Crunchyroll is Worse than you Think

[@gomi-san]

If this is the reason Aniwave got nuked, my sincerest apologies to the community.

[@thetoiletofdoom3812]

wait wtf happened edit: ...oh damn. That's it, huh? o7 aniwave

[@rarehyperion]

My cat ate their servers

[@xenakim7128]

o7 aniwave it was fun...

[@MURDERTIMEX]

point still stands i looked at crunchy roll today and using the site CAUSES i do not joke graphical issues on my screen and only on the crunchy roll player never had that issue with Aniwave..... so clearly its still not worth using

[@gmodiscool14]

Yea rip man my acc was from 2017

[@Flyboy899]

the irony of cruncyroll used to being a pirate group themselves who went legit, and now they wanna do the exact thing they used to stand against

[@happygofishing]

all the OGs probably left.

[@vvitch-mist20]

The problem is they got into stocks. The stock market is the devil's game lol. It entices people with financial stability and/or wealth, but it's actually a money bit because it will never be enough.

[@webmaristocrat4052]

the original owner of the website (the guy was from Singapore I think) sold Crunchyroll to AT&T like more than a decade ago. Everyone's just late to the party. I'm actually more surprised there's barely anyone on the Internet remember them being an all-around asian-related piracy website and forum.

[@PickI3s]

@@vvitch-mist20stock market creates a prison of always making more and more profit. Corners and workers are sacrificed

[@daxdawg1]

something about being alive long enough to become the villain

[@CaseySaber]

Crunchyroll choosing to remove features rather than fixing or adding tells me everything I need to know.

[@lildannyboi13]

why did they remove the comments

[@TheOrignalKillezz]

​@@lildannyboi13 because people were shitting on the *woke* animes they have been shitting out. So now they removed comments to stop that.

[@Hurricayne92]

@@TheOrignalKillezz which anime?

[@TheOrignalKillezz]

@@Hurricayne92 I think it started with High Guardian Spice. Then the localization was really bad with the Dragon Maids anime. Those are the big two that I have heard of but I'm not deep into the anime scene anymore so I could be missing more.

[@xeakpress]

​@@TheOrignalKillezzwow people still pushing this lie. Remarkable

[@manana1444]

It's hilarious how competition between piracy streaming sites forced them them to make their service better leaving the official option in the dust.

[@DarthMizaru]

Pirate sites have the best layouts, updates, remember even the second I left the chapter for when I come back. I cant remember how long CR used to have one of the worst video players and a very doubtful translation.

[@AdrianGrave]

@@DarthMizaru the translation sealed it for me... 100% would have supported them otherwise.

[@martar.2085]

Show me a pirate anime streaming site that never, ever tries to shove porn ads at me every five minutes, & I'll believe you.

[@DarthMizaru]

@@martar.2085 just block the adds.

[@manana1444]

@@martar.2085 If you still have yet to use adblock in the year of our lord 2024 then you deserve to know all the hot M|LFs in your area.

[@GarrisonMorton]

"We're merging with Funimation" "Sike, we deleted all the Funimation stuff"

[@sarhahillsburg5142]

This killed me. And I miss Funimation site/app......Crunchyroll is so annoying to use in comparison.

[@PReditorWoLF72]

Sony merged the two streaming services after buying Crunchyroll. They already owned Funimation and the shocker is. Crunchyroll was racking in loads more money. So they decided to get rid of the "dead weight" and merge said "dead weight" to their brand new platform that was more popular at that point in time.

[@bluestar_kun]

suprisingly no. Half my watchlist is stuff that was Funimation only

[@thecooldude9999]

@@bluestar_kunYeah, but some of the merged versions are inferior. Like, apparently the version of Bakemonogatari that’s on crunchyroll is the TV version, vs the Blue Ray version that funimation had with fixed animation. And they only have the first 12 episodes.

[@GarrisonMorton]

@@bluestar_kun Initial D is gone

[@iesmeh]

Crunchyroll has gutted Right Stuf. It would have been the simplest thing to just rebrand and let it continue as-is, but now orders from Right Stuf have scaled back protective packaging and deliver *collectable* merchandise in sub-par condition. They refuse returns since disks play, despite dented, scratched, torn, and scuffed boxes. They also nixed comments on episodes. So many anime fans upset about that one. Was a huge part of the anime community.

[@bradbradson4543]

Idk, I can't be sad about bad anime merch going away

[@sarhahillsburg5142]

I'm praying Hidive has major face lift, or that Japan finally launches its own streaming service? Let Bones and other big studios pool together to make own streaming services. Maybe will lead to faster release of ep/series. Or let the anime studios make own sites with ads idc I'm so tired of Crunchyroll being monopoly. Them nuking comments has completely soured my experience. I watch dub so was a way me find new english dubbed (which can't trust CR cause simulcast alot of times only sub). Comments how I new what anime was talking about when they skipped things from manga like Overlord, or had people I always saw only on good anime, so.if I saw Them comment I knew was gonna be solid watch. Even review comments are gone. It's worse than when KZbin removed ability see dislikes only see likes so can't tell how bad video doing. I hope a sleeping giant comes out of blue an destroies CR whoever that may be. Or let someone (not Netflix/Disney) buy CR buring house and fix it to what it once was. With proper Subs and text translated on screen. Accurate skip buttons! Review comments, video comments. Actually make simulcast what was said to be and DUB ANIMES SAME TIME AND REALEASE IT WITH SUB. And fix for people buying merchandise cause have heard nothing but problems and issues on that end.

[@danielalmeida7382]

@@sarhahillsburg5142Japan already has their own streaming service, it’s called Crunchyroll and it’s owned by the biggest anime company in Japan…

[@JaytechGaming]

Yeah I cancelled after they removed comments and went back to the high seas. I was surprised that the quality is better, streams work more reliably, and fan subs are better for a number of shows that dubsub… why pay for Crunchyroll?

