Starting from the "Share Source Incident"

by uhlan on 2008-05-24 21:52:17

I don't know whether the influence of this incident will continue, after all, no one is willing to do such an unappreciated thing. Whether or not there are successors on Share, Chinese anime subtitle groups should take some action. If there really is no source of episodes in the future, then a possible scenario is that some powerful subtitle groups will send dedicated people to record episodes and bring them back to China. Naturally, it won't be through Share, and it's unlikely to be shared with other subtitle groups. This should be quite a blow to the currently rampant anime subtitle scene, and many subtitle groups may dissolve as a result. Will the increased cost prompt anime subtitle groups to engage in certain commercial behaviors? Frankly, I don't know. After all, subtitle groups like Ziju have already inserted ads into their works earlier, while many American drama subtitle works remain pure. However, even if we can still conveniently obtain episode sources from Japan soon, we cannot rest easy, because some things are inevitable.