Gaijin pirates utterly defeated and humiliated
I bought a Nintendo 3DS XL from Japan on eBay and then I claimed it never arrived and got a full refund. I know the Japanese bitch that sold it to me was seething kek
>>225899105Remove gaijin from the equation and the problem is still there. I saw some Japanese guy complaining on twitter about the new AV law making it so he can't buy videos from his favorite actress anymore. I have no idea why they're like this, they put all of this time and effort into producing this stuff then make it impossible to purchase.
The Japs made a movie called little forest, only released a Japanese bluray version of it with no English subtitles and then Korea re made the movie and their versions always have English subs by default.Japan is very bad at business, no wonder Korea overtook them.
>>225899173>new AV lawOhnonono, how bad is it for the average Takeshi?
Total gaijin death
>>225899696Why is he giving him an honorable death? I'm not kidding either this type of execution was reserved for nobility.
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>>225899105Nippon anon utterly seething, as usual. You should really find a psychotherapist, you are not well.
As long i have an internet, i shall download and i shall watch.
>>225899930He's counting on people like you to react strongly.
>>225899105you cant buy it abroad in most cases doe and jap shops have refused to sell to foreigners for many products that arent overpriced tourist crap.
>>225899105why are we gajins so EVIL
>>225900125I often hear opinions like yours, but it always makes me wonder.In Japan, if there’s a product from another country that we want, it’s common practice to go to that country, negotiate, and sign a distribution agreement.Why don’t publishers in your country do the same thing as they do in Japan?
>>225899751Because he was Australian
>>225900359They try. The problem is it is difficult because Japanese companies do not want the agreement in the first place. Literally a case of "we do not want foreign money".It's easier and more common now, but back in the 90's it was effectively impossible to import most anime and manga was outright impossible.
>>225899105why are the nips portraying themselves as the npc I don't think they understand the meme
>>225900380It wasn't due to not wanting foreign money, they for some reason would only allow distribution through autistically specific publishers and were really slow on adapting to new modes of publication. So they had all of these outdated publishers they relied on and were stupidly slow in getting newer digital distribution.
>>225900416No, that was not it. Things did get exported, it was just rare and arbitrary; and usually it was done by distributers like Sandy Frank (who died recently, RIP) who were able to network with the right people and get licenses, dubs, and so forth out into US markets.And most of the time, it wasn't even US directly. Like a lot of Godzilla movies were actually Hong Kong dubs.
>>225900380>"we do not want foreign money"Where in the world is there a company that would say something like that?Perhaps there are issues with your country’s management system or the terms of your contract.
>>225900444>Where in the world is there a company that would say something like that?Japan.
How do the Japanese people feel about websites that host ROMs on the internet
>>225900439I suppose Japanese publishers were looking for a management system that would ensure accurate counting, as is done in Japan.I think your country is basically lazy, so they simply turned it down—or perhaps they gave up because the costs were too high.
>>225900453Why?I want an answer I can understand logically.
I looked into it> • U.S. publishers won’t sign contracts because translation costs are too high> • The publication process wouldn’t run smoothly with U.S. printing and distribution> • U.S. publishers are afraid to take on the risk due to the prevalence of pirated copies> • The American comic book industry rejects manga and anime (just like when they acquired automakers and steel mills)
>>225900542The comic book industry was pretty much dead by then, they had no clout and they suck at blocking things, that's how Disney could just buy up Marvel. Japan also distributed a ton of media for free that's how the third world got so much anime, the main problem was censors, and localizers. The costs they were tacking on had nothing to do with Japan, but had to do with getting around US censorship laws. Like the US thought everything was commie propaganda, watch the US dub of Sailor Moon and they basically wrote out all of the gay characters.
>>225900444>Where in the world is there a company that would say something like that?nippon
>>225900602They never said no to foreign money, he's right the US is schizo and would block other country's media at random. They did it to Euro films too and Euro media, they treated it all like pornography and snuff.
>>225899105why is this still a matter of discussion? I honestly don't understand why I always hear about japanese talking about piracy. no other country cares.
>>225900590>the main problem was censors, and localizers>US dub of Sailor Moon and they basically wrote out all of the gay characters.I think it’s fine to change names or other elements that might seem out of place in your country, but translations or edits that misrepresent the content would probably upset the original author.
