Jack and the death of One Piece were the big positives, but with stuff like VRV existing, On Demand has turned from a nuisance to a significant ratings drain.
Even your dub premieres are available on demand.
Apparently they both laughed it off later, after someone sat Kesha down to watch a freaking episode of Seinfeld.
Dude is a germaphobe. He's not doing it out of disrespect, he just doesn't like touching people he doesn't know.
http://deadline.com/2017/06/cowboy-bebop-anime-tv-series-live-action-remake-tomorrow-studios-midnight-radio-chris-yost-1202107884/
No network or service has optioned it yet, similar to the recently announced Judge Dredd TV show.
DeMarco's philosophy has been "We dictate what comes on and you will find out when we say so" particularly to avoid well, everyone running to Netflix or fansubs or VRV to watch the show.
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.