[@anonymous01201]

they removed comments?? and yeah the best pirate sites are literally superior in every way as long as you have an adblock

[@JaytechGaming]

@@anonymous01201 yeah they removed the comment feature entirely and also removed all text reviews. You can only choose star ratings now. So they have absolutely nothing unique to them that piracy doesn’t have and do better.

[@JaytechGaming]

@@anonymous01201 I actually started using stremio with real debrid. It’s $3 a month and can get me pretty much every show and movie in existence.

[@anonymous01201]

@@JaytechGaming wow, why would they do that

[@no-bark4112]

@anonymous01201 The excuse they gave was that too many people were posting "homophobic slurs" or offensive comments or whatever. The most common theory is that they're actually trying to keep people in the comments and reviews from pointing out when localizers change dialogue or context in the sub/dub to spread political propaganda, which has been an ongoing issue for a while now, and it's been getting more and more attention online. A less conspiratorial reason I've read is that storing all of that data, thousands of comments across thousands of shows forever, was just kinda expensive or time consuming to maintain, and they decided it wasn't a feature worth keeping.

[@TearThatRedFlagDown]

When piracy sites actually compete with each other and try to offer a better experience to users than the legitimate businesses though.

[@snintendog]

That is how capitalism works its service not products in the entertainment sector. Licenses is 99% the issue.

[@markd.9042]

They also aren't very safe to be on.

[@TearThatRedFlagDown]

@@markd.9042 And you've never had an original thought of your own.

[@markd.9042]

@@TearThatRedFlagDown Did you just assume something about me to put me in a box so you don't have to engage with what I said? Or are you just trying to troll?

[@TearThatRedFlagDown]

@@markd.9042 Neither, I'm telling you that you are lacking in cognitive ability. Wasn't exactly shy about it either and you still didn't get it, proving my point.

[@hugh_jasso]

The enshitification of industries is a direct result of government not enforcing monopoly laws

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

"B-but muh free market..."

[@LJCG777]

​@@AkameGaKillfan777 Ask 2 free market supporters why it always leads to regular and child exploitation you get 3 answers. "Because that's the correct thing to happen" "It's fault of the companies not the system" " if you see correctly even when children are getting jobs that hospitalize, cripple, and even led to their death, there is a slowdown of kids working at the end where it becomes illegal compared to the beginnings"

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

@@LJCG777 At some point the system itself needs to change or be updated somehow. Copyright laws have been getting abused for decades, and there's nothing stopping companies from getting away with it. Not everything can be made better for the common folk if we rely on the people in power being actual devent human beings instead of evil and greedy scumbags alone. If we could, the law wouldn't need exist.

[@AdrianGrave]

@@AkameGaKillfan777 the free market are piracy sites.. being able to boycott crunchyroll while still enjoying anime is the free market.

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

@@AdrianGrave So an update then

[@HyenasandGin]

You brought up the lack of good engineers and a huge reason is because in 2017/2018(?) CR did mass layoffs and fired their one of their key engineers. Along with a shitty product they also have shitty business practices. They pay their translators next to nothing while demanding fast turn-around. They refuse to employee union voice actors and the average salary for a CR employee is around 40k with the requirement that they live in the Bay Area. One of the most expensive locations in the country. They’d rather spend their money on making their bathrooms look cool instead of paying their employees and talent a living wage I guess 🙃

[@Eyevou]

And people are outraged that the guys the hire to do the translations have started using AI to collect a paycheck. It's horrible all around.

[@robotmistake]

you speak the words of god

[@MustangMike52]

Do Crunchyroll have any control over VAs on stuff by studios that aren't Crunchyroll originals? I always thought they were more of a host

[@Eyevou]

@@MustangMike52 Depends on the contract but typically anything they have the ability to stream they also have the license to dub.

[@the8u9]

I'm not like... super happy with Crunchyroll, but you only need to do a quick check online to know that a lot of what you just said is fake news. It's impossible to live in the bay area with a salary like that and people would leave the company without a second thought. The way you talk makes it sound like people have a gun to their heads to stay in the company or something, don't just parrot what you read on reddit man. Think.

[@lpfan4491]

The streaming nightmare proved that sometimes it is not a service problem, it is a system problem. The way licenses work is the issue. Why are they fully exclusive deals rather than how supermarkets work where brands can sell themselves to multiple publishers? Of course, people won't compete with themselves, so for example disney content would stay on disney+, but what is the point in scattering the offerings to the wind? If anything, they could easily make timed exclusivity deals like how some newer videogames stay on only one plattform for a year or two and everyone else willing to engage with it gets a release later.

[@thelakeman2538]

It's because IP laws encourage monopolistic behaviour, at the same time there's the case of music streaming where every major service has basically all the songs you'd want so the choice of your service just ends up being a question of user experience and whether it was bundled with something else you already use (eg- yt music and youtube premium, prime music and amazon prime). I don't understand why every player desires exclusivity in video streaming either, owing to my ignorance. But maybe it has something to do with the legacy of cable tv, they certainly seem to desire that with the proliferation of streaming bundles.

[@3nertia]

Welcome to capitalism!

[@ChrisHilgenberg]

​​@@thelakeman2538this, and the effects of license negotiations still impacting media, even in the streaming age. Having region specific dvds made little sense in the 00s, but now it's a giant fuckery where content is region locked which makes even less sense now in the streaming age. We all wanted a one-stop shop for streaming that wasn't fragmented by a channel deciding they wanted to create their own streaming platform, but this is the worst timeline for a platform gutting shit because they don't understand what their customers want

[@The_hot_blue_fire_guy]

@@thelakeman2538 I actually think cable TV is a big part of it. For many decades movies and shows were only available on specific channels in specific packages from specific companies and providers. And what is happening today with streaming is just cable 2.0! But I don’t think this will last much longer. Give it another 5-10 year and I think moves and shows will become more like music where licensing can be made to multiple provider’s at once. Because these companies will realize they can make more money if there shows and programs are on 3-4 platforms instead of only one. And actually TV is literally dying more every day so they can’t just go back to cable TV again. When the money starts drying up and these companies don’t make money from just their own content they will be much more willing to license their own content to other platforms because it’s safer and more reliable revenue than the dwindling ad spammed streaming service. Personal services might still exist for a more complete collection of something like Disney and marvel content. But if wouldn’t be surprised if at least the more popular shows and movies go back to services like Netflix in 5-10 years.

