User blog comment:Gundam Legilis/Animated Goodness/@comment-28288412-20160605012137/@comment-25936766-20160605225258

The reverse case is different however. The japanese have this xenophobic belief that western people are nothing but pirates, which combined with the usual costs required for an overseas release, means they normally don't care enough to do so.

Plus, if the product is released overseas, their fans will import it instead of buying locally, since it's a cheaper (yes, cheaper) alternative, meaning the companies would get less money. Combined this means rarely will any manga get a western release....which leads to more online translation thus "pirating", filling the vicious cycle.

But this isn't the case in the west. RT really has no reason to keep it japanese-exclusive.