Me in the future: “Nobody watches anime anymore. It’s too popular”

Ampere Analysis sees that anime has become a mainstream culture in the U.S. and Europe with significant potential for expansion from $31.2 billion in 2023 to $60.1 billion by 2030.

Spotify (SPOT) also reported an increase of 395% in anime music streams since 2021.

  • wjs018@ani.socialM
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    16 days ago

    Man, if only Disney could figure out how to promote the anime that it has rights to, it might actually make some money with Disney+ (probably not though). Instead, they are all left to wither away in Disney jail.

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      16 days ago

      Which anime are they letting rot like this? Anywhere I can find a list? I’d like to make sure I have archived copies, obtained some other way, since they won’t let me pay for them.

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        16 days ago

        Some recent ones I can think of would be Undead Unluck and Go Go Loser Ranger. I did find this list. I think some of these might also be available on Hulu (mostly owned by Disney iirc) as well. However, I am on mobile and can’t really double check right now.

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    16 days ago

    Netflix are so fucking terrible for anime, though. The way they handle “simulcasts” is absolutely embarrassing, and their exit from the industry cannot come a moment too soon.

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        16 days ago

        Netflix 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.

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          16 days 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.

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            15 days 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.

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            15 days 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.

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              14 days 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.

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              14 days ago

              I had forgotten about TP-Bon, which gave the bot some headaches. So…they might be improving, but far from ideal.

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    16 days ago

    Earlier this month I started watching Dungeon Meshi for the first time and I liked it so much I watched through the japanese english and german dubs. If Netflix keeps making shows like it I’ll keep paying