[@snintendog]

@@3nertia welcome to corporatism where the corpations are people and you are not.

[@Georgia-r7u]

When I tell you how much I hate Crunchyroll. I was a simple Funimation fan. I prefer English dub, and I don't want wait week to week for episodes. If it's a new anime, I just wait a year or two later to watch the entire season. But it was going to be ok, because all Funimation's dubs were going to be brought over, right? If I pay for the ad-free option it will be a better experience, right? Oh, a year later and we are still missing anime? You mean I can't skip intros? You mean this anime only has 2 seasons and not 15? You mean I can watch it in Portuguese and Telugu, but not in English? Crunchyroll's UI also kills me. It's not bright like Funimation, its too crowded, Crunchyroll on my Roku TV doesn't let you filter for dubs, and for the love of Gawd Crunchyroll please add a filter to remove harem anime! And it might be just me, but why don't subtitles pop up when words are shown in the anime, like text messages or letters? Even when I put on subtitles, it doesn't work for me. When you read the details of the anime, why can't I increase the font size? Crunchyroll could at least finish their anime, God of High School.

[@TheYoungVulnerableAnimeGirls]

Harem anime is fine. Add a filter to remove all of the 50,000 isekai shows.

[@blackholedragon]

Same thing here but with Wakanim. Crunchyroll bought them up and shut them down all within a year. It was my favorite platform to watch anime. The collection wasn't big, but it was an interesting mix and didn't really have any trash. It was like Arte in anime. Much fairer in pricing too, compared to Crunchyroll :(

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

It really bothered me watching Zom 100 and I couldn't see what notes the characters were writing actually said. They also have that stupid exclusivity deal where other streaming sites don't get shows until Crunchyroll finishes them first. Some shows like Jojo for some reason only have the original audio.

[@Hurricayne92]

@@TheYoungVulnerableAnimeGirls Some of us feel the opposite which still supports the point

[@TheYoungVulnerableAnimeGirls]

@@Hurricayne92 some people also shouldn't be considered humans, but I'm not the one who said that

[@dr_dmg]

24:29 We've definitely regressed as far as TV shows go. It used to be you paid a cable package, got all the channels and could watch any show, but they aired in predefined slots and you had ads. DVRing solved the problem of air times as you could record the show and watch whenever, but people were still annoyed by ads. So netflix came along and said hey, for 10 usd a month you can watch everything, whenver you want with no ads. Now 15 years later we have countless streaming services, each with their own subscription, and they reintroduced ads. So the only thing that's argually better now than before is that it's on demand (which DVRs solved anyway decades ago). As for the consumer experience and pricing it's way worse than in the cable era, at least you could easily switch channels on the tv with a remote instead of needing 500 different apps and accounts.

[@Ziko577]

The problem with On Demand viewing these days is the sheer amount of ads which will eat up time like no business as you can't skip them and they replay if you rewind the episode or movie. I wanted to get the Cloud DVR to skip them and record what I anted but these fools wanted me to pay $10 just so I can skip this BS oh and the cheaper $5 tier was removed so I was like nope.

[@jace4223]

Remember guys if Purchasing something does not mean that you own it then Piracy is not a crime.

[@gingerbeargames]

I still ain't over the flash player that would get stuck repeating ads. Much better to just pirate anime and buy any merch or whatever you want.

[@TargetRenegade]

Piracy is morally justified.

[@skitidet4302]

Yar har, fiddle de dee Being a pirate is alright to be Do what you want 'cause a pirate is free You are a pirate!

[@adeleinetheartist8267]

That is why I will always support piracy instead of supporting digital streaming services such as Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, Crunchyroll, etc.

[@jonasarnesen6825]

Especially when watching One Piece...

[@martar.2085]

No, stealing is never morally justified. I'm no innocent but I no longer steal, no matter what. I'll never be a pirate again. Steal whatever if that's how you are, but don't try to bullshit that that's justifiable, please.

[@jonasarnesen6825]

@@martar.2085 so... You're saying stealing is not morally justified, even when knowledge is behind paywalls? Or when we get scammed by companies? Or when wages are cut and lower income families (by far the majority) gets higher taxes while rich get less taxes? Or when the rich accumulate their wealth at the cost of the rest? Or when most of humanity cannot afford most things and hundreds of millions are near starvation despite working the hardest? Or when companies straight up censor, or again paywall, content, the companies seem unfit for the eyes of humanity, even if this would benefit the proletariat? Or when straight up geoblocking is done? Even George Lucas criticized the very concept of commodification of media indirectly by stating that the Soviet Union had greater freedom of Artistic Expression due to the lack of financial pressure, which incentives profit over quality.

[@Haz3dNightfall]

HiDive is the only remaining anime centric streaming service that isn't a part of the Sony Monopoly like Crunchyroll. Hopefully HiDive will start catching up with Crunchyroll and become a serious competitor against Crunchyroll in the anime industry.

[@MustangMike52]

If they can get Fire Punch they'll be well on their way. I've been getting closer to finally trying HiDive because I think it needs more bangers in the library before I dive in. I can probably jam Eminence, ONoK, Maid War and Chained Soldier in a month off a free trial

[@benadrylcabbagepatch2527]

I used to pay for CR and pirate everything I wanted to watch that was on hidive since hidive just has less content but after watching this video I think I might flip those two around, boycott CR and start paying for hidive instead

[@RoflCannon6]

They’ll need to do something about their UI and the way subtitles appear. It’s something I will say Crunchyroll has over HiDive.

