Anime, or Japanese animation, is no niche. In fact, it’s one of the fastest-growing entertainment sectors. At the centre of it all is Crunchyroll - a streami...
  • rigatti@lemmy.worldEnglish
    33·
    12 days ago

    The video is basically “wow anime is really popular right now” rather than a history of how Crunchy Roll became an animal streaming empire.

    • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.socialEnglish
      22·
      12 days ago

      Step 1: be a pirate streaming site

      Step 2: be cool if kind of low quality

      Step 3: get sued and sell out so you don’t go to jail

      Step 4: somehow be a worse service for a decade as a legit operation

      Step 5: still have a shitty app with numerous bugs but at least stream quality is okay

      • Duamerthrax@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        12 days ago

        Step 6: Buy out or get bought out by various companies over time so there’s no serious competition or choice for consumers.

        The only ethical consumption is piracy.

    • Phelpssan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      12 days ago

      “wow anime is really popular right now”

      CR’s success is pretty much that + not having any real competition.