Comment on Anime Boom Fuels Netflix's Growth
SatouKazuma@ani.social 4 weeks agoNetflix don’t simulcast. They always delay Western releases, too. The way they handled the US release of Violet Evergarden is forever unforgivable (making Americans wait three months after literally every other country on the fucking planet). I’ll pirate anything Netflix ever make for that. Fuck them.
wjs018@ani.social 4 weeks ago
They have gotten better about that. Dungeon Meshi was simulcast (at least within the same day), as is Orb this season. Netflix’s value proposition is pretty poor these days though after a series of price increases. This is especially true if you have a 4k TV and actually want to use it at full resolution since you need to pay a higher tier for 4k resolution.
SatouKazuma@ani.social 4 weeks ago
And yet they also fumbled Blue Box. Tbh anime piracy is the best value proposition in general, and I don’t see that changing.
zabadoh@ani.social 4 weeks ago
Netflix still does whole season drops of its original/exclusive shows (e.g. Kengan Ashura, TP-Bon, JoJoBA Stone Ocean), which kind of ruins the weekly episode anticipation slow burn.
A whole season is too much to digest, and without the weekly notifications, otherwise fine series just fade into the background.
Dungeon Meshi was an exception, for whatever reason that was released weekly.
Nori@ani.social 4 weeks ago
There are several simulcast Anime on Netflix right now, though. They are getting better at it and give every kind of viewer something. I mean they even give you the date for the next episode so they’re clearly aware of your kind of viewer.
wjs018@ani.social 4 weeks ago
I had forgotten about TP-Bon, which gave the bot some headaches. So…they might be improving, but far from ideal.