Friday, September 9, 2016

Crunchyroll and Funimation Team Up, Bringing Joy to Everyone


Today, anime streaming service titans announced that they were going to work together. Crunchyroll now offers titles from Funimation's summer simulcast. D. Dray-man Hallow, First Love Monster and Puzzle & Dragons X will be available on Crunchyroll. What's so awesome is that Cowboy Bebop, PSYCHO-PASS and Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash will follow suit. Dub-centric Funimation will host Crunchy summer anime 91 Days, Mob Psycho 100 and Orange. Later down the road Free -Iwatobi Swim Club and The Testament of Sister New Devil will follow suit.

This is all amazing, right? Yes it's incredible that anime viewers won't have to sway from different websites or services for their subbing and dubbing needs. Although both services are working together this is not by any means a merger. Funimation COO Mike  DuBouise said, “No. Funimation and Crunchyroll have entered into a distribution partnership. Our goal was not a merger. We will still continue to be separate companies serving the anime industry.”

This is pretty cool news. I am a super big anime fan. I wouldn't call myself an otaku or nerd about it but all my friends would. It's my favorite thing to watch other than comedies on Netflix. It's just so relaxing and chill late at night after work. I've had a Crunchyroll subscription for over a year now and I've seen so much great anime there. They stay super updated to all the latest stuff. It's great.

I'll write about some of the better anime I've seen on Crunchyroll sometime. Good day for anime fans.

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