Amazon Launches Anime Channel for $5 Per Month, Its First Branded Subscription Channel (variety.com)

Todd Spangler, writing for Variety: Amazon is rolling out its first branded on-demand subscription service for Amazon Channels: Anime Strike, offering more than 1,000 series episodes and movies ranging from classic titles to current shows broadcast on Japanese TV. The Anime Strike channel is available to U.S. Amazon Prime members for $4.99 per month after a seven-day free trial, the newest addition to the lineup of around 100 services now available in Amazon Channels. Amazon has struck exclusive U.S. streaming deals for several series on Anime Strike, including "Scum's Wish," "Onihei," "The Great Passage," "Vivid Strike!," "Crayon-Shin Chan Gaiden: Alien vs. Shinnosuke," and "Chi's Sweet Adventure."

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Seems kind of odd.

[sims 2]

Here I thought Prime was their premium offering.
Now they are adding all these extra frills for just a few dollars more. How long until they start shrinking their prime catalog to make the other services look better?

I'm pretty sure they already did it once when they added stars by making sure there was no overlap in their catalog.

Amazon music unlimited:
Great now I can pay for nearly a whole other prime subscription just for the music that's not on prime and still have less selection than spotify.

Amazon anime:
Great! now all the anime will vanish from amazon prime.
Have to go back to netflix for that then.

I wonder if amazon will ever update their app so audio stays in sync past the first 10 minutes.