I think that if you are willing to say anime is not worth to be paid, so why don't you don't download them as well =p

SimplyX

One thing of note, the original Japanese anime was called Seijūshi Bisumaruku.

It was an incredible series that was overlooked back in the 80s.

GeassMind

I just want to add my two cents here since it seams people don't get to an agreement about something so obvious as this. The short obvious answer is yes, it is illegal, how getting for free something that hundreds of people worked for and paid for to produce, and than SALE and distribute under copyrighted laws would be legal? there are no "buts", everything said on this thread about "depents" or "buts" is false. Downloading anime or any other copyrighted material without strictly written permission is illegal, period.

Downloading Licensed or Unlicensed material on your country still is illegal. All countries that have signed the Berne copyright convention (most of them have) recognizes a copyright worldwide as soon as it is copyrighted in any of the participant countries.

There are only very very very few instances of free legal anime download, which would be usually the first episode (or part) distributed online at the distributor's site under the distributor's permission (this is starting to be common on US distributor sites)

However, does it really matter if it's legal or not? Law is just a piece of paper that authorities come up trying to follow common sense and protect the hard work of others - so the question you must ask if you want to get to the bottom of this is: is it ETHIC to download for free anime?

Big no.

I never downloaded an anime so far (I guess I would, but so far I borrowed fansubs - illegal - from friends) but regardless of source this is still unethical and "illegal". Some coutries won't say it's illegal, some will but don't care, but ethics remain, and it is not fair to get for free something someone created as their work, to earn money. Seeyus and designers work - it's their job - while creating an anime, and they deserve to be paid. Any anime fan, regardless of getting anime for free or not, should at least acknowledge that the authors and people behind anime deserve restitution for their work. I am starting to like more and more anime, but I can't buy it (there is nowhere to buy where I live, imports are overly taxed, and I don't know Japanese, so I have few "legal" options, all of them overpriced), so I am unfortunate that I will have to keep on the unethical side, but I will never say it's right or that people who did this don't deserve to be paid. If one day I visit Japan and find some english subbed DVD's I will surelly buy, even if I watched, just for the sake of having the original thing at my home, and the satisfaction of having paid those fine artists for their work and thus providing them insentive to keep doing a good work.

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and the rape scene with Casca and Griffith... was hideous. And totally unsuspected in other words wrong... I never read the manga after the show. Maybe later, when i get old and curios...

The plotline of Saber Rider was set in the extraterrestrial New Frontier, an untamed land where the law was in the hands of the Star Sheriffs, headquartered at space station "Cavalry Command." The characters were aristocratic, blond Saber Rider, whose personal mecha suit made him look like a robotic Royal Hussar from The Charge of the Light Brigade; laid-back teenage cowboy Colt, who sported a 10-gallon hat and a six-shooter; April, the blonde, teenage team member who spent most of her time mooning over the boys; and Fireball, the daredevil (and obviously Japanese) race car driver.

The villains were the renegade Outriders, led by such hombres as Vanquo, Nemesis and Razzle. Forming a united front against the Outriders, the Star Sheriff team piloted the "Ramrod," a sheriff-shaped space vehicle.

I choose mine by the artist's drawing and the symposis.

Ever tried to learn to speak Japanese?

I watch anime, before i even knew it was anime.

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What have you learned from animepaper

So here it is... I was wondering what kinds of signs to look out for if a guy or girl likes you. The reason why I'm asking is this, once upon a time I had this friend (a girl). So yeah, at first I was just friends with her. But as I got to know her, I started liking her. We really connected for some weird reason, like it was beyond physical attraction. I liked her for her personality alone (now mind you, she IS pretty, but she had the personality in a girl I was looking for, I guess thats how I started to like her for her personality). So next thing I knew, I started flirting around with her, I couldn't help myself, in my mind I still thought of her as a friend, but in my heart I thought of her as more than that. Now, here's the problem, I could never really tell when she was flirting back with me, like there were times when I thought she was, but I wasn't entirely sure. So eventually, I decided to not do anything, just cuz there were waaay too much complications goin on at the time. Now I'm asking for your help everyone, just so I've got a clue for next time.

Hmmmm...Signs that a girl likes you:
- she blushes when you speak to her and her eyes alway sparkle
- she's calm,yet nervous, and plays with her hair
- she can't look in your eyes and she can't stop smiling..this may b a clear sign she likes you
- she wants to attract your attention...
- she's biting her lips ( XD )