It requires enabling dev mode on your TV, but it's pretty easy to get all set up.
Funimation's streaming service shutting down on April 2
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It requires enabling dev mode on your TV, but it's pretty easy to get all set up.
I wouldn't imagine that it would backfire. I already pay $120 a year for a Crunchy sub.
This would bug me more if I ever actually used any of my Funimation digital codes, but it's still crappy.
"We're not giving you anything and nobody can make us, but hey you can sign up to watch other stuff you still won't own!"
This blurb really makes one furious "We understand you may have concerns" my ass. Trying to turn this answer into an ad for Crunchyroll halfway through is fucking absurd
Sony gobbling up as many anime distributors as they could has easily been one of the worst things to happen to the industry.
The person should probably edit that post and/or remove it. The guy who tweeted it out said he had a grandfathered price at Funimation and they were switching him to the Ultra Fan or whatever is the most expensive tier of CR right now. There is still (for now) a cheaper baseline option.
I miss it already (since I dropped it in lieu of Crunchyroll after the merger process started). It was far from a perfect app, but it was a far better app than Crunchyroll which after like 2 years of use has only got slightly less shit, and is still 100% not available on my TV. I hate having to turn on my PS5 just to watch anime. The worse app won, sadly.
IIRC it was worse, they basically stole fansubs without permission from the owning company or the fansubbers and aired them, right?
It's been so long that I don't remember exactly, but I don't recall them hosting anything directly on their site. Maybe they did hosting later as they were trying to go legit. Either way it was all shady.
We need regulations to help protect people's digital purchases... the ability for companies to just let it all go up in smoke is bullshit to the extreme. And the worst part is, people treat this like it's a given. "You bought it at a digital store, so you don't really own it" Well, let's fix that.
I don't think we have to worry about apple or google locking people out of their purchases for a long time yet, but some of these outliers like vudu... you never know when they could decide to close up shop and then what do people do with all those 'purchases' they made?
I don't think we have to worry about apple or google locking people out of their purchases for a long time yet, but some of these outliers like vudu... you never know when they could decide to close up shop and then what do people do with all those 'purchases' they made?
Yes. Someone just published a journal article that goes into a ton of detail on this. https://www.kinephanos.ca/ojs/index.php/revue/article/view/154
Yep. This all-digital future can fuck right off. These corporations do not care at all.
I know you're at least partially joking with the arrogant Sony quip, but it's not really a price hike. I have explained this several times in this thread but I'll do it one final time in more detail.
Funimation had two service tiers:
Premium at 7.99/month, 79.99/year
Premium Plus at 9.99/month, 99.99/year
Crunchyroll has three service tiers:
Fan at 7.99/month, 79.99/year (with purchase of a gift card available in their store, otherwise you can only subscribe monthly)
Mega Fan at 9.99/month
Ultimate Fan at 14.99/month
It is a modest price hike if you were on a grandfathered plan at Funimation, but that is mainly because in some cases they are moving you to the MIDDLE tier of Crunchyroll, not the cheapest tier. They were also discounting that at $99.99 for a year which is a plan that can no longer be signed up for, but I digress. Simply cancel and sub at FAN to receive pricing that is equivalent to Funimation Premium (though, admittedly still a little higher than the grandfathered older plan that hasn't existed for years).
But those digital copies were only included with physical media, so this is a moot point. Then removing the digital copy is an inconvenience but nowhere near as bad as a service like Netflix or Vudu doing the same thing since you still have your copy somewhere.
Yeah fair, and I was joking yes haha. ÂŁ60 for the year in the UK, so gotta wait and see how much it'll go up here.
It was more for the benefit of the other people in the thread who keep referencing a post / tweet that has inaccurate info (as pointed out by abellwillring ).
Me personally, all my digital copies came from physical blurays that I bought. (Though I am slightly annoyed because a few came with extra OVAs that aren't streamable, but were made available digitally, so I gotta dig out my Blurays if I want to watch those particular episodes again.)
HOWEVER, with that said....
Funimation DID have a pure digital storefront for those who wanted to purchase episodes directly. Now, did enough people partake in it to warrant significant blowback? Based on the obvious statement they released, doubtful.
Nah. It's still bad for consumers regardless, so I thoroughly disagree.
So for example:
Funi has Sgt Frog dub
CR only has sub
Does that mean starting April the dub is just gone?
Until CR finally announces a release of the dub on their service, yes.
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Yup. It will vanish off of US-legal services until whatever hold up Funi's had with moving content over to CR (be it contractual or logistical) clears up enough for Sgt. Frog to re-emerge.
Arrogant Monopoly Sony Pictures is back.The worse part is the price increase!
Discotek actually got the license to Sgt. Frog now actually so it's not guaranteed.
Does Discotek have the dub on their disks? If they do I wonder if Retrocrush finally gets it.
I'm also mad they went with the CR app.
The only good thing about Crunchyroll is it allowed* you to screen capture video with IOS. So I could send clips to my friends as responses over text and messengers. Like Luffy meeting Sabo as a "reaction gif with sound".
*maybe still does, like Hi-Dive, but I only watch on my TV these days when I'm subbed.
The only good thing about Crunchyroll is it allowed* you to screen capture video with IOS. So I could send clips to my friends as responses over text and messengers. Like Luffy meeting Sabo as a "reaction gif with sound".
*maybe still does, like Hi-Dive, but I only watch on my TV these days when I'm subbed.
