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 Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2022 10:15 am
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It sounds like the Funimation brand is being phased out?
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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2022 10:20 am
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I hope Crunchyroll learns to stop treating dubs as new seasons. It’s a pain to navigate
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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2022 10:21 am
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Also…[img]https://ibb.co/YdVgN7h[/img]
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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2022 10:22 am
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In addition to consolidation of SVOD services, Sony-owned Funimation Global Group, LLC will now operate as Crunchyroll, LLC and has initiated rebranding across its global footprint to solidify Crunchyroll as the single, global brand for anime. |
Looks like they really are phasing out Funimation as a brand. Huh.
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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2022 10:25 am
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I hope consolidation into a single streaming site doesn’t result in anyone losing their jobs. I also hope it means there can be more focus on improving Crunchyroll’s site – for example, by not having to represent different releases of a show as different “seasons” (as with Ranking of Kings), and by giving different seasons and language options their own URLs so we can share links to a specific season and language.
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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2022 10:32 am
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My Funy account charges about the 19th, so I guess I’ll wait two weeks to cancel. I don’t need the que or history for much.
On the Crunchy side, does anyone using the Crunchy beta have anything good to say about it? I’ve been putting off trying it until I hear more about what it is like.
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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2022 10:43 am
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Talk about bad timing, and double-dipping… They say I’ll get 60 days CR free, but I would have rather gotten that with only a few months remaining on my subscription, rather than 12 
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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2022 10:44 am
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I also hope it means there can be more focus on improving Crunchyroll’s site |
I am sure CR knows they have plenty of room for improvement when it comes to user interface/experience. But I am not so sure if they are incentivized to continually improve as they sell shows not their platforms as their primary attraction.
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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2022 10:50 am
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I’m more than happy to trade Funi’s video player for Crunchyroll though. Funi’s quality is so bad, I was about ready to go back to watching everything on phyiscal disc again.
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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2022 10:54 am
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I have yearly subscriptions to Funi and VRV (lol me), and if I’m reading this right, all I get for compensation is 60 free days of Crunchy? That seems… more than a bit unfair. |
Funi’s twitter is telling people in the same situation as you to contact funi support as soon as you can get that resolved
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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2022 11:07 am
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So, what does this mean for Funimation and Crunchyroll’s future simuldubs and its staff ? Funimation already had plan to license Love After World Domination and FUUTO PI in spring and summer. also will CR undubbed anime will have a chance of getting an english dub ?
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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2022 11:10 am
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Edit: Just noticed that my Funimation subscription actually renews on March 5th, so I just barely made it without the renewal! That like perfect timing. My only issue now is that I had the preferred pricing model on Funimation, which was only $60 a year. I assume that’s just gone now with the move to Crunchyroll…
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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2022 11:13 am
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| Erufailon4 wrote: | ||
Looks like they really are phasing out Funimation as a brand. Huh. |
Where is the link that states this? I’m unable to find it.
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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2022 11:17 am
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I hope this doesn’t mean that new shows will now be stuck streaming in their simulcast versions forever. Updating to Blu-ray materials was something I did like on Funimation.
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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2022 11:18 am
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I’ll cancel my Funimation sub once CR have added older titles like AssClass.
I hope Crunchyroll learns to stop treating dubs as new seasons. It’s a pain to navigate |
Actually I kind of like it where they have the Languages separated.. Makes it easier for me to manage where the DUBs are in the series where with the Funi app.. they always seems to get mixed up and I accidently drop into an episode that’s NOT dubbed yet.