Can Piracy Save Anime from Becoming Lost Media?

Crunchyroll and Funimation are completing their merger years in the making with the closure of the Funimation streaming service. And a surprising number of anime -- from Escaflowne to The Slayers to Serial Experiments Lain -- are about to lose their home.

With so few companies owning all the distribution and localization rights for anime, is internet piracy the only way to ensure that anime doesn't become lost media?

Chapters

0:00 Crunchyroll Sunsetting Funimation
2:00 The Joys of Piracy
3:44 Old School Anime and Piracy
7:40 Uncensored Anime and Anime Fan Subs
10:13 Pioneer, Geneon, and Anime Availability
16:48 Anime Piracy and the Birth of Crunchyroll
18:19 You Cannot Watch These Anime (Without Fans)
21:25 The Tragedy of Escaflowne
23:31 You Cannot Watch Little Witch Academia
24:29 How Lost Media Becomes Lost
27:05 The Lost Dub of Kiki's Delivery Service
31:16 The Uncertain Future of Anime Preservation


Anime Discussed:

Pokemon
Sailor Moon
Dragon Ball Z
Tenchi Muyo
Yu-Gi-Oh
The Visions of Escaflowne
Shaman King
The Slayers
Ranma 1/2
One Piece
Kiki's Delivery Service
Studio Ghibli