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Crunchyroll was originally an anime piracy site that went legit and started actually licensing content later. They started in mid-2006, got VC funding in 2008,
by techjamie 1y ago
Crunchyroll was originally an anime piracy site that went legit and started actually licensing content later. They started in mid-2006, got VC funding in 2008, then made their first licensing deal in 2009.
https://www.forbes.com/2009/08/04/online-anime-video-technology-e-gang-09-japan.html#18aa3f54576a https://www.forbes.com/2009/08/04/online-anime-video-technol...
https://venturebeat.com/business/crunchyroll-for-pirated-anime-content/ https://venturebeat.com/business/crunchyroll-for-pirated-ani...
- haiku2077 1y agoGood Old Games started out with the founders selling pirated games on disc at local markets.
- techjamie 1y agoPirated games translated to Polish if possible, because game devs weren't catering to the market with translations, and Poland didn't respect foreign copyright.
- Cyph0n 1y agoYep, they were huge too - virtually anyone who watched free anime back then would have known about them. My theory is that once they saw how much traffic they were getting, they realized how big of a market (subbed/dubbed) anime was.
- Shank 1y agoAnd now Crunchyroll is owned by (through a lot of companies, like Aniplex of America, Aniplex, A1 Pictures) Sony, who produces a large amount of anime!