Funimation will be bringing their streaming app, Funimation Now, to the Nintendo Switch, which will allow subscribers to watch anime that's licensed by Funimation on their Switch consoles, in either sub or dub format. This was announced during the 2018 Chicago Comic Expo, where Funimation revealed during their panel that they are currently developing the app for the Switch.

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[Noctosphere]

I'd still like a plex app

 

[Hells Malice]

This'll have me crying like an anime fan on prom night

 

[osaka35]

With as poor as the connections are to the Switch? Live streaming seems pointless. I've got a 100mbps connection, and the Switch never goes above 6-10... And that's wired....

Do you use a wired connection? Hulu runs pretty well for me, surprisingly. Better than my ps4 pro for some weird, messed up reason I can't figure out.

 

[Kioku]

Do you use a wired connection? Hulu runs pretty well for me, surprisingly. Better than my ps4 pro for some weird, messed up reason I can't figure out.

Streaming video works well enough. Streaming LIVE video is something different.

 

[osaka35]

Streaming video works well enough. Streaming LIVE video is something different.

ah, yes, I can see the difficulties in that lol.

 

[WhiteMaze]

I think at this point, it would be easier if Nintendo announced the list of things that AREN'T coming to the Switch.

At this rate, it seems like it will be a pretty small list.

 

[driverdis]

Nice, I went to the Funimation Industry panel at Anime Detour earlier today and they did not mention a Switch app, although one of their slides showed a Vita app that does not exist (publically)

 

[Mnecraft368]

Cant watch SAO on it
Not worth it




jk

 

[Cyan]

Funimation is probably USA only? (anime copyright issues)

But that's nice to see Nintendo approved an application to be released now, and not focus on games only.
Or did they do like Netflix ? "we are ready and only wait for nintendo's approval" and never get it ?

I hope they asked nintendo first before announcing it, and we will get more apps and more streaming services soon. Hopefully, not in USA only.

 

[ATofix]

It's a start! I do love my anime.

 

[MrYoshida]

Just give me crunchyroll thanks.

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With as poor as the connections are to the Switch? Live streaming seems pointless. I've got a 100mbps connection, and the Switch never goes above 6-10... And that's wired....

I got 100mbps connection as well and my download speed on my switch is 40mbps and my upload speed is 23.3mbps and that's just by wifi connection

 

[austin5623]

Just give me crunchyroll thanks.

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With as poor as the connections are to the Switch? Live streaming seems pointless. I've got a 100mbps connection, and the Switch never goes above 6-10... And that's wired....

I get around 35-55mbps via WIFI and live streaming, at least on PC (also through WIFI), works nearly flawlessly.

 

[codezer0]

And despite all the supposed rapport that they have with them, they still basically banned ALL of Dragon Ball Z Abridged, which was the ONLY thing I gave a damn about from their material.

 

[Noctosphere]

funimation?
as in the translation company?
I hope we will be able to choose the language we want and not have it locked to the console defaults one

 

[SirNapkin1334]

What is sub / dub? Will it be free?

 

[Saiyan Lusitano]

Cool, I guess. Already have this on my tablet so not going to bother download it on the Switch.

There's better anime apps out there than FUNimation Now (Crunchyroll).

 

[XDel]

Where is Youporn, or Pornhub, or what ever those sites are called? Where's the live cam and donation support? We really NEED these things. Get with the program Nintendon't!

 

[Xabring]

what?
First a streaming app I can't use and now A streaming app I am not interested in.

How fast Netflix put an app on Wii/3DS?

 

[souler92]

Just give me crunchyroll thanks.

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With as poor as the connections are to the Switch? Live streaming seems pointless. I've got a 100mbps connection, and the Switch never goes above 6-10... And that's wired....

thats not your connection thats the problem. its the ninty servers

 

[SSG Vegeta]

Awesome let's hope the hackers don't ruin this like they did the crunchyroll app on WiiU because I value anime apps like this