CATDOLL: Australian otaku judges Japan's animation industry as expensive BDs that breed piracy?

The Japanese animation industry has not been doing very well in recent years. Although we all know that the Japanese animation industry mainly relies on the sales of animation BDs, the drawbacks of relying heavily on BD sales have also emerged. In reality, there are pirated Japanese animations circulating for free on the Internet. Recently, an Australian otaku put forward his own views on the recent decline of the Japanese animation industry: Pirated downloads have caused the decline of the Japanese animation industry, while high-priced BDs are promoting the growth of piracy.

An open letter from an Australian otaku to the Japanese animation industry:

This Australian otaku has an online ID of "The Anime Man". He often uploads videos on his personal YouTube channel complaining about some Japanese ACG works. This time, he uploaded a video called "An Open Letter to the Japanese Animation Industry". In the video, he expressed his views on the current decline of the Japanese animation industry in Japanese. He said in the video that the Japanese animation industry is changing in a bad direction, indicating the decline of the animation industry. There are many reasons for the decline, such as "empty content" and "fewer children are interested in animation", but the most recognized reason is "illegal downloading".

The Japanese animation industry's way of dealing with illegal downloading is to launch various peripherals and increase the price of BD, but he believes that this actually increases the trend of illegal downloading. Considering the high price of the original version, fewer viewers are willing to pay. At least they can get almost the same quality without spending money, which makes it difficult for people to continue to support the genuine version. The solution to this problem is to digitize and network the animation content. He said why doesn't Japan create animation websites like Netflix, Hulu, and Crunchyroll? You should know that the year after Netflix officially entered Australia, the number of illegal downloaders in Australia dropped sharply.

After the video was released, it caused a great response among animation geeks. In fact, the geek’s point of view is correct. The Japanese animation industry is now really made or broken by BD, but the quality of animation is still largely due to poor BD sales. However, the Japanese animation industry has also noticed this, and some websites have emerged to provide online animation distribution services, such as GYAO! You can watch the animation broadcasted this week for free every week. In addition, Japanese animation is now selling broadcast rights overseas, but after all, it is still just the beginning, and many habits that have been formed are difficult to change quickly.