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NEWS: Peacock Adds Free RetroCrush Streaming Anime Channel




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CastMember1991



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 11, 2021 8:05 pm Reply with quote
NBC had better promote this during the Olympics (if they happen). I would love to see an ad for it during the opening ceremony.
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Covnam



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 11, 2021 9:56 pm Reply with quote
A little bit odd since going through peacock seems like it just be an extra step (unless it's ad free?), but since I presume it's just to get it in front of more eyes, then nothing wrong here Smile
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KitKat1721



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 12, 2021 12:41 am Reply with quote
Ooh Story of Saiunkoku, I remember checking that out years ago because it was mentioned briefly on the Best of the 2000s ANNCast retrospective.
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chex mix



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 12, 2021 1:14 am Reply with quote
Covnam wrote:
A little bit odd since going through peacock seems like it just be an extra step (unless it's ad free?), but since I presume it's just to get it in front of more eyes, then nothing wrong here Smile


There's a free tier, but to unlock most of the shows you need a paid subscription. It's ad free. WWE network recently moved to peacock as well, they aren't playing around with acquiring content.
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 12, 2021 2:18 pm Reply with quote
I'm really hoping the Area 88 is the TV series and not the OAV. Been wanting to show it to a friend, and this would be a great way to do it. He's also been wanting to see Cromartie High School, so double bonus!
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 12, 2021 2:28 pm Reply with quote
RommieSG wrote:
I'm really hoping the Area 88 is the TV series and not the OAV. Been wanting to show it to a friend, and this would be a great way to do it.

The link in the article goes to the OVA's page. It seems like the TV series never made that much of an impact. Either that, or there's some other behind-the-scenes reason that's kept it from getting re-licensed by any other company since 2008.
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 12, 2021 5:16 pm Reply with quote
As a service on my Roku RetroCrush has a few bumps and bruises.

I chose to watch Juuni Kokuki ("Twelve Kingdoms") to see if RetroCrush, unlike Amazon, had the Japanese track with subtitles. It does. Without any sort of account, if I clicked on the player, I first saw two ads. That was all fine. However when I tried to figure out how to get the JP audio/EN subtitles tracks engaged, I made a wrong turn in the menus and ended up back at the home page. I restarted the video and again had to watch the same first ad and a different second one. I made a different mistake and ended up watching the first ad for the third time and one of the others.

That's just unacceptable. It's not that hard to put a cookie in my browser or Roku device that gives me a free pass for a while after I see the ads the first time.

On Roku, RetroCrush is its own service. Peacock isn't mentioned at all.
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 12, 2021 10:48 pm Reply with quote
Zalis116 wrote:
RommieSG wrote:
I'm really hoping the Area 88 is the TV series and not the OAV. Been wanting to show it to a friend, and this would be a great way to do it.

The link in the article goes to the OVA's page. It seems like the TV series never made that much of an impact. Either that, or there's some other behind-the-scenes reason that's kept it from getting re-licensed by any other company since 2008.

After looking on RetroCrush itself, I see that it is the OAV. Bummer...
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