omeone just ruined FUni's reputation yesterday, potentually ruining their well established relationship with Japanese companies. Sometime yesterday a still identified person access and posted FUNi's sub of One Piece episode 403, an episode that was suppose to be the first one Piece simucast. The person posted the episode online nearly a day before it aired in japan.
Here are the news reports
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-05-30/one-piece-newest-episode-leaked-before-japan-debute
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-05-30/funimation-cancels-one-piece-simulcast
Because of this incident FUNi is in huge trouble with the Japanese, they are already removing all of their recent subs, bye One Piece Simucasts, bye full Metal Alchimist Brother Hood, good bye other shows too.
With one move someone has sent back relations between American and japanese anime companies back years. all of FUNi's hard work is ruined. All this because people can't wait.
So you win haters, FUNi is pretty much ruined, it will be hard for them and for Toei America to fix this. And in the time it takes for FUNi to fix their relationships Pirates will benifite. this is a huge blow to the legal anime industry one which could destroy it. And things were looking so good. Simucasts of anime shows, very quick legal sub releases, all ruined now.
Damn it damn it. If I was a lesser man I would curse.
 Creativerealms · Sun May 31, 2009 @ 12:31pm · 1 Comments |
