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    • Jon Mitchell
      Jon Mitchell Premium Member last edited by

      (I’m in the USA)
      I’m currently a free/basic user of Funimation. A few titles are up on Hulu ( Cop Craft, Arifureta, Demon Lord Retry)

      Who has premium membership? Have you seen any benefit of being “grandfathered” to the new premium plus membership?

      Thoughts on the “friends and family “ benefits?

      Currently Hulu and JNC are the only content services I pay for, but I’m getting tired of commercials. If someone out there in my JNC family would like to consider me a “friend/family” under Funimation’s t’s and c’s - you’d have my gratitude for allowing me to piggyback (anyone interested pm me)

      :)

      I read banned books

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      • Rahul Balaggan
        Rahul Balaggan Staff last edited by

        I had Funimation for a while and it always sucked

        The iOS app sucked is what I am referring to.

        When Funi joined VRV it was good, VRV isn’t exactly God’s gift to man but it was leagues better then Funi app. Needless to say I canceled funi.

        After Funi left VRV I signed up again hoping there were improvements...there were not so I just don’t do funi sub anymore.

        What Hulu has is enough for me and so far the only show not on Hulu is Hensuki and I will just buy it on Blu-ray when it comes out.

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        • LegitPancake
          LegitPancake Premium Member last edited by LegitPancake

          I was grandfathered into the new tiers. My brother technically pays for it, but $60 a year is a decent price for the service, in my opinion. And I get to keep that price, unlike Crunchyroll which is bumping up in price for everyone. I’ve been able to binge DBZ and several other shows in the past 6 months and I like it. I haven’t had too many problems with the app on my iPhone 8, but I usually watch on computer or Roku. I don’t usually follow their simuldubs, but their substantial catalog is very worth it to me.

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          • TremorC
            TremorC @Jon Mitchell last edited by

            @jon-mitchell For me the service took a massive nosedive when they launched their new site. I was unable to watch anything on their site for months, and their customer service was an absolute joke. My experience with the apps wasn't any better.

            You may be better served upgrading to Hulu's ad-free option, or waiting until the end of the broadcast season, pay for a single month, watch what you want, and then cancel.

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            • Eternal Wanderer
              Eternal Wanderer Premium Member last edited by

              I can't seem to ever get anything on their site to play and it frustrates me to no end.

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              • Zing
                Zing last edited by

                I dont think it is even available in my country, but please, do provide a link to the service in question.

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                • Jon Mitchell
                  Jon Mitchell Premium Member @Zing last edited by

                  @zing
                  not sure what geo's it is valid in but site is here

                  I read banned books

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                  • Rahul Balaggan
                    Rahul Balaggan Staff @Zing last edited by

                    @zing Here is the original blog post when they announced the restructure

                    https://www.funimation.com/blog/2019/03/01/three-cheers-new-tiers-new-membership-programs-coming-funimationnow/

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                    • Zing
                      Zing @Rahul Balaggan last edited by

                      @rahul-balaggan said in Thoughts on the new Funimation “levels” of premium memberships?:

                      @zing Here is the original blog post when they announced the restructure

                      https://www.funimation.com/blog/2019/03/01/three-cheers-new-tiers-new-membership-programs-coming-funimationnow/

                      Forget it, cant even view their blog.

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                      • Rahul Balaggan
                        Rahul Balaggan Staff @Zing last edited by

                        @zing Region Lock sucks, that being said from personal experience you will not have to deal with their frustrating website and apps to actually watch something.

                        Sorry but J-Novel Club does not publicly comment on any potential licensing decision or acquisitions.
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                        • Zing
                          Zing @Rahul Balaggan last edited by

                          @rahul-balaggan said in Thoughts on the new Funimation “levels” of premium memberships?:

                          @zing Region Lock sucks, that being said from personal experience you will not have to deal with their frustrating website and apps to actually watch something.

                          Its fine, I still have my CR membership, which I've been using purely for reading manga recently.

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