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NEWS: Funimation, Niconico to Jointly License Anime

Emerje wrote:

Kougeru wrote: On a happier note: FREE HD? Eat that Crappyroll HD, sure, but will we have free full screen? And how many ads are we going to have to sit through? And how long does the free viewing last, one week like the current setup? Nico's current methods suck, I'm not so optimistic to think they'll suddenly change for the better. If they aren't going to give us the most basic services (unlimited free play, full screen) then I'd rather FUNi stuck with Hulu. They should have made this deal with Crunchyroll instead. Emerje

Not to mention that Nico's video player sucks, last season I could only watch Blood-C and UtaPri. All the other shows would constantly freeze up on me. I agree, FUNi should've done this with CR instead. CR has a better video player and a larger installed user base.

Emerje wrote:

HD, sure, but will we have free full screen? And how many ads are we going to have to sit through? And how long does the free viewing last, one week like the current setup? Nico's current methods suck, I'm not so optimistic to think they'll suddenly change for the better. If they aren't going to give us the most basic services (unlimited free play, full screen) then I'd rather FUNi stuck with Hulu. They should have made this deal with Crunchyroll instead.

The "no true full screen" problem is rather easy to get around, although I would rather not detail it in an open forum for fear widespread knowledge might lead to that loophole being closed, given that it has other uses.

One of the major problems that this doesn't address is that anime fans are taught to reject streaming for fansubs, that's why even major series can only get 10,000-20,000 views while fansubs get millions.

If they aren't going to give us the most basic services (unlimited free play, full screen) then I'd rather FUNi stuck with Hulu. They should have made this deal with Crunchyroll instead.

Blood C is CLAMP. Of COURSE it was going to be licensed!

Man, no matter what Funimation does, people complain about nitpicky things like ads.

Heck, even if you were in Japan watching the show on TV as it aired, you would still be seeing ads.

Hulu blocks all countries outside the US and still has ads, and Crunchyroll seems more like a competitor to Funimation than an ally.

Niconico, being a Japanese company, likely also has much better relations with the animation studios in Japan, as they already stream some shows on their site, although like Hulu they block all countries other than Japan. This would allow Funimation to license series easier and faster, and possibly release to DVD/BD somewhat faster too.

Besides the fullscreen issue, there's no real problem I can see. Unless you want to complain about a Nico or Funi watermark in the corner, which is just silly.

http://video.niconico.com/watch/1318611911

The previous complaints about simulcasting were the limited number of shows to watch, the image quality, and to a lesser extent, ads.

Now there's a pretty decent selection of shows streamed in HD with no ads, and people complain about fullscreen settings and nitpicking on HD image quality. If you want the best possible playback, buy the actual series when it is released. And this time, it will actually be released.

The idea of a free simulcast with no ads is to watch it soon after the airing in Japan, and if you like it, you can go and buy it.

One of the major problems that this doesn't address is that anime fans are taught to reject streaming for fansubs, that's why even major series can only get 10,000-20,000 views while fansubs get millions.

Looks like we don't need that work around, Just went on the GC stream and if you go to Settings, you can enable Full Screen. The quality on the stream is very good too.

However, I'm just hoping we get double episodes the first week instead of Funi's "A week or two later but we're still calling it 'SIMUL'cast".