Forum - View topicNEWS: Funimation Offers Subtitle-Only Subscription Plan
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ikillchicken
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Excellent. The trouble with Funimation is they usually snag the best show or two but lack the sheer volume of Crunchyroll. Unless you're taking advantage of their dubbed back-catalog (which I don't really need to) it isn't really the best deal. But just their subbed simulcasts for $13? I'd pay that even if I only end up watching one show from them in a given season.
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sakurablossom143
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okay, correct me if i'm not understanding this correctly... they are doing a subtitled-only subscription w/ no commercials... so that means that they are still going to have subtitled eps for free w/ commercials then, right? i've been getting so confused lately...
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getchman
 He started itPosts: 9134 Location: New Hampshire |
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yes. simulcasts will be free a week later in standard definition and with commercials
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Maidenoftheredhand
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I have the all access pass now thanks to a very good Christmas deal but since I can't get this deal twice I will be switching to the sub only deal the next year.
If I want to watch something dubbed Ill wait for the DVD/BR. I am happy to see they are offering more pricing options. |
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infamoustakai
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I say pay the extra 5 for the excellent English dubs available. Like Fairy Tail, Space Dandy, Black Lagoon, Psycho-Pass, A Certain Index, and so on.
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Barbobot
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Yes. Nothing about the current methods to stream are changing. They are just adding a new tier between free and all-access. |
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H. Guderian
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Already subscribed to some services I had not gone to Funimation (despite having shows I wanted to see) because i couldn't justify the cost. This certainly helps my considerations.
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configspace
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What about the digital home video versions?
For example, with Highschool DxD New, not only is the home video version uncensored and have the usual animation fixes, it also has an extra ~3 mins of new content in each episode. From what I understand with the All-access pass, the simulcasts are eventually replaced with the home video version (for subscribers' sake, I hope they will continue to do that too with simuldubs, even though it's more expensive) Will the plan include the sub-only version of all of their home video versions when they are released too?
Does this mean it will not include the OVAs/specials that are part of a show's final release? |
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Animelover12313
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I'm sold for this, Funimation has been picking up better and better titles lately and only $5 a month? Who's dumb enough not to pick this up?!?!?!
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Surrender Artist
 Posts: 3264 Location: Pennsylvania, USA |
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Oh, FUNimation, you canny bastards, you are tempting me sorely. You done gone and licensed a mess of shows this season, including almost all of the ones that I'm interested in, now you're giving me a comparatively economical way to see them sooner in better quality.
I could imagine myself taking this offer. I even have some spare change laying around this month. The streaming market is becoming markedly more competitive now. The differences in content still make it a little messy, but it seems like it might just yield dividends in service quality. |
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GordanHam
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I'm still just gonna wait till they put it on hulu.
Their site is pretty bad and has barely improved in all the years I have used it. And unfortunately, I found out this year that their payment system is pretty terrible too. Their shop has given me countless troubles, and then I still held out hope and became a subscriber last month, but now they have screwed me over again and unscubscribed me and sent me emails of false information about my account. The worst part is trying to get into contact with cusomer service and they just don't care when you finally do too. They take forever to respond and talk down to you even after admitting their information was wrong. Ugh. Out. |
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Outcaster00
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While I personally love there dubs they put out and for me the all access pass is worth it. I do think this affordable sub only plan is a very good thing to expose people to all there shows legally.
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Ryomanagare
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If Funimation didn't have such a lacklustre website, low stream quality, or horrible color balance I'd consider it.
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walw6pK4Alo
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Not to mention hardsubs. I thought we dropped that nonsense in 2007, the only fansubbers who do it now are two hentai groups, because they're very protective of their e-peen and don't want people casually ripping scripts.
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Zalis116
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