Things looked bad in '93. I'd like to quote a bit of the letter, if I could. The fans have a prize, as well. Now it looks like that dream will come true, albeit in an incredibly perverted form. Yes, we will get to see our favorite new titles released quickly in the U.S., but it won't be the same story that was released in Japan.
Anime fans are angry, angry and bitter.
Angry because we see everything we cherish about anime being sold out and find ourselves powerless to prevent it. Bitter because when we suggest that this is wrong, we are chided for being selfish, stuck-up, and completely unaware of market realities. Hopefully, in the future, dubbers will come to have more respect for the story that they are dubbing. Until then, fans who want to experience the story as it was meant to be told will have to fall back on synopses and scripts to use with their unsubbed, undubbed anime. When I wrote that, I had twenty co-signers from nine states plus Canada, Australia, and France.