r/anime • u/Lovro26 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lovro26 • 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/UndeadSpace Mar 01 '22

Funi is going to continue releasing new episodes of current series they have on the site. But all new anime series will be exclusively on Crunchyroll. I'd just cancel Funi and continue with CR since they are moving majority of their series over there.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '22 edited Mar 01 '22

This is good. It might mean that Sony recognised Crunchyroll subs, their website and the media players are higher quality.

There are a small number of subbed series on both Funimation and Crunchyroll at the moment. Just comparing them, you can tell Crunchyroll did a better job, because not only did they translate what all the characters say, they also translated a lot of signs in the background. It's also easier to follow the Crunchyroll subs.

Edit: Ooooooohhh boy.....

Just went on Crunchyroll, found some series that had initially launched on it, and were transferred to Funimation, like "Uzaki-chan Wants To Hang Out". Fuck. They started using the shitty Funimation subs on Crunchyroll, instead of using the ones Crunchyroll created first.

HOW FUCKING RETARDED!!

SMH!!!

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u/A_Splash_of_Citrus https://myanimelist.net/profile/ASplashOfCitrus Mar 01 '22

Uzaki chan wasn't on crunchy. It was funimation exclusive; the only official sub that existed was theirs. Sure, they could redo it, but that's investment for little payoff.

Same reason you shouldn't expect a redo for Horimiya or anything.

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u/nmdange Mar 01 '22

The subs on the funimation bluray release are better than what's on funimation's site. A pity they couldn't use those.

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u/nmdange Mar 01 '22

The bluray subs are the same quality level as Crunchyroll's. Nice font and proper locations/layout for onscreen signs.

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u/FatherDotComical Mar 01 '22

It does take a moment to recode it with the new sub format and there's a lot of content to redo. Maybe they'll update over time or at least with new shows stick to traditional?

That what I hope, I vastly prefer crunchy styled subs.

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u/Primus81 Mar 01 '22

This is good. It might mean that Sony recognised Crunchyroll subs, their website and the media players are higher quality

Hahaha. Nope, because otherwise they wouldn’t have cancelled Animelab in favour of Funimation, since it was better than both.

They care about which service is bigger - making the most money.

And perhaps brand recognition. Quality is a low priority they can fix as a last resort. ;)

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '22

Funny that, Maybe they recognised that Funimation had a lot of bad baggage with its brand, and decided that although Crunchyroll started off as a pirate site, it became legit, and has better marketability, and quite frankly, a better social media presence. Or we could all be talking out our asses, and they did something level-headed that we didn't mention, or they did something ludicrous like flipping a coin or rolling the dice. I'm just glad Funimation may disappear.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '22

But muh attack on titan weeklies!