"Anime Companies are Trying to Cut Out Crunchyroll and Funimation" | Anime Mythbusters #6
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Canipa discusses the myths surrounding the idea that the Japanese anime industry is trying to cut out licensing companies in order to try and do it themselves.
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Canipa, will you see Takt op. Destiny? It's done by the guy who directed Grandblue fantasy the animation.
Are we gonna see ypu more frequent on yt since you are not making otaquest videoes
@@veergaitandra I've got other work that I've got going now, so sometimes it'll be more, sometimes it'll be about the same.
"Thanks to my mom, for sponsoring my lunch with a chicken sandwich"
Honestly, as a current student trying to get my Masters in Business so that I could create independent films, wanting to cut out the middleman when creating a product is a pipe dream. Teams work better when they are splitting duties regardless of how big or small the company is. Expecting Japanese creatives to be able to translate their work directly to Western countries by themselves with little knowledge of how to do it is career suicide. These people who insist this mentality clearly underestimates how the rest of the world works (Especially when it comes to languages) which is not a good attitude to have going into an industry based on having to work with other people overseas.
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@@BB_Sebring I would like it if they would make them available in my country. I don't want to rely on VPN. Don't have that much money to spend.
People wanting Japanese companies to be in-charge for localization, translation, and marketing is a huge mistake. There are examples of Japanese companies making a lot of changes due to lack of understanding.
We got Bandai Visual USA when it comes to marketing. We got Toei Animation's official subtitles ranging from meh to garbage. And basically the dub of Neon Genesis Evangelion on Netflix in a nutshell, where the localization was handled by Studio Khara.
@@BB_Sebring it is true tho.
@@Userdoesnotexit
More like false/bad faith.
I was gonna mention Daisuki, but then came the section about it. Shame it ended like that
Good on you for pointing out the culture war nonsense, even if it was an absolute truth it's just so tiring.
The real problem is, and something most of us can agree on. Is that Sony holds too much power
and that's outside of anime too. Nobody can topple the big names but their own bad decisions
Every tower falls eventually. Funi and CR have good founding for now, but given time it will see more dire situations. Remember RoosterTeeth? Those guys used to be well respected and supported. Then controversial stuff about the company got revealed, AT&T dumped them, and now they’re barely talked or heard of. RT was older than CR too. Sony will mess this up somehow; It’s only a matter of when.
@@eyeizarandummugga While I get your point, it's not really comparable. At the end of the day, RoosterTeeth was still an indie group at their core.
Crunchyroll may have started as a pirate site, same name and all. But they quickly rooted themselves in the space after going legit, and being bought by a major corporation further strengthened them
Not an impossible thing, but you're definitely betting on the longshot. And y'know what? Kudos to you for it
I'm just amazed that region blocking is still a thing. And that there are so many shows out there that I might want to watch but my money is not deemed worthy to buy the privilege of watching them.
It's a pain in the ass, and it's not going away because licensing agreements will always be a limiting factor. But at least it's a manageable problem.
What really pisses me of are the exclusivity deals that force fans to subscribe to multiple services just to watch everything they want to see. As a general practice it's about as anti-consumer as it gets. It allows multiple companies that should be competing on their services to instead stay complacent. After all it doesn't matter how shit your service is when you are the only source of the content people want.
@@WannaComment2 The content is the service. You're not paying all that money just for the app. If you compare something like Hulu and Netflix, the quality of the streaming experiences are virtually identical. You subscribe to one or the other for the titles that they offer. Same with Funimation and Crunchyroll..
@@Gorbisch You are just parroting back my complaints and act like they are justifications. The content should not be their service and you should not be tricked into thinking that's how it's supposed to be. They don't make the content, they are streaming it to you. The website is their service, and maybe the subtitles. Exclusivity deals exist only to create artificial scarcity. It's a purely for-profit anti-consumer practice.
@@WannaComment2 Uh, that's exactly how it should be. That's how every content delivery service has ever worked. It seems silly to me for you to expect any service to not pay extra for exclusivity when that's the only thing that will genuinely set them apart from their competitors. I guess there's also the dubs, if those interest you.
