 It was announced that Crunchyroll and FUNimation Entertainment will form a distribution partnership in order to bring more series and viewing experiences to global anime fans. It was stated that licensed titles by FUNimation will be available for streaming with subs through Crunchyroll, and titles licensed by Crunchyroll will be available for streaming with dubs on FUNimation. FUNimation will also distribute Crunchyroll titles for home release. It's still unknown how many upcoming Fall 2016 titles will be affected, nor how many current catalogue titles will be shared. Now available on Crunchyroll
Will be available on Funimation with dub
Crunchyroll titles for North American home release by FUNimation
Source: Crunchyroll, FUNimation Previous related news: Summer 2016 Simulcast List News submitted by mozgow |
mta_pnFeb 17, 2022 6:23 PM
| This surprised me, wasn't expecting them to have a partnership after all this time. Going to keep an eye on the video distribution this year to see how far they are expanding that. |
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Stark700 said: This surprised me, wasn't expecting them to have a partnership after all this time. Going to keep an eye on the video distribution this year to see how far they are expanding that. I agree With Stark, Well this was unexpected. |
| Niceeeee, I saw this news some days ago and was very hyped about it! |
| such speed,much internet explore. JUST WOW!!! It really doesn't matter to me though |
| @Comic_Sans almost everything on Kiss is a Crunchyroll or Funimation rip anyways, just with ad revenues going to Kiss instead. What's cancer-aids plus more ads? Ads they don't share with fansub groups either for the few shows that aren't officially subbed. They are not white knights. I'm glad I won't have to pay for both Crunchyroll and Funimation anymore. In fact it is nice, Funi will be cancelling my subtitle only subscription so I don't even need to do that myself. I'm not really sure how this works in their favor as I was paying for both before. They admit they are afraid of the big elephants in the room who have got into streaming recently, Amazon and Netflix. The bidding wars for streaming licenses have gotten very silly. Will be nice not to have to watch Funi's hard subs and bad encodings anymore. |
| Now we wait to see how they are gonna deliver stuff, FUNi is self-aware enough to know that their shit sucks and they should let CR handle things for the most part, r-right? Right? RIGHT??? |
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| Oh yeah I heard about this. I'm more or less indifferent, but this is pretty cool, now people don't have to subscribe to both. Mod Edit: Removed quote of deleted post. |
ArdanazSep 10, 2016 1:30 PM
| People on MAL refuse to actually enjoy watching anime. Your taste in anime isn't a personality trait. MAL is literally just anime Twitter as its own website lol. |
| I'd like to see Tales of Zestiria on Crunchyroll. Only Funimation has been providing decent translation so far. Yes, we also have Daisuki but their english translation is really bad. C'mon, Funi & Crunchy, you can do it! Mod Edit: Removed quote of deleted post. |
ArdanazSep 10, 2016 1:30 PM
| Their anime catalogue still isn't impressive. |
Please learn about cel animation and its technical process. Learn how special effects and backlighting were done without computers. |
ultravigo said: Like you watched your all 186 completed+counting anime by legal means.Why even try to act cool on MAL? I've never said any of that. I just don't like promoting this kind of sites. They make (a lot of) money out of piracy, and it sucks. Mod Edit: Removed quote of deleted post. |
ArdanazSep 10, 2016 1:32 PM
Subs for anime were totally shit pre-simulcasts. And Funimation is not so bad as you guys claim. Btw, RAW = shit video. Enjoy your annoying MPEG artifacts. |
| Very nice from both ends here. Since they can now work on each others strengths. I'm hoping to see some good things out of this. So good infact I might sign up for crunchyroll right now. |
| Biggest change in anime history ;-; |
| You posted this a bit late to be honest. How does this affect me? In no way, region blocking is still a thing and I wonder if it will still be a thing in 5 years from now. At least now I won't have to deal with Funi's garbage hardsubs and just enjoy softsubbed rips. |
alpha_shadowSep 10, 2016 2:03 PM
| :3 |
| Crunchyroll = subs Funimation = dubs Viz = shounen Amazon, Netflix = big hyped and orginal series Aniplex US, Sentai = leftovers |
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| Thread cleaned Removed a bunch of chatter on illegal streaming sites and adblockers. |
ichii_1 said: Crunchyroll = subs Funimation = dubs Viz = shounen Amazon, Netflix = big hyped and orginal series Aniplex US, Sentai = leftovers Pretty much this. But we still have probs with region locks. |
| That's nice, like to see how the anime community is developing and making it more available to everyone while still supporting the creators... Hope to see more things like this in the future |
Nick-Knight said: Will be available on Funimation with dub
Porn and gay porn What a great start, thanks America for always promoting the great things Japan/this world has to offer Needless to say that I'm being sarcastic. Only the best for their users... |
| Ah, yes. Funroll. My new OTP. |
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| "It is good for us": America's strange views on the lack of competitors in a market (and potential future monopoly). alpha_shadow said: How does this affect me? In no way, region blocking is still a thing and I wonder if it will still be a thing in 5 years from now. Maybe it will cease if everyone accepts to consume those animations throug those platforms. At a much higher cost than the current one. Then they might have enough money to buy the worldwide rights. |
cookies0 said: It would be much better if Funitrash just went bankrupt and CR took its place. At least CR subs aren't always shit. Funi=Hitler Pretty much this. CR subs (sometimes) are watchable at least. |
| Dub = fake crap. Always. |
| Funimation is the worse when it is for worldwide distribution. Even their Youtube channel has a region lock. |
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| Despite common belief, there are still people who watch their anime legally so this is good for those people. |
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| Since Funimation has been getting fewer shows to simulcast and Crunchyroll is picking up dubs, this is definitely for the better in the case of Funi. Not sure what Crunchy really gets, though. |
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| Really late news, but this is a game changer. Now I don't need to torrent 1/4 of the seasonals since Crunchyroll will have Funi's available. |