[@Necrofitz]

HiDive's app is archaic trash and needs to be rebuilt from the ground up so badly. The fact that their subs have a width limit issue in 2024 is insane. I literally have to use pirate sites to properly watch their subbed content. I'm pretty sure they burn all their money trying to secure high value shows though and have yet to really see substantial gains from it.

[@ashtersshadow8]

There's an anime streaming service called RetroCrush. The library is smaller but neat to look through if you like older or more obscure anime. Pretty cheap sub too.

[@sober_katz]

i will forever hate them for getting rid of funimation. give me back my childhood

[@PlayPodOG]

your "childhood" didn't go anywhere. also if your "childhood" was just 1 company, you had a shitty childhood

[@onojioboardwalk9748]

Well theyre getting ahead like this toward turning into a monopoly - Because you all keep giving devils like 'crunchyroll' MONEY. So dont complain if you've been complicit, None of you have any right who've helped them or sony. Or disney. Or any of them. +

[@left4bread100]

They didn't, funimation bought crunchyroll and got rid of themselves, learn your stuff.

[@onojioboardwalk9748]

@@left4bread100 Theyre both dirt. And they did go somewhere, DOWN - In quality, along with all the other fan-hating pieces of junk companies. +

[@pokedoxxxheart1211]

Same man regardless of what these 3 assholes above me are saying I agree with you. I was so MAD when funimation ceased to exist it was so much easier & comfortable to just watch dub anime now I won’t pay a single dollar for crunchyroll they’re literally hypocrites!

[@LionHeartSamy]

Not gonna lie, missed opportunity to not have a VPN advert during the "encourage your viewers to torrent anime" portion of the video LOL

[@MedokaLightning]

Nope because a VPN is basically a scam because the big VPN services are the ones with the biggest lack of safety against hacker attacks and it also slows down your internet connection drastically so yeah i can imagine why some people would not want to have Nord VPN as a sponsor in there videos := …

[@TheSlimeKilling_Minecart]

That's perfect for a VPN ad

[@KolomlynskyHSP1]

What was the site called again? And is it good?

[@LionHeartSamy]

@@KolomlynskyHSP1 Hi, I'm not sure what your question is referring to. If you don't know what a VPN is, Tom Scott has an excellent video explaining it if you would like to learn more

[@KolomlynskyHSP1]

@@LionHeartSamy No I meant the name of the torrenting site, idk how it's spelled

[@nelyyisoppy6509]

The best example of good monopolies is : steam (and trains) . As with steam they have a good doctrine of "piracy is rampant , if we make it far easier to buy it legitimately than pirate we win" .

[@NeoGeo2006]

I still collect dvds to this day, the most recent anime I bought was Spy x Family, After I saw the Crunchyroll logo and I was like “How can they fuck this up?”

[@danielalmeida7382]

Anime pirates love telling people to buy blu-rays instead of paying for streaming services. Little do they realize that the blu-rays are released by Crunchyroll anyways

[@ellingtonf1097]

​​@@danielalmeida7382I still pirate JJK season 2 Blu Ray. I'll only buy Bleach on Blu Ray because Viz still has some sense left.

[@history_loves_anime8927]

​@@danielalmeida7382 true, but it's also a buy once and done deal whereas streaming has you paying monthly.

[@logikx1325]

I hoisted my black flag and cancelled my Crunchyroll membership when they cut the comments. I'd rather sail the e seas. I'd been debating it for years since they keep raising prices....but that was it. I speak Japanese so I don't need the subs anyways. The comments section was all that it was offering to me.... they took that after jacking the price up again.

[@theserpent8667]

Yar! I was thinking of sailing the high seas before now, but after seeing the atrocious ongoings of CR, methinks it be time to set sail. If the entire season of what I be watching was available on Netflix or what have you, I'd be paying me gokd pieces. But alas, there be nothing but gaps all round. Avast ye, CR! I'm donning me hat, hook and eye patch!

[@ellingtonf1097]

Aye! Ye be welcome to the crew!

[@evaunit0125]

I ordered a Berserk Pop Parade figure when it first released on the Crunchyroll store and was extremely excited to get it with the size and quality it was. As months went by I realized I never received anything not even an email update on my order so I had to email Crunchyroll 3 separate times to finally get an answer. I was essentially told that they were no longer available and I couldn't receive my order and didn't even offer a refund until I demanded it. I do not understand how you're this big of a company and don't respect your consumers enough to even try and compensate for YOUR mistake.

[@niicespiice]

on the topic of music, i have recently been *SCREEN-RECORDING SONGS FROM KZbin* to download them, as a lot of the songs i want to hear aren't avaliable on spotify (for example, nintendo music, or niche japanese music). i also really don't like the spotify UI.

[@henryfleischer404]

I'm in a similar situation, I buy a lot of CDs now.

[@isaacbejjani5116]

You can just use yt music too, it has all the songs that are posted by video/unofficial. It's also bundled with yt premium so you don't get ads and creators are rewarded way more by your watch time

[@wargodest]

Wait there's a better alternative to this? 😂 this is literally what I've always done

[@thelakeman2538]

Why screen record ? yt-dl exists.

[@lePirateMan]

There are lots of KZbin to mp3 converters out there

[@otakubullfrog1665]

One of the few benefits to Crunchyroll's monopolization was supposed to be that they were the site that had all the anime, but they couldn't even do that right. There were still always shows they never got, shows that they only got censored, shows for which they were missing the OVAs and movies, shows where they had everything until they would suddenly disappear from the site, etc. Since we all had to use pirate sites anyway, they only have themselves to blame that a number of us just found it easier to use them exclusively.

[@danielalmeida7382]

They never had a monopoly, people just like calling them that because it makes them look bad…

[@ZerotheBlade]

After they got rid of their free streaming with ads, things were expected to go down hill.

