Funimation to Acquire Crunchyroll (Crunchyroll to swallow Funimation content) - Page 11 - Blu-ray Forum

BigOnAnime · 03-26-2022, 03:00 AM

Netflix gets only a couple titles a year and many companies flat out refuse to work with them because they see Netflix bad for the long-term such as Kadokawa, and who knows how long Disney will be interested. Amazon stopped simulcasting anime after the Winter 2020 season, and has shown no interest even after the Evangelion Rebuild movies. Sentai meanwhile remains a blip on the radar and struggles to compete.

As mentioned previously, Crunchyroll has a huge audience that currently doesn't pay for a subscription (115 million users). Lots of these people are going to turn to piracy in response, and that ad money revenue will disappear. A significant audience for anime is kids, many of whom aren't even old enough to have jobs. If their parents won't get them the subscription, they'll turn to piracy because of the paywall. The free tier with ads was a significant selling point for Crunchyroll and still is, and it led to many later getting the subscription.

gundamcero · 03-26-2022, 03:14 AM

A majority of the anime on Crunchyroll is not for kids. Plus if a certain percentage of those 115 million switch to a subscription it will make up for the ad revenue loss. Just have to wait and see how it all lands.

Member-571539 · 03-26-2022, 03:24 AM

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Originally Posted by gundamcero

A majority of the anime on Crunchyroll is not for kids.

You know you’re getting old when you don’t think cartoons are for kids.

gundamcero · 03-26-2022, 03:28 AM

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Originally Posted by gloomranger

You know you’re getting old when you don’t think cartoons are for kids.

Lol yup. World's End Harem and My Dress Up Darling are perfect Saturday morning cartoons to go with your Cheerios.

Member-571539 · 03-26-2022, 04:05 AM

If that’s what you’re watching as a kid, by all means. We all find out about sex one way or another.

BigOnAnime · 03-26-2022, 04:07 AM

Plenty of people under the age of 17 watch TV-MA stuff. There's 12-15 year olds watching many of those shows.

Something I want to add here, I discovered Crunchyroll in 2009 when I was 15. From 2009-late 2012, I did not have a Crunchyroll subscription because I didn't have much money then, so I was watching everything in SD with ads on a delay. It wasn't until I got my part-time job when I was 18 in August 2012 that I finally got a Crunchyroll subscription.

Nothing371 · 03-27-2022, 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by BigOnAnime

The free tier with ads was a significant selling point

lol

spider-neil · 03-27-2022, 11:45 AM

On the one hand, I'm glad I pay for one subscription rather than two. On the other hand, I am alarmed at the titles leaving Crunchyroll. No more Food Wars is a bummer.

MOONPHASE · 03-27-2022, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by spider-neil

On the one hand, I'm glad I pay for one subscription rather than two. On the other hand, I am alarmed at the titles leaving Crunchyroll. No more Food Wars is a bummer.

Well Food Wars is on HiDive and the 1st 2 Seasons are on Netflix.

Batman1980 · 03-27-2022, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by gloomranger

You know you’re getting old when you don’t think cartoons are for kids.

Ecchi and hentai are absolutely for kids. Line them up and show them High School D x D ASAP.

Girls With Guns · 03-27-2022, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Batman1980

Ecchi and hentai are absolutely for kids. Line them up and show them High School D x D ASAP.

More instructional than the boy's and girls sex education movies we had to split up to watch back in 6th grade...

Batman1980 · 03-27-2022, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Girls With Guns

More instructional than the boy's and girls sex education movies we had to split up to watch back in 6th grade...

Well there's a reason I told my sister's kids not to watch stuff with an M or T rating but who knows what they do when I'm not around to supervise. The 14 year old could probably handle most stuff but I doubt it would be appropriate for the 10 year old and definitely not appropriate for the 5 year old.

InuYashaCrusade · 03-27-2022, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by BigOnAnime

Plenty of people under the age of 17 watch TV-MA stuff. There's 12-15 year olds watching many of those shows.

Something I want to add here, I discovered Crunchyroll in 2009 when I was 15. From 2009-late 2012, I did not have a Crunchyroll subscription because I didn't have much money then, so I was watching everything in SD with ads on a delay. It wasn't until I got my part-time job when I was 18 in August 2012 that I finally got a Crunchyroll subscription.

I bought the Mermaid Forest DVDs from Suncuast at age 9 back in 2005. Pretty sure that was the most graphic anime I'd seen at that point in time. Same with InuYasha around age 7. Some of that was probably a little more than a kid should've been seeing lol.

One-Eye · 03-28-2022, 03:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Girls With Guns

More instructional than the boy's and girls sex education movies we had to split up to watch back in 6th grade...

