You're never gonna stop 100% of illicit views. What you do is make it easy enough for 75% of the audience to choose to pay you a flat fee vs going through the hassle of fansubs. And that's apparently over 1 million people shelling out money.
Those ratings are the shits.
I was half joking about the VRV thing, but when you consider Crunchyroll surpassed 1 million subscribers months ago (only .6-.7 to go before catching up with the WWE Network!) this could be worse than I thought.
Also VRV seems to have a shitload of Shaw Bros. Kung fu flicks. I love those.
So, the last few weeks, VRV has been advertising its service with a 30 day free trial.
VRV gives you ALL THE ANIME (FUNi, Crunchyroll, um, Rooster Teeth, and others) for $9.99 a month. That includes the AOT simudub.
That's gotta hurt the ratings.
Music rights (shit is expensive) and production delays to the point the staff called it "The Shut Down."
I'm saying they should take that money and had the Defenders fight Fin Fang Foom or something.
Remember Cyborg 009? It was one of the last shows Toonami aired before moving to Saturdays during the original run. For some reason, Netflix of all platforms picked up the ball, including a 12 episode OVA/3 movie adaptation, and a pseudo-sequel to the 2001 TV show that's also a crossover with Devilman.
And to prove Netflix has better intros than Toonami, here's the intro to the Toonami version.
And here's the intro to Cyborg 009 vs. Devilman.
So some moron released classified screenshots from Studio Mir and landed them in legal hot water with Dreamworks, possibly even cancelling the show.
http://lightoflunaris.tumblr.com/post/161090372806/i-saw-this-from-a-twitter-source-regarding-the
I recommended it too, then again the Sins were far more interesting than the crew of Toonami shounens.
With Crunchyroll around $7 a month, it's not surprising people are using it in favor of Toonami.