But just to get a bit of clarity on your view, you're okay with Netflix exclusives, since they pay to produce the anime? It's just titles like MHA being Funimation exclusive that bugs you?
@@Gorbisch Pretty much, yes. If they produce the anime then that's a different matter entirely.
But I don't believe for a second that exclusivity is the only way to set your service apart. It's just the most convenient for them. If exclusivity wasn't a thing then streaming services would have to compete for costumers using features and pricing, both of which would benefit the consumer. Competition breeds excellence, as they say.
With exclusivity deals streaming companies have to compete on nothing buy who can afford more and better exclusive titles, which is not in the customers interest and benefits only the already big players. They effectively don't compete, they just split the market into micro monopolies.
…Daisuki’s interface was so crap that I thought Daisuki was a pirate site *itself*…
I love the editing in your videos. So much effort put into continuity of movement.
@The Canipa Effect: Says he hates Zenitsu
Also The CanipaEffect: puts him at the beginning of the video.
Kinda sus if you ask me....
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Thank you for your service, Canipa. 🙇♀️
The second the video started I noticed the Scarlet Nexus music lol
It's a seriously good soundtrack, right?
It’s weird seeing the Opera browser outside of a Wii. But if it’s good enough for Nintendo in the height of their power, maybe.
I mean, I like how you can limit 100 tabs to just using 1gb of ram.
thx for info bro
What’s really interesting is in the antitrust probe into the cr x funi acquisition, it came out that both cr and funi had less of a market share than Disney or netflix. Which is wild.
At the end of the day, Sony is a Japanese company with MULTIPLE USA and globally based divisions
if anyone, they're the best suited to deliver anime globally
True dat
Anime Studios don't cut pot the middleman, they are pulling the Nestle trap card...
I would really love to have you sit down and speak to Jarrett from Tonari Animation on his podcast. I feel like your knowledge of anime and his about production would make for a very interesting discussion.
Good video.
Idk about anilog but im really liking muse asia, they keep getting the good shows that i was or am interested in
They are an interesting licensing company that people should take more of a notice, particularly their licensing practice. I wish more people know about their services, even if it is region-locked.
same
@@xxMapSyrxx oh really, I guess It is more fun in the Philippines
@@xidjav1836 muse Asia is only available in South Asia and SEA
Giod news, there' s tagalog sub
They've already been cut out of my life 😁
Thanks for all the great videos, I always come back when I have nothing to watch lol
Going by the title I was hoping this would cover a different rumour that is going about, and that is that Japanese companies are trying to avoid Sony owned companies due to their growing monopoly. The main source of this being that titles that CR has had for years, they are suddenly loosing to other companies, JoJo to Netflix and Lupin to Sentai.
They aren't avoiding them, they are just being offered more money for some properties. Do you honestly think a hypercapitalist country like Japan would care about Monopolies?
More likely Netflix probably just dropped more money than Cruncyroll was willing to give
@@Keihzaru Why are you asking me that? I didn't come up with this theory and I'm asking The Canipa Effect.
just happy to see other people read sakuga blog.
It's a shame Sony has to be the corporation with so much control.
really feels like you're having a go at some particular folks
You are the most informed & mature anituber (i.e,. An adult) wish I could multi-like your videos.
I'm surprised you didn't mention retrocrush who streams older series.
oh no
The only thing i want is for the "middle men" to have a better quality service. i fucking HATE funimation and crunchyroll. There sites and such are so fucking bad. it's ridiculous that there this bad knowing how much money they make. it pisses me off. Im at the point where im just gonna go to a pirate site and use a ad blocker. The main reason i even used crunchyroll in the first place was because i can watch the shows on there on my TV. but i just cant take how fucking trash the app is. i use my ps4 to watch it on and i came across a bug that whenever i fast forwarded it woild make a ear piercing sound while the anime plays. So if i wanted to go back and appreciate the amazing animation i couldnt. Ive never experienced anything like it and that was when the line was crossed. Its pathetic when pirate sites have better video players then the "official" place.
Thank you for making this
I am curious about the Muse Asia situation. Is the youtube money enough?
