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I AM FREAKIN' SERIOUS READ!

Ok i just got back from the ohayocon09 just today (jan 31) and i was lucky enough to make it to the Gr eg Ayres panel and hear what he had to say and for starters it totally knocked me through proverbial loop. He said that the anime business is going down and FAST! THIS IS NOT A LIE!! He has been able because of his status and role and whatnot that he has been able to meet the actual creators of anime that he voice-acts in. And these people are very and i mean VERY pissed off about how people are reading and watching anime and manga on the internet and NEVER buying the dvds or anything that helps the anime business! And because of all the downloading of music, anime, manga etc. or anything else related to that (bootleg copies, pirating, limewire ANYTHING that you can download free anime manga ANYTHING)

AND because of this, not a lot of people buy their manga and anime in stores or online anymore, or they go to Ebay and find Cheap substitutes for that actual DVDs (bootlegs for example). Yeah sure the original anime manga etc items can be expensive but PLEASE don't download illegally or the other places that offer it, they are loosing the ability to make anime here in America as well. Some anime studios for dubbing have had to layoff or EVEN fire their staff because they are not able to support the workers an most of the animation staff disappears so does the anime that they can dub and add to the anime collect on your shelves.

And Greg has even made enemies with the fansub companies that sub all that Japanese anime for us to watch on YouTube , AnimeZorro, and Animekiwi (to name a few).Though in the process of this he has made Allies with anime magazines helping to support the anime in america and in japan.

So as a small helper of Greg's Cause i would like to you pass this on to anyone you know that does this or make a duplicate of this and post it anywhere where people will see it and give into consideration of their favorite anime.

Though i am not clean and the perfect little angel. i have downloaded music from limewire but that was before i knew about this and i will never do it again. And please if you insist on watching anime or reading manga on the internet just do it to see if you'll even like the genre or whatever and then buy the official Licensed items and DVDs , and manga. though i alos have a bootlegged shugo chara DVDs but the people that sold them never said how they came to aquire these episodes and didn't say what kind of dvds you would be getting. But i payed my money and i really can't return them anyway (shame).

BUT PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO FRIENDS, OTHER GAIANS, FORUMS, ETC PLEASE PLEASE HELP THE ANIME CORPORATIONS AND KEEP ANIME AROUND AND MORE TO COME IN THE FUTURE!!!!!!!! crying crying heart