make income by add revenue and maybe premium membership to remove adds.
Kind of like a certain video hosting website we all love... ehm. RUclips.
Wait a sec... How about animation studios unite and all make their own YT channel with youtube algorithm based income? Kind of like VEVO is doing for the music industry.
You know what I'd like to do in my life... Find a way to make high-quality productions -- games, animation, etc. -- with a very small budget. For example, any old bloke with a simple game engine nowadays can produce what was considered AAA 20-30 years ago in their basement in under a month. As such, I wish to push that forward, so that in the next 20-30 years, good-quality productions can also be done relatively inexpensively.
Why? Because of all the great people out there with great ideas for games and shows who aren't able to make those ideas into reality due to budget constraints or a lack of funding. And I don't think I'm alone in this thinking.
+HaloEliteLegend Hopeless goal? Maybe. But I'm just green enough to think it could happen x3
+HaloEliteLegend well the thing is with small budget you are limited to what you can do.
high tech is important + to hire a pro in animation cost money too.
unless you found some pro that willing to work with small pay check.
Vastt Soundy Right. The way to cut down on costs, then, or increase efficiency, would be to create tools/automate things (artificial intelligence?!) in such a way that a good product can be made with less staff.
And that doesn't have to mean firing the excess. It could mean a company has more than one project going on or something.
Am I making any sense? I feel I'm just spouting stupid stuff right now >.
+HaloEliteLegend "Am I making any sense?" yeah you are, the problem I see is this thou, if you want a AAA game you'll need pro staff, and right now, besides the huge amount of artist out there many are over expensive, and this goes as well to programmers, sound engs, animators, etc. Just look a todays teams vs the old ones, you just have so much people now, I thing they are overdoing things quite a bit.
If you want a low cost artist all you have to do is dig under the pile until you find a (relatively)cheap and skilled artist, but companies are just sticking to more renowned names which in turn just become more expensive.
+Inferry You're right there.
99 times out of 100 its a bad story that ruins anime, not animation quality. To hell with the AAA anime until we have good stories.
***** Awesome dude, me and you probably share similar tastes
Boarky go digging for good stories of watch live action movies
Most things by Shinichiro Watanabe are fantastic.
I 100% agree, stories with no room for development
But why would good writers go make an anime when things like TV shows ,video games and visual novels like Steins Gate ,little busters, fire emblem ,liter of tears,Alter ego , persona ,13 sentinels etc earns them 10 times more money cause many people actually buy games much more than anime and manga and not to mention at a higher price than anime and manga. The manga market is shrinking while the market for games continues to grow no wonder why more people opt to make games other than people with passion for manga writing . Even mobile games earn more money . It's why webtoons in Korea works it's like a free mobile game with ads and it's more of a steady income than writing manga or anime or even drawing for one .
I mean, I'm all for buying and supporting the shows we enjoy, I have almost all the animes I've ever really liked on dvd/blu-ray, EXCEPT for Aniplex licensed shows... I would LOVE to own Fate/Zero, Kara No Kyoukai, and Your Lie In April, but there is nothing in this world that could convince me a 25 episode anime is worth upwards of $400. Even YLIA is almost $200 for 11 fucking episodes. Yeah, you're damn right I'm pirating that shit.
Or you could stream it for free on Crunchyroll. Or netflix.
Miskir Weldezion I like owning the shit tho. I have a blu-ray writer, and if my subscriptions expire and I decide not to continue, I'll still have physical copies. Same with music. When I buy albums, I never just get digital, need the vinyl or CD.
Well thats what happens. This video tells you exactly how much it cost to make an anime and it cost a hell lot. Almost the same budget as normal tv shows/movies.
Not true, they also price it that way because they know otaku will pay those prices for it. There was a clip ages ago where CNN was interviewing them and one producer actually said 'We don't understand why it is so difficult now, we used to be able to make a show with the same plot and just put a cute girl in and people would pay for it, now it isn't so easy.'
Ryan Duncan people who buy fucking anime for $400 need to really get a life. Unless you are making profit through that hobby like doing youtube or cons or something, then its completely not worth since its so easy to find anime for free, plus there's legal streaming sites like crunchyroll that give access to them for way cheaper if you're not into illegal shit.
I feel the lack of localization cuts into their profits. It usually takes at least 1-2 years for an anime to officially get an English dub and they don't even get the license to all the episodes currently made. The 1999 version of Hunter X Hunter didn't get dubbed till 2008!
Look at Funimation they can only get a certain amount of One Piece episodes at a time which is why it will take at least 8 years for it to ever catch up the Japanese version. Sometimes these Japanese companies choose the worst Western companies ever to do dubs like 4kids. And censorship like the Disney XD version of Naruto Shippuden you basically couldn't tell what the heck was going on in some scenes like all the fights involving Hidan. Or Zatch Bell like poorly drawn "laser" guns covering over real guns, blood being removed which can really confuse what state the character is in, curse words taken out, demons being called Mamodos, characters like Big Boing being edited out, Folgore's song changed, Penny's underwear not having Zatch's head. Don't know Viz took blood out considering Naruto was also airing right before/after it and Naruto still had plenty of blood.
Everyone in Japan can watch nearly all Anime on TV at almost any time of day meanwhile in America we pretty much only get as much as we can count on one hand airing at a time once a week on one channel during a certain of time of day (usually super late at night) and those few may not appeal to some people.
Pretty much all you'll see on TV in the US on basic cable is One Piece, Naruto, DBZ, Bleach dub is over so it stopped airing and Toonami/Adult Swim went overkill on Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood reruns they basically aired the complete series like 5 times same for Cowboy Bebop but like 20 times, afterwards you get 2 or 3 anime that have been around for years but are recent but you had no idea existed like Soul Eater, Gurren Lagan, Durarara!! and Mitchiko Hatchin. Some animes get English dubs even when they're not airing on TV, but people that wanted to watch have watched them on the internet so by the time the air on TV they're behind by half the amount of episodes or even greater.
To get more you have to pay for the Funimation Channel which is pretty much the only anime channel in the US and Funimation doesn't have dubbing and subtitle rights for all anime. They only aired the Hunter X Hunter 1999 dub version for a year.
Meanwhile in Japan basic cable can get you a lot more. So everyone outside is pretty much forced to use the internet and whatever source they use most likely is not official.
The Super Hero genre is booming in the West so there is really no reason that at least Shounen shows struggle with becoming popular and making money so long as they don't pander to the extreme otakus where it is basically porn every chapter/episode so everyone has to be up past mid night watch a single freaking episode once a week or be ashamed of watching it in public.
SinPunisher America is lucky when it comes to anime tbh.
I live in the UK and there is practically nothing on TV. Only the really popular kids' shows like Pokémon and Yu Gi Oh ever get shown regularly and there's like one channel that shows the odd Ghibli film (which 90% of the time is Spirited Away) but that's it.
Bookstores have maybe one shelf (not even a case, a shelf) of manga and stores that sell DVDs/Blurays generally only have a very small selection of really popular ones (Dragon Ball Z, Bleach, Death Note etc.) and are ridiculously overpriced.
Buying stuff online also costs a bomb when you have to pay a ton to get it shipped from the US or something like that. Half the time it costs the same amount, if not more than the actual product does.
So, yeah... the US is lucky anime is so popular there.
holderoftheheart America's selection makes UK residents jealous. The UK literally has nothing, not even naruto. We have to wait until comic and anime convention to get anything.
+SinPunisher this is so true
+SinPunisher fuck. dubs. it makes me cringe so badly. I've watched subbed anime for over 10+ years so I can watch them ALMOST without even looking at the subs depending on the complexity tho but dubs? never dubs.
+Sam Uchiha People who grew up watching Pokemon, Dragon Ball, and Sailor Moon
If you cannot pay money to support your shows directly, don't fret! There are ways to show your support, and I encourage each and every one of you to do what little you can.
