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Amazon's Anime Strike Offers Downloadable Episodes, Free Monthly Manga Volumes

Why is everyone acting as if what amazon is doing is the equvalent of if funimation made it that you had to buy their service in order to buy cruchyrol's service. Which it's simply not the case. Everyone acting as if Prime is a through away service with not merit of it's own, that they have to buy in order to get Strike. Which is absurd.

The amount of perks you get from Prime is well worth the price and chances are you already own it for those perks. Now, they offer you an exclusive service for a small price that streams your niche hobby and you act as if it should be included in the already highly inclusive prime membership. Hell, my friend owns Prime primarily to watch Grand Tour, and you are bitch about paying extra 5 dollars for a possibly huge future catalogue of anime. Petty is what it seems like.

You're assuming people want Amazon Prime. I have no interest in it, so I'd get no value out if it. So yes, to watch the anime they have, I would have to pay $160 a year.

Rinkwolf wrote:

Why is everyone acting as if what amazon is doing is the equvalent of if funimation made it that you had to buy their service in order to buy cruchyrol's service. Which it's simply not the case. Everyone acting as if Prime is a through away service with not merit of it's own, that they have to buy in order to get Strike. Which is absurd. The amount of perks you get from Prime is well worth the price and chances are you already own it for those perks. Now, they offer you an exclusive service for a small price that streams your niche hobby and you act as if it should be included in the already highly inclusive prime membership. Hell, my friend owns Prime primarily to watch Grand Tour, and you are bitch about paying extra 5 dollars for a possibly huge future catalogue of anime. Petty is what it seems like.

Well once again, I already have Prime privileges from a relative. Yet I can't get Anime Strike unless I get Prime myself.

How do you call that a fair deal?

If you actually looked, you would find the value, there is so much offered with it that it's just petty to say it's not work it.

Also, just to put that in to perspective, they are asking you to pay them $13.33 a month with Strike. I love how every one is posting the yearly rate just to make a point because they know that if they post the monthly rate the argument will seem petty because that is what it actually is.

Dessa wrote:

You're assuming people want Amazon Prime. I have no interest in it, so I'd get no value out if it. So yes, to watch the anime they have, I would have to pay $160 a year.

If you actually looked, you would find the value, there is so much offered with it that it's just petty to say it's not work it. Also, just to put that in to perspective, they are asking you to pay them $13.33 a month with Strike. I love how every one is posting the yearly rate just to make a point because they know that if they post the monthly rate the argument will seem petty because that is what it actually is.

Rinkwolf wrote:

If you actually looked, you would find the value, there is so much offered with it that it's just petty to say it's not work it.

You are talking like a fanboy aka you think you are helping amazon with your "arguments" but TBT you are only pushing people farther away.

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Also, just to put that in to perspective, they are asking you to pay them $13.33 a month with Strike. I love how every one is posting the yearly rate just to make a point because they know that if they post the monthly rate the argument will seem petty because that is what it actually is.

So how about this, give me 44 cents each day, don't be petty, it is a worthless sum of money.

Are you providing me with services, why should I pay you anything? See the difference there. Amazon is offering you many services for 44cents a day

I can only assume anime strike is not doing well considering the huge amount of negativity among fans. Which has to get you wondering what will they do? Remove the double paywall? Not pick up as many shows? Dissolve completely? I hear people say "oh amazon has the money to wait this out! They dont care!" I think thats a stupid assumption to make. They took a chance, and got a ton of shows this season. From a business standpoint it would be dumb to continue investing in something thats not making you profit. It'll be interesting seeing how this pans out. Im all for them stepping out completely. But if the price is right and the anime i want is there i have no problem dropping CR or even paying for both.

I'm not versed on how Prime works but wouldn't having your relative upgrade to strike, give you access to it as well as you get Prime privileges on their behalf.

Also, kinda funny you want fairness from amazon when you don't want to exercise some of your own. You are getting Prime privileges on behalf of someone else, now they make you actually pay for the services you have been getting for free and you think it's unfair? Just saying.

GeorgH wrote:

ScruffyKiwi wrote: princess passa passa wrote: * Double Paywall * US only It's not USA only, or to be precise, international Amazon video users get access to the anime without the requirement to add the extra strike fee. Source? International Amazon video users only get access to selected series - in UK currently 3 spring-season simulcasts, and delays are common. Most older Anime Strike series are also unavaiable there. So you get less than a half of the content, but still have to pay over 100$ a year. I guess it's similar in CA or AU, but I can't prove it as they protected even the content-listings with a paywall & IP-wall there.

Amazon actually only has 3 shows this season, everything else comes from a NA based partnership.

It seems Sentai might be trying to get shows on PrimeVideo.com for Canadians, as 3 shows are on there, Sagrada Reset, Armed Girl's Machiavellism and Kabukibu!, but only the first episodes have been uploaded. Sentai hasn't made an official announcement this, and I can't get them or Amazon will tell what is going on with it. So that's why I say "might be", as there is zero info on it.