Funimation stream service yay or nay?
I was wondering if any basilers have the funimation streaming service and if they would recommend it. I already have crunchyroll but would like to add this on as well.
January 29, 2015
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I say subscribe to Hulu plus instead. Hulu Plus has anime as well as Korean Drama and western shows.
Hulu recently acquired Neon Alley which has dub anime so there's that.
yay: the price. i think it's down to $5 now? and funimation has grabbed pretty much all the good shows this season on top of their back library.
nay: their apps are pretty bad. they frequently have delays or simulcast issues and take at least 24hrs to resolve/openly address them. their website is designed terribly and is ugly. if you have a hulu subscription you can already access a bunch of their back library. their current shows are added to hulu one week after they premiere.
when i subbed to watch ping pong i had no issues other than their site being a piece of ass to navigate. then when barakamon was airing, they announced streaming for it but took like three weeks before putting up any episodes with no announcement about the delay. so i've seen both sides in addition to the overwhelmingly negative rep they have on other forums i use. but! free trials exist for a reason, and losing $5 to check out a service isn't the worst thing if you end up not liking it.
i haven't experienced lag, but i don't like the ergonomics of their site very cluttered, but other than that it functions properly.
Does it still have lag?
I have both, and I would say YAY, nice to see some anime that are not yet licensed by Cruncyroll over on Funimation. I Tend to hop back and forth between the two,