Yeah they're going to have the dubs. I think they're doing two simultaneous releases the one with the Funimation dub that got cancelled, and the original Japanese release.
It's crap like this that makes me a physical media die-hard. My only problem is that I don't have the money to collect stuff like I used to, since I've been spending the past year and a half paying off credit card debt (having to replace almost every major appliance within a six-month span isn't cheap).
Really appreciate all the responses!!
*raises the black flags*
ahoy mateys it is.
Also for anyone lurking who is 30-35 and grew up anime adjacent or a big fan, Sgt Frog is a 10/10 for referential humor to 2000s life and Gunpla
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Sony is erasing digital libraries that were supposed to be accessible “forever”
Casualties afoot as Sony merges Funimation with 2021-acquired Crunchyroll.
arstechnica.com
Looks like Ars Technica has taken notice.
Funimation Streaming Content Not Yet Moved To Crunchyroll
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And thanks to the comment section of that Ars article, I found a currently up-to-date list of what's still just on Funimation and not on Crunchyroll.
docs.google.com
It's extensive, and apparently nothing's moved over since July of last year.
Funimation.com NA Streaming Content Not Moved To Crunchyroll
Sublicense Live Action Sub not streaming/Dub only Sub only through DC Last update 04/2024 Join the CR discord at Discord.gg/crunchyroll .hack//Legend of the Twilight. (sub/dub) .hack//Quantum (sub/dub) .hack//Roots (sub/dub) A Certain Magical Index II (dub) A Certain Magical Index movie (dub) ...
docs.google.com
It's extensive, and apparently nothing's moved over since July of last year.
We have Escaflowne over here in the UK, at least, which makes up for all the things we don't have...
I don't think they did go with Movies Anywhere, did they? At least not with digital copies included with the disks. And I think I bought DBS Super Hero digitally and it's not on MA.
I'm probably wrong then. What digital service did the DBS Super Hero copy come with?
I bought it digitally on itunes, I think, but I think the "normal" physical copy only came with Blu+DVD or 4k+Blu and no included digital copy. I'm not even sure what the last thing they sold with a digital copy is. I know DBS Broly came with a digital copy because I have that. Well I guess I had that, it's going away soon... :(
Plus they do the thing with the digital where you have to buy sub and dub separately which always ticks me off.
edited to add: actually, logging in with my defunct Funimation account, I see my digital copies under my account but I can't find where the movies are or how to play them.
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Awful news for people who bought digital films. I sense a possible lawsuit incoming involving that. I've also had problems using Crunchyroll and doubt this merge will help it at all.
Personally have not been a fan of Funimation since they take the lazy way out with physical media transfers. It's inconceivable to me that there is not a definitive version physical release of DBZ after all these years. Let alone whatever other animes they blew off.
Personally have not been a fan of Funimation since they take the lazy way out with physical media transfers. It's inconceivable to me that there is not a definitive version physical release of DBZ after all these years. Let alone whatever other animes they blew off.
They claim they're going to compensate for digital copies, but a test to attempt ended with the tester just getting an error email.
www.animenewsnetwork.com
Crunchyroll Offers to Compensate Funimation Digital Copy Owners With 'Appropriate Value'
The Verge's Ash Parrish tested policy to no avail // In an interview with technology news website The Verge on its Decoder podcast on Monday, Crunchyroll president...
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Anime to Watch on Funimation Before They Disappear from Streaming
Crunchyroll is sunsetting the Funimation streaming service on April 2, and with it, these anime will disappear from streaming services. Watch these before they're gone!
A good list of anime titles that look to be dropping off of the face of the (legally watching) Earth in a month.
Whoever owns Crunchyroll should be on damage control making sure people are getting access to their shit somehow.
Also, 82% price increase? Neat!
Won't sub for a while prob. Gotta wait for a bunch of shows to come back anyway.
Also, 82% price increase? Neat!
Won't sub for a while prob. Gotta wait for a bunch of shows to come back anyway.
I think that price increase is basically off of grandfathered Funimation accounts that had discounts (I had one of those before), right?
Also the licensing thing I could understand for stuff like Viz where they have their own platform, but I'm kind of surprised by some of those omissions like Escaflowne and Eureka 7.
At least a few of those are available on DVD or blu ray.Anime to Watch on Funimation Before They Disappear from Streaming
Crunchyroll is sunsetting the Funimation streaming service on April 2, and with it, these anime will disappear from streaming services. Watch these before they're gone!
A good list of anime titles that look to be dropping off of the face of the (legally watching) Earth in a month.
Think the full picture is actually worse than this depending on your regionAnd thanks to the comment section of that Ars article, I found a currently up-to-date list of what's still just on Funimation and not on Crunchyroll.
Funimation.com NA Streaming Content Not Moved To Crunchyroll
Sublicense Live Action Sub not streaming/Dub only Sub only through DC Last update 04/2024 Join the CR discord at Discord.gg/crunchyroll .hack//Legend of the Twilight. (sub/dub) .hack//Quantum (sub/dub) .hack//Roots (sub/dub) A Certain Magical Index II (dub) A Certain Magical Index movie (dub) ...
It's extensive, and apparently nothing's moved over since July of last year.
I'm in UK and some stuff I want to watch only on Funi isn't on that list (eg Clannad)
Best of it is any shows subscriber locked are completely inaccessible now unless you happen to still be a current subscriber