Yes they are perhaps following the law more often then here on the west. But people who would rat you out are in minority, most will either:
a) wont do it
b) if against it will stay out of piracy buisness and watch only originals
blue-san,
I will tell you from what little experience I have in my decade-long trips back and forth this small island, is that people will rat you out.
This is the country where people could keep their damn mouth shut and literally get away with murder, but they confess themselves to their crimes.
How many times have I been watching the news only to find the man who murdered a little girl turned himself into authorities, even though he wasn't a suspect.
That's nothing to say of what strangers will do/say about others.
It's a scary place and time to be a movie pirate.
SMUDGE,
I'm going to go out on a limb and believe those are copies of DVDs they're selling. That's nothing special. I could go to Mitsuwa in Fort Lee where they have decades worth of copied movies and TV shows on the wall for sale.
Easy and completely anonymous and you can do it from the comfort of your own home.
I can also go on BitTorrent and find some of the latest Japanese films….copied from DVD.
TS piracy may rampant in the rest of the world, don't assume it is the same in Japan.
Now, I'm not saying it won't happen, because I think as the film closes up its run maybe someone will have a go at it, but don't get your hopes up because I almost never seen Japanese TS releases even for huge movies. It's not that, "They aren't interested.", just that there aren't many, if any, active TS pirates in Japan now.
In fact, I think the only Japanese TS I've ever seen was a copy of Rebuild of Eva and that doesn't count since Eva fans are off the wall as is.
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FUCK! I forgot why I came here in the first place.
I finished one of the interviews and aside from the interviews there are some comments from Oda. Remember these are my own translations and subject to error so please don't bother Aohige with any questions about them. He doesn't like that. Here they be:
Creatures That Have Developed
There was a manga from way back called ‘Kaibutsu-kun’. In the series there was this one panel that for no particular reason whatsoever, I really liked and of all things, it was a scene of a gorilla having a battle with a crocodile. The main character, Kaibutsu-kun, wasn’t even in it but I remember copying that one scene over and over again; there was clearly something about it that got me all fired up whenever I saw it.
See, for boys, there’s something special about seeing two powerful things fighting each other, the point is, it’s the kind of thing that gets their veins pumping. (laughs) If that was the case, since I have the ability to draw those kinds of things as a manga author, I wondered how exciting it could be if there was an island where these powerful creatures were constantly battling each other. So I made a personal request to the director, “Considering I’m drawing every last living thing for this, I want you to use all of them in the movie.” And after that I was just pulling animal designs from picture books left and right and before I knew it, I had more sketches than I knew what to do with. I mean, you know, animals are always fighting and stuff in picture books. (laughs) This time we’ve also set the stage with the four seasons via islands that are broken into spring, summer, autumn and winter; so when I started thinking about what kinds of creatures that would somewhat be suited to each of them, I just came up with them one after the other.
Nami
I really wanted to make a “hero saves the heroine” story. It makes for a satisfying story and it’s fun to watch anyway. You might think otherwise, but I had no intention of bringing in someone new to fill that [heroine] role. So when I had to think about whom to use for it from amongst the Strawhats, of course that meant Nami. But I was worried if I could bring Nami into it as such and considered it from several angles. [Editor’s Note: After the credits of the previous film “Blooming in Winter, The Miracle Sakura” , a special teaser ran which suggested Nami left the gang, now in the latest trailer we see her as she pleads with ‘Gold Lion’ Shiki, “Please, let me be a part of your crew.” In the comic, when she first showed up, she had to be forced into a corner with the threat, “…all the villagers will be killed.”, before she finally asked for Luffy’s help; I wondered how she’d react to that situation now.[/COLOR]
It’s already gotten to where she believes a little too much in Luffy and the rest so for small or light matter she’d just say, “Whup ‘em good.”, and by the time the words left her mouth things would be settled. (laughs) Because really, when you think about it, Luffy and the others have gotten so strong that they’d wind up winning…that’s something I spent a lot of time agonizing over.
'Gold Lion' Shiki
In the rough drafts for the meeting between Red-Haired Shanks and Whitebeard I actually dropped Shiki’s name for the first time there because I wanted them to reflect on their era with comments like, “In our day, these kinds of guys were out there.” In fact, I even included his full nickname, ‘Gold Lion’. At least, that’s how it was at first anyway; since that was a part of the story where a lot of information was hitting the readers at once I thought throwing that unheard of name in there like that would cause confusion so I took it out when it came to the final draft. But as time went on and Shiki was set to be featured in a movie I regretted that decision. (laughs) I didn’t think I’d be turning the character into something visual anywhere near this soon. That’s why I naturally let his name come up during the Impel Down arc.
When I thought about Shiki being featured in a movie, something only I could do, I worried that there would be some issues if a character in a position of such power appearing for the first time was handled by any other writer. However, I was pretty confident I could use him if I would be handling it and since it was a special occasion anyway, in order to make a really cool film I thought the movie deserved a villain with a hefty reputation as well.
Just imagine watching it soon!! Hate to say it though the korean dub really needs some work. XD I almost heard two different VAs for Luffy. :ninja: So when is SW coming out for Korea? Korea might have a better chance for piracy… :ninja:
