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AceD:
I've donated to BBT and some fansubbers in the past.

Anime industry supported©

Mistgun_Zero:
When the time comes I would be able to afford stuff, I would rather buy DVD's/BD's from Japan. I don't live in USA, also don't see any reason to buy an US version. Cause most of the amount I would spend would rather go to the distributors and only a small portion to the Japanese counterpart. (even though I get it in English). I would only be buying my fav animes though.(though most of the are the most costliest. Kara no Kyoukai ($600+ for the fucking BD set, OUCCHHH!!!), Fate series (another costly stuff) and the like)

Oh also I like brunoais idea. Ever sent hentai? ;D
EDIT: Coalgirls were once selling their copy of Kara no Kyokai after they had used it to rip their release. It was much cheaper, I have ever regretted not buying it. :'(

SeventyX7:
How much anime is created with a Western audience in mind?  How often are the preferences of the Western consumer considered when crafting an anime?

From my perspective it seems anime caters to the Japanese and none others.  There isn't any serious consideration to money that could be made overseas, that's always an afterthought IF their anime was successful.

In other words, "supporting" the anime producers doesn't mean anything if your support doesn't build any consideration.  All it does is tell them "keep doing what you're already doing." 

If you want more moe/ecchi adaptations of superior manga/vn/ln works, then yeah, buy some anime.   :P

Tiffanys:
The biggest problem with paid streaming sites is that they don't have everything and the sub quality isn't as good as fansubbers. Not to mention that "Westernization" a lot of times is crap, and censoring is ridiculous... especially when it gets to the point that it doesn't even match up with what was originally going on.

If it were just dubs then maybe it would be fine, though there aren't many dubs so it wouldn't warrant a subscription on its own. Though, I don't really like streaming in general. Either the quality isn't very good or you have to wait for buffering. I like the consistency and not having the requirement of being online and not having to worry about buffering or internet speed or anything else.

With that said, supporting streaming sites supports the streaming sites more than the anime industry and even buying the physical media supports the physical distributors more than the industry itself as well. I don't really know of any good way of supporting the anime makers directly while cutting out the middlemen that eat most of the profits.

Nikkoru:
I'm not going to buy movies directly from Japanese producers simply to assuage guilt of not supporting an artist. I'm more than willing to purchase North American releases of movies, box sets of television series, and manga I like. If that doesn't translate into money for its creators that's not my problem.

I don't want streaming either, if I'm paying money I want something I can hold in my hands.

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