If I'm not wrong they're not just in RUclips
Already Been subscribed to animelog. Thing is...I don't know if I'll be interested in the anime they've published so far. Anyone got recommendations?
Is anime just too "small" of an industry for this to not be considered a monopoly on Sony's part?
It is easy to pirate anime that is why
Ooh. This will be juicy. This is such a relevant topic. Fans need a good update and contrast to what was a “given” just 5 years ago… and still assumed to be true.
Cutting out Crunchy and Funi is how you get Khara's attempts at localisation.
Uuuh that's the perfect way to distribute anime...
@@TomsonPRD Except it leads to weird translations like "Third Children" instead of "Third Child". Shinji is only one person so why refer to him in the plural?
@@thee2724
Also the "You're worthy of my grace" line, which is 4Kids level of localization right there.
@@TheSHIELDCap Not sure about the 4Kids comparison but think the only problem with that line is it being too literal. Still accurate but could've definitely been worded better.
@@thee2724
"You're worthy of my grace" truly IS a 4Kids-worthy translation hack. They awkwardly reword Kaworu's "I love you" out of irrational terror over homosexual undertones.
Why do the work yourself when you can have someone else do it for you? That what it comes down to the end. I just worry that they will try and make anime appeal to much to western taste.. Then again we got oddtaxi this year so it can't be all that bad.
and just so people know Cruchy was on the production commite for Oddtaxi :)
The moral of the vidfeo is: censorship is inevitable.
6:03 never trust any video made by Hero Hei. He basically gets anything from Twitter and makes dramas bigger than it really were. Really with no effort and trustworthy source and I still don’t know why there’s a loyal cult following him.
Same reason why we have Info Wars and the likes. His fans have a pre existing bias and he panders to that.
And just like them, there's a decent chance he's aware the stuff is saying is a load of baloney, but why reach for the truth when you can make a quick buck by saying exactly.what your followers wanna hear.
Because he's right most of the time
@@xXDESTINYMBXx
So you're a grifter just like him? He and his fellow grifters lied about AnimeLog.
@@TheSHIELDCap show me where he lied.
@@xXDESTINYMBXx
I remember a video about AnimeLog with the tag of "This will be the end of Funimation and Crunchyroll" because they're gonna put anime on RUclips for free...
Except it was only in Japan and it's more on classic anime, mostly from World Masterpiece Theatre. Which is, there's no seasonal anime.
With Sony being a Japanese company, essentially Crunchyroll and Funimation are now distributed by a Japanese company with American middlemen.
Sony is not japanese anymore for quite a few years already
Good.
I'll just appreciate any person who makes anime more accessible for other people while also making money for others working on that anime,maybe someday
While it would be great to have better websites, more money going to translators and a distribution of profit more focused on the anime studios themselves, people don't really care about that.
The worry about cutting out Crunchyroll and Funimation stems mostly from "wokeness" controversies created by anime youtubers, overblown to the point of making people believe in some culture war nonsense. These people criticize american companies for "censoring" anime, and then procede to watch their seasonal ecchi show that was actually funded by these same american companies.
Go look for the production committee of your favorite lewd or "anti-woke" show. More often than not, you'll find that the show only happened through funding from these same american corporations.
Don't fall for the narrative created by these anime youtubers. They are just fishing for views.
Its funny how rev says desu is such a shield hero simp, specially because that was the one show that “triggered” feminists, yet he has no idea that shield hero was co-produced and funded by Crunchyroll
As long as it's not Netflix, It's fine
Or the free Ani Mix play
Oh, but let me tell you something in case you haven't noticed already. Starting this season, Netflix is "SIMULCASTING," but the catch being a two-week delay from the Japanese premiere.
Those reaction channels are extremely dangerous. They are either irresponsible or outright malicious.
They read a Tweet and say the first thing everyone though with the added narrative of a clear enemy. This result in the oversimplification of complex topics to a fairy tale of good vs evil. They're part of the reason why anime community is getting so polarized.
Mostly is weird incel weaboos that think that slight line changes are a new culture war they will fight. It's all so pathetic.
