Starting today, Elite Video Subscribers will get exclusive access to new simulcast episodes the day they are added to FUNimation.com! Subscribers will get commercial free, HD simulcast episodes online and across the FUNimation apps. Don’t wait an extra week to see the latest episodes of the newest shows fresh from Japan!*
Check out what simulcasts are airing this season on our simulcast page.
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*One Piece and Toriko not included
Oh finally our subscriptions are worth it and relevant to the current anime seasons. I hope this continues in the future.
BuddyCom is best show running through this season, YaoiRavens best funi pickup yet.
Why the sudden change to make all the simulcasts EVS-only? I’m not really totally convinced(and financially ready) on becoming a EVS yet so this new of change that you are making is very disheartening ;_;
Free users just have to wait a week. It’s the same model that Crunchyroll uses.
I’m aware of that. But how they can just randomly models when they been simulcasting anime for free years now and considering how current EVS members already had access to the simulcasts and can watch it in HD before this recent change.
You do understand that what keeps them competitive with fansub groups and free hosting sites is that you DON’T have to wait a week to see them?
Now however what reason do people who don’t have the money for a subscription have to wait an extra week when they could just go to those places and watch it the same day of release?
Yay! I was waiting for this model to be adopted by FUNimation.
No
when will they lower the 12 month sub it too much for a year
How is this anything to cheer about? If you were already a EVS then absolutely nothing has changed.
If you weren’t now you have to wait 7 more days to watch it. I was REALLY liking Norin, but I’m not spending 8 dollars a month to watch it.
My point exactly!!
And no one is forcing you to watch, you will have to just wait 7 days.
Should have waited until next season instead of doing it partway through a season. Bad business move. Certainly doesn’t make me want to support this business model if this is how decisions are going to be made and applied.
Well no big loss. I was only watching one show here anyway.
What really irks me here is the way they did this. First, they did it with basically all ongoing simulcasts two episodes into a season. Secondly, they don’t actually say what’s changed; they tout the Elite Subscription like it’s adding a new option, whereas they’re actually taking away options from free users and reserving those previously free options for ES, but they don’t go out and say it. They don’t actually say they’re essentially punishing free users, but they are.
While I emphatically oppose this change, since all it does is hurt non-subscribers while not giving any new benefits to subscribers, I hope that the episodes, when made available to free users, are still uploaded to Hulu, since Hulu’s video player and UI are much more user-friendly then the ones on the Funi site.
It’s particularly funny that they are including Space Dandy in this given it is being aired on Adult Swim for free every week.
Had this not happened, I might have actually bought the subscription. Instead, I now have to wait two weeks mid-season for several shows because I’m not currently an Elite member. Thanks for making the choice easy!