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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?"

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  1. dupe? by rufuseddy · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Is this dupe or just a follow up or something completely diffrent? It's 7am and I've been up all night so I didnt rtfa. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/07/19/005822 9&tid=168&tid=1

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  2. Re:Not rocket science by cortana · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Yes.