http://seanny.net/WordPress/?p=123 Sun, 23 May 2010 13:35:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://seanny.net/WordPress/?p=123&cpage=1#comment-171 seanny Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:57:01 +0000 http://seanny.net/WordPress/?p=123#comment-171 yeah, Crunchyroll fills a gap in anime distribution that used to be served only by fansubs, so the "problem" of fansubbing is more or less solved as much as it can be. There's always going to be web piracy, so if you're competing with piracy, you have to at least make your product no less convenient than bittorrent, and Crunchyroll has arguably achieved that. The rest of the article talks about physical home video releases as opposed to a faceless streaming subscription service. I think there's been an emphasis during the anime "boom" in making discs cheaper, faster and more stripped down. However discs will never beat fansubs/Crunchyroll at their own game, so I'm saying physical distributors need to aim in new directions than compete with cheap, instant gratification. yeah, Crunchyroll fills a gap in anime distribution that used to be served only by fansubs, so the “problem” of fansubbing is more or less solved as much as it can be. There’s always going to be web piracy, so if you’re competing with piracy, you have to at least make your product no less convenient than bittorrent, and Crunchyroll has arguably achieved that. The rest of the article talks about physical home video releases as opposed to a faceless streaming subscription service. I think there’s been an emphasis during the anime “boom” in making discs cheaper, faster and more stripped down. However discs will never beat fansubs/Crunchyroll at their own game, so I’m saying physical distributors need to aim in new directions than compete with cheap, instant gratification.

]]> http://seanny.net/WordPress/?p=123&cpage=1#comment-165 Marc Tue, 21 Apr 2009 03:49:59 +0000 http://seanny.net/WordPress/?p=123#comment-165 crunchyroll ftw? crunchyroll ftw?

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