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y-c-c t1_iyd7y3n wrote

Irrelevant because the original anime show is released weekly (the vast majority of anime shows are still aired on TV and will therefore follow a weekly schedule as the studios keep producing future episodes). When an episode is already released in the original market, most anime fans will expect same-day availability in the local market.

I mean, why wouldn't they? Why would you want to artificially wait till the show finished before you can even watch it? If you have a binge mentality and like to consume everything in one go, you can still do that by waiting. Given that the show is already aired in Japan, discussions and spoilers will be floating around, and it simply makes sense to immediately makes them available so you can watch it however it wants.

It's also how most anime are licensed in US for streaming.

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