I’m confident a breach like this is unlikely to occur; Funimation isn’t ignorant in the ways of the market, and they know another mistake like this could spell OP death, especially with a touchy company like Toei, who everyone knows can’t make a decent business decision regarding the American market to save their life. This is not to say Toei isn’t an incredible studio. I hold their work in high regard. But they simply don’t have the knack for commanding the American market.

As John said, this is just a bump in the road. If Toei pulled out, the Hong Kong pirates are the only ones standing to make a profit off of One Piece, because people will buy it or download it if legitimate DVDs aren’t made available. I doubt Toei is stupid enough to set fire to the truckloads of money OP will generate for them over here.

What assurance can Toei have that any future One Piece product will not be similarly compromised?

That’s why I begin to question whether it can realistically be continued to be licensed in America.

In fact, that might not be the only title toasted through the arrogance of the fansubbers.

AND severe financial penalties for Funimation which might cripple it.

Japanese companies should stop giving their shows to the noobs @ funimation that first opposed streams then jumped in the ship and now only probe how incompetent they are…at the very least in this the streaming business.

Let only youtube and crunchy do the streaming.