Toriyama's note says "Thank you very much for looking after Goku and his friends for so long."
This piece was a present to the anime staff and cast for the final episode of Dragon Ball GT.
"Companies can preserve their content just fine?"
SEGA lost the source code to SONIC THE HEDGEHOG. Konami gave the developer of Silent Hill HD Collection incomplete builds because they no longer had the finished source codes. Square Enix had to RECREATE Kingdom Hearts in HD.
Please, most people don't pirate to preserve things. Companies can preserve their content just fine. It's about feeling entitled to something you can't have or afford.
This "illegal means are ok if I can't do it legally" reasoning should never be used for luxuries.
It is with a heavy heart I announce the sale of my long term ape, Salazar. Most of my early followers know me as this ape. My kids know me as this ape. I met my wife when I WAS this ape and had my first kid when I was still proudly wore this ape. By extension, it is part of me.
When I say the entire world in the Dragon Ball fandom wonders what the hell is wrong with the English speaking part of it, this is what I mean.
Y'all don't actually like Dragon Ball. You like a bastardized version of it.
Kai: “I just wanted to be the guy who cared about nothing but besting you in one on one combat!”
Z dub: Vs “I was the perfect warrior, cold and ruthless! I lived by my strength alone! Uninhibited by foolish emotion!”
I like how some folks are trying to justify it by saying they won't give companies like Funimation any money cause of what they do to creators' work by adding their political views in.
...None of Funi's stuff is on this service. In fact, this is mainly stuff from Discotek.