Don’t Forget: New Free Anime Starts This Weekend
Attention otakumart shoppers, this is just a reminder: GONZO’s new series BLASSREITER (Germany! Zombies!) and Tower of Druaga ~Aegis of URUK~ (Fantasy! Classic games! Uh…towers!) are both airing this weekend– Druaga airs at 1am April 5th in Japan (so about 12 hours from now) and BLASSREITER’s debut starts at 2am on April 6th, about 36 hours from now.
Why do these matter so much? Because they’ll be available subtitled in English legally practically at the same time they air. And you can watch them for free in low-qual and buy them (at your own price) in high-qual if you like ‘em. Here’s the word straight from Crunchyroll:
We’re going to have the new episodes streaming for free with some ads that make money for the show’s creators. if you guys really like it, you can make a donation and you get to download a high quality version to play on your computer and keep - the best part is you guys get to decide how much you want to donate to support this project!
Yeah, okay, I know most of this is repetition. And I’m going to repeat again: watch it legitimately. If you see raws or subs uploaded onto TokyoTosho or AnimeSuki or anywhere else, ignore them. Why? Because GONZO is trying to do the right thing for the industry by moving it forward, and I think most of us would like the other companies to move forward with them, so we want GONZO to be successful in its attempt. (Not to mention: zombies in Germany? Fantasy worlds with towers full of monsters? HOW CAN THEY LOSE?)
Tags: blassreiter, crunchyroll, gonzo, legal downloads, piracy, tower of druaga ~the aegis of uruk~
April 3rd, 2008 at 11:08 pm
I really can’t wait until these two anime come out, so there isn’t any way to download a good quality one without paying is there? Ah wells, I’m only looking forward to the tower of druaga mostly.
April 4th, 2008 at 4:26 am
I’m not a big Gonzo fan, but I do plan to check out these two shows (legitimately) to support the experiment.
Who knows? Maybe one will turn out to be the rare Gonzo show that I actually like. :)
April 4th, 2008 at 5:46 am
While I think it great that Gonzo is doing this, I really don’t think I will be watching these series. Don’t think they will be something I would like.
April 4th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
@bliss: You can choose to donate $0 instead of $1, $5, $10, or “Other.” :)