Many of us use sites like Anime[insert something here].com or [insert something here]anime.tv or what-not. And while it may be hard to see what damage it's doing to the industry, I can tell you that the traffic from these sites IN NO POSSIBLE WAY benefits the people who want to make good anime.
Instead, before hurrying over to your preferred pirate cove, try dropping by an _official_ anime streaming service first to see if they have what you seek. Services like Netflix, Crunchyroll, Neon Alley, or official providers like Funimation on RUclips all provide popular anime for *free* with good quality(at least, it's as good as most pirate cove sites I see), and just like TV back then, your viewership supports the creators and helps to get your favorite anime made. Or continued. (I'm still waiting on Full Metal Panic the Third Raid.)
For example, Crunchyroll offers a wide selection of subtitled anime, and provides the newest episodes of *_ongoing ones in almost real time!_* For less than 10 dollars a month, you can also try out their premium membership, which unlocks their full library of anime shows and J-dramas, and allows you to play _high quality streams_ without advertisements! All this for less than 30 cents a day; a far better deal than 30-60 dollars for four fucking episodes on a dvd.
I want to support the industry, and while I don't spend nearly as much compared to the average nerd, I understand that we need to sacrifice small luxuries for the medium we love. In general, I always stop by Crunchyroll first to see if an anime I want to watch is available. If it's not, then I try Funimation, and if not, only then do I go to my own anime stream to watch it. It sucks when I have to resort to this, since Crunchyroll usually has higher quality anyway.
And the last and *most important thing you can do* (_especially_ if you're not willing to use these sites yourself) is to encourage others to use these official streams. I know a lot of us don't even know they exist, or some do but aren't aware of the impact that they can have. Spread the word about these sites and try to advocate their use as much as you can.
Together we can save anime. I wholeheartedly believe in it.
***** I'd take Crunchyroll over some virus shit stained site like Kissanime.
+Reginald Uy Totally agree with what you're saying, only what about the people who watch dubbed only? ... apart from the funimation official site, there are literally no websites which help the original creators outside of the US/ Canada or at least from where I come from. As a result, there isn't any way for me personally to watch anime legally dubbed regardless of how much I want to. As much as I'd love to support the original creators, unless they rethink their global distribution model (through digital outlets, rather than exorbitantly priced dvd/ bluray combos) There really isn't any way for me to show my support. (I'm not alone in this as there are many MANY countries outside of the US who don't distribute dubbed anime outside of the basic 3 big ones.) At least if crunchy increased their dubbed shows I would more than happily pay for it, or even if funi expanded their site functionality to international in order to cater for the rest of the world. Obviously it's a different story for subbed, however, I couldn't find value in buying the subbed versions of shows or paying a subscription for subbed shows and then pirating dubbed versions anyway as it defeats the purpose of making a purchase legally in the first place.
+Reginald Uy Yup i use sites like crunchyroll for anime and the only anime i ever "pirate / stream" is anime i can't find on any of those sites in Australia.
The best thing we can do is help these companies up and hope for them to spread (like for example the only way for me to watch overlord in my country is to stream it :/)
But i agree 100% with what you are saying.
+Andre Zlatin Show +Willie Wonker
There's the existence of ad blocker plugins for web browsers too.
I don't care how difficult making anime can be. Making good anime is my dream, one that I must fulfill before it gets too late. And that will be my goal in life! (Now I feel better.)
Lets be honest if anime dvds where not so expensive people would buy em
But that's the trick, they're expensive BECAUSE ppl don't buy them lol...but then again you're right, if ppl did start to, then they would only increase the pricesses from there lol
No one even buys DVDs today..
Kousuke-shii Well collector's do
Yeah, that's one of the BIG problems with anime today. I don't mind spending $50 to $60 for a two core series, but hundreds of dollars just doesn't fly. I mean you can by a damn TV or PS4 for the price of some of these longer series.
You don't need to buy the dvds. I usually go for the merchandise, because spending 5-6 bucks on a keychains or 10-15 on a plushie is much more manageable (Yeah I know some can be like 30-40 dollars but that's usually just for the big ones). Every penny counts after all. :)
I often find myself telling people in the comments "there are always haters - no matter how good a video, it will have dislikes from someone" but now I'm even fault to this. How the fuck do 1000 people dislike such a well made, evidence based video like this that's trying to save the very industry they rely on for entertainment? It doesn't make sense to me.
/rant
Pirates who didn't bother to watch the rest of the video when he asked everyone to pay for anime they like.
People who pirate feel bad about pirating and lash out. Or try and rationalize.
I would buy anime DVDs and Blurays, trust me, I would, but the problem is that literally no electronics store in my country sells anime in the DVDs section.
I have browsed through so many stores and checked the DVD/Bluray section countless times and never seen an anime there even once. And I've been doing this for over a year now.
I would use Crunchyroll, as that service is available in my country, but about 70% of the shows there are blocked off in my country because *reasons*.
And that sucks, as I literally have a super limited choice of shows to watch if I look at it that way, which is why I am just *forced to pirate.* (as are my friends as well)
Broiler™ Download hola.org to watch the U.S. library.
Order the DVDs online?
パーロー・ドリュー
I'm not a fan of online shopping. More hassle than it's worth imo
Broiler™ How is it a hassle, you get it sent straight to your house and its often cheaper than in store
Kurosaki Ichigo It's a hassle because I don't have a credit card that allows me to do online shopping (our bank provider says we can not do online shopping with our cards) and I can't verify my PayPal because of that.
And to top it all off, I don't even have money in my PayPal.
So yeah, it's a hassle on my side.
Anime lately has been unbearable shit. So sick of the same overused tropes, screeching "cutesy" girls, Mary sue soulless protagonists, high school setting with some kind of magic, absurd and pointless fan service that goes beyond distasteful. No new ideas anymore.
+Alaric11 Don't watch it then.
How when we get stuff like HotD?
I sadly have to agree with you. These days most anime are just going for "cliched" tropes... :/
I also can use "don't pick up Girls in a Dungeon" as a example
+GuiltyIncest That's true. Everything in the media always has some sort of cliche trope. Saving the girl, harem, etc.
Hey Digibro, how come you don't have ads on your vids? I honestly wouldn't mind having to click X on a little banner at the bottom of the screen and I'm sure most other people won't either
+BFGover9000 - I do have ads on most of them.
oh, guess this video threw me off :P
Do you have adblock on?
How do I get money from ads? Do I have to get adsense account
no I purposefully watch youtube with safari for this very purpose
Ghibli went bankrupt?! Wtf?! But it's ghibli! There's merchandise and even a museum!!! How crazy expensive are their films?!
+Daph Duck not anymore, Disney bought them out to save them. This was uploaded in 2014.
Roach King I'm not sure if that's a good thing. Will disney be able to keep the authenticity of ghibli or will they sell out its original values.
+Daph Duck well disney and ghibli were working together since the first ghibli film ( disney makes the english translation and promotion of the movies outside japan ) so i dont think they will change the studio they will just be overseers .
+Daph Duck ghibli sudio i think is wortking on ninu kuni 2 for playstation4 , atleast good people still have jobs
+Apple Bee And Pirates of the Caribbean. xD
"Why Good Anime Is Hard To Make" - CAAAAAAASH! In cost and audience target.
Why dont Anime companies tap the oversees market. Say you get 1 million people,outside of Japan at 1-2 dollars an episode for Download or stream? Make it easy and trust people would support.
Its why Netflix works. Ease of access.
well even netflix isnt available in all countries yet. here in germany we got netflix last year. it wasnt available in the country before. every country has different license policies and stuff. it is very expensive to license an anime or movie for many countries.
I suspect many Anime studios and publishers don't have a good understanding of the overseas market and tend to flounder when marketing their works to a larger audience. Recent trends are towards serving a very niche group of dedicated fans who are willing to spend a lot (see most recent Aniplex releases).