At least you had movies, must have been very progressive area you lived in. We had 1 class period of slides in 6th grade for public school, that's it. Because sex ed is bad it might corrupt the youth. Better that you learn on the job in the back of a camaro.

Weirdly, before in 5th grade I was in Catholic school and got more sex ed from the nuns than public school later on. lol

Zeether · 03-28-2022, 02:19 PM

And another consequence of the merger has surfaced:

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/fea...e-dubs/.183842

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As voice actor Michael Schwalbe discussed in a recent Twitter thread, Jujutsu Kaisen's English voice actors were likely paid just $150 to $600 each, based on the going rate in the industry. That's not a per-hour rate. That's the total amount.

That's horrendous. I hope they can push for better wages.

Member-571539 · 03-28-2022, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Zeether

And another consequence of the merger has surfaced:

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/fea...e-dubs/.183842

Nope. It’s always been like that for non-union dubs.

InuYashaCrusade · 03-28-2022, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by gloomranger

Nope. It’s always been like that for non-union dubs.

Any idea how much better union dubs pay in comparison? Is it that big of a difference?

Member-571539 · 03-28-2022, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by InuYashaCrusade

Any idea how much better union dubs pay in comparison? Is it that big of a difference?

https://www.sagaftra.org/files/Dubbi...arison2021.pdf

Substantially.

gundamcero · 03-28-2022, 08:11 PM

Crunchyroll clarified all their backlog will still be free with ads and new shows will also be free with ads eventually. So basically it's really no different than what Netflix does with anime. No telling yet how long a wait it will be.

Of course plenty still want the same treatment as a subscriber.

Member-571539 · 03-28-2022, 08:28 PM

^
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-03-26

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Crunchyroll reached out to ANN with a comment stating that episodes of anime prior to this spring season will still be available to watch for free with ads. The company added that it will continue to "make new content available for free with ads" and that it is "only stopping the automatic free availability of all simulcast content."

Crunchyroll previously allowed free ad-supported streaming for simulcast titles one week after an episode premiered.

03-26-2022, 04:07 AM	#206
BigOnAnime Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Mar 2015 Location:Minnesota, USA 4K collection:17 Blu-ray collection:671 DVD collection:714	Plenty of people under the age of 17 watch TV-MA stuff. There's 12-15 year olds watching many of those shows. Something I want to add here, I discovered Crunchyroll in 2009 when I was 15. From 2009-late 2012, I did not have a Crunchyroll subscription because I didn't have much money then, so I was watching everything in SD with ads on a delay. It wasn't until I got my part-time job when I was 18 in August 2012 that I finally got a Crunchyroll subscription. Last edited by BigOnAnime; 03-26-2022 at 04:16 AM.

03-26-2022, 03:00 AM	#201
BigOnAnime Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Mar 2015 Location:Minnesota, USA 4K collection:17 Blu-ray collection:671 DVD collection:714	Netflix gets only a couple titles a year and many companies flat out refuse to work with them because they see Netflix bad for the long-term such as Kadokawa, and who knows how long Disney will be interested. Amazon stopped simulcasting anime after the Winter 2020 season, and has shown no interest even after the Evangelion Rebuild movies. Sentai meanwhile remains a blip on the radar and struggles to compete. As mentioned previously, Crunchyroll has a huge audience that currently doesn't pay for a subscription (115 million users). Lots of these people are going to turn to piracy in response, and that ad money revenue will disappear. A significant audience for anime is kids, many of whom aren't even old enough to have jobs. If their parents won't get them the subscription, they'll turn to piracy because of the paywall. The free tier with ads was a significant selling point for Crunchyroll and still is, and it led to many later getting the subscription.

03-26-2022, 03:14 AM	#202
gundamcero Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Dec 2009 Location:US Blu-ray collection:50 Trading Score:207	A majority of the anime on Crunchyroll is not for kids. Plus if a certain percentage of those 115 million switch to a subscription it will make up for the ad revenue loss. Just have to wait and see how it all lands.

03-26-2022, 04:05 AM	#205
Member-571539 Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jan 2020 4K collection:155 Blu-ray collection:954 DVD collection:103 Trading Score:11	If that’s what you’re watching as a kid, by all means. We all find out about sex one way or another.

03-27-2022, 11:45 AM	#208
spider-neil Blu-ray Knight Member since:Feb 2011	On the one hand, I'm glad I pay for one subscription rather than two. On the other hand, I am alarmed at the titles leaving Crunchyroll. No more Food Wars is a bummer.

03-28-2022, 08:11 PM	#219
gundamcero Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Dec 2009 Location:US Blu-ray collection:50 Trading Score:207	Crunchyroll clarified all their backlog will still be free with ads and new shows will also be free with ads eventually. So basically it's really no different than what Netflix does with anime. No telling yet how long a wait it will be. Of course plenty still want the same treatment as a subscriber.

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