One year after its announcement, Amazon is canceling Anime Strike, its own anime. The dozens of shows and movies it offered will now be contained on its Amazon Prime subscription service. Today, Anime Strike’s Twitter page closed down and the exclusives section on its website is currently empty, as first spotted by Kotaku.
The news is a blessing for anime fans in the US — or at least Those who register to Amazon Prime. Those users will have to cover the separate $5 to get. When Anime Strike launched last year in the US, it became a hassle for anime lovers who were already shelling out $12.94 per month for Crunchyroll and Funimation subscriptions.
Fans’d rejoiced when Funimation and Crunchyroll awakened back in 2016 to lower the cost of a Funimation subscription and expand its offerings. But Anime Strike appeared, winning exclusive rights to shows such as Inuyashiki, a sci-fi show about an old guy with superpowers, and Made in Abyss,a showabout A girl who befriends a robot to find her mother. Amazon Prime users Wanted to watch Anime Strike had to pay an extra $60 a year, and those With no an Amazon Prime memberships needed to shell out $159 annually to Subscribe to both. Under the new system, anime lovers who aren’t yet on Board with Amazon Prime will still need to pay $8.25 a month to get These displays, nevertheless.
