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NEWS: Crunchyroll to Simulcast Otome Yokai Zakuro Anime

I know CR's staff sometimes lurks on this site, so I ask: how many series do you anticipate you will be streaming this year? 9 new ones thus far is pretty impressive so I'm not going to press my luck by listing any I might want, but I am curious whether this is the final one or not.

Of course, its not only Crunchyroll who may have a substantial number of pick-ups ~ Funimation may be holding their big announcements for NYAF, after all ~ and some production committees may not finalize a deal with Crunchyroll until they know for sure whether Funimation has passed on the stream.

They seem to have learned their lesson, dropping the "?" boxes and only telling people to basically "stay tuned" rather than making over-reaching comments about having a lot more to come.

They have not dropped the [?] boxes: today's announcement of Otome Yokai Zakuro filled in a [?] box. But they have not had any dates attached to [?] boxes, and the much smaller number likely indicates they do not put any up unless there is a gap between when something is signed and when its agreed to make an announcement.

There is also actually changes in the reality of things:

2 seasons ago online streaming negotiations were still very very new, and after 6 months there really is somewhat less uncertainty about things. Hence less ? boxes and less changing goalposts.