Saw a lot of people asking about these in the Disney+ thread
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HBO Max Acquires U.S. Streaming Rights To Studio Ghibli Library
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Saw a lot of people asking about these in the Disney+ thread
Oh shit. Random, but I love it.
This is great for me. I only have spirited away, ponyo and princess mononoke in my library.
This is great for me. I only have spirited away, ponyo and princess mononoke in my library.
Anime is becoming more and more mainstream and popular in the West every year. Its not that surprising, just look at Netflix's investment into acquiring more and more anime series.
They seem to be going after fan favorite series like NGE and now Saint Seiya.
So my streaming service looks like this.
DisneyPlus
HBO Max (hopeful for AT&T unlimited data promo/discount)
Amazon Prime.
Will keep Hulu till 2022-2023 (when many of NBC shows are likely pulled)
Netflix will be dropped until new season of Stranger Things airs (Will binge Last Kingdom/Ozark during that month)
DisneyPlus
HBO Max (hopeful for AT&T unlimited data promo/discount)
Amazon Prime.
Will keep Hulu till 2022-2023 (when many of NBC shows are likely pulled)
Netflix will be dropped until new season of Stranger Things airs (Will binge Last Kingdom/Ozark during that month)
It's interesting. When I look at the stream services I am going to drop, Netflix looks like the most likely.
I think the potential price for HBO Max is/was 15.00$ a month. As a AT&T unlimited data user, I'm hoping to be able to add this for 5.00$ a month (Since we get 'free' HBO now)
Not only that but Ghibli movies are on DIsney Movie CLub. So its kind of strange.
Yeah this must be an incredibly good deal for gkids for them to go ahead with this. From what I understand the physical disc releases are their bread and butter.
The Twitter world is losing their minds due to the thought that 1-2 days ago they were never going streaming, this is a quick turnaround.
They gave up their rights to the Ghibli films years ago. GKIDS has had the theatrical rights and most of the home video rights since then, with the streaming rights being a whole new ballgame.
Massive get for HBO MAX.
I personally think HBO Max is shaping up to be a monster of a service.
To me, Disney + and HBO Max seem like the perfect combination of streaming services. You get Looney Tunes and Mickey Mouse. You get Marvel and DC Comics. You get Star Wars and Harry Potter.
- HBO content (The Sopranos, The Wire, Game of Thrones, Westworld, Sex in the City)
- Turner Classic Movies content (old MGM movies)
- Cartoon Network / Boomerang / Adult Swim content. (Looney Tunes, The Flintstones, Tom and Jerry, Dexter's Laboratory)
- Studio Ghibli content
- Sesame Street
- DC Comics content (Batman: The Animated Series, The Dark Knight, Wonder Woman, Joker)
- All of the Warner Bros films (Harry Potter series, The Matrix series, The Departed)
- Sitcoms like Friends, The Big Bang Theory, Night Court, Gilmore Girls
- Future content from The CW like Batwoman
To me, Disney + and HBO Max seem like the perfect combination of streaming services. You get Looney Tunes and Mickey Mouse. You get Marvel and DC Comics. You get Star Wars and Harry Potter.
Disney doesn't own the rights to these anymore, GKIDS does, and has for a few years now. Any discs you see on DMC are just leftover stock.
Wow a lot of people don't know Disney deal is long ended.
BTW Ghibli owns the Disney dub tracks.
BTW Ghibli owns the Disney dub tracks.
Yes, AT&T aims for maximum confusion in naming their services
HBO Go is streaming HBO for cable subscribers
HBO Now is streaming HBO for non-cable subscribers
HBO Max is a general streaming platform that will contain HBO and non-HBO content
So HBO Max will have the Disney dubs then?
I'm about as excited for this as I am Disney+.
Between this and having all the Crunchyroll content, that's a ton of anime on the service.
This, Netflix, Disney+, and Amazon Prime (since I'm getting the service anyways) seems like the move.
Pretty sure Harry Potter won't be on there. Isn't it wrapped up in some other deal, like NBC or sum?
Between this and having all the Crunchyroll content, that's a ton of anime on the service.
This, Netflix, Disney+, and Amazon Prime (since I'm getting the service anyways) seems like the move.
Pretty sure Harry Potter won't be on there. Isn't it wrapped up in some other deal, like NBC or sum?
Its random to acquire a catalog of one of the move beloved movie studios of all time to add to your streaming service in a competitive market ?
One would hope that they allow for dual audio tracks, but yes, any dub out there is owned by Ghibli and would be available.