The alternative strategy is increasing volume by reaching a far wider audience, but the last big push towards that flamed out years ago with the breakup of ADV in the US (who was the largest proponent of this strategy). Funimation kind of continues this strategy with mixed success, but has a hard time getting many Japanese studios to buy in.
Basically, no one knows how to market anime to reach a wide audience overseas so we're stuck with mostly niche shows at exorbitant prices until someone can figure it out.
I thought he mde it pretty clear that he said it was the infamous cultural barrier.
Well some productions are doing that now, especially with things like Netflix exclusive Anime outside of Japan.
you can buy anime episodes from itunes and even pay for streaming subscriptions. This has been going on for years
Oh my, we're now unlisted.
I wonder why it was unlisted?
@@pitoue it's back now
The Japanese anime market should quickly adapt the new trend of one-click global streaming.
This will immediately increase the accessibility of anime and thus decrease brainless piraters.
hey I am not brainless :(
+DuskyPanther 13 yeah you are, since you can't seem to realize the scope of your actions, you limited brain neanderthal
they are. crunchyroll and amazon prime have quite a few.
If I had to pay for every anime that I've watched, I'd go bankrupt. And why? Because they cost a lot! Just googled Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica, it costs almost sixty bucks!
It's one of my favorites of all time, but I wouldn't pay that much for it.
Which is why they make money from merchandise. Its impossible to sell every anime like you say. Anime is just a massive advert for selling figurines and stuff..
Hence why a majority of anime is made for the otaku demograph, they are the only ones with no life that would spend all their money on figures... lol
I personally never buy stuff cos i find it pointless. I just want to enjoy watching a good show. I am happy subbing crunchyroll and thats it.
Watching this made me sad. Good news is that the demographic that likes cartoons/anime is getting older now so if they're still interested in these shows they'll have money for them.
Problem in North America is that ppl think its "uncool" to be an adult and still enjoy these things. So support goes down dramatically. But its sorta changing....sorta..
@Etcetera I do see that for sure. I was actually thinking recently about why Japanese creators didn't like some of the Nort American RUclips channels, and it hit me that they're watching grown adults talk about their anime that is aimed at kids back in their country. So its definitely odd, like as if I were to make a channel talking about Paw Partol, and Dora the Explorer lol.
@@thephilosopher7173 i feel like in the last 4 years the stigma around anime has changed significantly. im in high school and like maybe half the school watches anime now, people don’t look down on it as much anymore since even rappers watch it
More people would buy anime DVDs/Blu-rays if the cost was more realistic.
***** Yes, but don't you feel that importing 4 episodes of a series for well over 80$ is a bit excessive? Even if you're not importing from Japan, I don't feel that in terms of $ and content, it's worth the price premium. I love Studio Ghibli, but there's a problem both financially, and in terms of amount of content if I can get well over 3-4 films for the price of one anime film, and unfortunately, I understand why, but for 10$ more, I could pretty much buy ALL 3 Toy Stories on Blu Ray. I WANT to support anime as much as I can, but it can be REALLY expensive. I don't understand how people are willing to drop hundreds of dollars on little figurines or much less pillow cases. I feel that is should first be sold at a lost in order to make a profit. Part of the reason anime is pirated so much, is because of how expensive it is. If it was cheaper, more people would be willing to buy anime. I know I would and I know a handful of people that would too.
*****
More people will buy if it's a lower price. If it's really expensive, only rich nerds will bother enough to buy it. You think if they followed Steam, and made Blu-rays 80%+ off, they might have much more sales. Steam does get the bulk of its income during their sales anyway. I'm not saying it's guaranteed that anime companies would gain more money by lowering prices, but at the same time none of them have even tried. They're too scared to experiment with lower prices, and thus they stick themselves to their status quo of ~$100 and put people like us off.
*****
Well, kind of. I mean I'm not asking for super cheap anime, because it's unreasonable; steam games are dirt cheap because it's not a physical game and in terms of translations and distributions, it's not that hard or costly compared to anime. But, at least let it be reasonably price. For example, if you like Kill La Kill and have Netflix for 8$ a month, why would you be inclined to buy for episodes for +80$? I'd be willing to drop a good 30-40$ for an entire series of a good 20- something episodes.
I used to pay $30 for 2 episodes of Ranma 1/2 on VHS back in the 90's. In the early 2000's, I bought DVD volumes of Cowboy Bebop, Trigun, Hellsing & Berserk with 4-5 episodes for around $25 (Trigun cost about $200 to collect the whole series back then). Today you can often get an entire season for what we used to pay for volume 1 just a decade ago. Anime today has gotten far more affordable than it used to be since the market has gotten so much larger.
If you live in the US a DVD collection of a new television series costs about $30-50, which is about the same cost as a copy of one season of anime from Funimation. The reason it's so pricey is that producers know that the DVD market is so small that they probably won't make a profit off the product unless they charge that much.
I love people who are like....
_Duh! Why don't you buy the whole anime/manga volumes? Or why don't you watch it on [insert a not free streaming site]?_
I'll tell you why.
First of all, you didn't ask me about my financial condition. And guess what; I have no money to spend on it. I would *_gladly_* pay the creators of all my favorite stuff, because I know so many people worked very hard on it and I'd like to show them my appreciation. Who wouldn't anyway?
*_But guess fucking what._*
....
*_I have no money._*
I honestly want to.
_But I can't._
So stop acting like everyone can afford it.
Chill.
jajonabe I am pretty chill. I'm not talking about Digibro though, it's just that I saw it as a good chance to demonstrate my thoughts on these people's sayings.
Besides the financial thingy that is frustrating me, is that I live in a region that there are few shops with anime/manga material. I only had the luck to find and buy a few manga volumes of D.Gray-Man and I'm planning to buy more soon.
scarlet eyed wolf get a job.
scarlet eyed wolf in general, don't buy things you don't like & don't over-download things you like
again, its your justice & its your decision
if what you like doesn't deliver, something or someone will
adaptation happens alot because it works better because the water is already tested, now its just wait & see if the adaptation execution is done well
and i figured, there is thousands of title of new manga every year, you'll bound to found something you like sooner or later, or at least grow to like what the industry deliver
scarlet eyed wolf YOU HAVE FUCKING INTERNET. INTERNET IS ABOUT 30 TO 65 DOLLARS A FUCKING MONTH. *You can't even buy two-three DVD's of your favorite anime for $35-55 dollars each?* I bet you don't even have a job! So don't try to "speak for us".
It shouldn't be about how good looking something is. The story is THE most important part of engaging entertainment. I can't tell you how many titles I have put back on the shelf because the synopsis has something to do with a boy who moves in with a bunch of girls who have magical powers that get him into trouble at school. I don't care how good it looks. Neon Genesis Evangelion is one of the most well known anime shows because of its story, down to the last dollar it had for the last episode. But hey, that's just my opinion.
Same here, if you look at some of the animes I watch/ed like, for e.x, Berserk, Case Closed (yeah I'm crazy enough to try to watch the whole thing) and a few others, you'd see that the quality is shit but the story is just amazing :0
He didn't only adress the budget of the animation he also said that many studios go bankrupt because they don't sell enough so instead they make the generic garbage (boy moves into a harem school premise) and that's why we don't have more eva-tier anime
doens't amtter why people lvoe any given show, if they lvoe it, and can afford to do so they should support it by buying.
As someone who doesn't actually watch a lot of anime, I have to say that an anime can be intensely enjoyable with a great look and only a decent story. Of course a hackneyed and cliched story will always make a show borderline unwatchable, but visuals are also a selling point.
Dagda Mor
I wish someone would make a cliche generic JRPG plot anime o.o That plot is gold.
I'd like to buy Anime Blu Rays / DVDs, but I'm not a fucking oil sheik.
