

In many times we are viewing a story without paying. It can be an animation
broadcast on television. It can be comic or light novel that is only
translated by volunteer online and one is forced to view the pirated version
as this is the only way to view it. So there should be times we feel that want
to have some ways to pay some money back to support the comic / light novel
writer or the animation company.

Currently the most common way to do so is to buy some products, like Blu-Ray
Disk, poster, figures, toys and video games etc. However, when the comic /
novel / animation is so rare that you are forced to view a pirated version, it
usually means it is also impossible to buy these products. Even if it is
possible, it feels odd to buy unnecessary stuff just to show my support.
Sometimes it is just not environmentally friendly, and sometimes (think of
_Strike Witches_ ) you really need to be brave enough to just possess the
product itself.

Then I think of the donation page or the "Buy me a beer" button in many free
software site (like [this
one](http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/contribute)). So I am thinking if
there are similar things for
[ACGN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACG_\(subculture\)) ( **A** nime, **C**
omic, **G** ames, light **N** ovel)?


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Is there a way to directly donate to support a comic / light novel / animation?


Simple answer is no. Anime are created through [production
committees](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2012-03-05). How they come
about can vary. The best way to support a commercial work is to purchase the
principal media (discs) behind them or the source material (novels, manga).

The crowd funding, Patreon-type model is not very well-known or accepted in
Japan, but they do exist. The most notable recent one is
[Nekopara](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sekaiproject/nekopara-anime-
ova). However, these happen fairly infrequently, and typically only happen for
smaller or self-published work instead of bigger IPs from established.


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