Comments on: Free and legal anime on YouTube

By: Jake Was Here

Jake Was Here — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 22:49:53 +0000

I understand Yoshimoto Kogyo’s got their own channel on YT now as well.

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By: Kadokawa To Allow Its Content On YouTube » Dark Diamond

Kadokawa To Allow Its Content On YouTube » Dark Diamond — Fri, 30 May 2008 08:19:37 +0000

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By: dogtato

dogtato — Thu, 29 May 2008 22:51:23 +0000

I’ve been watching Tower of Druaga on youtube instead of downloading it. The video quality isn’t nearly as good, but it’s worth showing support for a good practice.

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By: DKO

DKO — Wed, 28 May 2008 12:28:13 +0000

Tag this suddenoutbreakofcommonsense. Oh wait, this isn’t slashdot.

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By: Stephen

Stephen — Wed, 28 May 2008 05:17:15 +0000

Wow, a company with some SENSE! Amazing.

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By: Free and legal Japanese anime by Kadokawa Group

Free and legal Japanese anime by Kadokawa Group — Wed, 28 May 2008 03:04:05 +0000

[...] free and legal (!) Japanese Anime is quite a challenge, that’s why we are so excited to see that Kadokawa Group, the company behind Lucky Star and The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, will be [...]

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By: Irene

Irene — Tue, 27 May 2008 23:17:53 +0000

Well I think most do know that.. just the difference is that most of videos are not as high-quality as DVD versions (maybe except veoh.. but there’s still 2GB cap) so it could be considered an advertisement in a way, just as Kadokawa group acknowledged months earlier about the effectiveness of those ‘illegal’ videos to advertise their animes. The uploaders at the most likely risk are those who share their content through P2P; there were incidents of 3 guys being arrested for doing that this month in Japan.

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By: kali

kali — Tue, 27 May 2008 15:18:21 +0000

Yeah. Its about time.
most people who upload illegal content onto youtube, didn’t realize it is illegal, just like those who download music. How idiotic is that.

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By: Liam

Liam — Tue, 27 May 2008 07:22:55 +0000

Good to see Kadokawa taking a similar step to what Gonzo did earlier this year. Hopefully we’ll start to see in-house translated and subbed anime on this soon.

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By: Irene

Irene — Tue, 27 May 2008 06:25:19 +0000

Wow, I hope this would be a breakthrough for TV businesses, there are ‘illegal’ videos all over anyway, and people actually do buy DVDs after watching those (including myself).

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