+OddworldCrash Just buy the ones you really like. I recently bought Log Horizon and Space Dandy and have no buyers remorse whatsoever.
i feel you
Yep. Even worse for people (like me) in economically unstable countries.
who's that Pepsi chick?
anyone got a name for that anime?
+Uchiha Prodigy the show is Tiger and Bunny.
***** thanks a bunch
+Digibro is tiger and bunny any good?
+killer13324 It is VERY good. Main character is an idealistic super hero in a world where Super Heros have become a commercialized business
+killer13324 Very good. The cast is a bunch of professional superheroes who fight crime while at the same time competing on a reality show. And it handles the need for corporate sponsors to fund the show in a very interesting way. All the main characters have real world corporate sponsors (despite it being in a fictional setting, there are fake corps mixed in) and they wear those logos on their costumes and do commercials for them. Think Marvel's registration act but without all the bullshit that made it turn people into living property of the government whether they wanted to be a superhero or not- instead being a superhero is just a thing you take some tests for and apply for a license. Literally, being a superhero is a day-job for these people. You have full legal liability for your collateral damage and WILL be sued all the time, hence the need for corporate sponsors to help cover your legal liabilities.
The main themes of the show though revolve around its middle-aged protagonist, who is a very idealistic old fashioned superhero struggling to accept he's past his prime and the younger people replacing him don't exactly share his ideology about being a hero and instead view him as outdated and absurd. The mood of the show is rather different from the norm because the lead role is much older than normal and the show unexpectedly hit a wider age range because of it. He's a middle-aged widower with a teenage daughter who is also rather resentful toward him because of how he's chosen to live his life up until now- older crowds tested they could relate to him a lot.
this video just fucked me over abt making my own anime
Same here
u should still keep going tho u never know wht u can do ujntil u try relly fucking hard
There are plenty of options for an artist in general... Anime is just near impossible to become more popular than the average joe.
But, there are hundreds of jobs that involve art with computers, traditional art, and teaching of art for example and much more.
So don't give up until you've tried to find what you really want to do
jacqueline bastian can always start with comics lol, I've made a few comics, of course they are badly drawn and really have no plot to them but it will get your idea on paper(or digital media)
jacqueline bastian well it's not just anime its movies, books, and live actions tv shows too. They all have the same issues. It is true animated media has a higher overhead than live action production or print productions making it a bit more difficult but if you are very dedicated you could make it work.
if you want to check a lot of anime drawings check my page here ;) facebook.com/luisgfigueiredoart/
I hope u like! let em know ;)
Wow Canaan? That was literally the only show that I had ever stopped watching in mid season. While I understand that you liked it (I can respect that) I have a bit of buyers remorse for backing Under the Dog now.
+Kwame Flage lol, well it's not the same writer at least.
That is definitely a good start. Sword of the Stranger I definitely liked as well, so maybe Under the Dog will be a big hit.
+Digibro Soooo, how did the kickstarter to "Under the Dog" go?
+NightcoreBone It succeeded, thankfully!
An opinion on the internet Fuck yeah! :D So when will the anime start? :3
And Hunter x hunter is still in Hiatus :'(
Aye :"(
+Neku Sakuraba that show is awful
+Neku Sakuraba I thought the Manga is on Hiatus because the creator is really sick or something.
+Neku Sakuraba does anyone know where i can buy the H x H 2011 DVD ive loked on amazon and Ebay but its not there so ye.
+Dragonamy5 i've heard the same....probably true
I really appreciate how you communicated the message of supporting anime without sounding like a self righteous, holier than thou, butthead. I've seen so many videos about anime piracy with messages of supporting the industry where the person ranting is calling people self entitled spoiled brats and that attitude annoys the hell out of me.
I, like you, try to help as much as I can, but a lot of the series I want to buy are so exorbitantly priced with over the top collector's editions split in two parts for hundreds a piece with a bunch of extra BS that I don't even want. I mostly watch anime through Crunchyroll or Daisuki of Funimation's site and youtube channel, and if it's licensed by anyone other than Aniplex, I'll buy the blu-ray if it's affordable.
The problem with those ranters is not understanding that maybe their audience really doesn't care that much. I only find it entitled when people complain about a lack of new seasons, or a lack of original anime, when they aren't doing anything to help. But really it comes down to measuring engagement--you should only put your money into it if you truly care, and only as much money as the amount of care you have.
***** I want to help but I don't even know how I can help fund a new World Masterpiece Theater series.
Antiyoukai
buy stock market in funimation.
if there is even such a thing :P
*****
Unfortunately there is no way to give money to producers, because if you are buying their stuff most of cash goes to other people in distribution chain and producers will receive only small fraction.
Only viable solution would be direct donations but that is not available. and also it will not ensure that in future you will get \more of what you like.
I think we need some system where you can donate money and it will be given only if they deliver new content.
One day I'll be rich enough to fund that final season of Full Metal Panic and by then nobody will wanna watch it, but at least I'll have closure.
ShinXari I would but its just not the same :(
I'll chip in if it's season 2 of Fumoffu.
But ... They are already making a new FMP season !!!
Looks like Ayy gets his wish after all.
I wish the Excel Saga anime would get another season, & I don't mean a reboot that follows the ecchi harem manga it was loosely based on
***** What what? What do you mean I get my wish? Is there a new season? What? Who? Tell me.
Has anybody addressed the inflated as fuck money that goes to voice actors? I saw a chart before that showed VA's got more than half of the budget while the actual drawers got next to nothing.
having rewatched this, what i'm getting from this is.........Alot of Japanese Companies are too set in the old ways to embrace Netflix and such?
Yes exactly what I think. They just begin to slowly change, It's like major music label that fought hard against music download instead of selling music online.
I'm not 100% sure why they are like that but the best explanation I can think of is that those industries are old enough that most decision maker are elder. And I kinda noticed that elder have a hard time to put a value on something that is not made of solid material. And also have a little trouble with internet in general.. So... for them it's probably not obvious at all that we will buy online it they let us do it .. Because they will not buy something online themselves.
So they whine about younger people that don't want to buy their expensive plastic box.
+ShadowWolfRising Thankfully Japan is getting Netflix on September 2 so hopefully if all goes well they might start seeing the anime section on JPN Netflix fill up like the U.S.'s has over the years.
Matticus1229
good, maybe if good anime succeed there, the quality will improve.
ShadowWolfRising And with quality improvements that starts a chain reaction of a beautiful end result for us anime fans. Holden on the Time Skip episode of PodTaku hyped up this event (Japan getting Netflix) and now I'm more excited than ever. Given results won't happen over night, but still. Once they get the cogs in place and working...gahh =O
+ShadowWolfRising Maybe because Anime is generally produced in Japan and Netflix is very much an American service. Due to your laws (I do not know the specifics) most licensed Netflix shows are geo-locked which create's problems for people outside the US. Also, there is the difference in currencies. It's not that 'they are set in the old ways' or any this as ludicrous as that, it's just very difficult to sell digital produce across borders.
its ghibli not jibli lmao
+beshj Studio Ghibli, Inc. (株式会社スタジオジブリ Kabushiki-gaisha Sutajio Jiburi)
***** what?
+beshj it's pronounced Jibli.
***** only if you're a goose
+beshj lol. It's Jiburi dude. Learn some hiragana.
Anime needs a better way to give them money. I don't want to buy fucking DVDs or stupid action figures, especially when only like 10% of the cost goes back to the studio. Why cant i just give them moeny directly and cut out the bullshit.
I'm sure someone else has stated this already but the anime industry has another extremely huge problem and that is HOW MANY shows it produces. I've been watching anime since the 80s and it wasn't until the later 2000s that the medium started to explode. Back in the day you'd see a bunch of OVAs, maybe a movie and a few series and that was about it. I look at what is supposed to air in a single season now and it is overwhelming; there's no way producing that much isn't contributing to the issue.
