November 27, 2007
The post mainly concerns comic piracy but the subject matter is likely of at least academic interest to many anime fans.
Full Disclosure: I've watched fansubs and bought several DVD series because of them. Every few months I go to a bit torrent party to see the first few episodes of what's new in Anime.
The fansubbers, however, don't stop with the first few episodes, nor do they, as Stephen Den Beste suggested, reduce their video quality to you tube levels.
I have little sympathy for the video companies who saddled us with region coding specifically to screw Japanese consumers and the new "solutions" to the piracy problem that tend towards things like this.
However, the technology has advanced to the point that I fear we're going to see a "tragedy of the commons" in several artistic industries in a few years.
Well, I'm off to work. Be back in a day or two.
Update:
Suddenly...related posts...lots of them, some quite....special.
It's like Colleen is the hundredth monkey or something.
Actually this flurry of interest is strictly anime related and seems to stem from this editorial at ANN . (HT: Stephen who has further thoughtful screedage here).
Avatar has industry insider perspective here, and points out the unlikelihood of RIAA style crackdowns on fansubbers here. While some may be very happy to hear this, the jist of his argument is that the Anime companies, because they don't have the financial resources...these are small operations frequently run by people who were fans of this stuff and they don't have the spare change to deal with the lawsuits. This is unsurprising, in my experience, particularly on campus recently, "standing up to the man" generally means taking pot shots at those who can't hit back.
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November 23, 2007
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November 14, 2007
Prodigies.....it's always the prodigies...
(Back to work.....)
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November 13, 2007
Ubu is suffering from antisocial urges regards the current season of anime.
Don't do it Ubu!!
I'm not currently watching much of anything as I've got a capstone seminar paper, a PowerPoint presentation, 2 tests, a Coast Guard drill weekend, doctors appointments, and a lab to make up this week.
However, before I got swamped I saw a few things at a Lain Party friends house that few have discussed much but looked enjoyable.
One of the more pleasant was Code E
I saw the first 2 eps of this and enjoyed it thoroughly.
Premise: 20 minutes into the future, one Chinami Ebihara a perfectly normal girl, has moved from school to school for years forever at the whim of the careers of her ambitious parents.
She is shy and awkward. She tries to make friends.
That is my story, and I am sticking to it.
OK the spoiler is just the premise but I went into this show utterly cold and enjoyed it even more for that.
The characters introduced thus far are quite likable and the series looks upbeat and generally enjoyable. It is very low key thus far but there is potential for much plot and intrigue as is hinted at by the credits.
At Episode 2:
5 Bricks
Hopefully enough to bring Ubu from the brink.
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November 04, 2007
( I thought Danny Choo was too short to be a storm trooper)
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All is explained here.
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November 02, 2007
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