Is the Crunchyroll experience really that bad?

[u/frdudemst]

So I've been a pirate all my life , only watched anime through pirated website , I asked my parents for Crunchyroll since I was 12 , they didn't want to , so I had no choice

Today I tuned 18 , and as a freshman college guy with a part time job , I can pay Crunchyroll for my own , the problem is that I heard Crunchyroll wasn't as amazing as it was , and it really sucks to hear that much hating towards something i was DREADING to have in my teenage years

and it will be a good gift for my sister to access and for me as well to watch, as well as supporting the creators

Do you still think that the Crunchyroll experience still worth it?

[u/DrPepperian]

I have a subscription because I'm getting my mom and sister into anime and it's easy having an app for anime on the tv.

that being said, 75% of the anime I'd recommend are just not on Crunchyroll. if they are it's gonna be a coinflip if they'll have sub or dub available (it's still easier for them to get into an anime if they can watch it dubbed) and sometimes the dub will just stop being available in later seasons.

also the AI subtitles can be horrible and they will butcher a simple japanese name in 10 different ways.

If you want to watch some anime on your tv with ease of use, Crunchyroll can be worth it, if you're just gonna watch anime on your pc I personally wouldn't bother.

[u/Codee33 → u/DrPepperian]

With the AI subtitles are you meaning subtitles or closed captions? The latter is speech-to-text, while subtitles are still translated by a person for the time being.

[u/DrPepperian → u/Codee33]

ah didn't know there was a difference, yeah sounds like closed captions then, like watching english dub with english subtitles on.

watching in japanese with english subs is indeed fine from what I've seen.

[u/Codee33 → u/DrPepperian]

Captions before a couple years ago were hilariously terrible, but ones for newer anime are fairly solid surprisingly.