@@Keihzaru didn't know not liking the "creative liberties" crunchyroll and funimation make when translating and dubing anime made me a incel.
@@MrToonlink53 If you are getting bent out of shape over a character from some generic rom com saying "sus" then yeah, you more than likely are an incel. The pfp from an ecchi anime doesn't help.
Because they think Japanese anime is pure and untouched by Western SJWs. And anyone messing with their content should burn in hell.
It's funny because on AniLog's channel, from day one, it said very clearly that they are going to upload classic and family-friendly shows. And yet, there are still people out there thinking that they will be able to watch One Piece and Naruto on there. Even today.
@@MrToonlink53
You're complaining about "creative liberties" that Funi and Crunchyroll did on translating and dubbing anime while praising the dub of Neon Genesis Evangelion on Netflix with their awkward reword of Kaworu's "I love you" out of irrational terror over homosexual undertones.
I fucking WISH they were trying it. Funimation and Crunchyroll quality is awful.
bruh you get to watch for free, you have no right to complain about quality when you ain't paying anything to watch it
Then pirate. Some like them, some like you don't. Simple.
If they want to complain about censorship altering the production of anime, they should complain about the Chinese market, which has a larger market share then the US market, instead of the US market.
I wouldn't say it's larger per se. But it is incredibly important to the Japanese companies. In the same token, neither AoT nor My Hero could legally make money in China, that doesn't stop the two series making TONS of money elsewhere. There are still Japanese executives publicly lamenting the fact they cannot make money from China for the two series.
In US, physical release is still very important and brings in a lot of revenue, it is not just about streaming. But in China, very few people own physical releases, its revenue stream is mostly dominated by digital and theatrical releases. Official merchandise is a little hard to evaluate for both markets.
Overall, I would not characterize one market is bigger or smaller than the other, even with China's larger population. You can make money from anime in many different ways. Different regions have different consumption habits. But one thing is for sure, these two markets are INCREDIBLY important and Japanese productions will cater to both consciously and subconsciously whether you like it or not, not because they want bend over for the censorship, they are bending over for the money. Anime is a business after all. They go where the money is. US and China has the money, they will bend over to get that money, including changing the show so legal revenue streams can be secured.
@@xxMapSyrxx I agree that the companies are bending to money, whether it's China money or US money. Sometimes I see people upset when the companies bend over to the other side, but very happy when the companies bend to their own side.
Overall, when people upset about these kind of things, they're upset about the result of the companies bend over to the money, whether it's censorship, social/political agenda or other things. And it seems that it won't change for the foreseeable future and these kind of things would continue to happen.
Crunchyroll is owned by AT&T via the Time Warner acquisition
5:30 oh geee I wonder what garbage channels those are 😂😂
Wait wait wait, Bandia Visual US was established in 2005? But Bandia Visual US is the company that brought over titles like Cowboy Bebop and Outlaw Star in the early 00s.
That's under the name Bandai Entertainment. Bandai Entertainment was more American-based. Bandai Visual USA is more Japan-based.
Kinda amazing how many of these comments clearly didn't watch the video long enough to know that Japanese media conglomerates already have ownership over the middlemen fearmongers think are planning to destroy anime. It's only 7 minutes long, cmon.
I really think so much that Daisuki should have merged with crunchyroll
I hope that the Japanese does make their own with better services and no drama
Funimation is owned by Aniplex a huge Japanese anime company
@@danielalmeida7382 yeah, all this money flows back to japan in the end lol
"I hope that the Japanese make their own with better services and no drama."
*Bandai Visual USA and Daisuki says "Hi".*
@@TheSHIELDCap “said hi”
@@danielalmeida7382 you mean sony
First today!
when i saw the screenshot at 6:05 i immediately knew who would do such shit content
I don't like the idea of sony having everything so I hope they fail enough to be the only "man" in the industry.
Also, I would like to suggest changing the sponsor, I read some articles about it and... they're not exactly "saints".
You've kinda gotta accept that fact with sponsors, tbh. They're literally needed for smaller content creators, and are also hard to come by, at that size. You've also gotta consider that most sponsors will rely on RUclipsrs to sell, which usually means their products are far from the best quality one can find in their respective categories (any actual review of raycons reveals that, although they're technically proficient, they're not good sounding, even for their reduced price, for example).
