I remember when Crunchyroll was a pirate site just like all the others. This was many many years ago now. Kinda reminds me of the start of Hollywood in a way.
How Crunchyroll became a global anime streaming empire | BBC News
Submitted 3 days ago by astro_ray@piefed.social to anime@ani.social
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2Bx-nQc4sc
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mesamunefire@piefed.social 3 days ago
mysweat@ani.social 3 days ago
It even still has some old fansubbed episodes from the pirate era. For example, if you look at the early Gintama episodes on CR, they’re actually subbed by Rumbel Subs.
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 2 days ago
There was actually an overlap period when they were licensing anime, but still has pirates titles in their site. It was bizarre that the Japanese companies didn’t notice.
rigatti@lemmy.world 3 days ago
The video is basically “wow anime is really popular right now” rather than a history of how Crunchy Roll became an animal streaming empire.
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 days ago
Step 1: be a pirate streaming site Step 2: be cool if kind of low quality Step 3: get sued and sell out so you don’t go to jail Step 4: somehow be a worse service for a decade as a legit operation Step 5: still have a shitty app with numerous bugs but at least stream quality is okay
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Step 6: Buy out or get bought out by various companies over time so there’s no serious competition or choice for consumers.
The only ethical consumption is piracy.
Quadrexium@sopuli.xyz 3 days ago
god i love animal
rigatti@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Haha I’m leaving it.
Phelpssan@lemmy.world 3 days ago
CR’s success is pretty much that + not having any real competition.
MyDarkestTimeline01@ani.social 3 days ago
They bought out their strongest competition. And they’re trying to ice out the last one.