How many times people watched illegally shared anime lately?
How many times people watched illegally shared anime lately?…Easy answer…Millions….69 millions times actually!
According to NHK news, the Association of Japanese Animation (AJA) surveyed the present situation of the illegally shared anime. From February to March 2009, 38 thousand illegal files were uploaded to Japanese and non-Japanese websites and they were watched 69 million times during the period. AJA staff said they will keep on making efforts to spread high-quality pay streaming services in opposition to the prevailed illegal websites.
Well, not everything is bad, at least for some at the other side of the Pacific…
Crunchyroll’s pay streaming service ($7 per month) has 4.5 million members and they provide 200 titles, 5,000 episodes. The president of Crunchyroll Japan Branch Vincent Shortino said the number of illegal downloads of NARUTO episodes decreased by 74% after their official streaming started.
My only concern about all of this is the fact that not many can watch legal streaming services due to region locks….and for a rhyme, it sucks! Lets hope They do something about that.
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# of times stuff is uploaded can be tracked, but how do they come to 69 million times watched? Is it just # of times downloaded?
In addition to region locks, many lesser known and long forgotten series would never see the light of day in foreign regions if it were not for fansubs. Your Narutos, One Pieces, and FMAs will always be easy to market and sell, but how about classic series like Macross and LotGH, or recent niche titles like Kaiba and Trapeze? At least in that aspect, fansubs are still necessary, and probably always will be.
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I have my doubts about that number. I can only base my doubts about what I see on AnimeSuki and Baka-Updates, but I very much doubt that for the english subbed anime the download will go over 2 million (and then I probably will have accounted for the download through IRC as well including the rips).
So unless in Asia itself downloads are rampant I fail to see how they ever get anywhere near that 69 million.
Personally speaking, I’d love to buy all the stuff I like, but only if I win some lottery that will actually happen. Besides, when there is a new series you want to watch it NOW and not wait 1 year (or more) before you actually can buy the DVDs … which imho are vastly overpriced anyway. In that respect I think crunchyroll is the way to go for the anime companies …. now if only they can crank up the quality somewhat as I’ve been told that it leaves to be desired (especially translation wise).
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