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

Posted by msmash on Thursday January 12, 2017 @04:40AM from the anime-fans,-rejoice dept.

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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Re:The list sucks by djinn6 · 2017-01-12 05:14 · Score: 4, Interesting

They did license a bunch of other anime with non-exclusive contracts, like Rurouni Kenshin and Mushi-shi. Their library is obviously much smaller than Crunchyroll's since they just started, but Amazon has a lot of money and things might change after a few seasons.
Re:Anime is bad by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-12 05:25 · Score: 1, Interesting

KonoSuba is the greatest show ever created. Shitty American television can't compete.
The More You Know by CrashNBrn · 2017-01-12 05:39 · Score: 3, Interesting

Learn something new every day. Slashdot has an anime icon...