@@radiofloyd2359 I agree with you. I personally don't trust Opera, but if its money can help the creators I like then, ok.
@@adynat0n Agreed. I used opera once (came pre-installed with some kinda shady program I installed), and absolutely hated it, and immediately saw how it tried to exploit the user.
However, you just can't fault RUclipsrs for accepting money for promoting programs that, although exploitative, aren't in any major way harmful.
@@radiofloyd2359 WAIT WAIT WAIT. Sponsored contents are good and I want the channel to have them as much as they need. My problem is with this particular sponsor. Money are money, ok, but if they come from, you know, not so clear source I would like to reject them.
@@manakajunpei9007 get sponsor block, it's free and automatically skips the sponsored segment
"Didn't offer many shows"
Funimation and Crunchyroll, and now Netflix and even Amazon have always done exclusive contracts, they've *always* done exclusive contracts. They don't pay rates higher now than they always have. You're arguing that artists don't want to be liberated from region-lock licensing. The reason we, as a community, hate this involvement of Sony, especially, is they can't be trusted with entertainment. Crunchyroll and Funimation, especially, have engaged in censorship. Netflix to a much lesser (yet increasing) degree.
With the merger of CR under Funimation, piracy has and will continue to increase. Netflix is probably going to consume most of these licenses, and I'd love to see an Anime-Only Netflix option which is slightly lower price but yields higher payouts to studios/publishers in order to get all licenses other than Sony owned ones, and force Sony to either compete with a fully uncensored anime experience from Japan, or continue to allow Funimation to activist-dub/sub anime.
"lower price but yields higher payouts to studios"
That sure would be nice. Too bad you can't create money out of thin air. Those payouts have to come from somewhere - if not subscriptions, then where?
Neither Funimation or Crunchyroll censor anime. They are only allowed to upload what they receive from Japan and are forbidden from making any edits.
@@thee2724 that's a lie.
Or Crunchyroll is braking they contracts without being caught,as Crunchyroll has changed subs of animes from they original material.
@@XxjeffersonDkidxX Any specific examples? And please don't mention the "sus" in Nagatoro, we're trying to have a serious discussion here.
@@erufailon4723 Afaik, there's literal censorship (cropping, for example) in a particularly disgusting rape scene in the newest SAO. Although I'm not against those edits (I think they're tasteful), that is objectively censorship, and, iirc, it was done by FUNimation.
Similar things happened with the redo of healer thing.
CLOWNfish tv DESTROYED with FACTS and LOGIC
On the more serious note, I do concern with how Sony's Western branch (which is now their current HQ) proceeds to censors and age-gap a lot of anime-styled games by small devs with no consideration though, they even cut a lot of members of Sony Japan Studio to the point of having many key developers behind Bloodborne and even Gravity Rush to quit the company in recent years, which is pretty much out of the bounds of Funimation nor Crunchyroll but more of the decisions by Sony Executives to focused solely of Western AAA games, even they practically have none for Japanese AAA games in their latest stream event which concerns me
Censorship of anime style games are completely different from censoring actual anime, even after the purchase by Sony Funimation still continued to put uncensored anime on their platform
Sony focusing on western games makes sense since console gaming is a lot more popular in the west than it is in japan. Mobile games, gachapon and like other handhelds do really well in japan compared to console and PC gaming.
Unfortunately this results in Sony having to close down on niche japanese games because sadly they will never be an Uncharted or a Last of Us. It's literally all about business, not censorship. Why put thousands in Senran Kagura when you can make billions in God of War.
Sony's HQ is still in Tokyo. It only takes one Google search to factcheck that.
@@erufailon4723 Sony has many subdivisions, where the HQ is located is pretty much irrelevant in this question
I find it funny that you say these companies know the market better. Because if they did, they wouldn't be censoring shows to oblivion or region locking them, or anything else that pisses people off. Heck, I'd happily PAY MORE MONEY for them to stop screwing with the shows they are meant to be selling to us. Script writers who shoehorn in their own political beliefs, or screens that are so censored we may as well be looking at a black screen, for example, is not appreciated.
