minus-squarerowrowrowyourboat@sh.itjust.workstoPiracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.com•Japan To Build AI System To Detect & Combat Anime, Manga PiracylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-211 days agoPiracy is the best thing that happened to anime. Without it, anime and Japan wouldn’t be nearly as popular. They’re shooting themselves on the foot. People discover anime and manga through piracy, and then if they love it, they end up spending money on it. Just look at Berserk. I bet 90% of people who spent money on the mangas and all the deluxe editions discovered it through “illegal” means. linkfedilink
Piracy is the best thing that happened to anime. Without it, anime and Japan wouldn’t be nearly as popular.
They’re shooting themselves on the foot. People discover anime and manga through piracy, and then if they love it, they end up spending money on it.
Just look at Berserk. I bet 90% of people who spent money on the mangas and all the deluxe editions discovered it through “illegal” means.