Discussion about Legal Streaming of Anime

So, as some of you may know... Crunchyroll, along with a few other sites are now offering legal streaming of anime within 24 hours or less of it's air time in Japan, with English subtitles. All you have to do is pay a monthly fee or wait one week to see it for free with ads on the page.

I personally support the idea and I've been trying to watch some of my anime on Crunchyroll now to support the idea in hopes that more shows will be shown this way and try and support the shows I like.

I've heard some criticisms about it, but I mostly don't understand what they're trying to say. Does anyone here have any sort of opinion about it?

Do you feel anime should be free, right now, whenever you want it? Or do you feel its good to support the creators as best you can?

Let's talk

Sugary Giggles wrote:

So, as some of you may know... Crunchyroll, along with a few other sites are now offering legal streaming of anime within 24 hours or less of it's air time in Japan, with English subtitles. All you have to do is pay a monthly fee or wait one week to see it for free with ads on the page.

I personally support the idea and I've been trying to watch some of my anime on Crunchyroll now to support the idea in hopes that more shows will be shown this way and try and support the shows I like.

I've heard some criticisms about it, but I mostly don't understand what they're trying to say. Does anyone here have any sort of opinion about it?

Do you feel anime should be free, right now, whenever you want it? Or do you feel its good to support the creators as best you can?

Let's talk

Anime is a tv program, what happens when not enough people are watching the shows and such? They shut off. That's not mentioning the people who get paid from making it. So, yeah, like I said in the chat, i'm all for paying for it if I were into it.