Cross55 t1_iyd2cji wrote on November 30, 2022 at 2:35 PM

Reply to comment by leonden in Disney Expands Partnership With Japan’s Kodansha to Release More Anime Originals by HumanOrAlien

Because anime fans don't like the fact that stuff they want to watch and could theoretically watch as soon as it airs is locked behind both a pay and release wall.

So much anime/manga related stuff is already inaccessible if you don't speak Japanese or can't pay for the exhorbidant shipping prices, we don't need western companies just adding more inaccessibility on top of the pile.

leonden t1_iyd5c9k wrote on November 30, 2022 at 2:58 PM

So you are saying that it is inaccessible, but you don’t want it more accessible because you dislike netflix?

Cross55 t1_iyd8a6v wrote on November 30, 2022 at 3:18 PM

It's not accessible on sites like Netflix, that's the problem!

Most anime focused sites like Crunchyroll or pirate sites have episodes available in sub the day they air in Japan, sites like Netflix or Disney+ make you wait up to 12-24 weeks to watch a show after it aired in Japan.

Summertime Rendering for example, one of the best new shows released in the past year, ended in the summer in Japan. But guess what? America has to wait months to watch the final few episodes because Disney didn't feel like bestowing said episode upon us mere pathetic English speakers until a few weeks ago. (In America, IIRC, don't know if The UK or Ireland got it yet)

And this happens all the time with these 2.