I did it again!
Many of you will recall that not so long ago I had a post of mine cited on Anime News Network. That little link resulted in a huge flow of traffic to my site as well as some brief server problems throughout the day. But still, I was very pleased that it happend and hoped that it would happen again.
Well, it did, but this time it’s a little differant…
Planet Tokyo, an off-center Japanese travel guide, posted an article today on the financial problems of the anime industry. My opinions were mentioned in the article about how I feel that the fansub community doesn’t support the industry financially, and a paragraph from my post was quoted.
While the article was sympathic to my views, the readers weren’t. It’s only been two hours since the article was posted, but I’ve had to turn off the comment feature on that post due to the large number of very wordy, negative feedback I was getting. You know, you can only hear the same thing so many times before you start getting annoyed by it. So this time around I did delete the really nasty ones. Hey, as long as you support the industry in some way that will translate into money for them (which includes just watching anime on TV), then you have no reason to argue with me. I’m saying that everyone should be do as you do! But conversely, if you are completely screwing over the industry by only downloading shows and nothing else, you have no right to argue with me. But whatever. Even negative publicity is still good publicity, right?
So despite the negative feedback, I still think that being considered worthy enough to be quoted in an article is a postive thing for both myself and the whole anime blogging community. People do care about what we have to say and value our opinions. After all, what’s the purpose of a blog if not for expressing our own editorial reviews an opinions! So, I’m still very, very happy about it!
And by the way, since that post I did end up buying the first volume of Girls Bravo with the box. It should be arriving any day now in the mail. When it does, I’ll be sure to write up a nice little piece on it! But for now, lemme finish this Twin Princess write-up for tomorrow! (^_^)
Yeah, I saw it referenced from Slashdot. I looked thru the blog post, and thought, much like that ill-fated bowl of petunias, “Oh no, not *again*”. Poor Scott, he’s gonna get flamed again. :p
I agree I was kinda surprised to see you quoted, and happy in a way. As bloggers we’re some of the more visible members of the anime (consumer) ccommunity, and so we’re taken as representations of the whole. (That means, somewhere in between being exhalted as idols, or targeted as scapegoats, depending on the situation. It’s a tough job but somebody’s gotta do it. :p)
One thing I do like in reading your blog in particular is how you like to tackle these issues head-on. I don’t always agree with what you have to say, but at least you get folks thinking. And if you drive others to provide their own (even conflicting) opinion, well..that’s part of what a community is all about, right?
Comment by Satoshi — July 1, 2005 @ 4:45 am