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NEWS: Crunchyroll Reports 200,000+ Paid Subscribers


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everydaygamer





PostPosted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 10:39 am Reply with quote
j Talbain wrote:
Such a better service than NeonAlley


honestly if they would just expand to pc i would prolly subscribe.
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Maidenoftheredhand



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 10:55 am Reply with quote
One of those paid subscribers here. Also bought a subscription for a friend.
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bleachj0j



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 11:42 am Reply with quote
j Talbain wrote:
Such a better service than NeonAlley


Yeah two completely differnt services. Nobody mentioned Neon Alley.

Anyway good for Cruncyroll.
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Sheleigha



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 11:57 am Reply with quote
"Figures and games"? Does that mean that they'll start localizing them?
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Polycell



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 12:21 pm Reply with quote
Sheleigha wrote:
"Figures and games"? Does that mean that they'll start localizing them?
Nope, they just sell them.
walw6pK4Alo wrote:
I don't know what [...] they actually pay back to Japan.
I believe they've stated the royalties amount to over half their income.
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Namu12



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 1:08 pm Reply with quote
I will buy a subscription when the amount needed to pay will depend of the animes that are available in Your country. I will not pay the same amount that US is paying where they can watch over 20 animes in one season and I could only watch 5 from them.
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Galap
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 1:41 pm Reply with quote
Gosia wrote:
I will buy a subscription when the amount needed to pay will depend of the animes that are available in Your country. I will not pay the same amount that US is paying where they can watch over 20 animes in one season and I could only watch 5 from them.


Yeah, there's no reason globalization should be so hard in 2013. That being said, it is improving.
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hpulley



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 2:01 pm Reply with quote
I only watch legally and I only subscribe to Crunchyroll and only buy anime which streams there either simulcast or library titles. So it is Crunchyroll or I don't see it. Glad they are growing!
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Tanteikingdomkey



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 3:01 pm Reply with quote
hpulley wrote:
I only watch legally and I only subscribe to Crunchyroll and only buy anime which streams there either simulcast or library titles. So it is Crunchyroll or I don't see it. Glad they are growing!

what about funimation/viz who post simulcast for free and sometimes sentai/anime network does as well.
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DKL



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 3:32 pm Reply with quote
Tanteikingdomkey wrote:

what about funimation/viz who post simulcast for free and sometimes sentai/anime network does as well.


I pay for Funimation's streaming service and it's god-awful.

I regret every month that I've been on.

I don't know why I haven't cancelled yet since it's very apparent that it's likely not gonna get better.

Don't know what Anime Network is like nowadays, but the ineptness of how they had the credit card system set up from when I was on was really up there.

Crunchyroll, I love.

Will keep feeding them my monies.
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Beatdigga



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 4:02 pm Reply with quote
Always good to hear when legal avenues do well.
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potatochobit



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 5:03 pm Reply with quote
I bought two crunchyroll accounts
one for me and one for my sister in law whom I bought a roku for christmas

what you have to understand-
most likely a large portion of the newest subscribers in the last two years purchase the black friday yearly special which is about ~50$

so figuring in the monthly charge as total profit is wrong
that would still put them over 10$million a year though
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potatochobit



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 5:05 pm Reply with quote
DKL wrote:

I pay for Funimation's streaming service and it's god-awful.

funimation has the BEST HD quality out of any streaming site... when it works... and only on select titles.
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walw6pK4Alo



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 5:09 pm Reply with quote
potatochobit wrote:
DKL wrote:

I pay for Funimation's streaming service and it's god-awful.

funimation has the BEST HD quality out of any streaming site... when it works... and only on select titles.


What's the bitrate on those streams? CR seems to have a standard "one-size-fits-all" approach, which really hurts motion/action-heavy pieces, but adequate for all of the static shots.
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DKL



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 5:34 pm Reply with quote
potatochobit wrote:

... when it works...


I don't know about quality or whatever (I assume it's not as good as owning a blu-ray, which I've been too lazy to watch nowadays anyway), but this particular set of words catches my eye...

Because it don't work a lot of the time.

The rage in the elite forums is hilarious, though I should really just do the right thing and cancel my subscription...
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