Keep Funimation on VRV
Keep Funimation on VRV
The Issue
On October 18th 2018, Crunchyroll announced that its partnership with Funimation for the VRV streaming service will be ceasing. In its place, we are getting access to the streaming service HiDive. Funimation is effectively the industry standard for dubs with them getting the vast majority of anime dubs meaning the loss of Funimation DRASTICALLY decreases the value of purchasing VRV.
VRV is losing Funimation because recently, Sony purchased Funimation and Sony decided to pull it from VRV. This is a greedy and disgusting move on Sony's part as it only serves to remove value from the VRV service and anger their customers.
The reason why most people use VRV is because its a great value to gain access to a large number of great streaming services. A large number of VRV's customers purchase the service because it offers the vast majority of anime airing each season in sub thanks to Crunchyroll and dub thanks to Funimation all on one website for one fair price. If Funimation is pulled from VRV, it means that anybody who wants to watch the vast majority of dubbed anime will be forced to pay a separate subscription just for Funimation or resort to piracy (which is illegal but many people do it anyways).
Removing Funimation from VRV will likely cause many people to cancel their subscription to VRV and Funimation. While I do not advocate for piracy in any way, why would somebody chose to continue to pay for VRV if they only use it for anime thus removing Funimation literally removes half the value of the service? Crunchyroll effectively has a monopoly on the majority of subbed anime and since VRV also contains a dozen other streaming services that anime fans might also enjoy, there is at some least an incentive to keep their VRV subscription but Funimation is literally just dubbed anime and nothing else. Why would I pay $10 a month SOLELY for dubbed anime especially when Funimation's library is not nearly as extensive as Crunchyroll's library nor does it come with the dozen other streaming channels. All this does is make people angry and cause Funimation to lose the vast majority of their customer base.
I for one refuse to continue to support VRV if they pull Funimation and I will be canceling my subscription should they remove Funimation.
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The Issue
On October 18th 2018, Crunchyroll announced that its partnership with Funimation for the VRV streaming service will be ceasing. In its place, we are getting access to the streaming service HiDive. Funimation is effectively the industry standard for dubs with them getting the vast majority of anime dubs meaning the loss of Funimation DRASTICALLY decreases the value of purchasing VRV.
VRV is losing Funimation because recently, Sony purchased Funimation and Sony decided to pull it from VRV. This is a greedy and disgusting move on Sony's part as it only serves to remove value from the VRV service and anger their customers.
The reason why most people use VRV is because its a great value to gain access to a large number of great streaming services. A large number of VRV's customers purchase the service because it offers the vast majority of anime airing each season in sub thanks to Crunchyroll and dub thanks to Funimation all on one website for one fair price. If Funimation is pulled from VRV, it means that anybody who wants to watch the vast majority of dubbed anime will be forced to pay a separate subscription just for Funimation or resort to piracy (which is illegal but many people do it anyways).
Removing Funimation from VRV will likely cause many people to cancel their subscription to VRV and Funimation. While I do not advocate for piracy in any way, why would somebody chose to continue to pay for VRV if they only use it for anime thus removing Funimation literally removes half the value of the service? Crunchyroll effectively has a monopoly on the majority of subbed anime and since VRV also contains a dozen other streaming services that anime fans might also enjoy, there is at some least an incentive to keep their VRV subscription but Funimation is literally just dubbed anime and nothing else. Why would I pay $10 a month SOLELY for dubbed anime especially when Funimation's library is not nearly as extensive as Crunchyroll's library nor does it come with the dozen other streaming channels. All this does is make people angry and cause Funimation to lose the vast majority of their customer base.
I for one refuse to continue to support VRV if they pull Funimation and I will be canceling my subscription should they remove Funimation.
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Petition created on October 18, 2018