I buy anime a lot so I'm happy to know I contribute in some small way but I know it just isn't enough. Even pandering to niches that will spend lots of money will only work temporarily. It's really hard to think of ways the industry can save itself and it's possible that it might not be able to in the end. The niche appeal in general (compared to TV and movies) and the high costs of making it might just lead to a market crash.
+Cidsa Are you sure that you're not misremembering something? As far as I know, the number of Anime shows released each year has been decreasing since the mid-2000s.
+Calvinfan Could be. Again, I'm thinking of the 80s and 90s where there were hardly any. There might have been a huge glut in the mid 2000s (I wasn't watching a lot then tbh) but if I load up AniChart it's still way more then back in the day.
+Calvinfan Look at the charts of previous seasons. This season alone has over sixty anime airing - there will certainly be more than 200 anime released this year, and the number could be as high as 220 depending on how big the second half of the year is. Going back to 2002, the winter and summer seasons especially aired nearly nothing. Anime output has increased drastically.
+Black Gate of Mordor I know how many anime will probably be released this year. It's just that Wikipedia claimed, there were 306 tv anime produced in 2006, which (now that I've actually checked) isn't accurate at all. So I guess I was just misinformed.
How much anime is actually made for a western release and not just just brought over because of internet popularity?
+KennEH Right off the top of my head, there are only 2 examples I can think of of anime specifically made with a American release in mind: Big O and Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust.
+Peter Aguilar Trigun? Cowboy bebop?
Creative Ziggy To the best of my recollection, I believe both Trigun and Cowboy Bebop are more traditional in that they were created for a Japanese audience, and later they were licensed and brought over for American audiences. Now obviously, the tone for both series and the personalities of the characters in both series were highly influenced by the American Western genre.
Big O (specifically the second season) was actually co-financed by an American company to be shown on TV here in the States. Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust is a complete rarity in that the very first language track to be recorded for it was the English track, and it was not until weeks or months later that a Japanese language track was recorded.
That being said, there very well might be some facts about either Trigun or Cowboy Bebop that I just may not be aware of or may have forgotten, so if you know anything additionally or have links to some articles, I would love to know it!!
Peter Aguilar Baccano?
Creative Ziggy I honestly am not sure about that one! (Tip of my cap to you for knowing that title, I enjoyed it quite a bit). I do not remember that one having anything unusual about it as far as having a Western release being kept more in mind, but I will have to research that one!
I say let the anime industry die because, as it is right now, it's complete garbage. Let it die out, then rebuild it the right way. Make shows that are focused on making good stories and art, instead of making money from obsessive otaku.
+Tortoiseshel If you let the anime industry die, then all the animators will have to get different jobs (I think it is safe to assume they like to eat and support their families), and then once a new anime production company is willing to try making new anime in 10-20 years, most of the really good animators will not want to risk their new job security so you will not get back all the good animators. So it will then take even longer for the quality to get back to a very high level. So yeah ...... that plan only works out if you are willing to wait 15-25 years before high quality anime is consistently produced.
I'm okay with waiting for better anime to come out. I'm pretty much doing that right now anyway. I haven't watched anime regularly in years because I realized how much of it sucked.
Tortoiseshel And don't get me wrong, I very seriously do respect that that is your opinion. But to be both totally fair as well as totally to the point, don't you think it is rather selfish to deny the entire world a specific art-form just because you do not like parts of it? I am not asking that mockingly, I am being serious.
Honestly I don't care that much about anime anymore. I stopped caring after I noticed most of it was just shallow fanservice and otaku pandering. Not that I'm cheering for anyone to lose their jobs or anything, but I'm not gonna shed very many tears if (and most likely when) this awful, creatively bankrupt industry finally falls.
Tortoiseshel I get that you seem to not care about anime now, and that's cool. But just because I personally think horoscope books are a waste of time, I recognize there are people out there that do enjoy it so I have never called for all horoscope books to stop being made.
If I made a living wage I really would support the anime I love. But unfortunately income inequality and rising cost of living has forced all of my funds into bills and just eating a meal each day. And it's sad to say that anime targets the youth to young adult audience as it's majority. The age group with the least amount of funds to spare.
That's shounen, shoujo, etc.
There exist numerous genres catering to older audiences.
Where do you live?(state)????
fan9775 Asheville, NC. On top of the original post. Our taxes just spiked, Water also increased due to the failed HB2 bill. So now the governor is attempting to recoup lost profit.
+William Merzlak over here in AZ Phoenix you can find a gallon for 15¢-25¢
Nail on the head. One of my staunchest beliefs is to support what you love with your wallet instead of pirating but if I can't afford to give a panhandler a couple bucks I sure as shit can't afford to buy a $50+shipping and handling box set or even a $10 a month subscription fee. One of the reasons I've fallen out of anime tbh.
I think the on thing Digibro kind of missed touching upon is streaming services. It's understandable how many people have a hard time buying DVDs/BluRays, since a lot of us millenials are in HUGE amounts of debt (mostly from college) or don't have good paying jobs yet. However putting your $7 a month to a service like Crunchyroll does do some good for the industry. It's an extreme bare minimum, but it's better than piracy. I've fallen out of anime for a lot of the reasons mentioned, and I pretty much just watch JoJo now. However I keep my Crunchyroll account going to do my small part, because BluRay purchases are sadly not something I can do right now. However most people can cut some small thing out of their life to pay for the $7 Crunchyroll fee. Where it be quitting smoking (which honestly could save you enough for dvds), soda, cooking all your meals at home/not eating out, or even just buying less food/eating less, or just shopping smarter (i.e. buying things at the dollar store or buying store brand instead of big brand). I do understand some people have no income, but in those cases I'd say maybe asking for a year for christmas/your birthday. Though in those cases you really have more to worry about that anime.
I didn't write this long comment to put down people, but to let people who are overwhelmed by dvd/bluray prices know that their simply paying for a streaming service does something. Though as Digibro says it's much more helpful to actually buy the shows you care about.
tl;dr Don't feel bad that you can only afford Crunchyroll, because it helps. Also, you can probably cut costs to afford the $7/month service, so please don't torrent.
in holland you can't go to the store and say where is naruto or where is death note you can't buy shit here the only way to buy is to buy online and that is to expesif.
Lon Animsmaar wel de games
The Terminator yep
Lon Anims I know what you mean, I want to buy some anime I do, but I have to buy everything online and then the shipping costs so much that it isn't entirely worth the money anymore.
***** I've been there, it's small but it was awesome to actually walk through the anime stuff instead of searching online. A total different experience.
Lon Anims I know.... i can't buy anime here and i don't like to buy stuff on the internet.
WHY CANT WE WATCH ANIME ON TV
WORLD WIDE
because if they did they will get more money
+SilverBlinkCod actually it's expensive for them to bring it over seas to other places... other companies from other countires have to buy the rights to the animes and also they will have to dub them into various languages which also costs money. and usually the animes will not get much views which means the original japanese companies who sold the animes to the other countries will have actually spent their money for nothing since the animes did not do so successfully in the other countries. so no. it won't get them more money.
+Sushi Devourer :) a japanese companie doesnt pay shit when an anime gets dubbed.
that cost is compleatly with the companie that got the license.
one of the reasons why not every anime ever is getting dubbed is because japanese production studios dont care about the rest of the world to sell the rights to their animes.
another reason is because animes arent nearly as big of a thing outside of japan than they are in japan.
in germany it takes up to 5 years before an anime gets dubbed. thats because the market here is really small.
also there is only a small number of companies that deal with anime here and they never know whatever what they payed money for will sell or not and because of horrible dubs they mostly end up with huge losses.
which is why even less animes get licensed.
stuff like one piece gets 10 rerunns before they put out the next batch of episodes.
