Fans Are In Mourning Over Funimation's Split With Crunchyroll
Today, the anime fandom was given a grim reminder, and it had nothing to do with Attack on Titan. [...]
Markets Gone Wild
prevnextThis is a good observation. There was a very real threat, a couple of years ago, that Netflix and/or Amazon could've just decided to push CR and Funi out of the market they'd created-- they had the leverage and capital to do that. Good thing Amazon Strike sucked lol!! https://t.co/jxJLRCKEKd
— Mike Toole (@MichaelToole) October 18, 2018
Let The PR Battle Begin
prevnextVariety: "According to Fukunaga, the deal with Crunchyroll “ended amicably this month.”"
Crunchyroll: "Unfortunately, Funimation has decided to go their separate way, and this partnership will be winding down on Friday, November 9th."https://t.co/MhcBm9jABE
— The Tomb of Zacula (@ActionZacku) October 18, 2018
Alexa, Play Us A Sad Song, Yeah?
prevnextNot only is Funimation breaking up with VRV, but Crunchyroll as a whole as well. What the fuck happened?
— Noah ✨??♀️ (@OnelnLemillion) October 18, 2018
Baby, Come Back!
prevnextit was so much better with the partnership; crunchyroll for subs and funimation for dubs. It was easy to understand and very easy to find what you wanted to watch on VRV T-T crunchyroll and funimation was such a good partnership i hope you’ll go back to it ;-;
— Sora!! (@PiplupGoku) October 18, 2018
Step Back Into The Past
prevnextVery disheartened by this. Really loved getting basically every new show dubbed by @FUNimation. Disappointed it’s reverting back to how it used to be ?
— Craigs68 (@craigs68) October 18, 2018
Hulu, The Dark Horse of Anime
prevnextHere's my response to Crunchyroll and Funimation no longer being partners:
I have Hulu.
— BlueEyes (@BlueEyed1412) October 18, 2018
Drake Goes In For Otakus
prevnextCrunchyroll-hime: Do you love me?
— YonkouProductions (@YonkouProd) October 18, 2018
Funimation: Only partly, I only love my bed and my Sony I'm sorry.
And The Custody Battle Begins
prevnextIt looks like @Crunchyroll and @FUNimation are having a divorce. Time to cancel my CR subscription since most of their good shows were from Funimation anyway.
— Del Rey Amontillado (@Con_Impunidad) October 18, 2018
It Was Too Good To Last
prevWith Sony in control of Funimation the split with them and Crunchyroll makes more sense now it's a damn shame though I really liked VRV it was the best of both worlds but it looks like that subscription will have to end and go back to dual subs to both again man this really blows pic.twitter.com/tcGncfE6j7
— iSoH Spooky (@JustiSoH) October 18, 2018