[@skinnyPP12937]

If ur broke just say that

[@NoxtureTheGoat]

@@skinnyPP12937 oh brother..

[@NoxtureTheGoat]

@@skinnyPP12937 I know you smell like shit

[@skinnyPP12937]

@@NoxtureTheGoat need a dollar? . . Oh sorry I thought u was Poor

[@Eyevou]

Original CR put in a lot of the legwork to build relationships with the studios that make the anime and have been on multiple committees to make projects. The Japanese are pretty hard to get a foot-in-the-door with unless you come in flaunting a ton of cash. It's why Sony absorbed them - for the business relationships.

[@Hurricayne92]

Sony is a Japanese company

[@Eyevou]

@@Hurricayne92 Sony moved their headquaters to America in 2016.

[@RoflCannon6]

@@Eyevoudoesn’t change the fact that they still have Japanese connections so aquiring Crunchyroll didn’t give them more connections or anything.

[@Eyevou]

@@RoflCannon6 Sony is a giant corporation. They lost a large portion of the trust with the japanese market when they moved out of the space and have slowly been creeping back in ever since. It's okay that you don't understand the economics.

[@danielalmeida7382]

@@Eyevouthat’s not true, stop spreading misinformation. Sony corporation is still headquartered in Tokyo, and Crunchyroll’s parent company (Aniplex) is literally the biggest anime company in Japan, who also owns the anime studios A-1 Pictures and CloverWorks.

[@axellis8333]

Video actually starts at 20:00, everything before is streaming service history

[@cyberspace3873]

Thanks

[@PS-dd1ux]

not true, did u even watched the video??

[@takiux]

As a Lead UI Designer, I couldn’t agree more. Crunchyroll’s UI in 2024 really needs an overhaul. The navigation is clunky, and the user experience feels fragmented across different platforms. They really need to focus on streamlining the interface and making it more intuitive for users.

[@ZeelofTheMarty]

What UI's have you designed so far.

[@fraktaalimuoto]

I am often disappointed how slow the Crunchyroll servers are. I rarely can stream anything with full resolution.

[@Adrian_of_Arcane_Lore]

Unfortunately, the truth why Crunchyroll don't have any real competitors in their niche is most likely because there isn't really a market for one. For most people with any kind of interest in Anime, just Netflix alone is enough. A streaming service like Crunchyroll only really matters to the "much more that casual"-fan, and even then, most of the people who subs to Crunchyroll do that to get access to a couple of shows they can't get anywhere else. The ultra-hardcore-anime superfan who even recognizes there is a problem with Crunchyroll is such a small part of the audience, and are already aware of and willing to engage in piracy, that creating a service that caters towards them would probably be financially impossible. The vast majority of fans of anything, including anime, are casual fans.

[@spacejokcy2285]

The amount of anime that no longer has a dubs because of the merger and also all the anime that is no longer even on streaming service is wild like it’s either you have to pirate or go on Hulu or prime or somthing. Like my God I wish I lived in a parallel town where ruminations till existed they were so much better in my opinion R.I.P

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

They for some reason only have Jojo subbed, while Netflix has multiple dubbed languages. Still mad that Part 6 is exclusive to it though.

[@spacejokcy2285]

@@AkameGaKillfan777 omfg bro I swear fuck this merger RIP Funimation they were the ones who brought anime to America dude it’s truly aad

[@gespenst1329]

@@spacejokcy2285More like Gen Fukunaga’s uncle at Toei. (Even then, that’s inaccurate, only DBZ deserves the credit for their success even though they didn’t deserve to have it.)

[@SvenDWesker]

If i could say something about one of the points you made. The one about watching the live action One Piece on Netflix isn't a substitute for the actual anime on Crunchyroll. I felt that point was a bit weird given Netflix has the actual One Piece anime on there with them also airing the most current arc weekly. In addition to having the One Piece movies and specials on there, with some movies that even Crunchyroll doesn't have.

[@flaviparous]

I watch One Pace, you got me messed up if I’m watching anything post 3D2Y without it, it’s a joke

[@snintendog]

@@flaviparous I would argue post Enis lobby but the Pace Issue is pretty universal with TOEI pace.

[@hysminai7397]

The Netflix One Piece anime isn't available in all countries.

[@VivisPal]

Don't know about other regions, but in North America Netflix is missing a bunch of the episodes.

[@wetball1811]

I got a crunchyroll ad watching this 😭

[@Icyfxce]

Same

[@Seminooos]

HiDive is way more worthy of your money than Crunchyroll is.

[@Valoric]

True. Just wish their app wasn’t built with sticks and gum. Why is it so bad?

[@Jeemihawk]

@@Valoric Cause Amazon doesn't care about anime.

[@Messi-ce4mv]

@@JeemihawkAmazon doesn’t own them though?

[@VivisPal]

@@Messi-ce4mv You're correct. HiDive is owned by AMC Networks.

[@tvih84]

HiDive literally no longer wanted my money, so not really.

[@chost-059]

swapped to anivawe when i figured how bad the availability of shows on crunchyroll is compared to the free alternative, crunchyroll doesnt even have the original steins gate so it wasnt even a choice tbh

[@StormyNightLights]

Anyone gonna mention how there were multiple times in recent years that you basically couldn’t watch anything bc errors would pop up right after the 6 ads played

[@Atomsk2]

You’re watching anime with 1:30 intros only? Man, what a time to be alive!

[@madestmadhatter]

I feel like the lack of a skip intro button was due to a lack of demand for the feature, I literally never skip the intro or ending credits of an anime, even while marathoning a series.