A waste of time
>>225899105When battling piracy, the most important thing is to make buying the product more convenient than pirating it. Netflix originally gained popularity because suddenly it was so much more convenient to buy the streaming service through the hassle of pirating each series individually. If you want people to buy your stuff and not pirate it, the most important thing is to make your product as easily and readily available as possible. Acting otherwise and then crying out loud when people resort to piracy is plain retarded and you should be embarassed to complain about it.
>>225900653None of it is fine it was so bad that anime only got popular due to piracy because localizers and censors in the US were by far the most obnoxious in the world. Like actual Cold War era nonsense, the US thought everything was going to make the kids gay and while every other country had nudity on TV the US didn't, Euros used to make fun of the US for this. This website literally started because of raspberry heaven, they used to even have boards dedicated to piracy. US censors in the 90s/2ks were impossible to deal with.
I refuse to pay 50€ for a pokemon game of 15 years ago.Lmal
>>225900590>the US dub of Sailor Moon basically wrote out all of the gay characters.I miss that USA
>>225900590>the US dub of Sailor Moon basically wrote out all of the gay characters.I mister that USA
>>225899105>nips calling themselves NPCskek
>>225900359>In Japan, if there’s a product from another country that we want, it’s common practice to go to that country, negotiate, and sign a distribution agreement.No it's fucking not.
>>225899105What do Japanese think that we get some licensed anime/movies nowadays, but they're mistranslated or get cut out part due to government's censorship?Do we still need to buy this crap of shit instead of the actual product?
>>225900786Bless those scanners.
The Japanese on twitter are totally normoid.It's literally like Facebook in your country, with boomers on it.So take it easy what they write there lole
>>225899105Why did they depict themselves as NPCs
>>225901529>Japanese boomers skipped facebookActually pretty neat. I prefer twitter boomers to facebook boomers.
>>225899105they really depicted themselves as an NPC lol
>>225900389Lol this would be an izzat-obliterating error were it by any other country
>>225899105Impossible because you can't pay for anything that isn't in Russia using Russian bank cards
>>225901946I wonder if it's laziness like they took the NPC meme and wrote new text over it or they didn't parse anything wrong with the NPC and thought it was just a normal guy.
>>225899173Because Japs and East Asians in general are insecure xenophobes. They don't want foreigners to buy their media because they are AFRAID OF CRITICISM of said products. Once you realise this, it all makes sense.
biggest aura loss of the decade goes to Japan
>>225902278Tuxedo cats are so cute, but I never see them in the wild. Tabby dominance is real.
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>>225902224thirdies are excuse machine. They produce a million reasons why they need to steal.
>>225899105Japan mask-off moment? Finally accepting they are sovless worker drones?
>>225902707Because we don't have enough money to afford it comfortably?
>>225900542>translation costs are too highThen they should stop hiring overpriced translators, especially since most of them are butchering the original material on purpose and call it "localization". This is why most of these "translators" deserve to be replaced with ai.
>>225905694>translating>butchering the materialTwo very different things, the bulk of the cost goes into the butchering and they usually did it because anime had a lot of yuri/yaoi stuff. For instance US censors removed the scene where Naruto kisses Sasuke or the girl jutsu he has that changes his sex. These days people would praise that.
>>225905568I can appreciate honest answer than it's a billion dollar company, they are not marketing it here, the translation is DEI, all just load of bs covering the most obvious.
No you literaly can't order some things from some places dumb Japs
>>225906625Well to be honest in our country we actually can't buy foreign shit because our debit/credit cards don't work internationally since 2022
>>225899105>dude just order it from abroad lol>>I can't>dude just take a month off work (2 weeks unpaid due to being fired)>dude just get herded like cattle through TSA lines and Japanese customs (you are a gaijin therefore a criminal)>dude just sit on a plane for 14 hours flying to Japan>dude just don't do anything on the flight because they turn the cabin lights off the entire time>dude just pay $3,000 for the pleasure of being ignored by everyone including service workers who know some English but won't speak it to you because you aren't Japanese and need to gtfo of their country
>>225902707are you implying firsties don't pirate things and use the same excuses or something? who do you think are the ones fantranslating japan-only games/manga/anime to english, creating ways to softmod consoles and coding emulators?
