Autumn 2023 Anime Season Simulcast Line-up
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CommanderZx2
Magical Girl
Wonder if some other service has licensed it in the UK, but we haven't got a big announcement about it. Like they're holding it until they can release all episodes together with dubs.
ActionFaust
Cardcaptor
In a surprise twist it seems Power of Hope ~Precure Full Bloom~ is streaming in the UK on Crunchyroll. This makes it the first Precure to get a European simulcast release on Crunchyroll. Toei Europe works in mysterious ways.
lilitu93
Completely Average High School Student
The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess also isn’t currently available in the UK. Fortunately this season is so stacked and this was a show I was more curious about than looking forward to, but it’s still frustrating that there are now 2 HIDIVE shows not available here. Hope this isn’t a new trend for HIDIVE. They’ve always been bad about saying what countries get what when they license things, but it used to be only older TV shows, OVAs and movies that weren’t licensed for the UK. (Still waiting on the Revue Starlight movie, which I assume MVM passed on due to low sales or something.)
Have they ever had TV simulcasts not available in the UK before like this? I’d say to ask them what’s going on, but they never reply to fans about international licensing, at least on Twitter. TBH, that annoys me more than that they don’t license things here. They hype things up on their site that we can’t get and don’t even tell us whether we’re going to get them or not until they either appear or don’t appear.
Have they ever had TV simulcasts not available in the UK before like this? I’d say to ask them what’s going on, but they never reply to fans about international licensing, at least on Twitter. TBH, that annoys me more than that they don’t license things here. They hype things up on their site that we can’t get and don’t even tell us whether we’re going to get them or not until they either appear or don’t appear.
It's showing for me, so maybe was just a blip when it first went up?
Still disappointed about the other one tho >_>
lilitu93
Completely Average High School Student
Can you actually watch the episode? It looks like the episode is there, but if you go through and try to watch it, it says it’s not available in the UK. It’s also not showing in the schedule for me (which is why I suspect it wasn’t going to be available) and it’s not searchable on the site, though you can get to the series page via Google obviously.
Originally it let me through to the episode (although I never hit play to see if it would let me watch it after that), but doesn’t now so I guess that was a blip on their end.
ActionFaust
Cardcaptor
You could always email them. They've been pretty helpful when I asked about international streaming
lilitu93
Completely Average High School Student
That’s actually good to hear they do have a channel they communicate about it. They aren’t good about it at all on social media, and they are really bad about posting news articles and promoting shows they aren’t showing over here on their site. I get they can’t license everything for every region they cover, but they really could be better at communication.
CommanderZx2
Magical Girl
I've sent them a Tweet, they do sometimes reply to those. Although I guess the lack of UK licensing may be cost cutting measures and they figure there's probably so few paying members outside of the US that it isn't worth licensing other than the most popular ones for other regions.
I suppose it may be worth looking into a VPN to get full access to the site's content. Looking around one of the cheapest options appears to be Nord at £2.49 per month for basic package. Although I am concerned as I recall Crunchyroll banning some users not so long ago who were using VPN, but then again if the vast majority of new content on Hidive is going to be geoblocked there is little reason to keep accessing the site.
I suppose it may be worth looking into a VPN to get full access to the site's content. Looking around one of the cheapest options appears to be Nord at £2.49 per month for basic package. Although I am concerned as I recall Crunchyroll banning some users not so long ago who were using VPN, but then again if the vast majority of new content on Hidive is going to be geoblocked there is little reason to keep accessing the site.
Erufailon4
Completely Average High School Student
It's not available here in Finland either, so it's definitely more than just the UK. I wasn't interested in this anime anyway, but it's always a shame when things like this happen. Especially since Hidive no longer mentions the territories they've acquired a show for in their announcements. At least Crunchyroll, for all its flaws, is generally open about that.
D1tchd1gger
Shrine Maiden
A quick look through the shows and I've picked out 15. So many isekai and generic sounding fantasy/sci-fi shows made it quite easy to keep the count low.
8 new and 7 returning (although 3 have other things I need to catch up with first before starting the current season. Marked with an *). Plus there are 2 continuing from Summer.
Speaking of which I still haven't actually finished most of my Summer shows yet!
New
100 Girlfriends
Apothecary Diaries
Frieren
I'm In Love with the Villainess
Stardust Telepath
Undead Unluck
UNDER NINJA
The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess
Returning
After School Hanako-kun
Ancient Magus' Bride s2 p2
Dr. Stone: New World p2
Goblin Slayer II
SPY X FAMILY s2
Tokyo Revengers: Tenjiku Arc *
Uma Musume: Pretty Derby s3
Continuing
Dark Gathering
Jujutsu Kaisen s2
8 new and 7 returning (although 3 have other things I need to catch up with first before starting the current season. Marked with an *). Plus there are 2 continuing from Summer.
Speaking of which I still haven't actually finished most of my Summer shows yet!
New
Apothecary Diaries
Frieren
I'm In Love with the Villainess
Stardust Telepath
Undead Unluck
The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess
Returning
After School Hanako-kun
Ancient Magus' Bride s2 p2
Goblin Slayer II
SPY X FAMILY s2
Tokyo Revengers: Tenjiku Arc *
Uma Musume: Pretty Derby s3
Continuing
Dark Gathering
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ActionFaust
Cardcaptor
The iDOLM@STER Million Live! has also been confirmed to stream on Crunchyroll
Birdie Num Num
Straw Hat Pirate
The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy and The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess are available on Hidive now. I'm watching Hidive on my Xbox and both were in the simulcast list and both played.
CommanderZx2
Magical Girl
Oh must have missed this, that's good to hear they are now available in the UK. I wonder what caused the delay.
I've just discovered that the BBC is now streaming Pokemon: XY. The film "Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction" is debuting on CBBC on 17th November at 17.45. It also means that the BBC are now streaming generations IV-VII of the Pokemon anime.
CommanderZx2
Magical Girl
It appears that Hidive is giving up on most of the world, but they may also be licensing their content to 3rd party streaming services for international streaming.
support.hidive.com
A user emailed them to clarify and they stated that they will continue to service: United States, Canada, Ireland, United Kingdom and Australia. Although I haven't seen that confirmation from Hidive themselves.
Why is HIDIVE no longer available in my country?
We are constantly evaluating the HIDIVE offering and our area of operation and unfortunately, the service will no longer be available in certain areas outside of North America, as of 12/14/2023. Please note that you will have full access to our ...
support.hidive.com
A user emailed them to clarify and they stated that they will continue to service: United States, Canada, Ireland, United Kingdom and Australia. Although I haven't seen that confirmation from Hidive themselves.
Dai
Death Scythe
That's depressing, even if they're not dropping the UK yet. HiDive doesn't offer much competition to Crunchyroll, but some is better than nothing.It appears that Hidive is giving up on most of the world, but they may also be licensing their content to 3rd party streaming services for international streaming.
Why is HIDIVE no longer available in my country?
We are constantly evaluating the HIDIVE offering and our area of operation and unfortunately, the service will no longer be available in certain areas outside of North America, as of 12/14/2023. Please note that you will have full access to our ...
A user emailed them to clarify and they stated that they will continue to service: United States, Canada, Ireland, United Kingdom and Australia. Although I haven't seen that confirmation from Hidive themselves.