Why do people hate crunchyroll?

RichtheLionheart said:


You can't Adblock Hulu

Drunk_Samurai said:


What if the person can't watch it on their PS3 or computer?

Idria said:


Time to get internet gramps.

black1blade said:

Still banding though. Banding is what will drive me to actually buy the Japanese blu rays for the HF movies. The Japanese market works on the assumption that people may buy 1 show that they really like a season and record the rest on tv. Tv really doesn't make them very much money and crunchy roll even less.

NewAgeOtaku15 said:
I think is better to pay $7.99 a month instead of buying those expensive Aniplex DVDs.

Retro8bit said:
I think people hate Crunchyroll, for the same reason they hate most streaming sites. Because they are...well...streaming. Many anime fans prefer to only watch anime downloaded, so they can be at their highest resoultion. To me that doesn't matter. It's kind of simular to the whole "VHS vs DVD" argument. Even if one is sharper than the other, it's still the same series no matter how you watch it. Also, some hate the fact that you gotta pay to watch some series on that site. Again, that doesn't bother me.

Crunchyroll, good site in my opinion. :)

Raith94 said:
I can just lay back and switch on my tv and start watching without having to download every new episode before watching

MuhdNurHidayat said:
I cannot even watch my favourite anime in crunchyroll
"This content is not available in your region"

Their ads are interrupting some of the only anime available which is mostly 5 years old (new released anime -> not available in my region)

Their subscription is expensive, $7 is equivalent to breakfast+lunch+dinner for 2 days when converted to our money.

ZenErik said:
People hate Crunchyroll because they are looking to justify their stealing. Seems that some people will use any excuse to stream/download fansubs instead of at least getting a few cents to the creators. I do not understand these types of "fans".

Codege-ass1 said:


my opinion exactly

Daemon_Thayer said:
I don't hate crunchyroll but it should have English audio instead of Japanese audio

1) The advertisements is annoying as when Im about to watch a scene where it becomes interesting then suddenly it pauses and you have to watch a crap advertisement 3x within 24 minutes.

D-Wreckk5 said:
Because Crunchyroll has a very limited anime selection, plus to watch anything new or some completed series, you would need a paid subscription to do so. And that free accounts are spammed with ads

Drunk_Samurai said:
They don't do dubs.

Drunk_Samurai said:
Your opinion is wrong then since copyright infringement and theft are not the same thing at all.

Dexthepleb said:
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Zalis said:
I'd be surprised if anyone still takes this obvious deflection seriously, but fine, replace "stealing" with "illegal media consumption" in ZenErik's statement, and it all checks out.

ExTamplier said:

I am not saying stuff are better now (I don't use servise), but this is from 2013.

Zalis said:
It's almost like watching a television show, on TV, right? Most of CR's ads are at the beginning/end of the show, before and/or after the OP, at the midpoint/eyecatch, and before and/or after the ED... exactly where you'd expect commercials to be when watching the same show on Japanese TV, and somehow Japanese viewers are able to survive and enjoy the shows just fine. Yeah, there sometimes are ads at random spots, but not as much as other sites like Funi/Hulu.

I know these threads tend to attract anyone and everyone not from North America talking about region locking, but I'm pretty sure everything they have is available in New York. At some point in time or another, they've had at least 70-80% of every season for the last 6 years plus some older titles, for a total of ~600 titles and counting. I don't see how that's "limited," unless you're primarily interested in obscure/older shows. Which, judging by your list, does not appear to be the case.


They have had some dubs from time to time, mainly for older shows where they sublicensed streaming rights from distributors like Bandai, Media-Blasters, and the like. But of course, since their focus is on new/airing anime, they aren't going to be a great choice for dub viewers.

I'd be surprised if anyone still takes this obvious deflection seriously, but fine, replace "stealing" with "illegal media consumption" in ZenErik's statement, and it all checks out.

FGAU1912 said:



subtitling on the site i helo to run they use alot o f HS subbinbg and HS rip form CR and the transltions are pisspoor and alot of the time around only 60% accurate

Drunk_Samurai said:


We won't get decent subs anymore for most shows. Even real fansubbers tend to localize too much. I miss the 2007-2009 period of anime. Best period ever for fansubs. Especially Eclipse. Best group that ever existed.

FGAU1912 said:



TVN is for you

Drunk_Samurai said:


I don't even know what that is.

Drunk_Samurai said:
I miss the 2007-2009 period of anime. Best period ever for fansubs. Especially Eclipse. Best group that ever existed.

Zalis said:
I can actually agree with you on Eclipse, for the most part. They were fast, made relatively few mistakes, and had fabulous hardsubbed karaoke and typesetting that didn't cause lag -- I could even kinda-almost watch their 720p releases on my old P4 PC, but since they were generous enough to encode 400p .avis, I stuck with in most cases where the .mkv was 720p. While they were on the literal side of the spectrum, it was still acceptable in my book. Except for Shana with all its undertranslations and pointless ~de arimasu junk.

TVN = TV-Nihon, a group that once subbed more mainstream/kiddy anime as opposed to latenight/otaku anime, but they haven't subbed any anime in 5 years or so. They mainly focus on Toku/Super Sentai these days. TV-Nihon are known for leaving excessive amounts of untranslated Japanese in their subs, using fancy styles, and doing fabulous karaoke and attack subtitle effects. Though last I heard, they're being blown out in the Toku scene by more liberal groups like Aesir, which uses simple subs and is able to release faster.

Zalis said:
I can actually agree with you on Eclipse, for the most part. They were fast, made relatively few mistakes, and had fabulous hardsubbed karaoke and typesetting that didn't cause lag -- I could even kinda-almost watch their 720p releases on my old P4 PC, but since they were generous enough to encode 400p .avis, I stuck with in most cases where the .mkv was 720p. While they were on the literal side of the spectrum, it was still acceptable in my book. Except for Shana with all its undertranslations and pointless ~de arimasu junk.

TVN = TV-Nihon, a group that once subbed more mainstream/kiddy anime as opposed to latenight/otaku anime, but they haven't subbed any anime in 5 years or so. They mainly focus on Toku/Super Sentai these days. TV-Nihon are known for leaving excessive amounts of untranslated Japanese in their subs, using fancy styles, and doing fabulous karaoke and attack subtitle effects. Though last I heard, they're being blown out in the Toku scene by more liberal groups like Aesir, which uses simple subs and is able to release faster.