Blatch Posted January 19, 2017 Posted January 19, 2017 http://www.animeherald.com/2017/01/18/crunchyroll-parent-ellation-lays-off-17-employees-following-acquisition/ ...yeah. This ain't a particularly good thing, guys. I do think it should be stated that this has nothing to do with the status of CR as a company; it's basically laid out in there that they're doing better than ever before. But I guess an acquisition of an engineering company happened and now they have to lay off a few engineers as well as other notable people who've been involved with the brand, including a major contributor to their social media pages. My heart goes out to all the people who were laid off, and I really hope the company isn't negatively affected much by this. It's especially notable to consider given how much they've catered to anime fans over the years. Quote
ben0119 Posted January 19, 2017 Posted January 19, 2017 Typical. Too many anime fans are a bunch of thieving thieves; they're entitled, cheap-ass, so-called "fans" that won't even pay for the works they claim to love. Good job, anime fans! Quote
Top Gun Posted January 19, 2017 Posted January 19, 2017 Typical. Too many anime fans are a bunch of thieving thieves; they're entitled, cheap-ass, so-called "fans" that won't even pay for the works they claim to love. Good job, anime fans! It was a record-year for Crunchyroll in 2016 plz2rd Quote
ben0119 Posted January 19, 2017 Posted January 19, 2017 plz2rd Looks like I neglected to read the OP. I'll just be, ah... LOOK OVER THERE! *runs* Quote
PokeNirvash Posted January 19, 2017 Posted January 19, 2017 So... bad news is they were engineers, sorta good news it was only 17 of them instead of the 90% 4chan exaggerated them to be. Quote
ben0119 Posted January 19, 2017 Posted January 19, 2017 So... bad news is they were engineers, sorta good news it was only 17 of them instead of the 90% 4chan exaggerated them to be. Why the fuck do you even remember that 4chan is a thing? Quote
Chapinator_X Posted January 19, 2017 Posted January 19, 2017 That sucks, they've been doing really good with acquisitions and their business model is way better the DVD companies who want their hand in streaming. The only thing is their PS3 app is glitchy, but that's something fixable, possibly by the engineers they laid off. Quote
PokeNirvash Posted January 19, 2017 Posted January 19, 2017 Why the fuck do you even remember that 4chan is a thing? He says to the guy who lurks /a/ and /co/ in his spare time. : Quote
EyeOfPain Posted January 20, 2017 Posted January 20, 2017 Apparently, most of the people laid-off were QA engineers, or project managers: https://www.reddit.com/r/Crunchyroll/comments/5oug4a/apparently_there_have_been_layoffs/. Quote
CaptainStarwind Posted January 20, 2017 Posted January 20, 2017 Shitty situation, but it's good that Crunchyroll is still doing well. Quote
ben0119 Posted January 20, 2017 Posted January 20, 2017 He says to the guy who lurks /a/ and /co/ in his spare time. : No. This is the only board I use. Quote
ben0119 Posted January 20, 2017 Posted January 20, 2017 So... bad news is they were engineers, sorta good news it was only 17 of them instead of the 90% 4chan exaggerated them to be. I wonder if Trump will intervene... WE'RE GONNA HAVE THIS ANIME MADE IN AMERICA! Wait... WE'RE GONNA HAVE THIS ANIME TRANSLATED, CONVERTED, PACKAGED AND ADVERTISED, AND STREAMED IN AMERICA! USA USA USA USA USA USA! Quote
PokeNirvash Posted January 20, 2017 Posted January 20, 2017 No. This is the only board I use. I meant me. I browse /a/ and /co/ in my spare time. [also /d/] Quote
Hidden Posted January 20, 2017 Posted January 20, 2017 Typical. Too many anime fans are a bunch of thieving thieves; they're entitled, cheap-ass, so-called "fans" that won't even pay for the works they claim to love. Good job, anime fans! lol. Quote
HardcoreHunter Posted January 20, 2017 Posted January 20, 2017 I wonder if this is tied to them partnering with funimation. Quote
EyeOfPain Posted January 21, 2017 Posted January 21, 2017 I wonder if this is tied to them partnering with funimation. Probably not, and just an internal change in where engineering efforts are being spent. Quote
astronomy2004 Posted January 26, 2017 Posted January 26, 2017 We can only hope that Crunchyroll gets even better. Quote
Rumb0 Posted January 26, 2017 Posted January 26, 2017 I hope Crunchyroll will update their existing catalog that uses BD ripz instead of these interlaced rips. Quote
MasqueradeOverture Posted January 26, 2017 Posted January 26, 2017 I hope Crunchyroll will update their existing catalog that uses BD ripz instead of these interlaced rips. Main reason I don't use streaming sites. Quality is awful. Crunchyroll's picture looks better than Hulu's or Funimation's services I'll admit; but I'm a filthy casual who watches dubs almost exclusively, so.... Quote
EyeOfPain Posted January 27, 2017 Posted January 27, 2017 Main reason I don't use streaming sites. Quality is awful. Crunchyroll's picture looks better than Hulu's or Funimation's services I'll admit; but I'm a filthy casual who watches dubs almost exclusively, so.... Funimation just relaunched their site, and I think they updated their video player, too. Quote
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