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Jul 14, 2014 11:25 AM
#51
I think it's worth it. I know that I can usually find everything I need on kissanime.com. It's a pretty safe site and all, but I really wanna support the industry. That's why I have a Crunchyroll membership. It seems like a pretty reasonable price for the amount of convenience it gives. I love the quality of the anime. Though it doesn't have every show I wanna see, it has most. And I like watching shows ASAP, so that's also a perk. It's all up to you and if you think the fee is doable for your budget, but I think it's a nice way to support the industry. This is really just personal preference honestly. It's not like you NEED Crunchyroll to watch anime ever. There are many other outlets that are free and HQ. |
Jul 14, 2014 4:08 PM
#52
[quote=Zalis] Kyuutoryuu said: If you mistakenly believe that HorribleSubs is a fansub group, as do many people who fall for MAL's mislabeling of all groups who release downloadable anime as "fansubbers," I suppose shadedclan's statement becomes "true."shadedclan said: How can fansub groups possibly post at the same time a show is aired? They sub the entire episode in 2 seconds?Just torrent from fansubs lol. They post at the same time a show is aired, only take about a few minutes to download and free! Drunk_Samurai said: Ammish said: So why do most "fansubbers" these days choose to edit CR rather than translate themselves? Though that's not to say fan-edits don't have their advantages, like translated OP/ED, better timing/typesetting, and improved editing. Of course, some of the worse groups can introduce mistakes and make CR subs worse, and there's groups like Commie that add stupid troll lines and inane typesetting effects that cause lag and distract the reader from the show. Kawaii_Snuffles said: For those in America (and to an extent, Britain), they have no excuse whatsoever. Bullshit. Fansubbers tend to translate better than CR. Or there's all the dumb legal hurdles out there that hobble CR's translations, beyond the delayed/untranslated OP/ED. It's always fun to watch JJBA Stardust Crusaders and hear "Jei Gairu" (J. Geils) but read "Centerfold." To those who still believe "there's no excuse," see my post on Page 2. Then find the groups that actually translate themselves. I won't watch subs if I know they took Crunchyroll subs. |
Jul 15, 2014 2:07 AM
#53
[quote=Drunk_Samurai] Ammish said: Kawaii_Snuffles said: For those in America (and to an extent, Britain), they have no excuse whatsoever. Bullshit. Fansubbers tend to translate better than CR. I find that to be very nit picky and a excuse just to not pay for content. Crunchyroll's subs are more than serviceable and as I stated, you can use their services on a variety of media devices. It is spoiled anime brat syndrome. An excuse that should have no place considering America (and Canada/UK to an extent) gets the majority of their anime licensed and it is a shame that many years on, people still think they are entitled to content just because someone subbed it the wrong way. Welcome to our generation of entitled little shits. |
Jul 15, 2014 12:25 PM
#54
I, like you, like to use my subscriptions to their fullest. So I'm going to suggest doing what I did. Start with the three month subscription. Watch the shows you know you want to watch. Then after you've burned through those, if there is still time, play crunchyroll roulette. Where you pick a letter then watch an anime that starts with that letter. I've found a few shows I enjoyed, but never would have given a chance otherwise. By that time your three months should be up and you can decide if you want to continue with the service. By the way be sure to turn off the adult filter. |
Jul 15, 2014 12:28 PM
#55
In my personal opinion I don't see much importance of having it when you can watch anime online for free. If you use other devices however, like an Xbox and enjoy watching anime on a tv, then I would have to say its more worth buying. In the end, I guess it depends on the situation. |
Jul 15, 2014 12:33 PM
#56
Ammish said: I am from UK and this is bullshit. We get hardly any shows through crunchyrollThat means CrunchyRoll is not support much in your region, therefore you have an argument to not support it. For those in America (and to an extent, Britain), they have no excuse whatsoever. |
Jul 15, 2014 1:51 PM
#57
