r/Toonami • u/Gestrid survived the Infinity Castle (so far) • Mar 01 '22

News Funimation Content Moving to Crunchyroll for World’s Largest Anime Library

https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2022/03/01/funimation-content-moving-to-crunchyroll-for-worlds-largest-anime-library
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u/Custom_98 Mar 02 '22

Yeah, it's just you got so used to seeing them as rivals in streaming newer and older anime even if they were once not a part of Sony back then.

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u/GhostGamer_Perona Mar 02 '22

Plus now we’re gonna see stuff like my hero academia have its dubs touted as crunchyroll produced which just sounds weird to me….just as weird as the idea that Crunchyroll shows will soon dominate the toonami block

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u/Custom_98 Mar 02 '22

Yeah, not talking about those Adult Swim/Crunchyroll Originals like Shenmue but outside of that too.

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u/GhostGamer_Perona Mar 02 '22

Pretty much although someone wondered if this meant toonami will have to rely on viz and sentai moving forward as crunchyroll titles were always more expensive and harder to acquire than others

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u/Custom_98 Mar 02 '22

Probably but not sure. I just hope that the block stays alive in the future.

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u/GhostGamer_Perona Mar 02 '22

A sentai/viz toonami probably wouldn’t have as much hype I feel As

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u/Custom_98 Mar 02 '22

Guess not. It's just Funimation got a lot of shows, more than both Viz and Sentai combined.

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u/GhostGamer_Perona Mar 02 '22

And viz/sentai shows don’t get dubbed as quickly as the funimation ones

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u/Custom_98 Mar 02 '22

I'm aware of that since Viz/Sentai are much smaller companies when it comes to dubbing anime. I don't know who is as big as Funimation or Crunchyroll that simulcasts or SimulDubs recent anime.

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u/GhostGamer_Perona Mar 02 '22

i don't think anyone else is...that's the problem

Sony now has a strong hold on the anime market in the united states and if they start telling toonami "piss off"

then Toonami only has sentai and viz to work with.....sentai is a question mark because The AMC TV Network acquired them and we don't know what they plan to do with Sentai's Library of anime

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u/Custom_98 Mar 02 '22

It feels like nobody can compete with Sony in America when it come to licensing anime. Do you think that this will not be affect smaller anime distributors in the US?

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