Not legal advice. One of the fair use tests is if this work’s existence would redirect people away from patronizing the source material. In Wikipedia, it’s called the “effect upon work’s value”. One can reasonably argue that a watcher of a non-parodic unofficial recap would forego watching the full work.
What’s wrong with anime recaps ? I watched a few parodic ones, I quite liked the deadpan humor about absurd scenarii.
Not legal advice. One of the fair use tests is if this work’s existence would redirect people away from patronizing the source material. In Wikipedia, it’s called the “effect upon work’s value”. One can reasonably argue that a watcher of a non-parodic unofficial recap would forego watching the full work.