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An article on HiAnime's death and anime piracy in general, from a former industry insider (animebythenumbers.substack.com)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/anime@ani.social
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[–] [S] 4 points 8 months ago* (5 children)

That's the thing, most anime viewers aren't anime nerds. They just watch Solo Leveling or Frieren or whatever the latest, most hype things is and call it a day. That's why a show whose main character barely has a personality took "Best Character" in the Crunchyroll Awards last year, even against what should've been stiff competition. A significant number of viewers didn't watch any of the shows with good characters. Just Solo Leveling and maybe some isekai slop.

Anecdotally, none of the people I know IRL care about any of this stuff apart from my wife.

https://xkcd.com/2501/

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    If they're just watching a single show would they really pay for a service? Can't speak for where you live but I'm fairly certain that where I live no one would do that.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    It depends. Netflix makes the math a little weird there since there are definitely people watching just one or two anime on Netflix, but then also using it to watch live-action stuff.

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