+SilverBlinkCod people don't like reading, so they gotta spend even more money to dub it
+Sebastian Schulze Well this is a circle
When you grow with comics, batman, superman etc you usually like them when youre an adult
CVhildren cant read
Thus if you expect children to read subs how do you expect anime to grow as a thing in the rest of the world
2. Perhaps its as big of a deal as in japan but the world is bigger than japan
People from all over the world still buy japanese articles even if they are in Idk germany and as a whole it does add up , even if scattered
So i dont see why you wouldnt invest in the world as a whole...
If licencing isnt profitable they should get a better model for it...
+SilverBlinkCod The People Running The Channels Have No Idea How Popular Anime Is And Even If They DID Every Place Has It's Own Standards And It Would Be Too Much Work Trying To Make Channels For And Figure Out Every Age Range Of Anime So They Would Do What America Has Done For Years And Edit It-Sometimes To The Point Where It's Not Even The Same Show Anymore And No-One Would Watch It. That's Why Anime Is Only Really On TV In Japan Save For Maybe A Few Select Channels With A Vary Select Group Of Anime To Choose From And None Of Them Are The New Stuff (Just Stuff From The 90's Most People Have Already Seen So Unless They Really Like That Series They Wont Be Watching It (At Least As Much) Now. It's About A LOT More Then Just Money.
More than 1k people don't wanna face reality.
Yep I'm inspired. Any anime from now on, that I enjoy, will be sitting on my selves in Blu-ray!
As random as it is:WHY THE FUCK DID I GET AN AD OF SOMEONE DRAWING A CIRCLE AND THEN IT ENDS?!
It's all part of the circle's master plan.
+DoomMan Im currently only getting thoose "Update your Driver" ads that are obviously malware or something. Go home google ad's, you're drunk xD
I REEAAALLLYY wanted to buy Fullmetal Alchemist and Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood on DVD, it is my favourite anime of all time! but sadly, in Australia the prices for anime and video games are horrible... I went to Shin Tokyo and the full season of Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood alone was $250 ($180-185 US). You can't blame people for pirating in Australia because Jesus Christ us fans don't have that much money! and we JUST NOW got Netflix and it doesn't even have the full library!
I would 100% buy my favourite animes if they were at a reasonable price!
+Bacon Puppy Frankly, Australia has FAR less excuses to pirate than 90% of the world: We have Netflix, Crunchyroll and Animelab, Madman, Hanabee and Siren Visual, who are all distributing, streaming and porting over shows from US licensors as fast as they can; Madman is essentially the Funimation of Australia. And before you call yourself an anime fan, go and look at how dedicated Japanese anime fans are; they are willing to pay 6000 yen ($50-60 US) for 3 episode Blu-ray sets and $300 US+ Blu-ray box sets
+qpopuiuzmnmb jeez dude 🙌 I never called myself a hardcore anime fan, I watch dubs and only like animes that aren't super Japanesy. I never said I was dedicated, those Japanese guys can pay whatever they want. But I'm not paying that!
And I have Netflix but I still can't watch the first FMA, and even if there is Crunchyroll and all that, I'm still streaming and I'm not even paying a fraction for what the animes are worth. I want the box sets! My internet in SA is shit! I can't stream them all the time, jeez! I want hard copies that I can watch over and over again without messing up the Internet, and the only way to do that without paying over $200 bucks is to download.
Bacon Puppy I don't get your point...Your deserve free anime?
qpopuiuzmnmb Of course I don't, but that doesn't mean I should pay $200+ bucks for my favourite anime on DVD. I'd gladly pay $80 or so, but I can't afford $200.
+qpopuiuzmnmb What about dubbed, most of the traditional outlets only offer subbed anime...? Where in Aus can you watch shows like with funi in America? I only ask because I actually really want to start supporting but I just can't find a single decent service...
This is an EXCELLENT video! thank you for this Digibro. I personally feel bad that I don't support the anime medium financially as much as you do (kinda in the same boat as you but with less backers) but I am striving on getting better and actually supporting this incredible medium that has provided so much joy into my life :)
Dude fuckin mind blown.. We hear music artists complain about them not making any money from fans because of Utorrent and stuff yet still live in mansions and drive fancy cars. They really are not hurting for money because they still have a large group of people buying music and artwork. Anime on the other hand really does have a large audience but most are like me and download shows for free. Well fuck that bullshit, I for one am going to start paying for my anime habit and support production companies. awesome video man.
+Graham Frost music is much the same story, merchandise is where the money is made and it costs a lot to make it :(
+Yolo 400 I'd agree with you if I didn't see MTV Cribs. movies still bring in hundreds of millions of dollars, music artists make enough money to have multi million dollar homes and buy a G6 jet to fly all over the world. they don't get much sympathy from me.
not all music artists make that. the one "sword art onliney" music artist that succeeds like that there are hundreds more who don't.
+Yolo 400 I can back you up there. I know plenty of musicians that have tough time making rent in shitty apartments.
The ones who say "I use Kissanime! By watching an anime series on that site, I'm helping the industry, cuz I'm getting introduced to that series!"
No, you're not. While you are getting introduced to a series thanks to that site, you are, in no way funding the creators of the of the said content that you are watching. You wanna help a series? Go watch free shit on Crunchyroll or Hulu, or buy the DVDs, which can come around to 20-25$ depending on the store/buying site you're using.
+Willie Wonker i am a watcher and i do agree, i will personally watch and also pay for the merchandise when i get the chance.
+Willie Wonker Buying DVD's is outdated: there, I said it, someone had to lol. I say that while I still buy DVd's myself, if I absolutely loved a show and would watch it any time that is (I've only got like 15-30 prob). The truth of the matter is though the way of the people has a voice and presence of it's own: it doesn't make sense to watch anime by buying DVD's these days, as much as it doesn't make sense to test, buy, and expect to enjoy every game by buying it first. This isn't just because of lack of satisfaction, but because of the acknowledged versatility and capability across several platforms, be it via streaming, or the vast ways people use pirating towards content. . Hate on broadened breadth of exchanged, and what it's done/doing opposed to the market these days, but it's certainly revolutionary.
Or rather, a revolution we've created naturally with technology, and can't seem to dig ourselves out of the monster that's got ahead of us, yet.Don't get me wrong though, there's definitely issues on both sides of the table, I'm *just* saying excluding or minimizing what we can do now *may* be a shallow answer in the big picture/long run. Like saying our "standard of living" is down, when we have spacious apartments, fast food chains, etc. around us (just a hypothetical example). Taking all the goods and ability away may solve the problem, but not be wisest answer too >__>
Until we find one though, I'll prob be on Kissanime or w/e other site,and buying what and when I can. There's times I just skip an anime convention and go waste my money on DVD's instead for the year XD --but I digress.The beast known as humanity lives on! lol
EternallApprentace Still much rather use DVDs that depend on buffering ad-whoring anime sites.
Willie Wonker eh, choices, but i understand what you mean , we should support it in all sides.
Willie Wonker At first I was like "ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!" but then it hit me: I was just using DVD's the other day, introducing a friend to Soul Eater
Then the disc skipped a bit on the PS2
And I realized English disc wouldn't play on PS3
I hooked up the Blu-ray/DVD player I bought for my computer, and it eventually started doing similar there too, albeit a few eps later.
Then I thought to myself, "Hmmm. DVD's/Blu-Ray's I always imagined to be 'the shining epitome of collected anime formats!' that can scratch, skip, be region locked, etc....
Or go to an anime site, that buffers the whole vid immediately, plays in HD, and only has ads on the side that I can block out in full screen. HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM :l tough decision!"
Immediately went to an anime site and it was crystal clear smooth sailing for the rest of the hours we watched Soul Eater LOL. Plus, we had both dub and sub still, since of course many sites have both.
