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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Anime is bad by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-12 04:42 · Score: 0, Troll

all anime belongs in the trash
wat by blackomegax · 2017-01-12 05:53 · Score: 0, Troll

5 dollars a month ON TOP OF prime? For some of the most vapid trope-filled tripe bullshit on the planet? No. There hasn't been good anime since stand alone complex. I doubt there ever will be again.