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[doctorblurg]

This is great I hope Dangan Ronpa shows up on CR soon and I guess that means the new season of my hero academia will be on CR as well.

 

[Odrion]

ugh, crunchyroll subs

deadly queen lives on

 

[Sky Interloper]

CR and Funi's licensing out of the US is pretty bad. Hopefully they can start fixing that.

Even in the US its weird, sometimes shows like Dagashi Kashi or Love Live Sunshine won't be on US CR but its on it for like, North Africa. LLS is weird because Love Live s1/s2 are available. I dunno what thats about.

At least I see CR going for the Dragon Ball license outside America. DB is still huge.

 

[Clov]

Did they say they were done? I mean they've set themselves up as a boutique company anyway and only do a few releases a year.


Yeah, I assume Sunshine is gone. But I know Love Live did really well for NISA.

It did, but it's been quite some time since they licensed anything, especially something outside of Love Live. If they were still active, I'd expect for us to have heard news of Yuruyuri S3's release, but they've just been silent. It's safe to say that they're out of the game at this point.

 

[Strimei]

Does concerned about fan experience mean making $400 blurays?

FUNimation's releases are typically among the most reasonably priced out there (though really new stuff tends to be in the $60-70 range, but that's still fair compared to others).

$400 blu-rays, you're looking at Aniplex of America and PONY CANYON, not FUNimation.

 

[J@hranimo]

Cool so Dragon Ball Super Dub when?

This, like seriously. DB Super was the first thing I thought of when this news came out.

 

[SENPAIatLARGE]

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

ugh, crunchyroll subs

deadly queen lives on

That's not CR's fault either. They are just using the VIZ names. Do you really want them to mess with the sue happy music industry?

Deadly Queen is Killer Queen's official name in the U.S., but its just doublethink. Everyone knows its Killer Queen, and nobody calls it Deadly Queen.

 

[Ray Down]

ugh, crunchyroll subs

deadly queen lives on

I think they would prefer to not deal with music industry shit if they kept the original name.

 

[hamchan]

I have subs to both so guess I'll unsub from Funimation then.

 

[TheGeniusArcana]

ugh, crunchyroll subs

deadly queen lives on

CR subs have their issues, but the JoJo name changes are kind of unavoidable in that situation.

 

[Infinite]

WE FLYIN' LIKE GOKU

 

[MikeHattsu]

It did, but it's been quite some time since they licensed anything, especially something outside of Love Live. If they were still active, I'd expect for us to have heard news of Yuruyuri S3's release, but they've just been silent. It's safe to say that they're out of the game at this point.

B-But they still need to release Chronicles of the Going Home Club ;_;

 

[firehawk12]

B-But they still need to release Chronicles of the Going Home Club ;_;

Man I forgot this show. lol

 

[Htown]

Anyone have an idea of what the split is between people who typically watch subs vs dubs? I'd have to think that the dub population is smaller, and making dubs is definitely more expensive, seems like a tough business to be in.

I wouldn't be so sure about that.

 

[Clov]

B-But they still need to release Chronicles of the Going Home Club ;_;

Pretty sure that one came out last year.

 

[Strimei]

Anyone have an idea of what the split is between people who typically watch subs vs dubs? I'd have to think that the dub population is smaller, and making dubs is definitely more expensive, seems like a tough business to be in.

I imagine there are actually a very large audience for dubs. FUNimation, at least, found it profitable enough to make a broadcast dub for simulcasts, after all. They started with just one or two as an experiment and now they do it for almost everything they simulcast.

So clearly they're making money that way.

 

[Dragun619]

Aw shit, Cowboy Bebop. Good stuff CR.

Guess I'll causally watch an episode from time to time, haha.

Now, Can we get some Dragon Ball?

 

[jax]

And still no sign of Dragonball Super. The only anime that would even make the service worth it. Sigh.

Companies must hate money I guess.

 

[Warnen]

Have a sub for both but only watch subs so guess can drop my funi sub next year.

 

[AliasGreed]

Dropping Funimation then, cool beans I save $60 a year.

 

[Strimei]

And still no sign of Dragonball Super. The only anime that would even make the service worth it. Sigh.

Companies must hate money I guess.

I vaguely recall hearing rumbling that Toei may be doing it themselves.

I have to imagine that FUNimation would have loved to have had it out by now.

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

And still no sign of Dragonball Super. The only anime that would even make the service worth it. Sigh.

Companies must hate money I guess.

Its not that they hate money. At this point its on Toei because you can be sure as shit Funi wants it. Toei may think they can get a way bigger get then Funimation with the Dragon Ball name, but I don't know what they're doing.

 

[Daingurse]

Cool stuff. Will definitely add some more value to my CR sub.

 

[jbug617]

I wonder how much they drove the price up of big shounen shows and otaku shows like Love Live.

I just realized, but I wonder how this affects NISA... if the end result is that all future licenses will be shared between the two companies, I would assume that Funimation would also get all the home video rights as well. NISA is basically left with the shows that no one wants.

NISA releases were always on point. They will be missed if they are out of the game

 

[e_i]

Should we be calling them Funiroll or Crunchation now?

 

[DeathSparks]

The first show Crunchyroll added from Funimation is Cowboy Bebop. Bless

 

[jax]

Its not that they hate money. At this point its on Toei because you can be sure as shit Funi wants it. Toei may think they can get a way bigger get then Funimation with the Dragon Ball name, but I don't know what they're doing.

I vaguely recall hearing rumbling that Toei may be doing it themselves.