[quote=Ammish] Drunk_Samurai said: Ammish said: Kawaii_Snuffles said: For those in America (and to an extent, Britain), they have no excuse whatsoever. Bullshit. Fansubbers tend to translate better than CR. I find that to be very nit picky and a excuse just to not pay for content. Crunchyroll's subs are more than serviceable and as I stated, you can use their services on a variety of media devices. It is spoiled anime brat syndrome. An excuse that should have no place considering America (and Canada/UK to an extent) gets the majority of their anime licensed and it is a shame that many years on, people still think they are entitled to content just because someone subbed it the wrong way. Welcome to our generation of entitled little shits. Then you're stupid. Translations are what actually makes anime good. If the translations aren't as accurate then they just are not as good. It has nothing to do with "making excuses". |
Drunk_SamuraiJul 16, 2014 2:30 AM
Jul 15, 2014 2:20 PM
#58
Did someone say CR is more convenient on mobile devices? Stop using Apple devices and just torrent on your smartphone. Downside of CR is that you need constant internet connection to watch anime. Save your 3G/4G data by torrenting at home then watching the torrented anime when you're out. Connect to your TV, Chromecast, or plug a USB to your home console without the need to directly stream from CR. Though I'm pretty sure many can agree that dropping money for FUNimation premium is one of the worst decisions you can make. |
Jul 15, 2014 2:23 PM
#59
LastChapter said: Did someone say CR is more convenient on mobile devices? Stop using Apple devices and just torrent on your smartphone. Downside of CR is that you need constant internet connection to watch anime. Save your 3G/4G data by torrenting at home then watching the torrented anime when you're out. Connect to your TV, Chromecast, or plug a USB to your home console without the need to directly stream. Though I'm pretty sure dropping money for FUNimation premium is one of the worst decisions you can make. Unless you're like me and have shitty T-Mobile so you have unlimited data anyways. |
Jul 15, 2014 6:16 PM
#60
Drunk_Samurai said: A task that's getting increasingly harder each season, as many shows don't have any choices that aren't HorribleSubs or based on CR/Funi/TAN/Viz/etc.Then find the groups that actually translate themselves. I won't watch subs if I know they took Crunchyroll subs. LastChapter said: I'm pretty sure I agree, even though I don't subscribe -- their player has refused to even load any videos whatsoever the last 5-6 times I've tried it, and that's not even for member-only videos. Funi also suffers from many of CR's same problems, like untranslated OP/ED, TV-censored versions even when they've released the show on DVD/BD, lackluster typesetting for onscreen text, and seriously subpar subtitles for some shows.Though I'm pretty sure dropping money for FUNimation premium is one of the worst decisions you can make. Ammish said: I find that to be very nit picky and a excuse just to not pay for content. Crunchyroll's subs are more than serviceable and as I stated, you can use their services on a variety of media devices. It is spoiled anime brat syndrome. An excuse that should have no place considering America (and Canada/UK to an extent) gets the majority of their anime licensed and it is a shame that many years on, people still think they are entitled to content just because someone subbed it the wrong way. That's a great marketing slogan: "Buy our products; most of the time they're marginally adequate!" I thought that one argument for spending money on legitimate releases, aside from legality/morality, was that paid professionals accountable to their customers and their licensing partners could do a better job than random amateurs from who knows where whom you only know by some IRC handle. Is it so wrong to desire or demand that professional releases be professional, with accurate, relatively error-free subs, the actual disc version, A/V quality that makes the show look and sound as good as possible on our current or future playback systems, with competent packaging that identifies and protects the media inside? I don't think it is. While there is some self-entitled whining going on in the fandom, and I'm sometimes guilty of it, I'm highly hesitant to buy discs that don't live up to the standards I've come to expect over the last 11.5 years of buying anime. Since streams never do, I don't subscribe, though the only streams I watch are legal ad-supported ones. Illegal streams like k***anime = the online equivalent of bootleg DVDs. |
Dec 25, 2014 8:05 AM
#61
LastChapter said: Did someone say CR is more convenient on mobile devices? Stop using Apple devices and just torrent on your smartphone. Downside of CR is that you need constant internet connection to watch anime. Save your 3G/4G data by torrenting at home then watching the torrented anime when you're out. Connect to your TV, Chromecast, or plug a USB to your home console without the need to directly stream from CR. Though I'm pretty sure many can agree that dropping money for FUNimation premium is one of the worst decisions you can make. I do Funimation premium because: 1. Sometimes I like the option of watching DUBS. 2. I watch anime on the TV, not on the computer, so I do the MHL to HDMI connection from my tablet. However, they inexplicably don't number their episodes, your lists don't sync across devices and they don't have chromecast support (which CR has). |
