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Aresef
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 Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2020 10:45 am
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It's amazing that this site went from profiting off fansubs and piracy to being owned by WarnerMedia to being owned by the largest behemoth in the global anime business. They paid zero consequences for their past. But anyway.
If anybody was going to buy them, it was going to be Sony. There's no other player in anime with such global reach and deep pockets.
But boy, HIDIVE is screwed.
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Beatdigga
Joined: 26 Oct 2003
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Location: New York
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Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2020 10:51 am
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| PonSquared wrote: | | So one company owns everything?
r/whatcouldgowrong ? |
Not one, but two given Netflix’s intention to control material from conception. And all the smaller distributors will have to fall in line behind the big two.
Battle lines are being drawn, alliances are being formed, and the big loser is probably Toonami.
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bennyl
Joined: 06 Apr 2019
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Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2020 10:52 am
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Less competition is always worse, but ATT has to unload anything they can at this point. Crunchyroll was getting sold, period. There was ever only going to be two companies interested, Sony and China (I know technically China isn't a company, but since the CCP would have to sign off, they might as well be). Sony is a much better solution than Tencent or some other Chinese conglomerate was going to be. I think it could be a net positive for Crunchyroll, as I suspect Crunchyroll will end up the subtitle brand and Funimation as the dub brand. Keep in mind, Crunchyrolls value isn't in it's library. It's in its subscriber count. Sony isn't going to intentionally damage the brand. However, sometimes the road to hell is paved in good intentions.
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Greed1914
Joined: 28 Oct 2007
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Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2020 10:55 am
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| BlueRex666 wrote: | | While I can't say I'm happy Sony seems to be trying to get a monopoly on anime, the fact they allowed what was essentially a sex scene in The Last of Us 2 to slip through at least has me think they won't be as censor happy as everyone thinks they'll be. |
Part of the problem has been that Sony is inconsistent on what it allows. Last of Us 2 was anything but a slip considering Sony published it. Big budget games developed in the West seem to get a pass, but smaller games, especially those in anime-style, are still getting censored on Playstation. It's become enough of a problem that some studios have opted to skip or cancel PS4 versions.
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CastMember1991
Joined: 06 Feb 2012
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Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2020 10:57 am
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| Beatdigga wrote: | | Disney doesn’t need anime. They have more than enough original material and the medium doesn’t fit their image. At most you’ll see Hulu tighten up its offerings. |
Anime doesn’t fit their image, you say? What about Doraemon? That show is aimed towards family audiences, and Viz still has the license to that here in the States if I recall.
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Ryuji-Dono
Joined: 26 Apr 2018
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Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2020 10:57 am
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| ErikaD.D wrote: | | Is this really bad? If it's really bad, should we worried about it? Anyway, monopoly is bad. |
Waiting is the answer.
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JulieYBM
Joined: 07 Apr 2012
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Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2020 11:00 am
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This is amazingly bad. I wonder if Sony will go after RightStuf next, just to control home video distribution in the market?
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kamen_otaku81
Joined: 08 Apr 2013
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Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2020 11:07 am
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Great. Just what we need. MORE censored and Shonen Jump Weekly friendly anime. I really need that.
I don't see any good coming from this.
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Ryuji-Dono
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Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2020 11:29 am
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| kamen_otaku81 wrote: | | Great. Just what we need. MORE censored and Shonen Jump Weekly friendly anime. I really need that.
I don't see any good coming from this. |
It's a different Sony subsidiary who bought Crunchyroll, it's not Sony Entertainment.
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Sheleigha
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Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2020 11:34 am
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Does everyone forget how big of an ecchi catalog Funi actually has? Lots of them were big sellers for them, and they never really stopped doing them. I know everyone uses Interspecies Reviewers as an example, but that was kind of an exception.
Funimation kind of has always allowed for WAY MORE than what the video game division has allowed.
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Ryuji-Dono
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Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2020 11:35 am
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| Weird Guy wrote: | | well RIP good dubs from Crunchroll. Sony will very likely to do the same thing as they are doing with funimation dubs in my country... |
Given Crunchyroll access worldwide, it's more likely that they would use the dubbing studios used from Crunchyroll to their dubs.
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strawberry-kun
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Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2020 11:50 am
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I know it’s a different subsidiary, but I still worry. Who is to say that this Sony subsidiary won’t start mimicking their ridiculous policies one day? Fanservice games weren’t big moneymakers, but everything was fine on PlayStation too until they randomly decided they hate fanservice. But only in anime games of course.
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TigerOnTheProwl
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Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2020 11:51 am
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| Jonny Mendes wrote: | | I can see Sony using Funimation for North American market and Crunchyroll for the rest of the world.
That's one way to avoid competition between the two services.
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I find that unlikely. I think Sony is more likely to simply extend Funi's service to different areas of the world. Then they'd be making money all over the world with both services. Or maybe they'll just consolidate both services into a single entity. Also unlikely, but possible.
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Aresef
Joined: 22 Jun 2005
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Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2020 11:52 am
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| Ermat_46 wrote: | | Crunchyroll is already legal for 10 years and have paid $100M in royalties. You still haven't moved on? |
I'm just marveling that they could leave their shady-as-hell past behind them.
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Erufailon4
Joined: 18 Jun 2019
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Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2020 11:55 am
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I don't think they'll be completely merging Crunchy and Funi. Both have their unique brand identities, Crunchy even having its Originals. That said, I do think that they might start offering some kind of 2-in-1 subscription bundle.
I see people are worried about censorship. I'm aware that Funi has censored stuff, in the past at least, but that doesn't mean the same will happen to every Sony-owned anime service, especially if the two are not merged and Crunchy stays as what it is.
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