[@user61696]

It remindes my of the first time they inputted this feature. I was like "why the hell would I skip an anime OP"? I totally agree

[@joshs7276]

All you need to prove that the anime streaming industry is screwed is the fact that no one had enough brains to get the license for Girls Band Cry. Also it's pretty clear that anime piracy is 100% a service problem when people who will blow hundreds or thousands on merch won't pay for a crunchyroll subscription, not to mention this invalidates crunchyroll's other reason for existence when the prevailing wisdom on how to actually support shows you like is just to buy the merch. Side note not really related to crunchyroll since they don't actually produce anything maybe instead of constantly jacking up prices streaming companies should figure out how to spend a reasonable amount of money on shows people want to watch not like traditional media hasn't done it for the last 60 years or anything, hell how many streaming services have NCIS or Grey's Anatomy outlived at this point?

[@TheYoungVulnerableAnimeGirls]

I just want a streaming service for anime with lots of old shows. Like, lots of 80's and 90's stuff. All the flavor of the week 1 season crap is really annoying and why I don't like 90% of anime past 2013.

[@wolfythyalphapiratewolf2015]

The thing I am more concerned about is Sony trying to massively censor Anime. The reason so many of us watch it is because it's different and we don't want it to feel like home. Sony has an awful habit of censoring games. I worry about this spilling over to Crunchyroll too.

[@Darkvader7109]

5:31 zzz music starts ends at 16:37

[@The_End_Of_Mike]

I'm glad at least in South East Asia some Anime series is legally available in youtube for free or sometimes requires membership depending on the series, premiers on fixed time and will just play 10-30 seconds ad somewhere in the video.

[@LocalTorchwoodIntern]

Ive ordered from CrunchyRoll ONCE for an alpaca plushie and it was a bootleg.. also good thing I still have all my pre acquired funimation DVDs so I can have all my special features lol

[@TheGamingHarbinger]

The comparison of looking at how people are not pirating music is an interesting one. They are not pirating music because the value of music has been eviscerated thanks to places like Spotify. The music artists make peanuts off of streaming. Due to the value of selling music diminishing, newer artists have to sign 360 deals with the labels. I am happy casual music listeners get a cheap deal, but it makes it more challenging for an artist to get off the ground.

[@YaBoiiSlim]

I started watching anime back in like 2016 in high school, the difference between then and now is honestly sad. Remember when you could get a code for ad free viewing and people used to post codes in the comments for other to enjoy ad free anime, and now the amount of customization you can do is literally the profile pic for a shared account when before you could literally change the color of your profile page and add all sorts things to make it unique. I still have a subscription to Crunchyroll just due to having family and friends using my account but damn if it ain’t a shell of its former self

[@AhanaNags]

Thanks for such a detailed history of the rise of streaming - I remember using the early disc rentals from Netflix with my family and its combination with early streaming on the Netflix site was kind of the peak of quality and ease

[@ardynizunia9709]

As long as exclusive licenses exist, I will use pirate sites. Exclusive licenses should be illegal as they are inherently anti consumer and pro monopoly.

[@kbversion-ib8yb]

bro went from crunchyroll to blockbuster and netflix.

[@kaiya7942]

I dont think it was mentioned here, but in another video they mentioned that they only pay translators $80 per epistode. However, honestly as someone who knows Japanese linguistically and also half Japanese and lived there, the $80 wage for translators is honestly believable, and I don't blame them. If you know Japanese, you'd notice most translations on Japanese (just in general too not just crunchyroll) have wrong translations. Typically, you get more rushed translations (partly due to low wages) for people doing these jobs. Honestly $80 I'd argue is on the upper hand as unless its a very long episode/movie, you're likely getting paid $30-50 an hour. Which is EXTREMELY HIGH wage. This is pretty common with freelance type of work which I also do sometimes (though different industry, art/animation stuff). Freelancing is not a job you do for a living, its a side hustle / hobby. Lots of people are also now cheating with the use of AI. The average quality has diminished a lot due to this in most translation things. Did you know that 90% of the cookbooks now are written by AI? Its crazy.

[@Eggs_Bennidict_Cucumber_Batch]

Fun fact: netflix, at it's inception asked blockbuster to be their sponsor and partner.

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

And Amazon asked Sears to make a deal with them

[@jackko21]

They actually wanted to sell netflix to blockbuster but blockbuster stupidly said no

[@destytayzo77]

The good days

[@Macalicious]

I'm sorry but I think it's sad yet hilarious that before the video started, I got an ad for Crunchyroll and now it shows with big letters underneath the video: "sponsored by Crunchyroll". It's just sad... Tragic. Algorithm is so screwed up...

[@michamarkowski2204]

I want to watch anime legally and sometimes do (mostly on Netflix), but Crunchyroll service is so flawed I just can't pay them a dime. I gave them a chance last year, but there were too many "dead" episodes I gave up.

[@nexominoza616]

why bro snitching our websites💀. its doomed now 😭

[@dylangibbs404]

lil bro unc is chiuh in his feet 😂😂😂

[@ramenramen2297]

Yeah that site sucks don't use it. The layout might look nice but its soooooOOooooooooooo slow! and crashes all the time, so your better off finding a new one.

[@nexominoza616]

@@ramenramen2297 bro obv. thats a option B or a back up if my main site dont have it. and dude also snitched a main torrent site many ppl use

[@anonymous01201]

@@ramenramen2297 no that site is fine, one of the best out there. you just need ublock origin

[@anonymous01201]

exactly, this is how kiss got shut down, people kept name dropping it on YT, Reddit etc which directed too much awareness to it and got it shut down

[@sergiolabra8207]

Ahh, for the meme at the end you could have said "Make Anime's Netflix Good Again (MANGA)". Missed opportunity...

[@minkusdraconus]

I remember Manga Entertainment....

[@Pando0678]

The Pokemon anime situation makes me so mad, even madder than this Crunchyroll situation

[@JapaneseHeavymetal]

Getting a crunchyroll ad before this is also a sign for how bad KZbin is.

[@TobiasEnder]

As some one who like buying physical media, there is a whole other situation regarding the difficulty related to buying the media so they can not remove videos from the streaming…crunchyroll ended manga, fma is removed from crunchyroll, as an example.