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Dec 25, 2014 8:14 AM
#62
Dec 25, 2014 8:44 AM
#63
superseiyan said: LastChapter said: Did someone say CR is more convenient on mobile devices? Stop using Apple devices and just torrent on your smartphone. Downside of CR is that you need constant internet connection to watch anime. Save your 3G/4G data by torrenting at home then watching the torrented anime when you're out. Connect to your TV, Chromecast, or plug a USB to your home console without the need to directly stream from CR. Though I'm pretty sure many can agree that dropping money for FUNimation premium is one of the worst decisions you can make. I do Funimation premium because: 1. Sometimes I like the option of watching DUBS. 2. I watch anime on the TV, not on the computer, so I do the MHL to HDMI connection from my tablet. However, they inexplicably don't number their episodes, your lists don't sync across devices and they don't have chromecast support (which CR has). That's actually worst since Funimation's is only available in North America. |
Dec 25, 2014 8:48 AM
#64
Dec 25, 2014 9:45 AM
#65
Milk_is_Special said: No, just watch kissanime. |
Nico- said: Conversations with people pinging/quoting me to argue about some old post I wrote years ago will not be entertained@Comic_Sans oh no y arnt ppl dieing i need more ppl dieing rly gud plot avansement jus liek tokyo ghoul if erbudy dies amirite |
Dec 25, 2014 10:25 AM
#66
Depends on your location and how much Anime you watch. I'm consuming too much right now to be satisfied with their current library. It's not worth it for me. I'd probably pay for it if they got a few more series... They're close but they need to step up their game a little. Funimation and Hulu also need to bring their services to the UK, really annoying having Crunchyroll being the only legal service providing Anime. |
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Dec 25, 2014 10:39 AM
#68
Kissanime is a great alternative, but it's not like their sources are the greatest either. It also suffers from its fair share of bitrate deprived '1080p' and even '720p' anime series. |
Dec 25, 2014 11:08 AM
#69
KissAnime4EvaBiatch. Yo ho yo ho a pirate's life for me. |
Anyone who doesn't hate anime hasn't watched enough anime. - Anonymous |
Dec 25, 2014 12:18 PM
#70
Don't you guys feel any guilt when you pirate? |
Dec 25, 2014 12:20 PM
#71
sullynathan said: Don't you guys feel any guilt when you pirate? No |
Nico- said: Conversations with people pinging/quoting me to argue about some old post I wrote years ago will not be entertained@Comic_Sans oh no y arnt ppl dieing i need more ppl dieing rly gud plot avansement jus liek tokyo ghoul if erbudy dies amirite |
Dec 25, 2014 1:44 PM
#72
sullynathan said: Don't you guys feel any guilt when you pirate? Why should I? |
Dec 25, 2014 8:56 PM
#73
Observator said: Considering that their streams and all streams at bootleg streaming sites are re-encoded from downloaded versions, bootleg streams are by definition inferior quality. If you do a lossy re-encode of a lossy encode (which essentially all downloaded files are), you will wind up with worse quality.****anime is a great alternative, but it's not like their sources are the greatest either. It also suffers from its fair share of bitrate deprived '1080p' and even '720p' anime series. sullynathan said: Some people either have a massive entitlement complex, don't care about the future of the medium they claim to love, and/or don't mind being on anime welfare by letting other people's purchases subsidize their consumption and determine what kinds of anime get made. Though they still whine about low budgets and "there's too much anime from genres I don't like" all the same -- again, entitlement complex.Don't you guys feel any guilt when you pirate? |
Dec 30, 2014 9:34 PM
#74
No. Get a job u filthy pirates! |
MAL: A community that thinks every anime is bad, but rates everything a 7/10. |
Dec 30, 2014 10:29 PM
#75
I had a Premium Crunchyroll account for awhile a few years ago, personally I didn't like it. Connection was always slow and I prefer to watch Dub, and from what I remember it wasn't easy to sort them out. Now I have a Funimation Elite subscription and I like it. Selection could be bigger but for $55 a year its cheap. |
Dec 30, 2014 10:51 PM
#76
