Interesting. Forgot about that Vimeo/VHX/IAC had invested in that. Glad to see it's growing more. Though does need more exposure to continue growth.

That likely explains it if they gave a better bid to have the content and exclusivity over Crunchyroll that wants to focus more on animation anyway.

I'm curious how this wlll affect me as the Netherlands never got any of those

Is it limited to just the US?

Never mind. Just had a browse around. Unavailable for me. :/

Probably not much, Crunchyroll isn't exactly the best at getting streaming rights for the EU. I don't even watch anime and I know the issues people have. EU is kinda overlooked as it is when it comes to online streaming and all that jazz, espcially our little country.

wanted to watch X Orb and Geed sooo this isn't too big of an issue for me but this sucks

Well this is a bummer. I don't really want to subscribe to another streaming service. It would be nice if they'd start releasing some of those Ultraman Blu-ray collections stateside now that there are no more licensing issues. (right?).

I still think Tsuburaya may want to move to Netflix, that is if the Ultraman anime is a huge hit.

Depends. But that may not be on Tsuburaya and more on Netflix not wanting to pay the price being asked for yet. Original content is slightly different, older content doesn't have as much of a draw, and older shows are still a bit of a niche market.

Newer kid oriented shows they also want to still maintain ease of availability with platforms like youtube.

Given some time though, we may see some interesting developments for streaming services though. With so many up and coming currently, Tsuburaya may look into one of the more kid dedicated ones with a wider base for some material. Right now, it's catering certain ones to certain audience types. Netflix with the more adult oriented. Fan oriented ones for classic material. Youtube for modern kid oriented. With likely a future co-production kid oriented for a different platform.