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NEWS: HBO Max to Launch With 17 Anime From Crunchyroll

They try to compare it with cable and satellite even though streaming services are a helll of lot more budget friendly and do NOT require contracts with minimum subscription time.

I don’t really see HBO getting into licensing titles themselves since Crunchyroll already has put a lot of investment into their own Crunchyroll Originals for the next several years. Corporations like HBO seem more interested in focusing on their own properties than investing in anime shows they wouldn’t have any creative control over. I’m just wondering how this is going to effect VRV which I think is the bigger concern here.

I've cancelled and re subscribe to Crunchyroll, Netflix, Hulu, Funimation, simply because at the time I cancel, they don't have the content I want. Then I subscribe again once they do.
It is extremely easy but people seem to act like budgeting where your money goes is like the hardest thing ever

AT&T will have to licence/renegotiate licences for either shows to be on both HBO Max and Crunchyroll or transfer to HBO Max and shut down Crunchyroll.

They can't licence for Crunchyroll then just stick it other services they start.

And a lot of people will get HBO Max as it replaces or is added to existing subscribers of various HBO services.

AT&T will have to licence/renegotiate licences for either shows to be on both HBO Max and Crunchyroll or transfer to HBO Max and shut down Crunchyroll.

They can't licence for Crunchyroll then just stick it other services they start.

It's why only some shows will be on HBO Max to start to see of people who get HBO Max will actually watch anime.

And a lot of people will get HBO Max as it replaces or is added to existing subscribers of various HBO services.

Kougeru wrote:

#901749 wrote: ZestyLime wrote: Only a matter of time before we get the HBO exclusive seasonal anime, further fragmenting the market. You make it sound like that's a bad thing. I would love to see anime with the budget of HBO. We could get some cool stuff. That's literally not how any of this works. And it IS a bad thing. It's "monopolistic competition". There's "Competition" but they each monopolize specific shows. So if you want to watch everything you have to pay over $700 in subscription fees.

Who says you have to watch _everything_?

With so many shows each season, you have to make a choice sooner or later. You can't have your cake and eat it too. That's not how it works.

That's literally not how any of this works. And it IS a bad thing. It's "monopolistic competition". There's "Competition" but they each monopolize specific shows. So if you want to watch everything you have to pay over $700 in subscription fees. That's a TERRIBLE thing for everyone except the corporations. Really no benefit to us. They have no incentive to actually improve quality in any way. As long as they have one show that the masses will subscribe for, that's all they need. One show every season. Budget also wouldn't make anime better. I'd not even have faith the extra money goes to the artists like it should.

Same with streaming. I´ve accepted this reality already, but most anime fans want to deny it in favor of living the myth that I mentioned earlier, and when the anime industry is reporting growth in recent years thanks to streaming anime online, it means that japanese creators are receiving money and/or support in some way thanks to streaming. Consume anime in whichever legal way you want, but never think that the 60% of money will always go directly to the creators of the show.

Only a matter of time before we get the HBO exclusive seasonal anime, further fragmenting the market.

Crunchyroll will curate new anime content for HBO Max subscribers every three months, according to WarnerMedia, with popular series Hunter x Hunter and Death Note coming to HBO Max later this year. Some titles, like Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, also stream on Netflix. While HBO Max won’t be the exclusive home — shows will run on both HBO Max and Crunchyroll at the same time — subscribers will have more access to popular anime.

WarnerMedia’s new CEO, Jason Kilar, understands the importance of anime as part of a broader streaming strategy — anime was reportedly one of the top performing genres at Hulu when Kilar was CEO, according to The Information.

“This WarnerMedia family collaboration is bringing together an incredible collection of content with a passionate fandom and HBO Max is tottemo ureshii to expand the reach of this inventive artistry,” Kevin Reilly, HBO Max’s chief content officer, said in a press release, using a popular Japanese expression for displaying joy and enthusiasm.

HBO Max launches on May 27th for $14.99 a month. WarnerMedia is currently offering incoming customers and some current HBO Now subscribers one year of HBO Max for just $11.99 a month.

AT&T will have to licence/renegotiate licences for either shows to be on both HBO Max and Crunchyroll or transfer to HBO Max and shut down Crunchyroll.

They can't licence for Crunchyroll then just stick it other services they start.

With people like you lobbing in and out at will (which I think is a perfectly fine way to manage things), sooner or later one of the services will take the plunge and offer only contracts (maybe quarterly at first, then 6 and 12 mo, then only 12 and 24 mo, depending on the pushback). If they don't take a significant hit for doing so, then everyone else will follow suit. Makes their quarterly income predictions easier to calculate and more stable for their stockholders, who are the only ones that matter.