Ways of Viewing Anime Episodes

Online streaming of videos has made a big difference for fans of any film or animation genre, but for those eager to view anime episodes, this new technology has been a godsend. In the past, these fans had few options. They could buy a video or eventually a DVD, or wait for the broadcasting choices of television networks. Given that TV series tended to be geared more toward the young Saturday morning cartoon group, and buying DVDs on a large scale was expensive, there weren’t many ways to watch anime free until online streaming was developed.

As video streaming technology became big on the internet through the 2000s, the best-loved episodes of an anime series became much easier to see. Many series were placed online, and people not only could watch streaming anime but could download it to their computers as well. Of course, this immediately created copyright issues, because most people who put episodes online did it without the permission of the licensed holders; the big distribution companies. And those who downloaded episodes were not paying for them.

The first impulse of distribution companies was to sue everybody who placed unlicensed anime episodes online. This still continues to some extent, but most companies realized quickly it would become very expensive, and bring bad publicity to attack their own fans on that scale. Instead, they chose ways of working with fans rather than against them, and created video portals where people could watch their favorite anime for free, and download and own higher quality videos for a fee. Those who simply never had the money to fork over to the corporations were not shut out, but the companies’ real target, people with cash, were reached more easily. It was a win-win situation for everyone.

However, the advantages of new streaming technologies didn’t end there. Many distributors created partnerships to post anime episodes on other video websites, like www.hulu.com. Such sites often have a social networking component; members can watch anime online, share favorites with each other, add comments, and so on. They can also download episodes to cell phones. The technology that allowed online streaming has resulted in countless new ways that people can now watch anime. They can view single episodes when and where they want, as often as they choose.

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