[@history_loves_anime8927]

True, I remember the announcement when fma:b and fma's lisence was expiring and I thought thank god I already own these, or else I can't watch it these days. Same with a couple others like Baccano that's an absolute pain to find in dvd.

[@isaacbejjani5116]

The one feature that keeps me off Cr is lack of playback speed controls. Like every pirate site can at least go to 2x. The CR player feels worse than KZbin 10 years ago

[@no-bark4112]

what anime are you watching on 2x playback? just curious lol

[@be1tube]

I originally got into anime because of 2x on Netflix. (10 minutes to watch an episode. I could fit it into small slots of my day.) I watched Puela Magica Madoka and ??? Yuna ??? Is A Hero. I'm not sure what else. Then I started learning Japanese and watching at 1x or slower.

[@ArjunTheRageGuy]

Might as well follow youtube's video player at this point

[@strikingdragon21]

@@be1tube Yuki Yuna is a Hero

[@chem-z9718]

​@@no-bark4112every title I watch. Often it's closer to 3x (much easier with sub than dub)

[@misterragnar2521]

I removed my card info and the bookmark to crunchyroll. I have taken to the seas.

[@Scrogan]

The solution is easy, just don’t have exclusive content. Make the license holders and the streaming services seperate companies, so no streaming service has a monopoly over any piece of content. That’s why music streaming works, because you get the same stuff at KZbin Music as on Spotify. This is change that has to come from the license holders, not the streaming services.

[@cyrusunderscore7315]

Ngl, i hope what happened to netflix happens to spotify. I liked it at first, but it just kept getting more and more annoying with its ads. I always found it insulting how they go "imagine if you could have unlimited skips :0 or listen to songs in albums in the right order???" as if i hadnt already been doing that since primary school. I started using it again for the first time in a few months and now the ads are completely unskippable. I refuse to pay for premium partly out of spite, but mostly because i want my money to go to the artists who make the music i enjoy and spotify pays them so little you may as well pirate the music. Every streaming service is run by money-hungry assholes, is the problem. Nobody actually cares about creating spaces where people can connect with art (whether that art be films, animation, music, whatever), they dont even care about having a hand in the art people can make when allowed to flourish.

[@TheYoungVulnerableAnimeGirls]

Pirate anime. Profit. Stop giving money to streaming services. Take the content you want, watch it, and decide with your wallet if it's worth your money. Also, do research on releases because bad physical releases do still exist. Also, get a laptop or pc. Makes doing all of this way easier if you can't find a site hosting said anime.

[@Vocarotoki]

hide the name for the pirate website youtube dosent like that, good vid tho i subbed

[@NOIDEDU]

I used crunchyroll years ago when diamond is unbreakable was airing and it was a horrible experience with all the ads and shit. Then I discovered I could just download the episodes as they came out and I never looked back since then.

[@BANANA42k]

Whats the point in having anti monopoly laws if none of them are ever enforced?

[@mikehawk8984]

Yo dawg, don't show pirating websites on screen. If you don't want to be beholden to these streaming companies don't put a massive target on the back of the alternative. It just screams "He's over here guys, get him!" Edit: They just killed aniwave so guess I was right 🤷‍♂️🤣

[@ericlamb4501]

Also, an extra note to people deluded enough to think this helps the industry: Crunchyroll, and thereby it's owners, is known to under pay and absolutely crush animators with crunch and deadlines, why do you think Crunchyroll Originals flopped harder than a fish out of water and what did end up seeing the light of day from them is mostly actual trash?

[@AnEnragedCat]

I didn’t know about all the other stuff but them removing the comments single handedly caused me to unsub from them lmao

[@jorge9604]

I wasn't even aware people watched anime legally, last time i did that it i was using cable tv

[@snintendog]

This is the problem with media. IT NEEDS A COOP PLATFORM. All the nickles and dimes on the customer adds up since its the opposite of a monopoly its a oligopoly. its why Steam just Works they offer all the stuff for a fee on the Dev/publishers part while growing ALL of PC gaming. Not a real Monopoly but a Soft one out of PURE NECESSITY. And that was how netflix and Video rental worked before they were a COOP PLATFORM.

[@snintendog]

Make video streaming good for consumers..... STORE + Streaming OPTION. NO DRM, MKV Format Force the Browsers to support the master class container, Standardize ASS subs instead of PKS or HardSubs. BOOM instant success on the consumer side. Licenses hold this all back Become ungovernable make dumbasses Want to give you licenses.

[@fysl305]

Naaaah no way im giving my money to steam or any digital front, you literally dont own your purchases. Fuck that

[@soniaiboyako4023]

Literally got a Crunchyroll ad at the start of the video...

[@Nucleus3180]

1:40 They kinda did already, I mean just look at "High Guardian Spice"

[@MilesProwerTailsFox]

Crunchyroll is unusable, you will sometimes get ads for 30 minutes straight up and if you have premium, yeh that's not stopping any ads for me I just cancelled it

[@jeebay5188]

I still have about a dozen of my Rightstuf physical catalogs. I miss RS immensely, I have found another online anime store that I’m very happy with. Have even picked up some imports like Devilman Crybaby months ago.

[@ashasalany]

Right Stuf was the first company I ever ordered anime merch from, back in the mid 90s.

[@MelodCTB]

I just got a Crunchyroll ad before the video, what a coincidence

[@animesith66]

A detail which should be mentioned is that Crunchyroll barely updates their shows to home video quality once the Blu-ray’s are released. One less reason to subscribe unless they up their game.

[@warshallwathers7971]

I really hope we get another anime streaming platform that can add competition. The same way Tidal, Apple Music and Spotify all are competitors from one another. Where we get the same amount of shows (maybe some more than others with some exclusives here and there) but their services and quality differ. Which will be the key difference for consumers to choose what platform they should watch the newest anime series. Crunchyroll are becoming so lazy with their subs as well. This wouldn’t have happened if they had a competitors. Same with their shows being leaked… god I hope this happens soon.

