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I have not watched Anime in five years but as part of my Japanese Learning Journey, I've decided to return to it and rewatch one of my favorites (Hibike! Euphonium) I'm really enjoying it so far! Were it not for the sad situation for Japanese learners regarding raw/Japanese-subbed anime, I'd be loving it even more.
When I tried to watch it my first thought was to resubscribe to Crunchyroll. You can't turn subtitles off there though and there are no Japanese ones, presumably due to licensing reasons. The best workaround is to switch the subtitles to Arabic…
So next I checked the official website, which directed me to sites like U-NEXT and d-anime-store. I would love to subscribe there, but you can only sign up with a Japanese phone number. Is this my only option? Once I have the phone number, are there other hurdles for a non-Japanese-citizen? Has anybody tried shooting them an e-mail to basically say "I'm a foreigner, I would love to subscribe to your service. I'd even pay more for it than just the straight conversion rate"? Do you think something like that could work?
I would greatly appreciate your help on this.
by Seacle_nZk