International Streaming Service DAISUKI Ends Service in October
The site was opened following the 2012 establishment of a joint venture among Asatsu DK, Toei Animation, Aniplex, Sunrise, TMS Entertainment, and Dentsu. In 2014, ownership of DAISUKI was transferred to Anime Consortium Japan, with Bandai Namco Holdings and the Cool Japan Fund state investment board joining the company's shareholders. In the following year, they were joined by publishers Kodansha, Shueisha, Shogakukan, and Kadokawa, card game creator Bushiroad, and merchandise firm Good Smile Company.
MyAnimeList's parent company DeNA previously established a partnership with Anime Consortium Japan to embed DAISUKI's streaming content, such as The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls and God Eater, on the website. At Anime Expo 2016, Anime Consortium Japan announced it was adding a premium subscription service to DAISUKI which provides access to a larger selection of simulcast titles and older titles. Registration for new premium subscribers closed on July 1.
Variety reports that Bandai Namco had planned to make Anime Consortium Japan a more nimble operator as DAISUKI was facing stiffening competition from other streaming services.
Source: DAISUKI
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Aug 4, 2017 3:34 AM by Prebz
Aug 2, 2017 1:46 PM by Mormegil
You expect to pay $7 a month and download TV series and movies?
Wait...., people in 2015+2 pay to watch TV series and movies? I'm gonna go out on a limb and assume money is traded for music as well? Wait, do people not know how to use the internet?
Like, this is serious right? Not trolling or anything? People legitimately spend money to watch the same HD 1080p 7.1 SRS anime that other people watch for free? Damn.......
Yes, and its not something new either to be completely honest. For a seasonal anime watcher then yeah its even a bigger or a very apparent reason to do so. I mean... I dunno, they just do it. It's not a joke nor anything, its actually legit.
Aug 2, 2017 9:28 AM by removed-user
Aug 2, 2017 2:35 AM by plg
Aug 2, 2017 2:09 AM by Karobwe
Aug 2, 2017 12:30 AM by Swagernator
Also, the people who are claiming its foolish to pay for the anime you consume, you're a parasyte.
Aug 1, 2017 11:08 PM by MoonStar9
You expect to pay $7 a month and download TV series and movies?
Wait...., people in 2015+2 pay to watch TV series and movies? I'm gonna go out on a limb and assume money is traded for music as well? Wait, do people not know how to use the internet?
Like, this is serious right? Not trolling or anything? People legitimately spend money to watch the same HD 1080p 7.1 SRS anime that other people watch for free? Damn.......
Aug 1, 2017 10:43 PM by Naxrrhid
3) This is the ridiculous part. You expect to pay $7 a month and download TV series and movies?
Don't put words in my mouth.
I expect to pay a reasonable fee per anime that I choose to buy. I don't care if someone has 500 anime if I only want 2 of them. If I want to pay $15 once for a digital download that is 2 months worth of subscription money from someone who would never subscribe.
Since optical media went obsolete in 2008 there needs to be a valid option to replace the hardcopy. A digital copy is the only feasible way.
Aug 1, 2017 10:14 PM by Red_Tuesday
One more tombstone on the cemetery of streamers who want to rent out a famine-stricken selection of video to a heavily discriminitating portion of the market.
1. Get rights for all of the anime.
2. Provide it for ALL OF EARTH
3. Download in HD with zero DRM
4. Get my money
Lol chihaya when did u became smart
Aug 1, 2017 9:54 PM by Takamura-sama
Aug 1, 2017 9:51 PM by BriBri812
Aug 1, 2017 9:49 PM by BriBri812
One more tombstone on the cemetery of streamers who want to rent out a famine-stricken selection of video to a heavily discriminitating portion of the market.
1. Get rights for all of the anime.
2. Provide it for ALL OF EARTH
3. Download in HD with zero DRM
4. Get my money
What you're asking for is ridiculous and completely dillusional. Even Netflix can't do this shit because it's IMPOSSIBLE.
1) and 2) is simply impossible because there's competition involved and it all depends on the producers if they want to give the rights to a certain company
3) This is the ridiculous part. You expect to pay $7 a month and download TV series and movies? LMAO.....Boi, not only don't you have any idea how business in the entertainment industry works but you also have no idea how expensive it is to produce such content. $7 is a reasonable price to stream a series but to own a series at that price?! That's like saying I should be able to play a Triple A game for $10.
Aug 1, 2017 9:29 PM by jc9622
Either that or international support for legitimate streaming is very little in that case, we can see more Chinese company taking over Japanese anime industry in future. Chinese cartoon, literally.
Aug 1, 2017 9:10 PM by Zapredon
Aug 1, 2017 8:21 PM by JizzyHitler
In any event I'm still waiting to how the other "big 3" streamers are going to go against each other, all of them still have shotty business models when it comes to the international community
Aug 1, 2017 7:52 PM by Cloudius
Aug 1, 2017 6:51 PM by Shuhan
I only watch Daisuki is because of *ahem* iDOLM@STER
Aug 1, 2017 6:51 PM by Toukimon
Answer: Yes there are people that pay to watch anime in 2017.
Aug 1, 2017 6:19 PM by removed-user
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But as to why it never occured to the consortium that owns Daisuki to actually try getting new shows on their platform baffles me. But I guess it's because companies like Funi, Crunchyroll, etc are paying top $$ to get these shows. For the Production Committee, it probably does not matter if they also own Daisuki. What matters is the revenue they will get from the anime they produced. Will they earn more if they put it on Daisuki? An almost free streaming site with Ads? Or will they earn more if Crunchyroll pays for the anime (with a promise of revenue share)? The answer is obvious.
They never tried to make Daisuki competitive. They thought just their names (the companies behind Daisuki) are enough to drive people. They forgot what drives people to use their streaming product is their content, and nothing else.
Aug 9, 2017 7:34 PM by wonderwall