[@zambimaru]

What's the site at 21:45?

[@ultimate9739]

It’s called “nyaa.si”.

[@walkaboutman8005]

Called 'Nayaa.Land'

[@Iambetter1981]

Did you ever find out..?

[@zambimaru]

@@Iambetter1981 unfortunately not.

[@leave-a-comment-at-the-door]

@@zambimaru not???? you... didn't find out? did you ever possibly think of using the url that he literally says out loud at that timestamp, or possibly looking up the logo shown in the top corner of the screen, or searching practically anything related to the topic at all? nyaa is so popular that it's harder to find any online guides that *don't* mention it.

[@REALmyenemy]

A classmate of mine basically made a streaming platform for his final project, with an option to play it publically so all users were at the same point, in one month and a half. He got the equivalent to B+ from that, as it wasn't that complex in the end apparently. Of course had he made it online, he'd need to put security and reliably fast servers, which he didn't, but the basis was there.

[@FlantisFroggu]

why the heck did I get a full history on streaming services that extends even past any major significant crunchyroll news Dude it's so much irrelevant info I can't

[@B_g1117]

The ADHD is crazy

[@DavidBlavid]

@@B_g1117how is it adhd, there’s a lot of unnecessary information that doesn’t connect to the main point of the video

[@jj_genna1515]

I hated crunchyroll for their bad UI and bad optimization on ps4 but they did update the UI a while back but the videos randomly skip a few seconds for no reason and u had to rewind everytime. The moment I got fed up with everything is when they bought rightstuf

[@zipzap8937]

The problem with the economics of VOD subscription services is that it has no real world economics outside of capital owning art similar to idiots buying a monkey jpg for thousands of dollars and proclaiming their superior intelligence. The trouble is one is seen as acceptable and normal, and the other is not despite the same principles. The actual economics at play is within the business that makes the art. Owning it, or rather owning the rights to it, after the fact is fundamentally worth nothing just like a worthless NFT. The value generated through capitalism gatekeeping art is disgusting.

[@3nertia]

Welcome to capitalism!

[@zipzap8937]

@@3nertia That's the point of my comment, congratulations you got it.

[@XvLarvavX]

There's a big fat crunchyroll ad in the beginning of this video and I ran out of newspaper to roll up and smack it with.

[@WilliamEndo]

Asia got anime streamed on KZbin legally for freeeeeeeeee

[@Mr.Dodo-]

But like only a few animes or all of them?

[@WilliamEndo]

@@Mr.Dodo- Almost all of the current season. Only one or two unavailable. Long running series are not available. Limited time in their channels like a year or two. Search for Muse Asia or Ani-one for starters

[@maxattacks25]

7:53 I thought this was common knowledge, but every time I talked about it with someone they’d have no idea what I was talking about! I was genuinely surprised.

[@Darnokk15]

Also, I have a solution. Stop with the exclusivity crap. If everything is available on every platform, that would lead to good competition

[@JohnPannozzi]

Spotify has its own problems, not so much on the consumer side of things, but rather on the paying artists/creators/rightsholders proper royalties side of things.

[@glitchunicorn]

And the random add that popped up was Crunchy Roll lol

[@pitterpatter4201]

Same here, was looking for this comment.

[@jeanpitre5789]

I have cracked spotify so i get no ads but all the spotify skips and playlists i want.

[@CraftyJae.]

I pay for Crunchyroll because on my phone the piracy websites send me to different 🌽 websites or other “questionable” websites on my computer I’ll definitely watch whatever I want but if I pay for Crunchyroll and watch whatever I want on their before I try to find it on my pc then I have to deal with less problems (on my pc I have an ad blocker the problem is just using my phone)

[@bravefencerkonpaky6844]

Why not get an ad blocker for your phone?

[@CraftyJae.]

@@bravefencerkonpaky6844 I don’t exactly know how I’ve never tried it

[@-qi8dt]

It takes a few clicks to solve your issue. But no, you prefer to give your money to companies like these. Get ublock origin + privacy badger + decentraleyes.

[@kazanyemmi]

Ironic as i started this video,a ad for crunchy roll played.

[@randomaether]

I mean, there is 1 thing giving them competition, and we all know what it is.

[@bloodshotred6334]

I dont. What is it?!? 😢

[@kurosawa9857]

@@bloodshotred6334🏴‍☠️

[@slugeater1938]

@@bloodshotred6334 fed

[@jur1xd]

I remember when you had communities and stuff on Crunchyroll and you could set your own profile pic and interact with others in forums. They erased every trace of that which made me so sad when I saw the beta of their new Website back then

[@Willie_Shakes]

I don't mind paying for anime. but I won't pay "them" for anime. fuck crunchyroll

[@thesocialisthedgehog6320]

26:10 I think that MUBI has a version of this kind of value add that you describe. You can't make playlists of course, but there is a social aspect in that you can leave ratings on movies and see what your friends have in their watchlist etc. There is also a discovery aspect to it with genre groups and filmographies that are curated by people every month. A lot of these movies are also more on the obscure side with some being difficult to find even through piracy. I admit that MUBI is in a niche because their selection is geared towards cinephiles, but some of these concepts can be applied to streaming services with a more general audience.

[@niicespiice]

two ways to maybe create value for the users of streaming platforms: add more community features, like comments. a written reviews feature would be good. another idea is adding supplementary things to the show, like character art, related songs (like the anime opening/ending), and interviews/commentary from the original creators. this could provide something outside of the content itself.

[@yakbut123]

they removed comments i really enjoyed the sense of community

[@juancarlosrodriguez5022]

This was supposed to be a video about Crunchyroll...

[@igorgiuseppe1862]

7:00 you forget... purchase physical media