blackaeronaut Wrote:In a ways I think this is a good thing in the long run. The industry is taking a round-turn on how it does things and we'll most likely never see another glut on licenses like this again - meaning that Fansub and Scanlating groups can once again do what they do best with more freedom. (Man, that shit would piss me off when they would license an anime before episode 01 would even air in Japan!)(snort) Like legal rights every stopped fansubbers and scanlators. It's not like shutting down Onemanga had any effect on Mangafox or the dozen other illegal download sites on the internet.
Also, this only effects manga publishing so far. Anime liscensing is still a going concern for the company.
And frankly, if purchasing distribution rights means more stuff like Funimation releasing legally available subs of Fullmetal Alchemist within a week or two of the Japanese release I'm all for it.
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