Free anime on Windows store for PC, Xbox owners

Enter the Dragon Punch said:
Steam now sells anime (namely, the Naruto movies for $5 each).
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Selling the Mad Max movies on steam was the beginning of the end, it seems.

Still, I'd love to support shows that I enjoy on steam but they need to work on improving the mobile app. Especially now that they are selling videos they need to enable people to play videos on their mobile devices (and download the videos for airplane/train use).
 
So it started working, no region restrictions. However, I can't make Steins;Gate or The Devil is a Part-Timer to show up on the Windows 10 app. Naruto's first three episodes do show up, probably because I "bought" them as separate episodes, but I got the entire seasons at once for Steins;Gate and The Devil is a Part-Timer.
 
Devil is a Part Timer is very good. It's a bit more of a comedy with some other elements thrown in, basic idea is the Demon King from a fantasy land about to be defeated escapes with his main lackey through a portal into modern day Tokyo and takes on a job in Fast Food he takes very seriously as he begins to form a new life.

I watched the sub, not the dub, but it has some actually pretty funny humor and the characters were likable. Some nice twists and turns in the narrative, and fun scenarios and good comedic timing and witty writing. Think these are dubs, so don't know how it translates there, but I enjoyed the series quite a bit.
 
I can "buy" them, but I can't watch them.
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Oh well.
 
On Windows 10,

You may have to switch to the US region for the shows to show up in your library or to play them. You can switch back to your actual region after they appear/play in your library.

Sadly I can't seem to access these shows on my Xbox One console :s
 
Dusk Golem said:
Devil is a Part Timer is very good. It's a bit more of a comedy with some other elements thrown in, basic idea is the Demon King from a fantasy land about to be defeated escapes with his main lackey through a portal into modern day Tokyo and takes on a job in Fast Food he takes very seriously as he begins to form a new life.

I watched the sub, not the dub, but it has some actually pretty funny humor and the characters were likable. Some nice twists and turns in the narrative, and fun scenarios and good comedic timing and witty writing. Think these are dubs, so don't know how it translates there, but I enjoyed the series quite a bit.
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I'll also add that they mostly avoid the whole "fish out of water" trope of hijinx involving "duuhh, what are these STRANGE things you people have on this planet of yours?" which I thought was really nice & helped with the pacing.

It's surprisingly better than you'd expect it to be. Now if we could get a 2nd season.
 
Two excellent shows. I loved them the last I saw them.

Too bad they aren't offering Fairytail. It is my favorite anime.

edit: hot dang! YES!!!!! Free Fairytail!
 
Tatsumi Oga said:
Nah still not working.

Changed region to USA, tried playing an episode and i get an error

Try again, we can't play this right now. (0x1000eafb)
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I'm having this trouble too. Sucks that this uses silverlight and doesn't work in Chrome, but this is even worse. I can't get it to work in anything.
 
Didn't realize anime was sold this way. Although with streaming options there really is no need to buy anime anymore other than really obscure licensed stuff. RIP the days of $30 VHS tapes that contained 3 - 4 episodes
 
Dark Ninja said:
Didn't realize anime was sold this way. Although with streaming options there really is no need to buy anime anymore other than really obscure licensed stuff. RIP the days of $30 VHS tapes that contained 3 - 4 episodes
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Anime is sold via all sorts of streaming sites, though the most obvious and accessible are stores like this, iTunes, and PSN. Basically their whole idea is that you can buy anime and then stream it in high quality without ads or commercials, or in the case of PSN you can download DRM protected files for the anime which can only be viewed on Playstation devices. Its fairly common practice.

I'd argue that you're quite a ways off however regarding streaming/anime sales. Most streaming options that people use are actually illegally hosting anime, meaning that the creators see less of a profit because so many people are watching via said websites. Said websites also typically feature anime at a much lower resolution quality or generally have issues of some kind. Much older titles such as that in the mid 2000s or earlier might even have poor or strange fansubs on such sites. Fansubbing quality varies, and generally nowadays its either much better or intentionally bad, but in general most streaming sites that people use aren't very good. Crunchyroll is a decent official one, as is Daisuke and even Hulu, but they are also somewhat unreliable service wise, or maybe they have commercials and such unless you pay a subscription, and some people can't even bring themselves to do that.

There's much good reason to buy and purchase anime, and in your instance with obscure shows its actually quite the opposite; many obscure anime are only available in the West via random illegal/questionably legal streaming sites or torrenting sites, and purchasing such works is near impossible since they're either unlicensed, old and no longer sold, or both. A particular favorite anime of mine, Renkin Sankyuu Magical Pokaan, suffers from this for instance. Oftentimes streaming sites are better than purchases for obscure works, while for bigger name titles for the best experience its honestly best to just buy blurays.

You get a permanent physical copy of a show in its highest quality at levels that streaming can't even attain, with no ads and no need for a continuous paid subscription or shoddy streaming service. Plus it helps support the anime industry.
 
For those who are just getting into anime here, check out getting a Funimation subscription. The PS4 and Xbox One both have a Funimation app. There is a ton of content on there. I use the app quite often and it performs well.
 
Rembrandt said:
Nah, you're not. Anime is a niche genre - people that like anime are more likely to saycertain anime are good because they're a fan of the genre which can lead to a biased opinion.
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Anime is a medium. That's like asking if a certain video game is good and only takes the opinions of someone that doesn't generally play video games.
 
And how am I supposed to watch it?

It opens the new Video app and has no sound. And this app doesn't appear in the sound mixer.

After RoTR and this promo, I'll never touch the windows store again. Such a pile of shit.

Abilidebob said:
I can "buy" them, but I can't watch them.
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Oh well.
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Change your region setting to US.
 
Doesn't work when i purchased them from the website, but it does work if you purchase from within the windows 10 app store instead.
 
I have The Devil Is A Part Timer on Blu-Ray but I won't mind a digital copy. Steins; Gate is awesome and I never saw Fairy Tail so this will be an adventure. Do these work on Xbox One?
 
-Horizon- said:
Listening to the dub of the devil is a part timer for the first time and I actually like it.
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Skimming through it at the moment & yeah, Funimation once again did a good job, especially on the fake language. Think I'm laughing more now that I'm watching it in a language I can understand while listening.
 
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