The one thing I like about being a crunchyroll subscriber (paid), is that the money I pay monthly gets divided up to the companies that make the shows I watch. This allows me, while I don't BUY the shows, to fund them with my meager disability finances.
To be honest, I'm super impressed at how much these studios accomplish in their production hell. You just gotta give it to them, they do so much for so little.
dude.. this is the first ever video i am gonna share in my entire life on facebook (vid from youtube i watched) so dude nice job!
1:37 Zankyou no Terror comes up as he's talking about people creating works of art. Definitely not a coincidence.
OK, you do realize that people watch animes all around the world, right?
I'm from Brazil and I hardly watch any anime, but lots of friends of mine watch lots of animes. Here in Brazil we don't have most of famous animes around. So, how could we even buy them if they are not available? And I am talking about Brazil, an western country, not so rich but also not so poor, with the biggest population of Japanese people outside Japan, etc. I bet most Latin American and Asian countries countries (except for Japan, of course) are like us. I also bet that all the countries in Africa are worse then our situation.
So, basically my point is: you simply cannot buy something if it is not for sail. Therefore, you download it.
I don't know how much Mexicans love DBZ. But I can say young people here in Brazial like it a lot.
Clever
If you ask anyone older than 25 about DBZ in the streets of Mexico... You will get amazing answers :)
*****
Creo que todos esos shows aparesian en el Canal 5 alla en Mexico. (perdona mi espanol, no lo e escrito ase un buen rato. Pero, mi lengua natal es espanol XD)
Tambien ponian Drake Y Josh XD (No se si tenian Sailor Moon)
@Digibro This is something I try to convey to everyone without seeming like I'm preaching or pushing. There are actually several single season/partial season series' that I've watched and thoroughly enjoyed. They end in a cliffhanger and I realize that if it ever does get a continuation, it'll probably be half a decade later. I've only recently started purchasing the disk sets of my favorites. But man, are they expensive. And understandably. If more people were buying them then it would follow that they could afford to lower the price. But with so few actually supporting their shows through those purchases, they have to get as much as they can out of each actual sale. This needs more views.
I wish I could pay. but I just can't. I don't have enough money. There's only one manga store 'nearby' and Im not even sure if buying there will be profitable for the anime
Use crunchyroll. That way spamming the ads will support the creator.
It would be awesome if Bill Gates would be an anime fan xD Free anime for everyone :D
FlamyMind lol how would that work xD
That Under the Dog show is made by the guys who made Sword of the Stranger! Bloody hell, maybe I should try to donate some money, the fights in that film were insane.
docterfantazmo Well, same director anyways, and maybe some shared staff. Stranger was by Bones and UTD is by Kinema Citrus, who have worked with Bones on several joint productions. Either way the stuff they've made is gorgeous, and Canaan had some great action scenes too.
I'll give it a look, i'm not actually watching anything at the mo.
Ever thought about doing a summer synopsis thing Digi? I give a/ a look at the start of every university break to see whats coming out but then I have to burn my computer and bleach my eyes so I can't watch any anime for a while...
I already did a summer season video on this channel actually
Whoops, derp!
docterfantazmo A lot of us would be thankful if you pledges something towards the KS, every little bit helps :P
I've personally pledged $215, hopefully this project can become a reality ;~;
I love all the points you are making but being as young as I am it's hard for me to support them in that way without a Job or getting down on my knees and begging for an advance on my allowance.
Though I wish I could
The best you can do might be to at least watch the shows in official streams (hulu, crunchyroll, youtube) and not on other websites, so at least they get the little bit of ad revenue from your hits. It's not much, but better than nothing! And just spread the word to others along the way.
I never had an allowance, I worked my ass off to buy my massive collection of anime, manga, figures and video games. So get a job and no matter how hard and a pain in the ass it is, think about the stuff you will get in the end when you get your pay check.
This was pretty educational actually, would be interested in seeing more videos like this.
A1 has really good anime like
Black butler
Magi
And
Fairy tail (kinda , but it is really popular)
you named 3 animes but not a single good one....
Space Brothers (Uchuu Kyoudai).
Quality of pictures tho... i paused the vid when saw BB and Magi were made by the same ... ppl. Its all about the taste :)
Konosuba i think shin seki yori one of the most thought provoking anime ever, if you give it time to built up for the third arc and enjoy the creepy atmosphere, and some others that are very good
erashed?
Part of my biggest problem right now with having to cut back on buying anime or manga is.....I live in a small place that is already cluttered with things I can't just up and get rid of, and no real storage space to speak of (bedroom closet dedicated to clothes...that's it) ....and I'm running out of room to keep physical media. T.T
I'd love to get a lot more anime and stuff from the direct sources, but most of the the stuff I want to get doesn't have any kind of way to buy digital copies of it.
+Genisay Well... some things are just better to wait on for digital media like downloadable videos to harddrives. Sadly, such a thing is hard to distribute without someone making a pirate of it.
Right, I know. But it seems pirates enough get made even with the hard copies. Xp
Hopefully one day I can start expanding my manga and anime collection again.
Well.....books and movies in general, actually XD
+Genisay you can always sell them = w=;
I could.....but there wouldn't be much point in that. Since I started out not having a lot of money to buy such things, I only ever bought ones I was sure I wanted to keep and would read several times over. If I sold them, I would only go buy them again at some point.
+Genisay
Sell the anime to your friends, then when you have a bigger house; kill them and take back what is yours.
Is the video cutting off at the end for anyone else?
If you saw the giant thumbs up fade out, that was the end of the video. I know it's a rather abrupt ending.
***** It cut out right in the middle of your sentence, stopping at "maybe we-"
That's odd. I'm not having the problem. Rest of the sentence is "maybe we can help to rescue the anime industry"
***** It cut out for me as well.
***** same happen to me that it was cut out at the end.
just found you an hour ago and you're already my favorite channel
I'm a comic artist... I know how it is. I think crowd funding is one of the best things to ever happen in the Creative World. I am happy to be able to receive and give support to work I love.
If they make anime that there sure to attract viewers how come garbage like infinite stratos have 2 seasons but claymore with amazing fights and story only gets one? i dont get it.
No I borrowed the DVD from the library but I would buy it if they made a second season.
***** the library had all the episodes so there wasn't much of a reason to buy it. I don't want manga I want animation.
+KinghtofZero00 That's really the issue. You say you wont buy unless they make a second season but it turns out they dont have the money to make a second season unless you buy first.
Christopher Triggs I'll buy the manga because I enjoyed the show but its pointless to buy the box set, it's not like I'm going to make any difference they still won't continue to make it anyway
I know what you mean but I watched claymore last year but the show was released in 2007, if they really wanted to make a new season they would've in all that time
So... so.. if i sell my kidney and my organs i can get another season of spice and wolf? i can? I CAN ? PLEASE TELL ME I CAN T.T
It would probably take a little more than that, and by a little, I mean lot.
+artemis142 you'd need more kidneys..and other secondary organs..and blood to fund the next season
I think you can get the joke now lol.
+Blood Angel if we all sold our kidneys they'll have enough to complete every Volume.
Even after 2 years this video still deserves to be shared with all people that love animation and the amazing things that can be done with it.
Videos like this made me realize a long time ago how devastating it can be for a creator that it's fans only demand more without really wanting to give anything to support them.
And why it is so important help this creators not matter how small you thing your investment is, because that one purchase you made to them can be the last bucks they needed to go ahead in doing more incredible things.
Also, it's pretty darn hard to buy anything to support the anime/manga/whatever here in the West. It's WAAAAYYY overpriced here, or completely unavailable. It's just easier to find some fan translations and scans online for free.
If those studios made some kind of Netflix for anime and manga, I wouldn't mind paying $8 a month for access. It would have to be one large anime/manga Netflix, though. If every studio had one, I'd be annoyed.
