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Largest US Anime Distributor Goes BitTorrent

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the step-in-the-right-direction dept.

securitas writes "The New York Times' Charles Solomon reports that 'ADV Films, the largest distributor of anime in the United States is releasing promotional packages via the BitTorrent.' The use of BitTorrent is already extremely popular among anime fans who trade films that are unavailable outside of Japan as well as their own subtitled versions, known as fansubs. The company's first experiment with a Madlax torrent in July was so well-received that ADV is launching the bonus promotional packages for upcoming releases Gilgamesh and Goddanar. The question is will other distributors and studios follow ADV's example or stick to their current distribution models?"

3 of 145 comments (clear)

  1. no by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fuck US dubbing

    and first post

  2. första posten län! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    wow post!

  3. Re:Nice Biased Article by slavemowgli · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Eh. Fuck Slashdot and its defaulting to HTML instead of plain text. >_

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