PIRACY made Anime BIG, here's how.

This video covers how piracy helped in the growth of Anime worldwide, ever since the 1970s. From the era of VHS tapes to right now, when the Internet is widely accessible to everyone, piracy has always been a huge part of the anime culture internationally as well as in Japan.

Sources:
Piracy as a Catalyst for Evolution in Anime Fandom By Allison Hawkins

[midobatsu]

Its crazy to think they are really cracking down on pirated sites right now.. talk about biting the hand that feeds you

[PhilFlock]

Video looking good. After effects game on point

[that_dam_baka]

This is a free fansub. If you paid for this, you got ripped off.