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#Jojo's part 6
bison2winquote · 1 year
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F.F, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R (CyberConnect2)
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luckystarchild · 5 months
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Do you know why Jojo part 6 released in three batches of 12-14 eps many months apart instead of weekly like the previous parts?
Disclaimer: I'm not working on that series and I don't work for or with Netflix in any capacity, so please know everything I say here is just educated guesswork based on my experience in the anime industry at large, plus some logical observation thrown in.
But tbh? I'm guessing it's due to Netflix's dogged adherence to binge-model streaming.
In recent history, Netflix began licensing anime from Japanese licensors in a bid to enter the very lucrative anime space (valued in the tens of billions as of 2021). They kept their licensed titles in "Netflix Jail" until they could release the entire series in a binge-ready batch, foregoing weekly releases entirely. The "binge model" of streaming has worked well for them in the past, and they saw no reason to break from this tradition when they first started licensing simulcast anime in-season.
Carole & Tuesday, Beastars, and others received this treatment. The shows aired in their entirely in Japan, and months later, Netflix finally released them (with multiple foreign language dub options) in a big batch. Alas, anime fans accustomed to same-day simulcasts weren't happy they couldn't watch these series weekly during their seasonal debut (hence the term "Netflix Jail" entering anime community parlance). Because Netflix wanted to do batch-releases, fans missed out on the initial hype concurrent to the series' Japanese TV debut as a result.
I imagine most fans who wanted to watch a series would just pirate it rather than wait for Netflix to release it from Netflix Jail and drop the whole thing at once months after it aired (I know I did with Carole & Tuesday). Because there was no legal way to watch the series, these series weren't as widely reviewed for American audiences during the peak of the hype surrounding them. The lack of media hype + rampant piracy likely ate into Netflix's bottom line once the series were released on the platform. People had already watched the shows by the time Netflix released them from Netflix Jail, making them old news.
Since Netflix is a business, they were likely interested in figuring out how to better monetize their content and prevent preemptive piracy. That leads us to current-day-Netflix's behavior surrounding anime simulcasts.
The series I talked about above were largely licensed by Netflix. Licensing a show means buying the rights to these shows after the shows are funded (AKA produced) by Japanese producers, licensors and studios. Netflix owns the rights to stream these series, but they don't own the shows themselves. They couldn't prevent them from being aired in Japan since they didn't actually own the shows.
More recently, Netflix has been installing themselves as a producer on shows, rather than just a licensor of them. That is, rather than buying the streaming rights to a series, they've been putting down money up-front and funding the production of the anime they've been buying. They are co-producing, which gives them more control and power over the series as a whole. In short, they own all or most of the series.
Two recent series come to mind: Ooku the Inner Chambers and JoJo Part 6. Both of these series debuted on Netflix (Ooku is an exclusive Netflix production and ONA). In the case of Jojo Part 6, it was shown on Japanese TV after it debuted exclusively on Netflix.
Because Netflix has a controlling stake in these shows, they can control how and when they are released. They're going to release the series in the way they think will make them the most money. Because batch-releases and the binge model have worked well for them, they organized the release of JoJo Part 6 around this strategy. They premiered it on Netflix in a binge-ready batch of episodes, rather than rolling it out weekly. Then, afterward, they gave it a weekly release on Japanese TV. By preventing the show from airing on TV before it arrived on Netflix, they basically prevented pirates from "leaking" the episodes before Netflix could get a bite at them. This move made Netflix the first and simplest place to consume these series.
Basically Netflix wants to stick to their binge-model when possible. With anime simulcast licensing, you just can't do that without missing out on simulcast seasonal hype and inviting piracy of shows before you can air them. Anime simulcasts are basically incompatible with the binge model...
... unless you're rich enough to change the game, and turn "Netflix Jail" into just... Netflix.
If you own the show, you can control how it's released. Netflix removed JoJo Part 6 from the simulcast game completely and structured its release on what they thought would make them the most money. They think (and probably have numbers that suggest) people subscribe in order to binge new shows. By breaking Part 6 up into batches, they have three "binge cycles" that'll earn them customers each time.
Long story short: Netflix controls their content based on what they think will make them the most money, and for them, that's the binge model.
Obviously they're doing SOME weekly rollouts (mostly with their reality series), but Netflix still appears to be prioritizing bingeable content, and they haven't shifted over to weekly simulcasts for anime.
In the future, I expect they'll back away from simulcast licensing and do far more co-producing when it comes to anime. We'll likely see most "Netflix anime" being released as platform-exclusive (or ONA) content with a delayed TV release in Japan. Licensing simulcasts that get stuck in "Netflix Jail" earns them ill-will from fans who prefer same-day simulcasts. Owning the series by co-producing, rather than just stream-licensing, makes more sense for them and their binge-model business practice since they can escape the simulcast and piracy trap baked into the simulcast model. They can do whatever they like with the series they own... even if it flies in the face of anime fans who prefer simulcasts to the binge model.
Capitalism ruins the party again, I suppose. Hope this helped!
(Disclaimer: I understand there were long delays between the parts of Part 6, and that could be Netflix trying to drag things out, but it's also likely there were production issues. I can't say for sure, but the anime world is still suffering a lost of delays because of COVID, so... throw that in there and you have a recipe for long-delayed batch releases. But I can't speak to the specifics of this project.)
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kelenia · 2 months
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Legacy
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JoJo’s Bizarre Halloween!
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laynore-x · 6 months
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jjba random images pt 1
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mikibagels · 18 days
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Doodles from December of last year
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alequ1u · 2 months
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what if: mermaid jolyne
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𓇼 ⋆。˚ 𓆝 Mermaid Jolyne 𓇼 ⋆。˚ 𓆝
Thanks for the idea ♡ before drawing Jolyne as a fairy, I had considered making her a mermaid, but I wasn't very sure about it ♡
(´。• ◡ •。`) ♡
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mrbadfrog · 6 months
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Swap Aureo (old) stuff
Expósito (Diavolo) & Giovanna
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Jonathan & Dio
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Yoshikage & Josuke
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Jolyne & Pucci
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Valentine & Jonathan (Johnny)
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2022 stuff - https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMjUnVRqr/
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gggoofiestgoober · 7 months
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the,m,,,,
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rohange · 2 months
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mailboxxi · 4 months
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jolyne hair buns?…
inspo under cut V
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bloodstainedcanary · 6 days
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Fuck you, ANASUI PANTY SHOT BLAST
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shih-na · 6 months
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Jolyne (⁠◍⁠•⁠ᴗ⁠•⁠◍⁠)⁠✧⁠*⁠。
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charlesiumchumbo · 4 months
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ok I finally finished this project LOL I took a several month break this summer but picked it back up like a month ago and I'm DONE. I was too excited to take the stabilizer off before sharing this, I'll take it off later and post again once I get it in a decorative hoop.
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She’s definitely Jotaro’s daughter
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clydemendacium-ii · 6 months
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