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Funimation Content Moving to Crunchyroll for World’s Largest Anime Library
- Thread starter DinkyDev
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But every other streaming service solved this years ago. I only watch subs and depending on the anime the menu is confusing.
The Crunchyroll web player isn't terrible, but there's these black squares/artifacts that flash in the center of the screen every few seconds and I find it really distracting. I also don't like the DRM that makes it a pain to take screenshots.
One of the things I really like about the Funimation player is that it will scale to my window size really nicely. I watch a lot of anime while I'm working. I can put a Funimation window to the side of my screen and it'll fill that window with as little black space as possible (while still maintaining the aspect ratio). Crunchyroll for whatever reason will give me a small video with way more wasted black space bordering it.
But I still end up watching Crunchyroll way more often than Funimation just because they've got way more content that I care about lol
I have subscriptions for both services.
Do I need to cancel Funimation or will they just stop charging me for that?
Also crunchyroll app on my AppleTV is pure shit, it ALWAYS asks me for my login credentials every time I open the app.
Do I need to cancel Funimation or will they just stop charging me for that?
Also crunchyroll app on my AppleTV is pure shit, it ALWAYS asks me for my login credentials every time I open the app.
Surprised and disappointed that the Funimation name is the one being dropped. Not only is it older but it's much more illustrative of the product.
Funimation is big in the anglosphere but not in the rest of the world because they don't watch stuff dubbed in English
My Roku version does the same thing. Between signing in, the crashes as it loads, and it screwing up replays (it sometimes plays four ads then ten seconds of episode then more ads) watching a single episode of a show sometimes takes 50% longer than the episode is.
I think Tatami Galaxy was on Funimation so hopefully I can watch it now, at least.
But you shouldn't have to.
It's stupid.
They should have rebranded the funi app
Funimation Blog Post said:
Basically: You should look into canceling.
Also I just checked the Crunchyroll app and couldn't stream One Piece English dub version.
I couldn't even find the option.
I couldn't even find the option.
Unfortunately its not like that in all versions of the Crunchyroll app. On TV apps and roku it actually cuts off the title and you have to scroll the title by waiting like 2 seconds and when the tilte finally ends you will see what dub it is. Its crazy when the title is really long and there are multiple dubs available. You also can't really search for dubs or they don't even have the category. They need another redesign even though they just did one like last year.
I can't believe that Funimation as a brand is gonna be gone soon. They've been around since the 90's. End of an era.
I was having that issue for like a week and it would fix itself by me just closing the app and reopening it. Other than that the CR app on Apple Tv is the best out of their apps for me.
They are migrating in batches, here's the first one
Is anybody able to stream One Piece in English dub on the crunchyroll app?
Testing on my iPhone crunchyroll app and I only can see the Japanese with subtitles version.
Gotcha, thanks for the info!
Testing on my iPhone crunchyroll app and I only can see the Japanese with subtitles version.
Gotcha, thanks for the info!
I have a Crunchyroll account, but it was never Premium. I did get an email about the 60 days, so hopefully it will work with my current account despite their blog saying "only for new Crunchyroll Subscribers".
Trying to find which dub I was highlighting for things like Konosuba and Villainess is WILD because of that dumb side-scrolling thing lol
Trying to find which dub I was highlighting for things like Konosuba and Villainess is WILD because of that dumb side-scrolling thing lol
For people in the US. In Latin America Funimation still blocks you if it isn't available in your country. Crunchyroll has been the only legal anime provider for years.
Was wondering where all that anime on Hulu was going Friday. So much anime on that platform expires Thursday
Now I know and don't have to sub tk a new service!!
Now I know and don't have to sub tk a new service!!
Seeing that on the migrated list reminds me of when I saw the dub for the OVAs years ago that I believe were done by a completely different company long before the series ever got dubbed. The clearest thing I can remember was how deep Kuwabara's voice was in it.
I gotta track that down again.
Has then been any word on them continuing to offer multiple language dubs? My Hero on Funimation has the Spanish dub for the first 3 or 4 seasons up and I would hate if they stopped doing that. More options is always great.
Does CR still do year long subscriptions? It's been several years since I had a subscription. I still purchase most of my anime on blu ray these days anyway so I don't see myself using a sub much but I'd like the option.