Yeah, I agree, i'm not rich enough to support anime, so I support the jrpg anime video game industry instead. Why buy anime series, if I can get complete video games for cheaper? My money is far to limited to pay $100 or more for each anime season.
I mean Crunchyroll is like a Netflix of anime. The problem is they don't have ALL the shows, but if more people took the risk of subscribing to Crunchyroll I'm sure it could grow more just like Netflix did. Best thing about Crunchyroll is that they are working directly with production houses in Japan so when people subscribe to Crunchyroll they're also supporting the anime industry itself.
As someone who likes a lot of Aniplex shows, I feel this. I watch a show and enjoy it, say "I should get the blu-rays!' and then discover they are only available as a limited edition and cost $300.
And then there's Macross... Can't we figure out how to copyright?
I feel like everybody here hates Sword Art Online.
An opinion, but not even a remotely valid one.....Firstly , I'll concede that Season 1.5 with Alfenheim was pretty shit. Second: Season 2 did in fact have character development not in the form of Kirito, but in the form of Sinon who let's face it was the REAL protagonist of GGO. Season 2.5 featured the sleeping knights where not only Asuna learned more about herself, but we learned more about Asuna. We learned just how attatched the Alfenheim incident had made her to Kirito and how Kirito isn't just a lover, but also a rock for her. Not to mention, everybody just hanging around and being normal in these games in season 2.5? I enjoyed that. I also assume you don't know whom the Sleeping Knight's guild are and why they do what they do.
+Matthew Barnes
Sure, that a all sounds good on paper, but it just seems like an excuse to drag the show on longer. I think that's why a lot of people dislike SAO; what started off as a show with an interesting premise became a long winded, scrapped together story made just so they can make more money. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that you're not allowed to like the show or that studios trying to get by is a bad thing, but to me, when people make art just so they can cash into a trend, it just feels... Well, not like a piece of art.
Except, you're wrong.
SAO was: What if MMOs trapped you and killed?
AO was: Let's try to push our heroine and hero over and make them realize just how weak they are without their precious game.
GGO was: You still have unfinished business, Hero. But, let's meet another person who wasn't in SAO.
MR was: So what happens after you survive that horrible game and try to get acclimated to a normal life and finally move on?
Also, what of people who are terminally ill? They would have loved SAO.
Matthew Barnes "People who are terminally ill"? What does that have anything to do with what I said? Are you talking about people irl or people in the show? Cuz I was talking about real life
+Matthew Barnes I honesty liked sao when it came out, but as time went on it became uber mainstream and then it had ALOT of people saying "OMG SAO BEST ANIME EVARR" and im like wut? Sure its a good anime but best? The haters then told why they hated it and some of what they said made sense and i was opened up to how shitty sao is.
I think it was the concept of sao that made me like it, death game and all
Just executed poorly
And you forgot about something "The poor fans". Yes believe me, here in Africa 10$ it's equal to 2 days hard work, Without mention there is no e-payment at all, believe me we love to buy but we need to stay alive too.
Of course, not everyone can afford to support, I tried to address that at the end of the video. If you can't support shows directly, you can still spread the word so that more people understand the need to do so.
***** i was looking for this q/a combo, and very glad i found it. thank you. :)
"A lot of studios don't make good show". *Aldnoah.Zero popped up.*
BEAUTIFUL.
It's difficult to support my currently favourite manga/anime when no one is willing to export anything to Spain exCEPT MAYBE THAT ONE SPINOFF THAT IS PROBABLY QUITE GOOD BUT CANNOT FIND IN ANY STORE BECAUSE ROHAN KISHIBE IS SNEAKY LIKE THAT
which is why there arent' manys eries like shinsekai yori and ergo proxy. :(
the truly awesome animes
+Markus Andersen That's what makes anime like Ergo Proxy so good, because there aren't a lot of series that can manage to have the same level of quality stories. That's why we need to savor ever one of those really good series as we watch them since it's usually going to be a while before you see another awesome series, though I was pretty lucky this year.
+Xesthan
We were all pretty lucky this year. Personally with what has been made in 2015 and what is coming 2016 I think Anime is as strong as ever... of course besides Manglobe
Why don't anime studios put their shows on youtube? They can get ads money and it would be free.
+Creagines cause most of the episodes they make get pirated by other users on youtube
+Creagines A lot of anime distributors put shows on Crunchy Roll and Hulu, both of which people can watch for free and it legally supports the anime industry.
Peter Aguilar Oh thats great! I will check it out! :D Thank you
+Creagines RUclips money from ads wouldn't be enough to support a company to make animes. There is like no way. You'd need millions or rather billions of views on everything. RUclips doesn't pay all that well if you don't get milions of views (why do you think Digibro has a patreon despite having hundred thousand of views on every vid? And that's only 1 person. ONE. To make an anime you need an entire team of people with different talents or skills in different aspects. There's also a reason why "RUclips anime" like RWBY has way lower quality than actual anime as well. And even that was Kickstarted, not only made by RUclips ads money. Plus anime is made in months or years, people who live off RUclips generally upload several videos a month to sustain. No way an anime company can do that).
I see, and well now that you put it that way I totally agree with this. Thank you.
This is why I love things like Crunchyroll and Netflix. You don't lose money if you try something you don't like, and you're still paying the producers (indirectly).
They're constantly increasing their collection. If nothing else, at least check to see if a show is on Crunchyroll before pirating it. It takes like ten seconds.
You're stuck with bad translations with CR though.
+PizzaCakeAt4AM Why not?
+PizzaCakeAt4AM I miss the old literal translations from real fansubs.
Same problem here. I tried it and immediately unsubscribed after a week or so, cause none of the shows I'm interested in are available "in my region" I tried to make it worthwhile by rummaging for trinkets but it wasn't worth it. Not for just one or two shows.
It's pronounced neesh not nish.
Is it spelled 'Nitch'? I tried checking it out on Webster - Not returning no nothing.
+Jiraiya Hermit It's spelled niche.
I'd love to play games based on animes. But most if not all of them are always crap. Just look at SAO which look like a weak version of the Tales serie, or Onepiece that use the Dynasty warrior Engine... Those are boring and not worth spending the crazy amount they ask for.
+Wesker Frank Games cost a lot to develop...
Dodgy Dave But why even bother making games that people won't buy? Its like all those Pixar and Disney games that all suck, They waste time and money making crap.
+Wesker Frank Two words: mass merchandising. When a certain anime or show goes mainstream or popular, companies will make merchandise for that show. Attack on Titan only got games when they realize the manga and show got audiences.
+Wesker Frank
When the guys behind Metal Gear Rising Revengeance said they wanted to make a Kill la Kill spectacle fighter, I smiled for the next 10 minutes unconsciously.
+-Wraith- THAT WOULD BE FUCKING AWESOME!
I hope. ;A;
I wish anime was stream legally directly from the studios, instead of using Fun-animation or Crunchyroll. I would pay for that kind of service, also I don't mind watching ads to support the shows. Also subbed.
This has more or less happened before with certain shows being streamed on NicoNicoDouga at the time of their release on TV, I think a few even had subtitles if I recall correctly.
***** the only way to beat the piracy is to provide better service than them. All i want is to download hi res videos of my favorite anime and watch it from my hard drive any time or any place i wanted. sadly for me piracy is my only option. there is no video download option available in my region . DvD and blurays are also not available and I do not like having physical copy of them
***** some anime can be bought on itunes, maybe consider checking that out? idk if it's available everywhere though D:
luiysia You can change your region on iTunes. Buy a japanese iTunes card, change your region on iTunes and then you can buy all the anime you want. It also gives you a way to buy music from japan legally.
LilChikyChan changing region in Itunes is kinda illegal based on their ELUA
I would buy the dvd(s) for my favorite show, but I don't think nearly $300 for a used box set is worth it.
....do not buy the japanese releases.
But the western distributed releases.
+Thomas Roth This. This shows that there is a Western market.