A look at Crunchyroll's challenges, including current and former employees saying its management is out of touch, as Disney and Netflix's expand into anime
src: www.bloomberg.com/news/article... … X: Miles / @real_kilometers : Somewhat paradoxically, research from White Box Entertainment suggests that significantly more people are watching DANDADAN on Crunchyroll than on Netflix. It's not as though Netflix is promoting it either, outside of algorithmic feed recommendations. David Merkel / @alephblog : Crunchyroll has been the go-to streaming site for fans of Japanese anime, but now Netflix, Disney and others are licensing the shows. https://www.bloomberg.com/... Crunchyroll has a huge catalog, but much of it is niche, and misses many key anime. All of these firms are overinvesting. Miles / @real_kilometers : Crunchyroll actively deciding to not promote DANDADAN — the most popular new anime of the year — was obvious to the casual observer. But reading the email where CR's head of marketing explicitly gave that directive to the department for licensing reasons? Wild. LinkedIn: Jerome Mazandarani : Bloomberg “Sony's Crunchyroll Finds Its Early Lead in Anime Under Attack - Disney and Netflix are expanding in the popular Japanese cartoon genre” … See also Mediagazer