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Sony’s Funimation completes acquisition of Cruncyroll from AT&T
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Sony with this purchase is technically a monopoly in the anime distribution side of things
VERY disappointing.
One company in hold of two of the biggest seasonal simulcast services in the entire world is not good, especially when its previous service, funimation sucked balls and didn't provide services out side of the US and very few other countries.
Netflix, HiDive and rest have small catalogs as compared to these two and barely get simulcasted anime.
One company in hold of two of the biggest seasonal simulcast services in the entire world is not good, especially when its previous service, funimation sucked balls and didn't provide services out side of the US and very few other countries.
Netflix, HiDive and rest have small catalogs as compared to these two and barely get simulcasted anime.
So much for competition I guess, guess I'll see what happens with them considering I'm subbed to both Crunchyroll and Funimation.
Both apps were trash fires in their own ways with a lot of crossover of the same content, just one side dubbed, one side subbed, I don't see how their competition was really helping anything, unless I'm missing something.
wonder what player they'll use for the app. hope its just a new one.
Yeah, I don't really get it either. It seemed like it was just splitting the anime community for paid apps which is bad because it's so easy to pirate anime (assuming they merge them then otherwise what is the point).
So what happens to those of us who are currently greeted by this on funimation?
nothing stopping them from bankrolling some animes. plenty of works that can be done and sony can't make them all. i will say that this is bad news for the animation studios since they will lose leverage since they can't have multiple companies bidding for their new shows.
Funimation is complete shit in the UK so this is probably gonna suck for me. Actually kinda glad now JoJo is going to Netflix.
Yup
Fromsoft is just the cherry on top for them. Sony wants to rule anime
It counts I am guessing regions CR covers or regions that Funi cover will now be under one umbrella.So what happens to those of us who are currently greeted by this on funimation?
Or maybe they will expand in the future? I can't really tell, it counts on Sony Pictures and what their vision is.
I can stop paying for both now….hopefully. Funimation had a really nice selection of older animes (with their post show movies included) so I paid for both this whole time.
Yes but there's no date.
Sony’s Funimation Global Group Completes Acquisition of Crunchyroll from AT&T | Sony Pictures Entertainment
CULVER CITY, CA AND DALLAS, TX, August 9, 2021 — Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. (SPE) and AT&T Inc.* (NYSE:T) today announced that SPE has completed its acquisition of AT&T’s Crunchyroll anime business through Funimation Global Group, LLC. Funimation is a joint venture between SPE and Sony...
Pretty much this. HiDive and Amazon Prime were the only real services that had a big differences catalog wise from Crunchyroll/Funi.
I've disliked both Crunchyroll and Funimation's mobile apps, so I hope Crunchymation/Funiroll's UI is better. pls sony
Well, fuck.
Look at how Sony has been handling Funimation. Absolutely no improvement or commitment to it...
Look at how Sony has been handling Funimation. Absolutely no improvement or commitment to it...
I mean I dislike the anime licensing scene is basically a monopoly now because it's effectively down to just Netflix and Sony.
As far as merging of services goes, Crunchyroll's web player is lightyears better than Funimation's, but I feel like Funimation's updated console apps are also way better than Crunchyroll's lol
As far as merging of services goes, Crunchyroll's web player is lightyears better than Funimation's, but I feel like Funimation's updated console apps are also way better than Crunchyroll's lol
The meltdowns that cherry will result in will be something else.
I'm subbed to Crunchyroll but not Funimation, it was annoying when some shows were not licenced to the UK despite being on the services. I'm hoping they just get everything they've got out to all regions without having to do some workaround with VPNs or whatever.
Sony damn well better invest in the service to make it worth everyone's while.
Sony damn well better invest in the service to make it worth everyone's while.
Netflix and Amazon are only ones who can compete with Sony on the anime front.
But they don't seem too interested in that market
But they don't seem too interested in that market
Yeah, I figured the more I thought about it. Funimation is not the most well-run company out there, this reduces the amount of competition out there, people will absolutely lose their job with this merger, more bad translations probably incoming because they won't have to pay competitive rates for good quality work…
The only real competition out there now is Netflix and Amazon :| and they are all trash anyways. Crunchyroll wasn't fantastic either, but it felt like the last bastion in terms of being a service for fans by people who genuinely like anime.
The thread on here when that happens won't been be about anime it will just be majority fromsoft post lol
