This rant was brought to you by license bashing on the Loveless comm

[tempestuously]

Ack, missed Kimmie Meissner's skating debut because someone screwed up my recording. I sob.

Also, the wise words of Greg Ayres regarding DVD releases, especially pertaining to the American Loveless DVD , should be noted by the fandom as soon as possible. However, his explanation cannot hide the fact that the Media Blasters' release was sloppy and inconsistent. It can still explain the use of the font, compared to the fancy font styles fans of fansubs have grown accustomed to and the bizarre lack of a dub track on the American DVD. These are the same complaints I would be making had I not attended Katsucon this year. As much as Ayres' conversation frustrated me, he taught me a lot about both the Japanese and the American anime industry. Point one, the Japanese are pissed about the illegal downloading even before a series is licensed in American and plan to form a way to deal with this. Point two, the Americans are struggling to lessen the gap between the Japanese and American DVD releases in hopes of decreasing the illegal downloading.

Point three, Ayres is right; there really is no legitimate excuse for scanlations if people have NO intention to pay for either the Japanese manga or the licensed manga. Sorry, no money is not a good excuse. Manga is cheap. Get off your asses and buy the Japanese if you're a tightwad. It really does seriously injure a mangaka, who lacks the heavy funding of an animation company. I don't care how popular the mangaka is. unless they're Clamp.please take all their money.and stop giving them more for copycat series Ahem, support your mangaka. This is one aspect of Internet sharing that I can safely say I feel no shame for because I have bought Japanese or licensed versions of everything I've read on the Internet, including the Naruto manga I continue to bash so heavily. But I do believe that any fan who has read scanlations with no intent of purchasing any hard copy of the series should be chatised severely. They are not a good fan. No, I'm not going to debate this because it's not up for discussion with me. You are hurting your mangaka; it's that simple.

Comments

[nayami.livejournal.com]

I was merely responding to the complaints made at the community, one of them was concerning the lack of a dub track. I personally found it unusual because all of the anime I've purchased, with the exception of the CCS DVDs, included a dub track. I do not purchase much yaoi anime from Media Blasters so I wasn't certain how they handle their releases either. There are members of the Loveless community who should probably hear you explanation as well.

[yaoikitten.livejournal.com]

I didn't think it was that big of an issue. I mean, no matter what you do for a release, fans are not going to be happy. I just wrote the person off as someone who doesn't understand the industry and moved on. ^.^ If it comes up, I will. I just hate to interrupt my postings of "How to..." and become Ms. Anime Knowledge to everyone. >.>