Dec 31, 2014 2:22 AM
#78
Dec 31, 2014 2:47 AM
#79
StrawberryRain said: No. Get a job u filthy pirates! Your anime list says you're a hypocrite. |
Dec 31, 2014 2:51 AM
#80
Somebody should lemme use their CrunchyRoll account |
Dec 31, 2014 7:23 AM
#81
saifmohammed said: What if you want releases from a certain group that Nyaa doesn't like, but aren't available on BBT? You'd have to go to that group's website/IRC or another tracker, wouldn't you? Or XviD re-encodes, which Nyaa banned for no real reason other than "Daiz doesn't like them."The combination of BakaBT and Nyaa is all you need. Milk_Is_Special said: Or just download, since it's better quality, better selection, and doesn't give money to pirates.No, just watch [some bootleg streaming site] |
Dec 31, 2014 7:26 AM
#82
It's no that expensive, has a pretty good selection of shows, helps the industry, and makes watching anime a little more convenient. |
Dec 31, 2014 7:27 AM
#83
Who the hell would want XviD re-encodes anyway? Only Doki is banned too, I think, they do have a lot of releases though. |
Dec 31, 2014 7:41 AM
#84
Dec 31, 2014 7:45 AM
#85
Milk_is_Special said: "Don't fight a war you cannot win."Zalis said: I'm not even gonna argue with you.Milk_Is_Special said: No, just watch [some bootleg streaming site] |
Dec 31, 2014 9:40 AM
#86
Well... I'm personally a dubs person, so I don't use CrunchyRoll. Thought, watchcartoononline sometimes kills me with some of its series mobile incompatibility so my Ipod is rendered useless and my computer being in the living room ._. |
To Clarify: My name was not Natsu inspired. I came up with it when I was 5 (2005) on Lego.com, and I definitely didn't watch anime back then. |
Dec 31, 2014 10:09 AM
#87
if you live outside the us, you're fucked, so no from me |
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Dec 31, 2014 12:27 PM
#88
Zalis said: saifmohammed said: What if you want releases from a certain group that Nyaa doesn't like, but aren't available on BBT? You'd have to go to that group's website/IRC or another tracker, wouldn't you? Or XviD re-encodes, which Nyaa banned for no real reason other than "Daiz doesn't like them."The combination of BakaBT and Nyaa is all you need. Milk_Is_Special said: Or just download, since it's better quality, better selection, and doesn't give money to pirates.No, just watch [some bootleg streaming site] So you download your manga too? I only download manga when I want to make an archive. |
Dec 31, 2014 12:44 PM
#89
Dec 31, 2014 12:49 PM
#90
Kuromii said: Still a pain having to check various places.Paulo27 said: Who the hell would want XviD re-encodes anyway? Only Doki is banned too, I think, they do have a lot of releases though. Doki has their own torrent tracker so they have no need to host on nyaa and so don't. |
Dec 31, 2014 4:20 PM
#91
I've been marathoning alot of shows on Crunchyroll for the past couple of years or so; so I think I can share some of my exp with u. If you live in the United States then I certainly think that it's worth it. It might not have ALL shows you might want to watch, but Crunchyroll has alot. I have experienced lagg a few times though. But refresh has always helped for me. You can also watch Anime through CR on either you iPhone (not sure if they have the app available for Android), PC, x Box, Playstation, and I have read something about the Wii U. Don't have one myself so can't really say anything about that, but I have used it on my Phone, PC and PS3 and they all work fine. Plus you have the possibility to watch it in either SD/480/720/1080P which is pretty neat if u ask me. And well.. no ads ofcourse. |
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Dec 31, 2014 4:22 PM
#92
Is buying a rock worth it? |
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Dec 31, 2014 4:25 PM
#93
If you have money to spare and live in the US, sure. But atm, there's ton's of other apps and websites that are far better than CR and are free. |
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Dec 31, 2014 5:03 PM
#94
Kuromii said: Paulo27 said: Who the hell would want XviD re-encodes anyway? Only Doki is banned too, I think, they do have a lot of releases though. Doki has their own torrent tracker so they have no need to host on nyaa and so don't. Nobody hosts anything on Nyaa. Everything is hosted on other sites like Pirate Bay. |
Dec 31, 2014 5:37 PM
#95
Milk_is_Special said: This.Sakuhanna said: This.why don't you try kissanime? |
Dec 31, 2014 11:10 PM
#97
I still think it's worth it. It might not have EVERY anime but it has most of the ones that are worth watching, plus no annoying ass ads and it has really good quality. I hate watching on my laptop tho, it's soo slooow. |
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