In a current collection of tweets, animator Souta Shigetsugu, recognized for his work about Jujutsu Kaisen, One pieceAnd Assault on Titanexpressed frustration with overseas anime followers who eagerly anticipate and have fun leaks of unreleased content material.
The animator puzzled what number of studying and viewing experiences could have been ruined by leaks and criticized not solely those that have interaction in piracy, but in addition the followers who encourage this habits.
Curiously sufficient, Shigetsugu’s feedback come on the again of Jujutsu Kaisen followers on
“After all, I do know that almost all of followers are good folks, however I usually see overseas followers, who name themselves common followers, eagerly awaiting leaks or expressing gratitude to those that leak content material. It actually frustrates me after I see pirated footage of anime films circulating proper after they’re launched in overseas theaters,” wrote Shigetsugu.
“What number of studying and viewing experiences have been ruined by leaks? Whereas those that leak and unfold the content material are clearly horrible, what annoys me much more are the so-called ‘common’ followers who respect it or take it as a right. Do not faux it is one thing to take pleasure in…”, he added.
Shigetsugu identified that leaks additionally reveal delicate details about anime workers and manufacturing particulars, which should stay confidential till formally made public.
He then went on to say that the concept of the simultaneous launch of Japanese anime movies world wide was a foul thought, though that is what the surveillance followers had been craving.
In line with him, as quickly as a movie is launched overseas, unlawful photographs can flow into on-line. He famous that this was one thing that not often occurred when an anime movie was launched in Japan.
He hoped that there would all the time be a spot between the Japanese and overseas releases of a movie.
“Worldwide simultaneous releases of Japanese anime movies are the worst. If it was solely in Japan, theater camps would nearly by no means occur, however as quickly as it’s launched overseas, the pirated footage is unfold just about on day one. So I actually want there could be a delay between the Japanese and overseas launch dates. I fully perceive the expectations of overseas followers, however overseas camps occur each time…“
Well-liked anime and manga collection have fallen sufferer to early leaks, as they nearly all the time hit the Web earlier than their official launch.
Whereas Jujutsu Kaisen, One piece and different manga are fantastic examples on this space, a current abroad accident covers a number of episodes of Style, Ranma 1/2, Once more: zero and different anime which can be leaked on-line earlier than their official launch date.
The customers who leak the content material on SNS platforms additionally acquire vital followings, creating an entire leak tradition round it.
Nevertheless, the crackdown on such leakers has change into more and more intensive. A current instance is that the US courtroom issued an order for the disclosure of details about the leaked accounts Jujutsu Kaisen And Demon slayer anime content material on X.
