Shochiku @ YouTube
Posted on Wednesday, 9 July 2008 at 2:24 pm
Shochiku have just opened their own YouTube channel, supposedly to help combat unauthorised uploads. A warning shot aimed at trailer bandits perhaps?
comment by don
posted on Wednesday, July 9 2008 at 2:24 pm
Agreed. Kadokawa have already made one for their anime product, so hopefully more companies will follow suit.
comment by kevin
posted on Wednesday, July 9 2008 at 2:24 pm
I’d feel a lot better linking to these knowing the entire channel won’t suddenly get deleted because the account owner decided to upload a Seinfeld clip on the side. Not to mention they look a whole lot nicer than the crap re-encodes of files that were only 300kbps in the first place.
As a long-time bandit in good standing I think I’ll actually replace my Shochiku trailers with embeds of these as they come out. Congrats Shochiku, you’ve half-converted at least one thieving bastard.
comment by kevin
posted on Wednesday, July 9 2008 at 2:24 pm
Check that. Embedding disabled. The hell?
comment by don
posted on Wednesday, July 9 2008 at 2:24 pm
Say what? Kadokawa are hip with the freaky-deaky embedding scene, so why do Shochiku have to be so square, man?
Oh well, be grateful for small mercies.
pingback by The Golden Rock
posted on Wednesday, July 9 2008 at 2:24 pm
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comment by TheGoldenRock
posted on Wednesday, July 9 2008 at 2:24 pm
Good for them. They should’ve done this a long time ago. It’s a great way to market these films not only in Japan, but abroad as well.