04-11-2006, 08:15 AM
No no no. HK rips are bootleg. You know what that means right?
Only in the case of official R1 series that you buy at Bestbuy etc. does money go to Japan. Wether the creators directly make money of it depends on their contract but generally yes.
So if you really want to support the creators OR the american companies who bring it over and put a dub on it then you must buy official R1 dvd's. If you want good quality, cheap anime without supporting american or Japanese companies you can get HKDVD's. Like i said, personally I don't care for the creators or R1 companies since i think somewhere in that line someone is making to much money of our backs (but I feel that way with music, games and movies so its probably my problem).
Basically R1 is legal, HK is illegal!
Only in the case of official R1 series that you buy at Bestbuy etc. does money go to Japan. Wether the creators directly make money of it depends on their contract but generally yes.
So if you really want to support the creators OR the american companies who bring it over and put a dub on it then you must buy official R1 dvd's. If you want good quality, cheap anime without supporting american or Japanese companies you can get HKDVD's. Like i said, personally I don't care for the creators or R1 companies since i think somewhere in that line someone is making to much money of our backs (but I feel that way with music, games and movies so its probably my problem).
Basically R1 is legal, HK is illegal!