Many networks have stopped broadcasting anime, so the publicity this produced for these products has vanished. It serves the distribution companies well to allow people to watch free anime because it whets their appetite for the products the way TV broadcasts once did. People who can't afford to buy anime are happy beneficiaries of the arrangement.
What some may find surprising is that this online anime isn't always located at the websites of the distributors, even though its streaming is distributor-approved.
The Japanese entertainment and anime production company, GDH/Gonzo, does have its own branded YouTube channel where some of its series run, but it has also made arrangements to provide free streaming anime on at least one fan site.
The usual practice is that videos on fan sites are of lesser quality, and fans who want better quality episodes will purchase them legally.
In the same way that it might seem counterintuitive to provide free online anime in order to increase revenues, some North American distributors are following another practice that might sound contradictory.
The sensible course, in the minds of most people, would be to offer streaming only of series that have been around for awhile and might have run the course of the initial buying enthusiasm.
But some distributors are also letting fans watch anime free that has just been broadcast in Japan. By all these different means, publicity and good will are created, and this can only end up benefiting both the fans and the distributors.
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