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Honestly I never understood why Netflix didn't make a stronger push to acquire them, it's such a great addition to their existing offerings and would boost thei
by smaili 6y ago
Honestly I never understood why Netflix didn't make a stronger push to acquire them, it's such a great addition to their existing offerings and would boost their customer base as well.
- cmauniada 6y agoIf I had to guess, I would say because they would rather spend more cash on creating new content than acquiring niche content distribution that’s already out there. On top of that, the target audience has a big overlap. People who use crunchyroll most likely have Netflix accounts already. So it probably wouldn’t benefit them significantly.
- klmadfejno 6y agoI think Netflix's anime push is really strong if their goal is to get non-anime-dorks to watch anime. Most anime is pretty terrible, not unlike most tv, but unlike mainstream tv in that it has tons of uncomfortable sexism or weird pedo-inclinations. I find Netflix tends to only grab the better chunk of whats out there, and is funding some really strong original content, which I think is above the quality threshold of some of their live action shows (Great Pretender, BNA, Aggretsuko come to mind). I don't typically expect to like a random anime, but I'm trending towards changing that opinion if I encounter it on Netflix and I don't see a tasteless panty shot of a young girl in the first 30 minutes.