I have to imagine that FUNimation would have loved to have had it out by now.

Sure seems like they hate money. The blu rays don't even have an official English sub. They just want people to resort to YouTube or sketchy shit instead of paying them in some way.

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

Sure seems like they hate money. The blu rays don't even have an official English sub. They just want people to resort to YouTube or sketchy shit instead of paying them in some way.

If you're operating under the idea that Toei somehow hates money and doesn't know that DB is large worldwide then it doesn't really take a lot of proof to dismantle why that idea is not structurally sound.

 

[Frozenprince]

http://www.crunchyroll.com/cowboy-bebop

This is totally for real because this is the first show they put up.

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS

 

[Busaiku]

Oh shoot, 91 Days in English.

 

[bman94]

Holy shit that's nice. NOW GIVE ME DRAGON BALL SUPER LEGALLY FUNIMATION. I'm trying my best to stay away from sites illegally uploading the episodes to watch but damn through me a bone. It's been a damn year now, at least give us the subs legally.

 

[ZiZ]

What are the chances Crunchyroll will get Dragon Ball?

I'me subscribed to both, but I prefer crunchyroll because of the android app and a better web player.

 

[Ray Down]

Holy shit that's nice. NOW GIVE ME DRAGON BALL SUPER LEGALLY FUNIMATION. I'm trying my best to stay away from sites illegally uploading the episodes to watch but damn through me a bone. It's been a damn year now, at least give us the subs legally.

Toei wants the cash from Funi so the are holding out to get more, really the only resonable explanation on the silence.

 

[convo]

ugh, crunchyroll subs

deadly queen lives on

Every official english localization, whether games manga or anime, of JoJo has guidelines to cover their asses from getting sued into oblivion.

 

[sonicmj1]

Guess they were scared straight by Amazon/Netflix coming in to steal their lunch.

They tell Anime News Network as much:

Fukunaga also stated about the reason behind the partnership, "The problem is, the market was fragmenting up a bit – you had other players coming in, [like] Amazon [and] Hulu ... The issue with some of those big players is that they're maybe not as concerned with the fan experience as Crunchyroll and Funimation." He added, "working together ... [Funimation and Crunchyroll] can provide a better experience ... that really works for the fans."

 

[The Auxiliary]

Looks like it's time to renew my Crunchyroll subscription.

 

[convo]

That's not CR's fault either. They are just using the VIZ names. Do you really want them to mess with the sue happy music industry?

Deadly Queen is Killer Queen's official name in the U.S., but its just doublethink. Everyone knows its Killer Queen, and nobody calls it Deadly Queen.

People need to understand that Jojo won't get away with calling a stand Marilyn Manson or Metallica in the USA.

 

[Frozenprince]

People need to understand that Jojo won't get away with calling a stand Marilyn Manson or Metallica in the USA.

And it's not even like you can't tell because the JP VO calls the god damn stand Crazy Diamond and Killer Queen and Bad Company anyway.

 

[Ray Down]

People need to understand that Jojo won't get away with calling a stand Marilyn Manson or Metallica in the USA.

There a reason the Part 5 game didn't come out over here with everything Prince related in the game.

 

[meltingparappa]

Simulcast dubs? Jesus christ.

Here's a press photo from the recording booth, 20 minutes before the new Friday Berserk episode airs.

 

[convo]

And it's not even like you can't tell because the JP VO calls the god damn stand Crazy Diamond and Killer Queen and Bad Company anyway.

We need to live with it, it's not a huge pain to get the real names. If that prevents you to support offical english releases of JoJo then God himself will be dissapointed in people.

 

[Strimei]

Simulcast dubs? Jesus christ.

Here's a press photo from the recording booth, 20 minutes before the new Friday Berserk episode airs.

Honestly, I'd pay for a dub by those guys.

 

[kewlmyc]

Thank god. Funi's encoding can be the worst at times.

 

[Jarmel]

I think thats part of it, but more they realized licensing costs started getting absurd with shows like Kiznaiver and My Hero Academia.

Well those are somewhat linked. It wasn't Crunchyroll that Funimation got into the bidding war over MHA. Netflix has enough money that they shit out more money than Funimation makes in a year and Amazon is coming to play too. This spring made the positions clear in the industry and the upcoming years have Netflix starting to get more directly involved as well. I bet you there's going to be a bid fight over FMP S4 between Netflix and Funimation for example.

Btw Kiznaiver probably wasn't that expensive for CR on a licensing front because they're on the production committee for the show (almost certainly to prevent bidding wars).

They tell Anime News Network as much:

I would kill to see how much MHA cost because that was probably the straw that broke the camel's back.

 

[RMI]

Great news. Will probably re-sub to CR now.

 

[Ginger Hail]

Seems like a good deal that'll work out for both parties to me!

Simulcast dubs? Jesus christ.

Here's a press photo from the recording booth, 20 minutes before the new Friday Berserk episode airs.

I didn't know how much I wanted this until now.

 

[Kaizer]

Maaaan, this is awesome news. It's still crazy to see how far Crunchyroll has come over the years, I still remember using it in the early days before I knew all of the content on there was illegally uploaded. To think they'd go from being a scourge of the industry to one of the top companies providing anime & entering partnerships with Funimation is insane.

 

[Makonero]

Will the Ace Attorney dubs use the localized names? I WILL REWATCH IT IF SO

 

[Snaku]

Maybe between the two of them they can afford whatever ridiculous price Toei is asking for Dragon Ball Super.