The blog just says "they're working on it" whatever the fuck that means.
Not that I saw. Just logged into my old account to see what tiers were available whenever that 60 day free pass expires.
Three Tiers - All monthly: $7.99, $9.99, $14.99 (Higher tiers have discounts on the store, more screens allowed for simul-streaming, etc.)
You forgot the most important change- his name was "KuwaHara" in that dub!
That's disappointing. I'm trying to cut down on my subscriptions but I can justify my mental gymnastics requirements if it's a singular purchase for a whole year. Guess I'm sticking to blu rays. I just hope that this doesn't mean a reduction in physical media output from them.
I super don't want to have to make a list of where I was on all my anime... That would take forever...
God CR is so fucking bad
There should really put "(Language Dub)" as the first part. Like, we're already on the anime page, we know we want to watch said anime!
Casual anime viewer here - think I had a better experience with Crunchyroll overall, but I hadn't used Funimation in years.
This is convenient, I canceled my Funimation monthly sub a month or so ago because I needed to trim my number of services.
I went to check after seeing their question, to find that I am grandfathered into some $59.95 yearly subscription. I don't even have the option to switch to the monthly plans, not that I would given I'm paying less than $5 a month overall.
That is bad, but if you want to see something completely insane let me present the season list for The Ancient Magus' Bride. For reference, the show has 1 "season" and a couple OVAs/movies.
God CR is so fucking bad
Gotcha. Thanks!
Our standards of acceptable pricing for anime have definitely changed over the years. I started collecting anime DVDs back in 2000, and had amassed a decent collection by 2005. I would go to Suncoast every other Tuesday to check out their new releases (though sometimes I got my DVDs from Best Buy). The MSRP for a 3 or 4 episode disc was $30, though Suncoast would often have them on sale for $25 on release day. A full 12-13 episode series or season would be spread across 3 or 4 discs, so that ends up being $90 or $120 for the whole series/season at MSRP, or anywhere from $7.50 to $10 per episode. And that's not accounting for inflation, which brought the per episode cost to nearly $12-16 in today's dollars for a 2002 release.
There's a reason why "Anime: Crack is Cheaper" was a meme back in the 00s. It was not easy on the wallet being a fan unless you limited yourself to what was on Toonami or Showtime Beyond or whoever else was airing anime on TV back in the early to mid 00s. Needless to say, after 2005 I had to stop collecting as I lost my job at Walmart, and money was tight for a good long time after that. When the bubble popped towards the end of the 00s the surviving distributors started releasing half-season or full-season sets. Near the end of the decade I started collecting DVDs regularly again. It was definitely much cheaper to collect by that point. Instead of an MSRP of $30 for 3-4 episodes, you got 12-13 episodes for $40-60. That's like $3-5 per episode, a tremendous drop in the unadjusted per-episode sticker price from the 3-4 episode singles. The vast majority of TV anime has been released in this fashion ever since, at least from the likes of Funimation, Sentai, and Viz. Most standard edition Blu-ray sets run at a maximum MSRP of $65 for 12-13 episodes, or $5 to $5.40 per episode, but you can usually get them much cheaper at Right Stuf, often around $45 or so, or less than $3.75 per episode.
This is what my collection looked like around late 2009:
Most of that was collected by the end of 2005. The half-season and "Complete Collection" sets, and everything else on the right half of the third row, was purchased in the late 00s, not too long before this photo was taken. All in all, I probably spent a few thousand dollars on anime in the 00s.
Of course, streaming has increasingly become the standard over the past 10-12 years, and I guess for most fans even $3.75 per episode can't compete with $10 per month for as many episodes as you have the time and desire for, all released as simulcasts instead of having to wait months for the physical release. I still collect anime Blu-rays on occasion, mostly movies (I picked up the 4K Blu-ray for Akira from Best Buy last week), but I do still get shows I really, really like. But thanks to streaming I no longer just buy any old title that looks interesting. I'm a lot more reserved when it comes to spending money on physical releases. While I spent a few thousand on anime between 2000 and 2005, I've maybe spent a few hundred in the past decade, despite having more discretionary income (being a homeowner gives you a lot of incentive to save money just in case).