Lear Financial, Download Anime Videos ? Pros and Cons of Downloading Anime from Free Sites

Jose-Marcio Martins da Cruz Jose-Marcio.Martins at ensmp.fr
Mon Jan 7 04:41:34 CST 2008


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Super Star wrote:
> Lear Financial, Download Anime Videos ? Pros and Cons of Downloading 
> Anime from Free Sites
> 
> Anime has swept across the world in an unstoppable wave. Many fans are 
> interested to download anime videos for free. There are naturally others 
> who prefer to buy and collect the original full version in DVDs. It is a 
> matter of choice and we will look at the pros and cons to download anime 
> videos for free.
> 
> Pros of downloading anime videos from free sites
> 
> Obviously, it is free. And most people like free stuff. There are some 
> online sites that host free anime video series for download.
> 
> There is another source of free anime. You may have also heard of 
> fansubs. Fansubs are basically the translated and subtitled versions of 
> the original copy. They are produced by anime fans. Anime in its 
> original form is in Japanese language. The subtitles as well as the 
> audio are in Japanese. Fans in different countries took it upon 
> themselves to change the subtitle and audio language to their local 
> language and host them online for free downloading. So you also get the 
> anime videos in your own native language which in most cases is English.
> 
> Cons of downloading anime videos from free sites
> 
> Sad to say, there are problems when you download anime videos from such 
> free sites. Other than fansubs, you have other free download service 
> that offer free anime movies, videos and so on. These sites are known to 
> put your computers at risk of getting infected with computer viruses, 
> adware and spyware. Many users have complained about the annoyance of 
> commercial advertisement pop-ups that cannot be killed and viruses that 
> drastically slow down their computer speeds.
> 
> Another problem is some of these fellows actually put up licensed copies 
> for downloading. You can get into trouble when downloading licensed 
> anime videos.
> 
> One of the biggest killjoy is also that many of the videos are not full 
> versions. They are either incomplete or sometimes poorly subtitled.
> 
> Another con to mention here is that these anime series can continue to 
> run if they remain profitable to the anime developer. If people keep 
> circulating pirated copies around, their sales could be affected and in 
> the long run, it may not be worthwhile for the Japanese animation 
> developers to carry on with the sequels. This is sad fact and many fans 
> would definitely protest.
> 
> Anime is a powerful media that connects fans around the world. It would 
> be so sad if one day, our heros such as Naruto or Innuyasha cannot 
> continue their journeys because fans are downloading pirated copies and 
> not buying downloads.
> 
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> 
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> 
> 
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