CrunchyRoll Scores Super-Partnership
CrunchyRoll has announced that they are partnering with a number of Japanese companies, including GDH (Gonzo), otaku blog Akibanana (owned by Japanese media company GI Jane), DLE (a flash animation company best known for GI Joe and Transformers cartoons), and GTChannel (part of the Zigzag Asia Media Network).
The basics, of course, are that the companies will distribute some of their content directly to fans via CrunchyRoll.
GDH, meanwhile, has issued their own press release stating that they will distribute their content via CrunchyRoll, YouTube, and BOST, and the method of distro will vary per site depending on the site’s specs and whatnot; there will be some free streaming and some fee-based downloads. But this WILL include BOTH of Gonzo’s new April series, BLASSREITER and Tower of Druaga ~the Aegis of URUK~. And they WILL be subbed in English.
Which is some pretty sweet shit, let me tell you!
(Edit: By the way, GDH has been pretty busy– they’ve also signed a deal with Animax, too.)
Tags: akibanana, blassreiter, bost, crunchyroll, dle, gonzo, gtchannel, legal downloads, tower-of-druaga, youtube
March 21st, 2008 at 6:27 pm
Too bad neither of these series I’m all too thrilled about. I might check out Tower of Druaga, just to see how this ends up turning out, but too bad someone didn’t try to do with with a more hyped series.
March 22nd, 2008 at 7:05 pm
It will be cool to see how this gos.
March 23rd, 2008 at 9:47 am
Even if neither of the series are appealing (I don’t plan to watch them), it’s still a start. The important thing is that it shows the companies are willing to compromise, instead of adopting the high-moral-ground hard-lining platform (as per the RIAA). Hopefully, it will encourage other companies to do the same.