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NEWS: Crunchyroll to Remove Mekaku City Actors, The Idol Master, La Corda d'Oro, More Anime


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LegitPancake



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 15, 2021 12:44 pm Reply with quote
Crunchyroll attributes all of these to Aniplex of America, but aren't most of these probably licensed straight from Aniplex Japan? AoA's website makes no mention of Idolmaster, Dog Days, etc, so it sounds like Aniplex of Japan is just non-renewing these with CR.
(86 is kinda similar, CR says it's AoA but the latter has never mentioned it on their twitter or website.)
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 15, 2021 12:45 pm Reply with quote
I really hope someone like Discotek can license Wandering Son, that show is so important to me... I'm going to have to binge it while it's still on VRV then!
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 15, 2021 12:53 pm Reply with quote
kyokun47 wrote:
I really hope someone like Discotek can license Wandering Son, that show is so important to me... I'm going to have to binge it while it's still on VRV then!


It's Aniplex so that won't be happening.
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 15, 2021 12:56 pm Reply with quote
Sorry to hear about Dog Days leaving because that show never got a physical release in NA.
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BigOnAnime
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 15, 2021 1:01 pm Reply with quote
kyokun47 wrote:
I really hope someone like Discotek can license Wandering Son, that show is so important to me... I'm going to have to binge it while it's still on VRV then!
Not happening. The moment Discotek would try to license it, Aniplex Japan would slam the door in Discotek's face. For the past couple of years, Aniplex Japan has worked exclusively with Aniplex USA. If you're not Aniplex USA, you can't license or renew Aniplex Japan titles (here's a blog post of mine from years back showing the situation). So far the only exception has been RightStuf who was allowed to renew Sound of the Sky and relicense Gravitation for Blu-ray. Everyone else was losing their Aniplex Japan titles and weren't able to get anything in a long time. For instance, the last time Sentai Filmworks was able to license an Aniplex Japan title was Rurouni Kenshin: New Kyoto Arc in 2013 (the license has since expired). Here's what Jerome of Manga UK had to say back in 2016.
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This is interesting if you are a #Baccano fan. #ANiplex is taking back all of its licenses and refusing to renew them. #AnimeLtd have them....for UK though. Aniplex want a bigger slice of the pie. Not content with sublicensing their library. Won't allow box sets. Wont allow...companies like Manga to handle digital rights etc. #AnimeWar2016
https://fandompost.vbulletin.net/forum/anime-manga-discussions/us-blu-ray-dvd-and-simulcast-industry-news/909-fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood-funimation-release?p=563233#post563233

All of these expiration dates for Aniplex titles ended up being accurate. Note that a few Sentai Filmworks Aniplex titles weren't on Hulu, those have since expired. Those were: Guin Saga, Hell Girl S2-S3, La Corda D'Oro: Primo Passo (note that show has been on CR well before Sentai ever licensed it), Le Portrait de Petite Cosette, and Xam'd: Lost Memories.
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Hulu expiration dates - Aniplex edition (subject to change):

- 03/31/16: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
- 03/31/16: Fullmetal Alchemist: The Conqueror of Shamballa
- 07/31/16: Fullmetal Alchemist
- 10/14/16: Birdy the Mighy: Decode
- 10/28/16: Sound of the Sky (via Manga Ent)
- 12/31/16: Wagnaria!!2

- 02/09/17: Sekirei (Note: Season 2 currently not on Hulu)
- 05/29/17: Black Butler
- 08/02/17: Angel Beats!
- 08/12/17: Night Raid 1931

- 06/01/18: Mardock Scramble: The First Compression
- 06/02/18: Mardock Scramble: The Second Combustion
- 06/30/18: Black Butler II
- 06/30/18: Shiki
- 07/02/18: No.6
- 08/31/18: Darker Than Black Season 2
- 10/02/18: Persona 4: The Animation
- 11/02/18: A-Channel: The Animation
- 12/01/18: Inu X Boku Secret Service
- 12/31/18: Mardock Scramble: The Third Exhaust

