from Hacker News

Netflix bets on Japanese anime to battle Disney and Apple in streaming wars

by devicetray0 on 11/27/19, 10:27 PM with 9 comments

• by Geforce8472 on 11/28/19, 12:40 PM

  Important point missed by this article is that if Netflix really wants to compete with anime they need to massively improve their subtitles. Every subtitled show I've seen on Netflix has been awful to watch because of basic errors.

  I feel like fans will really be put off by this unless they up their game considerably.

• by sandoooo on 11/28/19, 11:04 AM

  great, expect the same socjus drivel that's right now killing hollywood's legacy IP, dressed up for a new medium with prettier art but the exact same sorry excuses for storytellers. It'll last just long enough to suck in the industry's best and brightest and push the current crop of cash-strapped studios off a fiscal cliff, only to leave everybody high and dry when the number-crunchers finally realize that the core audience - nerdy young men - would rather gouge their eyes out with a spoon than watch this shit, while the diversity pushers clamoring for it never planned to watch it in the first place.

• by panpanna on 11/28/19, 12:02 PM

  I think Netflix would see better returns if they invested in something more mainstream and kid friendly like Nick Parks work (e.g. Shaun the sheep).

  Either way, I'm pretty sure Walt Disneys greed will in the end bite them in the ass since big companies like Netflix now have a reason to invest in small studios.