There's a problem with this "script writers are inserting their own political beliefs" drivel. How many dubs have ACTUALLY made political statements? As in, taken out a chunk of dialogue to replace it with some kind of anti-capitalist manifesto for one. Not some rinky-dink line change. I'm talking an overhaul to a major plot point.
And also, most of these companies had released uncut and uncensored anime in DVD and Blu-ray. You're always relying on simulcasts. There's more than that.
I do think we need another Mythbusters to address censorship, because it really doesn't happen on the US side anymore. The "shoehorning their own political beliefs" thing is also massively rare. People still bring up the same examples from 6 years ago.
@@TheCanipaEffect have u seen worlds end harem? They truly know what they are doing. Kekeke
@@JK-tx5em
Except that World's End Harem is heavily censored by some Japanese TV stations.
Weird weaboos feud on crunchyroll is so hilarious and futile.
@Khalil Gamble‘ Some comments here even seem to think that a free service with little ads would even be profittable. Probably a lot of them aren't even older than 15.
Bad translations, low video quality, they don't even bother to translate most OP's and ED's, there video is often sourced from broadcast instead of the Blu Ray's, no matter how you cut it Crunchyroll is objectively worse than Nyaa, which is also free. I can totally get shitting on it.
@@pandaman2234 you expect the simulcast, coming out a few hours after initial broadcast, to be sourced from blurays that don't even exist yet?
Nyaa isn "free" it's piracy, you are not even supporting the people behind the properties you are watching...
@@Keihzaru
1. Why can't they update the video after the Blu Ray comes out? They are making billions, they can't afford to do something simple fans do for free?
2. You are not "supporting the creator's" with your Crunchyroll subscription. The writers, animators, directors, ect... have already been paid what they are going to be paid. They don't get shit from Crunchyroll. At best you are supporting the executives of the companies on the production committee for the anime, which is something I don't care about doing. Mostly you are just supporting Crunchyroll, which is also something I don't care about doing.
@@pandaman2234 1.Because the bluray is precisely to be sold as a bluray, you do understand that's why they even make them right? Oh the fans illegaly upload their products for free? I wonder why they don't do the same, it's almost as things needed to run a profit...
2. And you think that series you are pirating will continue being made if it doesn't turn a profit from streaming and sales?
You are definetly a 15 year old.
the problem is these companies are starting to go to far in localizing changing things to fit a certain subsect of people's sensabilities and the majority of anime fans including those like myself who cant enjoy subbed anime are getting worried about it if not out right annoyed or angry. and before anyone can ask, let me know how well you can enjoy a show if you had to pause every time the subs changed to stop to read them cause of a dissability. completely ruins the headspace and makes following things extremely difficult. trust me id LOVE to watch anime subbed but i litterally cant enjoy it that way then it becomes work to sit there hitting play and pause every second to read things
Outrage RUclipsrs always complain about that sort of thing, but the number of times it’s actually happened can be counted on one hand… compared to the thousands of episodes that they dub with no incident.
@@jaybeans981 i hope you are right, i really do. but given the shit sony has been pulling with videogames i cant help being worried. also id say more then one hand since 4kids was a thing and i worry sony might go the 4kids route
I was there for 4kids. The shit that you’re upset Sony is doing? A drop in the ocean compared to what 4kids did. They are leagues apart.
As for their game divisions, I can’t speak for them but I think it’s less due to moral prejudices as it is Sony being a corporation and corporations wanting to make the most amount of money possible. As another comment put it, they could make a couple thousand dollars doing a new Senran Kagura game… or they could make millions with another God of War. It’s less “oh, [insert demographic here] is pushing Sony to remove their sexy titles” as it is “oh, Sony is trying to gather a broader audience and focusing on games which cover a wider demographic, as it’s a safer bet for a return.”
I get why you’re upset with that. But I’d say it’s less of a moral decision and more of a financial one. You want tiddy games? Prove to Sony that it would be profitable to ship them out.
