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Re: Studio Ghibli suddenly makes 38 albums of anime music available for streaming

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Post by swsieber » Sat, Feb 22, 2020, 5:14 PM UTC

tpush wrote: post #19

fireattack wrote: post #8

It's for Japan region. Also I find the word "suddenly" kind of weird, as Japanese companies do this (unlock their popular work/artists in streaming without announcement in advance) semi-frequently.

They are all available in Apple Music for me with a US account.

And did you know that https://musi.sh allows you to stream music from your apple music account in your browser? Seems relevant here. I use it all the time on linux.

Re: Studio Ghibli suddenly makes 38 albums of anime music available for streaming

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Post by 83457 » Sat, Feb 22, 2020, 5:14 PM UTC

wodenokoto wrote: post #10

Given that they are in the midst of releasing practically their entire catalogue of movies on Netflix I don’t think it is surprising that they are following suit with their music. Hope it will be available globally on Spotify soon. There’s a lot of goody OST missing on Spotify still

I assumed it would be on Disney+. No?

Re: Studio Ghibli suddenly makes 38 albums of anime music available for streaming

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Post by quickthrowman » Sat, Feb 22, 2020, 5:14 PM UTC

eatonphil wrote: post #20

etrk wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> releasing practically their entire catalogue of movies on Netflix Except in the US, Canada, and Japan.

They're on HBO Max in the US and Canada.

I’m getting excited for HBO Max, there will finally be a streaming service with quality television and movies (Criterion). HBO is the only video streaming service I pay for.

Here’s a comprehensive list of Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon original series that are HBO level quality:

Re: Studio Ghibli suddenly makes 38 albums of anime music available for streaming

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Post by TeamTeaTime » Sat, Feb 22, 2020, 5:17 PM UTC

swsieber wrote: post #21

tpush wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They are all available in Apple Music for me with a US account.

And did you know that https://musi.sh allows you to stream music from your apple music account in your browser? Seems relevant here. I use it all the time on linux.

There is now https://beta.music.apple.com/ as well.

Re: Studio Ghibli suddenly makes 38 albums of anime music available for streaming

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Post by danso » Sat, Feb 22, 2020, 5:18 PM UTC

quickthrowman wrote: post #23

eatonphil wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They're on HBO Max in the US and Canada.

I’m getting excited for HBO Max, there will finally be a streaming service with quality television and movies (Criterion). HBO is the only video streaming service I pay for. Here’s a comprehensive list of Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon original series that are HBO level quality:

I'm not the biggest fan of streaming originals, but Netflix has been Best Picture nominated 2 years in a row (Roma, Marriage Story, and The Irishman). And Netflix has pretty much reached parity with HBO in Emmy wins and nominations in the mainline categories.

Re: Studio Ghibli suddenly makes 38 albums of anime music available for streaming

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Post by kingbirdy » Sat, Feb 22, 2020, 5:19 PM UTC

fireattack wrote: post #8

It's for Japan region. Also I find the word "suddenly" kind of weird, as Japanese companies do this (unlock their popular work/artists in streaming without announcement in advance) semi-frequently.

Just because it's somewhat common for Japanese companies to suddenly release their music doesn't mean it isn't sudden.

Re: Studio Ghibli suddenly makes 38 albums of anime music available for streaming

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Post by mackal » Sat, Feb 22, 2020, 5:22 PM UTC

83457 wrote: post #22

wodenokoto wrote: post #10

Given that they are in the midst of releasing practically their entire catalogue of movies on Netflix I don’t think it is surprising that they are following suit with their music. Hope it will be available globally on Spotify soon. There’s a lot of goody OST missing on Spotify still

I assumed it would be on Disney+. No?

They no longer have a partnership or whatever their relationship was. GKids now distributes and dubs Ghibli movies for US, but Disney is still the distributor in some regions.

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Post by RHSeeger » Sat, Feb 22, 2020, 5:22 PM UTC

quickthrowman wrote: post #23

eatonphil wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They're on HBO Max in the US and Canada.

I’m getting excited for HBO Max, there will finally be a streaming service with quality television and movies (Criterion). HBO is the only video streaming service I pay for. Here’s a comprehensive list of Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon original series that are HBO level quality:

There's been some really good stuff on Netflix. Stranger Things and Daredevil, I thought, were of particularly high quality. Heck, I've always hated Daredevil as a character (he's a blind man, and his super power is... he can see), but I was really drawn in by the Netflix series.

There's been some crazy good stuff on HBO (I loved GoT just like everyone else), but to say Netflix doesn't make anything of the quality level HBO puts out is completely untrue, imo.

Re: Studio Ghibli suddenly makes 38 albums of anime music available for streaming

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Post by kitsunesoba » Sat, Feb 22, 2020, 5:24 PM UTC

tpush wrote: post #19

fireattack wrote: post #8

It's for Japan region. Also I find the word "suddenly" kind of weird, as Japanese companies do this (unlock their popular work/artists in streaming without announcement in advance) semi-frequently.

They are all available in Apple Music for me with a US account.

Apple Music generally has very good availability of Japanese stuff. Most other random foreign bands I’ve looked up are on there too.

Re: Studio Ghibli suddenly makes 38 albums of anime music available for streaming

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Post by dave5104 » Sat, Feb 22, 2020, 5:33 PM UTC

danso wrote: post #25

quickthrowman wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’m getting excited for HBO Max, there will finally be a streaming service with quality television and movies (Criterion). HBO is the only video streaming service I pay for. Here’s a comprehensive list of Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon original series that are HBO level quality:

I'm not the biggest fan of streaming originals, but Netflix has been Best Picture nominated 2 years in a row (Roma, Marriage Story, and The Irishman). And Netflix has pretty much reached parity with HBO in Emmy wins and nominations in the mainline categories.

Seems the trouble is that, in addition to their award nominated material, Netflix also produces a lot of low quality content tailored to niche viewer personas. I wonder if they've ever considered whether or not that hurts their brand more than it helps, or if it's helping more than it hurts?