DarkPrince_92 wrote:But to go back to what I said. The only reason I say that is because I've been buying DBZ for years thinking that THIS will be the best way to watch the series....then Funimation comes out with something better, Dragon Box for example....then blue balls me.
And no one act like they don't get anime without paying whether it's streaming or downloading. 
I don't have to act like it, because I don't do it. Other than
Dragon Ball, there are maybe three other anime series I still enjoy enough to own, and I own them. If I were into an anime without a stateside release, I suppose I'd stream or download it, but only with the knowledge that I'd be obligated to purchase any upcoming DVDs and Blu-Rays. TV shows I want to try out, I do so only if they're available on air, Hulu, Netflix or some other official, commercial avenue. The few TV shows I actively follow, even if I occasionally have to stream mid-season, I inevitably buy official season releases of.
Partly because I like to actually own the physical media, but mostly because I'm being a goddamn thief otherwise and I don't want my support for the property to be invisible. And it is invisible if I don't somehow add to the numbers they can track in terms of viewers, media sales or successful advertising.
FUNimation can put out as many releases as they want; bite the bullet and buy one you're comfortable with and tell yourself not to double dip (or go ahead and double dip if you feel like it) and let that be end of it. Or watch their official streams. You're not owed the show and they've given you plenty (too many, even) avenues to watch and own it. Hell, if you watched it on TV when it aired, you've already gotten your free screening (or whatever you paid for your cable package, and hey, that's what you pay for; the cable company doesn't work for free either). You get what you pay for, and the studios who animate and distribute these shows aren't working for free.
I'm not sure you get the irony of
nathantheguitarist pointing out your signature, but if you really are an aspiring animator, you should know that nothing is produced without time, money and effort. There needs to be some compensation in order to continue; you need to know fans are out there. I don't know if you're looking for some real monetary compensation from what you do if you're just looking for exposure on YouTube, but what you're doing when you download a show without support an official release is the equivalent of either your fans not paying you for media you're selling or uploading your work to another YouTube channel so you can't track any of the views. The work is going unappreciated and unsupported because the people who honestly enjoy it can be assed to show it. And that's just tragic. Why bother with the next project if there's no support for the current one?
Beji wrote:I actually disagree for once. A person who hates piracy disagrees x.x, but hear me out. As I underlined he did say DBZ. FUNi has an obnoxious amount of re-releases, some being repackaging and that is it. If all anime came out with ONE GOOD RELEASE of each series instead of a few half ass ones or some offering little different things especially with DBZ(Like having a Dragon Box release with both the English and Japanese voices and both BGM) then there would be no point to go with these "other means". I love the series, I love supporting the series, I hope everyone on here knows that. But if they aren't going to come out with one complete US release I am going to have to obtain the orange brick/single audio and sync it up to my Dragon box video.
Once again, you aren't owed these things. And while there may be some extremes, there's really no excuse with
Dragon Ball, where FUNimation has not only provided numerous releases, but been
very communicative with the fans. If their best readily available offering right now is something you don't like, hold off. Don't buy it. But you're not owed some alternative and you aren't owed watchable
Dragon Ball in the meantime. You know they're always looking at future releases. Or, in the meantime, they're so open-eared you could go ahead and buy the orange bricks cheaply and just send emails about what you'd like to see in a future release. Or buy older releases direct. Or do all of the above. Your call.
Even in extreme situations (say the series had only ever been released with an English dub in America), certainly there'd be foreign releases you could import or support that might match what you're looking for. Certainly you could download the version you prefer but then still purchase the physical release and correspond with the company (if they're selling what they currently have, they'll be more apt to consider re-releases).
And if you choose to do none of these things, well, again, you just aren't owed it. Someone makes this series, and that takes time and money. Someone releases it, and that takes time and money. It's a good; it's entertainment; it's made for profit. It isn't someone's artistic magnum opus they want read in the streets to better mankind. You either pay to get it in some form (buying home releases, paying for cable, watching advertising on network TV or streaming services) or you choose to forgo it.
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