Crunchyroll Launches Streaming Service in Japan
The anime streaming business is more competitive in Japan than in US. The success or failure of Crunchyroll's new business in Japan depends on how they will take advantage of their advanced technology in the applications of the smart phones.
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Crunchyroll doing this is cool though, I wonder if it will succeed or flop.
Apr 14, 2011 3:13 PM by Ousto
18 bucks? better be HD
18 bucks? Better be UNCENSORED.
Apr 14, 2011 2:39 PM by FusanosukeFan
At least this should be a good, less bank-breaky alternative. $18 for a full season really isn't that bad at all. Might actually help to make anime a bit more accessible to the general public too, if it's more affordable.
Apr 14, 2011 1:08 PM by hyattisqueen
Also, don't even get me started on battery life..just playing music or casually browsing basic websites kills it. Streaming media on it would make that I couldn't even last a workday with my phone.
Apr 14, 2011 12:02 PM by McRib
$18.50 US for streaming a season not going to work especially with all of the free Japanese streaming sites around. If this was for downloads for a single anime it would've been better.
Why can't they watch anime on TV for free? (disregarding the cost of cable and whatnot of course).
NicoNico is not a 'free Japanese streaming site', and the cost of channels that air anime on a regular basis isn't that cheap. Basic cable doesn't include channels such as AT-X and BS-i, as they are satellite channels that needs to be bought on top of basic satellite services. Hell, even channels such as the NHK need to be bought separate from the basic cable service (so the NHK has its own subscription fee separate to basic cable).
US$18 is a pretty good deal with it comes to Japan.
Pretty much.
18$ is not bad at all. You can even watch it wherever you are. Very convenient.
Recall the overall high commodity prices in Japan.
Apr 14, 2011 9:09 AM by wakka9ca
$18.50 US for streaming a season not going to work especially with all of the free Japanese streaming sites around. If this was for downloads for a single anime it would've been better.
Why can't they watch anime on TV for free? (disregarding the cost of cable and whatnot of course).
NicoNico is not a 'free Japanese streaming site', and the cost of channels that air anime on a regular basis isn't that cheap. Basic cable doesn't include channels such as AT-X and BS-i, as they are satellite channels that needs to be bought on top of basic satellite services. Hell, even channels such as the NHK need to be bought separate from the basic cable service (so the NHK has its own subscription fee separate to basic cable).
US$18 is a pretty good deal with it comes to Japan.
Apr 14, 2011 9:02 AM by Alipio
With all these download sites out their people could just download from one of these sites. And try to find a free encoder that'll let you encode it yourself has for the subs you can just de-mux them off if it isn't hardsubbed. And or just download it RAW from one of these many torrent sites.
The playstation network on the PSP has anime but most on there are SD quality and are around the 100 to 200 MB and and you'd have to by like $2.00 a episode why would I wanna pay that much for a file that big and SD when I could just download it and encode it with one of these free converters and have it HD and a smaller file size.
But if they have the file size small and HD then I see it doing rather well.
Apr 14, 2011 8:56 AM by Yuri-Hime
$18.50 US for streaming a season not going to work especially with all of the free Japanese streaming sites around. If this was for downloads for a single anime it would've been better.
Why can't they watch anime on TV for free? (disregarding the cost of cable and whatnot of course).
NicoNico is not a 'free Japanese streaming site', and the cost of channels that air anime on a regular basis isn't that cheap. Basic cable doesn't include channels such as AT-X and BS-i, as they are satellite channels that needs to be bought on top of basic satellite services. Hell, even channels such as the NHK need to be bought separate from the basic cable service (so the NHK has its own subscription fee separate to basic cable).
US$18 is a pretty good deal with it comes to Japan.
Apr 14, 2011 8:55 AM by no-thanks
Why can't they watch anime on TV for free? (disregarding the cost of cable and whatnot of course).
Not everyone can watch anime at 1-3 AM.
18 bucks? better be HD
18 bucks? Better be UNCENSORED.
QFT
Apr 14, 2011 8:51 AM by Hoppy
18 bucks? better be HD
18 bucks? Better be UNCENSORED.
Apr 14, 2011 8:48 AM by SurferDude
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