- 03/12/19: Rurouni Kenshin: New Kyoto Arc
- 04/01/19: tsuritama

- 10/12/20: Guilty Crown

- 06/30/22: Black Butler: Book of Circus
https://fandompost.vbulletin.net/forum/anime-manga-discussions/us-blu-ray-dvd-and-simulcast-industry-news/7577-free-legal-streaming-anime-master-list-v2?p=540064#post540064

Guilty Crown was supposed to expire, but it seems because of the power struggle over the fate of Aniplex USA and FUNimation being owned by Sony (Aniplex is owned by Sony Music Entertainment Japan), they were allowed to renew the license. The only possible avenue beyond Aniplex USA at this point is FUNimation and they show no interest in older titles, it's quite uncommon for them to pursue and release titles more than a few years old on home video at this point.
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Blanchimont



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 15, 2021 1:34 pm Reply with quote
Blood- wrote:
Sorry to hear about Dog Days leaving because that show never got a physical release in NA.

At least those 2 got a streaming window. The only place to watch Dog Days'' (season 3) in English officially when it was simulcast(on Crunchy) was in a few countries in South-East Asia...

I've watched all three seasons a few times, and I'd love for someone to license it in its entirety. But someone on Aniplex's side seem to be hellbent on giving it the Ro-Kyu-Bu! treatment...
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 15, 2021 2:23 pm Reply with quote
I had been wanting to rewatch Miracle Train, so I guess I better get on that.
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 15, 2021 5:27 pm Reply with quote
OH, GOD, FOUR OF THESE ARE ON MY PLAN TO WATCH LIST! I’LL NEVER GET THEM ALL DONE IN TIME!

EDIT: It has come to my attention that two of them are available on Funimation, which I’m also subscribed to, so there’s that.

Blood- wrote:
Sorry to hear about Dog Days leaving because that show never got a physical release in NA.


Agreed! That could change one day, though, if Aniplex of America decides to finally license it. (I specifically said Aniplex of America because, you know, Aniplex....)


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PostPosted: Thu Apr 15, 2021 5:27 pm Reply with quote
And this is why, while I do subscribe to CR and Funi, I will always hate streaming over physical. One day a deal falls apart and a show that you always meant to start, always meant to finish, or were just getting ready to rewatch vanishes into the digital ether. And there is nothing you can do about it.
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 15, 2021 5:31 pm Reply with quote
Xavon wrote:
And this is why, while I do subscribe to CR and Funi, I will always hate streaming over physical. One day a deal falls apart and a show that you always meant to start, always meant to finish, or were just getting ready to rewatch vanishes into the digital ether. And there is nothing you can do about it.


To be fair, the same thing can happen with physical media. If a distrib's license isn't renewed, the title becomes OOP. Depending on the title, you'll probably still be able to find it on the secondary market, but generally for a nice little mark-up. And some rarer titles you can't get for love or money.
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 15, 2021 5:45 pm Reply with quote
kyokun47 wrote:
I really hope someone like Discotek can license Wandering Son, that show is so important to me... I'm going to have to binge it while it's still on VRV then!

Same. Honestly none of the other shows leaving appealed to me (only completed Dog Days and Idolmaster and dropped the rest), but Wandering Son is in my top 5 of all time. I've been waiting and waiting and waiting for a physical release here all these years; I guess I should've imported the separate volumes when they were still available as those are all out of print now.
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kwchou1



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 15, 2021 7:29 pm Reply with quote
So will most of these shows get picked up by someone else?
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Covnam



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 15, 2021 8:00 pm Reply with quote
La Corda D'Oro was an enjoyable music show from what I remember and Mitsudomoe was hilarious.
Hopefully Mitsudomoe can get a home release some day
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njprogfan
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 15, 2021 8:29 pm Reply with quote
Covnam wrote:
Hopefully Mitsudomoe can get a home release some day


I second this. Mitsudomoe is one damn funny show.
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ErikaD.D



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 15, 2021 10:34 pm Reply with quote
Won't be surprised if CR will remove all Aniplex animes in the nearly future, because I heard that most of these animes removed by CR are belong to Aniplex. Ironically, CR pick up and stream 86 -- which is belong to Aniplex.
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