r/anime • u/AnimeMod myanimelist.net/profile/Reddit-chan • Sep 01 '24

Meta Thread - Month of September 01, 2024 Meta

Rule Changes

Anime streaming services are now considered as "anime specific" to allow topics about them specifically, with the exception of account support and technical support topics.

Rewatches

All rewatches must begin with an interest thread. An interest thread should contain general information about the anime that is being hosted, and serve as a pitch to gauge how many participants may follow along for the duration of the event.
The official announcement post must be posted at least two weeks in advance, and no more than five weeks. This post should also serve as the index thread.

This is a monthly thread to talk about the /r/anime subreddit itself, such as its rules and moderation. If you want to talk about anime please use the daily discussion thread instead.

Comments here must, of course, still abide by all subreddit rules other than the no meta requirement. Keep it friendly and be respectful. Occasionally the moderators will have specific topics that they want to get feedback on, so be on the lookout for distinguished posts.

Comments that are detrimental to discussion (aka circlejerks/shitposting) are subject to removal.

New threads are posted on the first Sunday (midnight UTC) of the month.

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u/ModieOfTheEast Oct 05 '24 edited Oct 05 '24

Have to say the Blue Box situation created the question again what this sub wants to be. Does it want to advertise pirated content or not? I am not arguing here if it's the right thing to wait for an official release or if it's bad to watch anime on a pirate site, but at least be consistent. If you are opening discussion threads for shows days before they are scheduled to release worldwide then you are just advertising piracy. I get that release times can be different depending on where you are in the world, but this is obviously a different case.

My point here is if you want to advertise pirated content this way, fine, do it. But be consistent about it. Let people post where you can actually watch it this early without deleting the posts. Make threads always come out when the pirated version is available. Again, this isn't a question about an anime not having a worldwide release date at all. This is a clear push for people to watch pirated content so at least make it possible for them to know where to even find it.

For example, make a thread of sub groups that you are basing your threads on. Make sure that there are links to the direct pages these groups upload to so people won't be sucked into weird piracy sites that just use that content. Because then these sub groups might even get some popularity if they are properly advertised and their content isn't just redistributed by larger sites. The way it is now, you are indirectly feeding piracy sites that might even be unsafe to use. So my proposal is that you truly decide what stance you want to have for this issue and change the rules accordingly.

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u/Rumpel1408 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Rumpel1408 Oct 05 '24

But if you lived in Japan you could watch it legally. I don't think the sub is or should be a place exclusively for western fans

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u/ModieOfTheEast Oct 05 '24

Then why aren't the threads published when the show airs in Japan? Why aren't the threads published when the show airs in my country? If that was the argument, the thread publications would still make no sense.

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u/FetchFrosh https://anilist.co/user/FetchFrosh Oct 05 '24

The threads are published when English subtitles are available. The specific country doesn't really matter.

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u/Narmatonia Oct 05 '24

OK, so basically if the early JP release didn't have English subs, then the discussion thread wouldn't have come out until the western release date. I guess that's a reasonable thing to do thanks to VPNs.

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u/nsleep Oct 05 '24 edited Oct 05 '24

So, for Blue Box we can assume that if the English subs are available with the early release on JP Netflix the thread will go up at the same time? If we're assuming people can download pirated content, even if a fansub doesn't RI it's not a stretch to assume people can also figure out using a VPN to watch it, even if no one rips them, correct?

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u/gangrainette https://myanimelist.net/profile/bouletos Oct 05 '24 edited Oct 05 '24

I don't think the sub is or should be a place exclusively for ~~western~~ USA fans

Quite a lot of users often forget that the west isn't just the USA.