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

Posted by msmash on 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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  1. The list sucks by Khyber · · Score: 4, Informative

    Most of it is moe, slice of life, and fanservice garbage.

    Stick with Crunchyroll or just go watch the shit for free on animefreak.tv as the Amazon list is a valueless waste of time.

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    1. Re:The list sucks by djinn6 · · 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.

    2. Re:The list sucks by djinn6 · · Score: 3, Informative

      Just off the top of my head: LOGH, Death Note, Psycho-Pass, Nausicca, One Punch Man, Lelouch of the Rebellion and Attack on Titan.

      It's nobody else's fault you only watch moeshit.

  2. Seems kind of odd. by sims+2 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    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.

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    1. Re:Seems kind of odd. by Qzukk · · Score: 3, Informative

      Maybe they realized that the yearly subscription thing for Prime was not very popular with consumers

      You have to be a Prime subscriber to subscribe to this, so you're paying monthly on top of the annual fee.

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  3. The More You Know by CrashNBrn · · Score: 3, Interesting

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