@@jaybeans981 and yet the same games, key example, DMC5, were not given that same treatment on other platforms. and yes we know at least with gaming it was a "moral" decission cause they out right said it was the reason when confronted on it and pointed to a group they put togethor similar to twitters trust and safety council. but again i hope you are right with the anime section, cause toher games i can go to other platforms to get those uncensored...well save first party stuff
@@jaybeans981 im mor talking about actively censoring/changing things when they localize things then i am about just not doing something in favor of something else in this case
Dear Canipa, these sponsor ads really make the experience of watching your videos worse. I understand why you are doing it, but, after all the work you put in your editing them... those ads really destroy the flow of the videos, and thus, generate less likes and reduce your view count in the long run.
I don't think the ads actually have that much effect on viewcounts or anything. It's something I addressed on Twitter and Patreon, but without sponsored content, I wouldn't be able to continue making videos at all.
Funimation is a really shitty place, and now they’re just trying everyone’s patience with this attempt to monopolize. That company just isn’t worth it.
God I wish they would cut out Crunchyroll and Funimation
Cutting out Crunchyroll and Funimation shows how Studio Khara did with their localizations.
Honestly if the publishers got together made a free service with reasonable ads most people would use it
Yeah and it would go bankrupt in less than a month...
I actually wanted this myth to be true tho...
Having something directly from Japan would be the best,no drama no misinterpretation,no politics and more importantly *NO CENSORSHIP*
Just the anime from the makers to the audience,no middle man.
Sadly it's more likely that the companies will be calified like Sony, embracing fake wokeness and corporatism.
Except companies like Sony (through Aniplex) literally fund series like Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs. Sony isn't gonna censor or alter anime.
@@thee2724 then I see no problem.
I like when Sony make they own shows.
I Just don't like when distributers do things like changing subtitles, to be more "hip with the kids" like making a character say *"sus"* ,totally ignoring the authors vision and intent.
@@XxjeffersonDkidxX Oh not the sus argument again. I really think that's a non issue. The characters were using Japanese teenage slang so it's pretty appropriate to localize that for an American equivalent. It's a good translation and honors the intent well
I think you’re blowing the “censorship” whistle more than you think. Crunchyroll partially funded Shield Hero and Funi was on the production committee for Fire Force, and both of those series don’t have any “censorship”.
Not to mention that what “censorship” is varies depending on which person uses the term. If an anime adaption tones down the sexuality from a manga, is that censorship or the director’s decision? Keijo had nipples in the manga but none in the anime, and there is no indication that any western force was behind that choice.
I just hate crunchyroll and funimation and refuse to give them my money. The "creative decisions" they do with the dubs is one of many reasons
Their dubs are literally fine, dude. Anything suspect is likely from the influence of the Japanese side of things anyways.
Or they're based on people comparing to a Google Translate...
@@TheCanipaEffect I just don't like shitty punched up dialogue that not only dates it but even sounds weird when put next to the subs they produce lol. All I'm saying
For a long time Japan was like "ohh thx for the big money, we dont care if you make it shit" but as funimation and their ilks after sabotage transations now try to sneak into the creative commitees of anime/manga to change them to "modern sensibilities" in Japan, growing numbers of japanese fans, animators, mangakas are awaken to the threat and actively try to fight against it and the recent incident at Kadokawa about censorship it seems like maybe something will change in the future for the better.
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Funimation’s parent company Aniplex literally made Eromanga Sensei after that I have no fears that they would want to change anime just to be “more acceptable to western audiences”
Source: Trust me dude.
Posts I saw about that truly hammered in the stunning realization of "these people's opinions will never matter". Anyone saying this cannot possibly be expected to be taken seriously, because that take requires fundamental misunderstandings about how this industry works. Kadokawa isn't cutting out any middlemen, they're just expanding operations on the cheap in a direct manner.
By the way, the companies Kadokawa has decided to work with for this venture include *MediBang,* a company notorious for its slave wages and low quality output. Anyone celebrating this as a victory is cutting off their own nose to spite their face.
But of course, these people would go *"bUT At leAST LOW QUAlity slaVE transLATions Aren't wOKE!"*