Animax - Bunch of Jokers

I look forward to the arrival of the schedule and having to turn that red box green in the chart :D

It bugs me when simulcast services start late then continue being late instead of doing a catch-up (or do the catch-up and mess up the viewing options for free customers). If they could explain what's happening better like Andrew did for Wakanim then I'd know what to expect.

A schedule will really help.

R
 
A schedule should be a basic provision of a simulcast service. They don't get a pat on the back for providing something CR and even Wakanim give as standard.
 
I seem to recall that Crunchyroll wasn't great at first; the Queue page is still relatively recent and you used to have to look at the list of latest epiodes to see what was new, as you do on Animax. They did at least have the schedule of upcoming episodes back then though.
 
Thing is, it's a cute underdog story when you're the new kids on the block and trying to work through problems that no-one has solved yet. When you step into a space that already has the kind of slick service that CR has become as an example, pretending that you don't know what to do and are just "trying to get there" is way less acceptable.
 
I think that's the trouble - from a purely business model sense, there's no differentiator between CR and Animax. They're both basically a £5 a month all you can eat model. So then it comes back to a functional and breadth-of-catalogue point of view - and on that front, CR wins at every stage.

So the thing I take issue with is the fact that Animax is 'locking out' shows from CR that otherwise would be on there - meaning if you're determined to watch all the shows this season, you basically need two subscriptions instead of one.
 
They are also now giving us access to FUNimation titles that clearly at this point were never going to be on Crunchyroll (CR are streaming some of those same titles in non-Majority English countries and, if FUNimation has no interest in streaming to the UK themselves could have made a deal with them rather than Animax. Other than some odd exceptions like keeping two episodes of Asobi ni Ikuyo up for the UK the emnity between FUNi and CR still seems pretty thick).
 
Or you could say they are preventing another third party from doing a better job giving us access to Funi's titles. I only half mean that because I do on some level agree with you, but a half-assed job is still half-assed, well intentioned or otherwise.
 
Yeah, I wouldn't mind Animax so much if it was just Funi UK. After all, the Yanks have to pay for Funi to get access their simulcasts? (I'm not sure how Funi's subscription model works) It's the fact they cockblock CR from getting a lot of the shows which they have in the US (Nisekoi for example) then provide an inferior service to us. That is what annoys me so much about them, and is why I treat any show they have as unlicensed and download/watch via proxy on CR accordingly. I'm not going to subscribe to another service which offers an inferior product when with a simple browser extension I can get access to the same shows via a better service which I already subscribe to.
 
Yeah Funi seem (navigating their website is not very "funi" though, so I can't be sure) to have axed their free streaming for new shows. On the flip side, their player is now quite good.
 
So Animax currently have a grand total of two videos of the current season up for free to view streaming. ReHamatora ep 2 is listed too, but it's actually locked. I'd think about dropping them an e-mail (again), or a Facebook message (again) and remind them to get their finger out (again), but really, as much as I want to watch Rail Wars, I want them to fail and vanish even more. I never thought I'd say this, but Khazi did a better job with Anime on Delay.
 
That streaming site just doesn't inspire confidence from the minute you click on. It's just a shame there are regional lock outs on some CR titles as I much prefer that to the point of subscription yearly.
 
I should've read the last couple of pages of this thread before deciding to re-subscribe in order to watch Tokyo Ghoul, Terror in Resonance, and a couple of other bits and pieces. The latest episode of Tokyo Ghoul available is ep9, despite Japan being up to ep11 (the fansub of which is already "out there" for those not stupid enough to give Animax money). As for Terror in Resonance, that's also two episodes behind and only episodes 6 & 7 are viewable via the PS3 app. Nothing else is there.

Oh, and there's still no queue.
 
I honestly don't bother with Animax any more. I even tried going premium with them for a while, but I found that I didn't watch their back-catalogue and their delaycasts are so delayed that I now just use a proxy to watch Crunchyroll, which I already pay a premium membership for.
 
I have two questions when it comes to Animax.

a) How much longer will they keep going for?

b) How much money was invested in them at the start - going by the hefty advertising, I would guess a fair bit.
 
fabricatedlunatic said:
I should've read the last couple of pages of this thread before deciding to re-subscribe in order to watch Tokyo Ghoul, Terror in Resonance, and a couple of other bits and pieces. The latest episode of Tokyo Ghoul available is ep9, despite Japan being up to ep11 (the fansub of which is already "out there" for those not stupid enough to give Animax money). As for Terror in Resonance, that's also two episodes behind and only episodes 6 & 7 are viewable via the PS3 app. Nothing else is there.

Oh, and there's still no queue.
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While I think they're almost as bad as Animax in terms of reliability and communication skills, I feel I should point out that there's also a legal version of Tokyo Ghoul 11 on Wakanim which is 100% free and available in a choice of download or stream editions. And last week they even managed to get Terror up on time too!

As the new season approaches my usual feelings of dread return about what they'll pick up and fail to simulcast this time.

R
 
I've got to ask this now since Rui's post has reminded me of it. Might be kind of an off topic out of the blue question, but does anyone actually use the download to own option on Wakanim?
Does the fact that you're buying an encode sourced from 1080i TV masters bother anyone at all? I just don't see the point in it unless you get an encode from the BD Masters later on.

I don't currently buy anything digitally personally, but I think that it should be treated like a home video release in the way that the files you get are sourced from the final high quality product.
Video quality aside, what happens if a show changes between it's TV airing and Home video release? I'll use the extreme example that is Bakemonogatari - The TV and Home video releases are very much different from one another. Streaming the inferior TV version is one thing as you're getting it for free and encourages buying the show, but if you were to pay for a download you'd expect the higher quality home video version instead. I don't know whether the DTO option is available for it, but what happens when the BDs for Tokyo Ghoul come out? Are you going to get a higher quality uncensored version at some point, or will things stay as is?

My apologies for rambling on about this, especially if it's in the wrong section, but I think it's a legitimate point when you're selling someone a show rather than giving it away for free.
 
Rui said:
While I think they're almost as bad as Animax in terms of reliability and communication skills, I feel I should point out that there's also a legal version of Tokyo Ghoul 11 on Wakanim which is 100% free and available in a choice of download or stream editions. And last week they even managed to get Terror up on time too!
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Huh. I didn't even consider Wakanim because a) I assumed Animax would have exclusive rights, and b) Wakanim don't have the console app that is, for me, a big part of what makes a streaming service worthwhile. I just wish I could have everything I want in one place (that place being Crunchyroll).

Mangaranga's point about download to own and broadcast versions vs home video versions is a interesting one. Doesn't apply to me, mind, because if I'm buying anime I want something more tangible than a file on my HDD to show for it.
 
fabricatedlunatic said:
I should've read the last couple of pages of this thread before deciding to re-subscribe in order to watch Tokyo Ghoul, Terror in Resonance, and a couple of other bits and pieces. The latest episode of Tokyo Ghoul available is ep9, despite Japan being up to ep11 (the fansub of which is already "out there" for those not stupid enough to give Animax money). As for Terror in Resonance, that's also two episodes behind and only episodes 6 & 7 are viewable via the PS3 app. Nothing else is there.

Oh, and there's still no queue.
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Working on this delay going forwards, pretty much my fault squarely so apologies on my part!

AP
 
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