However, anime today is in a wildly different place than it was 30, 20 or even 10 years ago.
RELATED: With Usopp, One Piece Crafted the PERFECT Underdog Crunchyroll started as an illegal fansub site before becoming a legal streaming service in 2008. In this setting, fansubs had some clear advantages, and many of the professionals involved in official anime translations today got their start as fansubbers.
In the early days of fandom, the vast majority of anime was completely unavailable legally in the States, and the few officially licensed anime were either heavily edited for TV or on prohibitively expensive VHS releases (often selling for $20 an episode or more). The popularity of piracy among American anime fans has understandable historical roots. While many who used the site might miss it, shutting KissAnime down is ultimately a good thing for both the anime industry and anime fans. " This closure comes as a result of strengthened copyright protection in Japan. All that remains on the site's URL is the message: "All files are taken down by copyright owners. KissAnime, the most popular anime piracy site, shut down on August 15.
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