MY stance on this issue (glares angrily and shakes fist at chris) is to buy manga and anime when you can, but not all the time. You should treat it like that kid with no friends. You should go and talk to him a little and be nice. Maybe He's actually pretty cool and you become good friends or it turns out that He's got no friends because He's a jerk. So I'm not gonna tell you to spend all your money on anime and manga even if you don't like it. Go ahead and watch/read it online, but if you like it you should consider putting on a christmas list or spend some birthday money, don't just download it. Because if you download it that means that you obviously like it, so the makers have done all they can to get your support. Now its your turn.
Now lets be clear, I don't think that you should buy stuff and watch anime on hulu or some other legal way just because its legal. (although thats Big too) The main reason is that I like anime and manga and want to get more of it in america. But why should Funimation go out on a limb to get rights for a big exspensive anime if its not going to sell anyways? Why would they spend lots of money to get not crappy voice actors? Why would it ever be on any sort of real TV? The only way that we will ever see anime and manga have a bigger place in america is if it sells. So basically if you really do like a manga/anime then when you just download it and don't ever buy it you are lowing its chance of survival and success. That is the big reason that comes before it being legal for me. Because its not like you'll get arrested or anything, you buy stuff to support it and encourage more. Thats why. The day that the majority of americans think of something other than pokemon and yu-gi-oh-crap will never come otherwise.
Anime has a whole lot more to gain by all of this. Because Its more money almost always produce a better product. If you don't believe me you should have a look at "Cowboy Bebop"s DVD set. "Cowboy Bebop" is the best selling anime in america ever (I'm pretty sure at least) and its not hard to tell. Right from the get-go. Its not in one of those cardboard things that funimation uses so much. Its actually got some Legit cool special features, and has what I think is the best dub ever on an anime. Just think about a world where you would no longer need to watch anime in japanese because the dub is so unbareable. Thats a future I can get behind.
So I'm certainly not telling you to buy anime all up the wazoo and to never watch/read unless its the official place. BUT I am asking that if you Like an anime/manga and you 've got some spending money, buy some occasionally. And if you can watch something on Hulu, watch it on Hulu. Sacrifice 30 seconds of your time for those ads, and remind yourself that its for the greater good. Remind yourself that you are making the small steps needed to make the days when anime and manga was a thing that only pasty nerds and asians do a distant memory. Remind yourself that you are moving closer to a day when you need not avoid dubs because they are such peices of steamy poop. Remind yourself that your money is contributing to a day when you don't need to worry about a manga being realesed in the U.S. Remind yourself of those things and by the time you're done, the ad will be done and you can go on watching. And always remeber...........
.........Karma Gnome is watching you.
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