The FUNimation/Aniplex Merger

[RDG]

Well, THIS just came out of nowhere; FUNi, Wakanim and Madman are about to merge https://www.funimation.com/blog/son...iplex-announce-global-anime-streaming-merger/

 

[Vuxovich]

This means that Aniplex of America will no longer exist, huh?

 

[PicardMan]

So anime does this mean that Aniplex dubs will finally stream sooner than a year or so after the Blu Ray comes out? Does this also mean that we get dvds for less than $100?

 

[Gold Guy]

I thought it was odd how the English dubs for Fate/Zero and Fate/Stay Night: UBW were suddenly streaming on FUNimation...

 

[PicardMan]

I thought it was odd how the English dubs for Fate/Zero and Fate/Stay Night: UBW were suddenly streaming on FUNimation...

I know that Funimation and Aniplex probably have had some kind of deal for a while because Promised Neverland subs and subs for SAO season 3, as well as the dubs for seasons 1 and 2, are available. Anyway, I hope this adds to Funimation's library to make it an even bigger streaming service. We'll probably have to wait a while until the deal is finalized for Promised Neverland, Demon Slayer, and Cells at Work's dubs to stream. I'm hoping the merger lets them get the dubs to those three big Aniplex hits.

 

[Grenzer]

I don't like this. At the rate things are going, we might only have four or five anime licensing companies left in the US within two to three years. And if we have another recession that rocks the anime industry... that is not a lot of redundancy to absorb the shock.

 

[Daikun]

I don't like this. At the rate things are going, we might only have four or five anime licensing companies left in the US within two to three years. And if we have another recession that rocks the anime industry... that is not a lot of redundancy to absorb the shock.

Eh, these things come and go. Anime licensors appear and disappear in cycles. Back in the 80s, Streamline Pictures, Harmony Gold, and World Events Productions were king, then they were replaced in the 90s with Bandai, 4Kids, ADV, and Geneon. Now all those companies are gone and now we have Sentai Filmworks, Pony Canyon, Nozomi, and GKIDS.

If any anime studios disappear, then plenty more will pop up in their place.

 

[AdrenalineRush1996]

This means that Aniplex of America will no longer exist, huh?

Most likely.

 

[The Master C]

This means that Aniplex of America will no longer exist, huh?

I guess we'll know for sure if Fullmetal Alchemist/Brotherhood make their triumphant return to FunimationNow.

 

[jlaking]

This is a streaming platform merger, not a company merger. Nothing is really changing with this aside from content distribution among the 3 streaming services being merged into one for a more global audience. This is just a collaboration between Sony Pictures and Aniplex's streaming services. Their identities will remain unchanged, but they will share content. Only so far as they are capable of in each respective region these services cover. Production should be largely unaffected by this streaming service merger.

 

[PicardMan]

This is a streaming platform merger, not a company merger. Nothing is really changing with this aside from content distribution among the 3 streaming services being merged into one for a more global audience.

Don't know the details of this, but is this why Demon Slayer subs and the like have recently appeared? I guess Aniplex won't be absorbed into Funimation, but I was kinda rooting for it so we don't have to wait a year or two for Aniplex's dubs to stream. I hear rumors that it's actually Toonami buying exclusive streaming rights rather than Aniplex themselves that prevents the dubs from being streamed without a cable provider, but I don't know if this is true or not. Don't think Toonami is responsible for Viz shows, like JoJo parts 3-4 and the second half of HunterXHunter not being available to stream dubbed. Viz will probably stream those 2022 at the earliest knowing their track record of only streaming dubs YEARS after the hype dies. The fact that HunterXHunter's first half showed up dubbed on Netflix makes it look like Toonami doesn't get exclusive rights to Viz and Aniplex dubs like the rumors say. HunterXHunter's first half being available on Netflix at all dubbed is so confusing because that's so unlike Viz. Okay, I'm getting a little off topic as Aniplex dub streaming waits are probably a year or so after the Toonami broadcast at most, unlike Viz.

 

[nitwit07man]

Looks like the anime mafia is real. lol