#Anime tube kickstarter free#

Famous, one of the producers of Studio Ghibli sent a katana to famous producer Harvey Weinstein who was then at the former Disney subsidiary Miramax, when the company was coming out. Even Disney has had issues with this in the past. More than the price, Sevakis said the licensing agreements between the US and Japanese countries require great trust. Competition for licenses has only intensified as major players like Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Warner Bros. He said when he worked at Anime News Network they tried to launch their own streaming service, but found the industry to be too expensive. Justin Sevakis, founder of Anime News Network and owner of post-production company Media OCD, told Motherboard that anime licenses are extremely expensive, making crowdfunding efforts like Anime Tube difficult, if not impossible. “I think it was misleading to show this long list that people would probably feel like they would get if they supported the Kickstarter.” “I had also asked if any of our industry partners had heard of these people and no one had,” Kleckner told Motherboard. List that was originally linked to Anime Tube’s kickstarter included Revolutionary girl Utena, as well as other licensed titles from Right Stuf. Shawne Kleckner, CEO of Right Stuf, told Motherboard that they are not in talks with Anime Tube about licensing their titles on the platform. “We always try to do it – it’s not impossible – because people say it’s a scam.” “The definition of scam is like a dishonest act, some of that ‘wish’ and ‘try to’ is not really dishonest,” Zusho said.

If you go to the page for this now, it says it’s “ subject of an intellectual property dispute. This is the second Kickstarter for Anime Tube another campaign with a higher fundraising target in June was canceled.

George Weller, founder of developer Gameface LLC of Anime Tube, and his business partner Hironori Zusho, told Motherboard that they plan to appeal the Kickstarter decision and oppose the characterization of Anime. Kickstarter told Motherboard that it is “actively reviewing the issues that have been raised about this project in relation to our policies.” He then told Motherboard that he had suspended funding for the campaign. It’s these images, among other red flags, that anime industry professionals have pointed to as a sign that this Kickstarter may not be legit. According to to a report from Anime New Network, the campaign previously used these images and was linked to a list of shows they said they were hoping to license. These images are missing from the version of the video that can be found on their Kickstarter. If you look at Anime Tube’s social media accounts, they use famous anime images As Fullmetal Alchemist and Sword art online. Initially, professionals in the anime industry took issue with the way Anime Tube promoted itself.

#Anime tube kickstarter free#

The pitch continues to call Anime Tube “the future of anime streaming apps,” which features an AI virtual assistant, free anime shows with ads, and a service called Anime Chat, which is described as “an extremely useful feature as well as a way to connect with other anime enthusiasts for suggestions or to talk about anime in general!” “The few licensed anime apps on the market are inundated with low ratings between 2 and 3.5 stars on Google Play and other stores.”

“Anime enthusiasts around the world have expressed their dissatisfaction with current anime applications,” the campaign read. It specifically mentions these apps in their campaign, citing the low ratings of Google Play Store users. The campaign was put on hold by Kickstarter on Friday.Īnime Tube’s pitch on Kickstarter is positioned as a competitor of services like Crunchyroll, VRV and Funimation. A Kickstarter for a new anime streaming service has raised more than $ 100,000, but anime industry professionals are questioning its legitimacy.