Summer 2015 Legal Anime Streaming Thread
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I had a moment of weakness and went to Animax earlier only to see that there was nothing new to watch without paying so I left again. It's a shame that they exist.
That's definitely true about Crunchyroll's funding system, and while it's silly that the biggest users pay individual studios the least (in theory), it's the only fair way to do it - the points-based system on Wakanim wasn't particularly loved. I wonder whether there's a point where it's actually 'better' (from the studios' perspective) to have free users with ads and potentially limitless contributions?
If the companies want to try to get me to watch nothing but their titles by filling the site with them and making them so life-consumingly addictive I don't have time to watch something else, that works for me.
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That's definitely true about Crunchyroll's funding system, and while it's silly that the biggest users pay individual studios the least (in theory), it's the only fair way to do it - the points-based system on Wakanim wasn't particularly loved. I wonder whether there's a point where it's actually 'better' (from the studios' perspective) to have free users with ads and potentially limitless contributions?
If the companies want to try to get me to watch nothing but their titles by filling the site with them and making them so life-consumingly addictive I don't have time to watch something else, that works for me.
R
Buzz201
Mad Scientist
Rui said:
Good to know I'm not going crazy. I assume that the theory is the more content you watch, the more likely to you are to watch more than one episode of something, therefore eventually the lower fee won't matter and they'll make the same/more money. I doubt that works in practice though.
st_owly (witch)
Time-Traveller
I quite like it, as it means that although you're paying for unlimited use, you still get to sort of directly support the shows you want to watch.
Type45
School Idol
So I decided to give the Oh Dear app a chance I got a months subscription and decided to try watching Overlord,no sooner i start watching the first episode do I realise what a stupid decision this was.The Apple TV compatibility is piss poor only working when I mirror it but even this looks incredibly low res.so nuts to it I cancelled the subscription and this will be the last time I try Oh Dear.Thank god we've got Viewster
Type45 said:
I find it hilarious you're also calling it Oh Dear hahaha.
But at least you managed to cancel the subscription, an unlucky fellow on UKAN wasn't able to until he had to contact them dozens of times.
REGION LOCKED (CATALOG):
DearS
Crunchyroll
Original Japanese audio & English Dub
13 Episodes
Region: US & Canada
Gunbuster 2: Diebuster
Crunchyroll
Original Japanese audio
6 OVA Episodes
Region: US & Canada
Both of these were sub-licensed from Discotek Media, hence US & Canada only.
DearS
Crunchyroll
Original Japanese audio & English Dub
13 Episodes
Region: US & Canada
Gunbuster 2: Diebuster
Crunchyroll
Original Japanese audio
6 OVA Episodes
Region: US & Canada
Both of these were sub-licensed from Discotek Media, hence US & Canada only.
kuuderes_shadow
Thousand Master
Rui said:
I seem to remember TheAncientOne worked it out at some point and it was some absurd amount of episodes you would need to watch that was basically not humanly possible unless you either watch multiple anime at once or devote every waking minute of your life to watching anime on CR.
Buzz201
Mad Scientist
Having looked it up, apparently YouTube pays about $2.50 per 1000 views for most people. Either Crunchyroll are paying a heck of a lot more than YouTube or content providers are making no money whatsoever (from free viewers).
I imagine Crunchyroll has a much higher subscribers to free users ratio than most other platforms. As of January this year, apparently 25% of Spotify subscribers are paying. I'd be very surprised if Crunchyroll's isn't much much higher (although the only figure I can find is 450,000 as of Nov 2014).
I imagine Crunchyroll has a much higher subscribers to free users ratio than most other platforms. As of January this year, apparently 25% of Spotify subscribers are paying. I'd be very surprised if Crunchyroll's isn't much much higher (although the only figure I can find is 450,000 as of Nov 2014).
Looks like the finale for Blood Blockade Battlefront will finish on October 3rd with a runtime of 46 minutes.
Source: ANN
Also considering the Summer season is nearly over, all new catalogue additions will be noted in the Autumn thread starting 21st September. :thumb:
Source: ANN
Also considering the Summer season is nearly over, all new catalogue additions will be noted in the Autumn thread starting 21st September. :thumb:
Buzz201 said:
Presumably due to production issues over the past 2 weeks. The show is also getting a split cour release instead of going straight into the fall season, which surprised many since this wasn't suggested until quite recently. I guess they needed more time for their episodes due to what happened so they went split cour to add more quality to the episodes.
Buzz201
Mad Scientist
NormanicGrav said:
Blood Blockade Battlefront waits 3 months for a new timeslot, GATE gets one because it feels like it. Get your **** together Tokyo MX.
I was planning to marathon it, because it came across as massively slow to me, and I quit after 4 episodes. I was thinking it would probably work better if there wasn't a weeks wait between episodes.
jazzimus_rider32
Completely Average High School Student
So GATE was ment to be full 25 season anime not just 12
kuuderes_shadow
Thousand Master
GATE was announced as 24 eps right from the start
Split cours was only confirmed today (?) though.
Split cours was only confirmed today (?) though.
IncendiaryLemon
Captain Karen
Yeah, it changed from 24 to 12 a few days ago on MAL so it must have been announced earlier.
NormanicGrav said:
NEW ADDITION (UPDATE): CATALOG
Symphogear G (Senki Zesshou Symphogear G: In the Distance, That Day, When the Star Became Music...)
Japanese w/English subtitles
Crunchyroll
All 13 episodes are available