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<blockquote data-quote="Buzz201" data-source="post: 436458" data-attributes="member: 143">As much as I think Toei is a crappy company, I think they're more nuanced than we're giving them credit for. They seem protective of their &quot;big hitters&quot;, whereas if they know they aren't likely to get a TV deal they are seemingly more open to streaming. Saint Seiya: Soul of Gold streamed on both Crunchyroll and Daisuki (although Daisuki was time-limited), Kyousougiga and Digimon: Xros War are streaming on Crunchyroll for everyone and World Trigger is streaming for premium members. [I suspect Toei Europe thought they might be able to swing a TV deal for World Trigger if it got dubbed.]The problem is perhaps that Toei has too many shows that would be considered big hitters, so it seems like they're protective of everything. I think they'd be better off streaming everything, but we should perhaps not try and paint them as some evil monolithic entity that hates us all. We might not like them, but they are clearly not an anime version of Evil Corp. from Mr. Robot...I'm not sure Toei are opposed to offering SVOD once they have a TV sale. As keeps being pointed out, Digimon was on Amazon Prime until a few days after Manga announced they had it. They have also sold One Piece to TF1 in France for an SVOD service they own. (It also has a TV simulcast in France.) It sounds like the problem is they want TV first for their big hitters, and they partnered with a UK distributor that doesn't like streaming.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Buzz201, post: 436458, member: 143"] As much as I think Toei is a crappy company, I think they're more nuanced than we're giving them credit for. They seem protective of their "big hitters", whereas if they know they aren't likely to get a TV deal they are seemingly more open to streaming. [I]Saint Seiya: Soul of Gold[/I] streamed on both Crunchyroll and Daisuki (although Daisuki was time-limited), [I]Kyousougiga [/I]and [I]Digimon: Xros War[/I] are streaming on Crunchyroll for everyone and [I]World Trigger[/I] is streaming for premium members. [I suspect Toei Europe thought they might be able to swing a TV deal for [I]World Trigger[/I] if it got dubbed.] The problem is perhaps that Toei has too many shows that would be considered big hitters, so it seems like they're protective of everything. I think they'd be better off streaming everything, but we should perhaps not try and paint them as some evil monolithic entity that hates us all. We might not like them, but they are clearly not an anime version of Evil Corp. from [I]Mr. Robot[/I]... I'm not sure Toei are opposed to offering SVOD once they have a TV sale. As keeps being pointed out, [I]Digimon[/I] was on Amazon Prime until a few days after Manga announced they had it. They have also sold [I]One Piece[/I] to TF1 in France for an SVOD service they own. (It also has a TV simulcast in France.) It sounds like the problem is they want TV first for their big hitters, and they partnered with a UK distributor that doesn't like streaming. [/QUOTE]

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