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192 Anime Titles Left Without a Streaming Home After Funimation's Website Shuts Down

www.animesenpai.net 192 Anime Titles Left Without a Streaming Home After Funimation's Website Shuts Down - Anime Senpai

However, as of the website's closure, a whopping 192 anime series have yet to find a new streaming home. Among these "homeless" titles are fan favorites like Gurren Lagann, Galaxy Angel, Astro Boy, Black Butler, Aria the Animation, and The Slayers.

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Thankfully, there are some people who are not concerned with copyrights or trademarks. They get to watch anime with no restrictions.

Oh there's a home for them, a better one than they had at that

Funimation sucks. I subscribed and their app/website was absolutely terrible. When streaming to my Chromecast it would stop playing after 1 episode forcing me to reconnect after every episode. Their website would also get out of full screen when auto playing from one episode to the next.
I unsubscribed after a few weeks of being annoyed with this shit. Started using sites like 9anime instead and never looked back. While I still have the problems I mentioned above with these sites, at least it's free. There's also more selection and they highlight filler episodes for you.
- You should try hidive. Can't even remember the last thing I watched on their homepage so I always have to navigate to my history in the options.
  
  I've never paid for a worse streaming experience.
  
  Pretty sure I got sent a settlement notification for using Hidive after some AMC userdata leak.

Here's the actual list for those who don't want to click through Twitter and Google Docs

Like Wotakoi, although that might've just been Wakanim (which was part of the same merger)... What sucks even more about it, is that there's no BD release of it in my region, so I have no choice but to sail the seven seas to watch it.
- Wotakoi is still available on Prime Video actually. It's a relic from the year they decided they were going to get into anime simulcasts before promptly giving up on it.
  
  Ah, so it is. That's good to know. Shame I dislike Amazon even more than I do Crunchyroll.

I wonder why this happened. I imagine that an acquisition means the rights directly transfer to the new owner, but perhaps there was some special clause in the license agreements of these specific shows that prevented automatic rights transfer?
- There must be some weird clause/IP ownership agreements that prevent straightforward transfers.

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