Anka Aquila
Yes, along with the entire comiket market and pixiv.
Instead of focusing on relatives that divide us, we should find the absolutes that tie us.
Well, it would hardly be doing its job if it didn't.
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What's worse is once Fansubbing stops, they will stop licensing anime to ad driven streaming sites like Crunchyroll because they won't need to me as available as the Pirates anymore.
edited 6th Feb '16 3:46:01 PM by Memers
And reducing the offer would be a supremely ironic consequence, for a treaty supposed to promote free-trade…
Not only that, but potential consumers will either be stuck in jail because of the absurd laws imposed by TPP or dead because of either the jacked up prices of medicine or chemicals found in foods that are being traded everywhere.
Though this is all tinfoil madness.
Anka Aquila
And it would spiral out with the death of many studios that depend on overseas trade and, most likely, kill many new possible animes since the lack of resources would mean that they will focus only on know franchises, many of which have international fandoms that are important for them.
Not to mention that many potential artists and mangakas would be out of bussiness since the doujin market is the place were most of them started before creating their own thing.
Instead of focusing on relatives that divide us, we should find the absolutes that tie us.
Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers
Wow there's a lot of doom going on in here.
I really doubt there will be much impact aside from a few more edge cases. The Japanese police are masters of looking the other way at things which are illegal but considered "normal." If they let the Yakuza run around, you think they're going to spend their time busting Comiket?
The legit industry in Japan has it very much in their interests to promote fan-artists and cosplay. The former because it's basically the farm league for the major content creators, and the latter because it's free advertising, or even better, someone paying *you* (if they bought an official costume or official licensed props, like a Konoha headband or something) to advertise your product.
Likely it will just lead to another round of whack-a-mole with fansubbers and overseas pirates, but a lot of the ones who have survived this long have learned a few tricks.
I'll believe an actually effective anti-piracy measure when I see one. 
Doujinshi is safe...for the moment. If Abe backtracks, he knows what the backlash he will get.
Will it
really harm fansub groups?