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| This is pretty nice for me. I was actually subbed to both. But now I can just sub to one for the content I want. I really only had a Funi sub pass so I could get the one or maybe two shows a season that I might want to watch that they would get (compared to several on CR). So, this works out well for folks like me. |
| YARR HARR FIDDLY DEE DO WHAT YOU WANT CUS A PIRATE IS FREE YOU ARE A PIRATE! |
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cookies0 said: It would be much better if Funitrash just went bankrupt and CR took its place. At least CR subs aren't always shit. Nope, they have some good translators, too. For an instance, their Tales of Zestiria is very good. And I rly have nothing against Funi. Their translations are perfectly understandable. Editing is usually bad tho. Mod Edit: Removed baiting. |
AversaSep 11, 2016 8:34 AM
| Always count on MAL posters to shit on anything official. Regardless of actual quality, it's comparable to the spawn of Satan for them. |
MozillaFennekin said: Since Funimation has been getting fewer shows to simulcast and Crunchyroll is picking up dubs, this is definitely for the better in the case of Funi. Not sure what Crunchy really gets, though. Bar a small selection of shows, Crunchyroll getting the majority of FUNimation's subtitle catalog is huge, and by the end of the year when all that content is moved over I'd say they got a VERY good deal. (I'm also saying this on a whim that FUNimation can actually move it's entire subtitled catalog (bar those few exceptions I mentioned above) to Crunchyroll in a timely matter).  Mobile apps Scheduled for February Launch -- Launched in March (Wasn't worth using) Apple TV Scheduled for February -- Still hasn't launched, now scheduled for October Amazon Fire TV Scheduled for February -- Launched in July Windows 10 App Scheduled for February -- Launched in March Airplay + Chromecast Scheduled for February -- Launched in March (Broken at launch) New Website Scheduled for May -- Delayed for a second time until October Console Apps + Roku scheduled for May -- Delayed for a second time until October (They've also got a PlayStation Vita app in development now for some reason) This isn't me trying to shit on FUNimation, this is me worrying about actually getting content moved in a timely manner. I'm sure they'll prove me wrong in my fears, but until then I'll continue to worry. |
SwiftySep 10, 2016 6:56 PM
| Congrats on the marriage, CR and Funi. Now if only Funimation would get a more humanoid mascot instead of that Geb (Neopets) with the bling in his mouth, then maybe we could draw some fan art. Because no beasto. Or... no... foodo...? Since Funi's mascot is an onigiri... I dunno. Right, so what I'm getting from this is that pretty much instead of fighting(?) over licenses, they're going to be sharing licenses in a way that allows Funi to profit off the dub version of a title and its distribution while Crunchy gets to profit off the sub version? I keep trying to see whether one brings in a little more money than the other, but in the end, because of adblocks and such, I think having rights to the subs would make about the same amount as the other option... Then Funi is getting to dub/distribute some pretty successful titles which they didn't have access to before, which will definitely bring in some money for them. Heck, I feel like Funi might actually end up getting more money since in the end they're still distributing the anime subbed-- BUT Crunchy had been losing out on a lot of titles to Funi (one of the main complaints about Crunchy is their lack of titles after all), so now they can profit from those titles. It will really take a little time to see if it ends up being a fair deal, because it seems like it just about equals out... "All of this means no more hunting for who’s got your favorite shows each season". Okay, but you two aren't the only people licensing stuff? Or to put it another way, you guys don't license everything, so it's all the same to me. A hunting I will go. Though admittedly, I assume the bulk of seasonals (that are expected to be popular enough) will be licensed by these two. Crunchyroll has gotten some anime that not a lot of people watched though-- and though I thought they were great, they didn't do too well (?? in other words, they took a risk??). Wonder how they'll go about those now. |
| Shinmai Maou no Testament? WHY!!! XD |
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| does this "marrige" have any affect on people who use illegal steraming sites ? |
| "This is my father's crime against me, which I myself committed against none" Al-ma'arri |
hisokathebutcher said: does this "marrige" have any affect on people who use illegal steraming sites ? Good news for you it doesn't |
| and now the shitty dub industry will be getting bigger. with more shitty dubs that ruin anime with funi's bad tastes in western voice actors that dont fit the characters at all |
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BakaKuro said: and now the shitty dub industry will be getting bigger. with more shitty dubs that ruin anime with funi's bad tastes in western voice actors that dont fit the characters at all You kidding me. If I watched 5 Funi dubs 3 will be good, 1 will be average and 1 will be bad. It's the other licenses who use the same 5 actors (Sentai) or the most well-known or paid ones even though they suck at adapting to the character (Aniplex) |
| Come back to me when region-locking is a thing of the past (which is probably never). When half of the shows I want to see are restricted to the English-speaking territories, this will be of a very little value to me. BakaKuro said: and now the shitty dub industry will be getting bigger. with more shitty dubs that ruin anime with funi's bad tastes in western voice actors that dont fit the characters at all Also, there's that. |
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AO968 said: Come back to me when region-locking is a thing of the past (which is probably never). When half of the shows I want to see are restricted to the English-speaking territories, this will be of a very little value to me. I'm in an English speaking territory and even we won't get anything from them (Mainly because we have our own anime streaming service but even before we got nothing) |
| Well fuck, more titles to be region and subscription locked then. But still, I never expect this two company having a partnership. Oh well, time to extend my hiatus on watching anime. |
| Haters always gonna hate. |
| Sitting in europe, I don't know why I would use either Funimation or Crunchyroll. There is so much region lock going on that you can't watch most series. I as a customer don't pay for bullshit service, I'm sorry. |
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