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luckystarchild · 6 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.)

#jojo's part 6 #jojo part 6 #netflix #JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean #anime #anime industry #simulcasts #netflix jail

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jajanvm-imbi · 10 months

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My two favorite anarchists 🥰🥰

#everyones been saying it so ill say it too #they would TOTALLY be besties and you KNOW IT #encouraging one of the protagonists to question authority and challenge the misguided and corrupt system?#helping one of the protagonists break out of jail?#being the ONLY ONE to stand by one of the protagonists in the face of oppression and questionable practices?#but also being kind to their friends and genuinely caring about them?#they would ABSOLUTELY be besties #i love them for it #nimona #spider punk #hobie brown #nimona movie #nimona spoilers #nimona film #nimona netflix #across the spiderverse #spiderman across the spiderverse #hobie spiderverse #atsv

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simplyavatrice · 5 months

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what could have been - season 3

#avatrice #warrior nun #avatriceedit #warriornunedit #these two would have SLAYED a dark!ava/savior!bea storyline #like netflix should be put in jail for taking this from us #myedits

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for-ships-that-never-sail · 6 days

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I’m sorry but WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS????? 👀

Look at the way he’s just melting at her touch!! I don’t like shipping real people but like damn… Nic and Newts are just NOT working with us on that one at allllllll rn

STRAIGHT. TO. JAIL.

Gif from @livelovecaliforniadreams

#THIS IS SO UNHINGED #MAAM PLEASE STOP THIS MADNESS #WE DONT HAVE THE STRENGTH #OH MY GOD #nicola coughlan #luke newton #nic and newts #Polin #penelope x colin #colin x penelope #Bridgerton #bridgerton netflix #someone send help #I mean look at how he is responding to her touch #this should be illegal #STRAIGHT TO JAIL

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nasty-bog-boy · 1 month

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it's just one of those days when it's raining and I really have to talk about Anne Elliot in Persuasion and how much i love this woman with every single fibre of my being.

i just want us to have heroines like Anne Elliot. in my opinion she's one of the best heroines of English literature, especially for when you're a bit older and wiser and you have experienced the unfairness and heartbreak of life.

Anne is miserable in many ways. she's stuck in a life she doesn't want, lacks agency in her life and was persuaded to not only turn down the love of her life but also a good man that could've taken her away from this. Charles Musgrove may not be captain Wentworth but he's a decent man with a family who cares for her and had she married him Anne would at least have a home and independence.

yet despite this she doesn't resent Lady Russell and continues to count her as a close friend. she understands that Lady Russell was genuinely acting out of concern for Anne but is also a flawed person who carried her own predjucides into her judgements of that men.

instead of being witty or confident or optimistic Anne's virtues are patience, kindness and forgiveness. she isn't a doormat but she is a person and does get worn down by the circumstances of her life. she keeps her head in a crisis and looks out for the wellbeing of her friends. she actively listens to people and cares for others. her virtues are all things we can cultivate within ourselves if we try.

Anne doesn't carry her heartbreak with melodramatic, teenage angst like Marianne Dashwood. she mourns what she's lost but understands that it was the result of her own actions and she must accept that. i think this is a feeling readers can understand when we get older. Anne has loved and lost in a way that can related to but she doesn't allow it to corrupt her character.

having romantic heroines that perhaps don't light up a room with their beauty or win heart with their charisma but instead become endeared to both other characters and the reader through their patience and kindness just warms my heart. i think we should try to be more like Anne in our lives. despite the sadness she's living in at the start of the novel her life ends happily, because her kindness and care for others eventually becomes noticed, not just by a man but also by herself as she finally understands her value.

idk i just have a lot of feelings about Persuasion and i could talk about it for days

#jane austen #persuasion 1995 #captain wentworth #anne elliot #i have a lot of feelings #i have a lot of thoughts #i hate netflix persuasion #everyone in it go to jail

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moodybearart · 11 months

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How I imagine this image scenario coming to life:

Glimmer: *just got done proposing a plan that was not though out very well and knows Queen Angela would not approve of what so ever*

Adora: Glimmer, I don't think that--

Bow: The Queen would throw us in jail for going against her word! JAIL! *voice cracks*

Adora: Bow... We're not going to jail...

Glimmer: Which is the guest bedroom...so you've already been there anyway.

Bow: I HAVE A CRIMINAL RECORD!?

Glimmer and Adora: NO!

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avweckman · 5 days

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I’ve been rewatching Carmen Sandiego, so of course I had to make an OC, and I really wanted to push myself to try and draw her in the show’s style.

Meet Ainara, her code name at Vile was Jail Break (before she escaped from that island prison). She grew up on the streets of Barcelona, hoping to be the next Houdini-level Escape Artist, but unable to make money without bending some rules drew the eyes of VILE. She was in the class behind Carmen’s so saw the way Carmen’s first escape attempt was handled, so Ainara realized she needed to get out.

#carmen sandiego #Carmen sandiego oc #carmen sandeigo netflix #original character #oc #my art #my oc #my ocs #jail break #character design #my original character

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chirpsythismorning · 1 year

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Call Me by BLONDIE is just phonegate w blue meets yellow in the West crumbs

#byler #stranger things #st edit #byler edit #st music #remember when they kept mikes shirt yellow in his Netflix pfp #but every other characters attire was normal #and then we all just moved on #I haven’t forgot since #straight to jail meme

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violetfolgi · 2 years

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teaser crows shot <3

how excited are we to see them all interact on screen and talk to each other and bicker and heist together 😭?!

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redgillan · 6 months

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the number of times i’ve rewatched the “i’m after the lord of the manor” scene… frankly i should be institutionalized

#it’s the ‘and i say fuck ‘em jeeves yknow what i mean’#ooooof 🥵#straight to jail #charles whiteman #karl weissman #bodies netflix #bodies #pls for the love of god #i’m not okay

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biscuitrule · 1 year

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It’s the way this could straight up be a clip from the show for me.

Like you can’t tell me this isn’t them arguing after Lockwood told George he put that he doesn’t have a middle name on some deprac paperwork or something.

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help-help-i-need-an-adult · 11 months

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Lambert, sparing with Aiden and kicking at him with the side of his foot: Aiden move out of the way so I can kick your ass!

Aiden, his eyes enormous: you KICK aiden? you kick his body like the football? oh! oh! jail for bottom! jail for bottom for One Thousand Years!!!!

#the witcher #the witcher netflix #witcher #lambert #aiden x lambert #aiden witcher #sparring #miette #jail for bottom

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patheticrafeenjoyer · 1 year

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so, at this point barry's been made fully aware that rafe's going to go through with suicide by cop so that he doesn't have to go to jail.

like rafe's resigned himself that he's either escaping or dying; there's no way he's going to let the police get him. and really, he has no hope of shooting his way out of things anyway, there'll be at least a dozen cops out looking for him at any given time, one single gun is not going to do him any good.

but he knows if he has it and uses it/shows it/threatens to use it, the cops will be trained to fire because he's a threat to them. the gun is not even to "defend himself" like barry says, it's something that'll make sure he's dead instead of in police custody. [i genuinely do not think rafe would actually shoot anyone on his way out, not with the intent of doing any damage, because we've seen his reaction to killing someone for real, like the gun is only there to force the cops to shoot him]

in the 3rd pic you can sort of see the shock etched onto barry's face even though he's blurry, but rafe, who until now has has only been interested in self-preservation, has just made it explicitly clear that he will kill himself/get himself killed if the cops come.

but barry knows the cops are coming (he tipped them off himself), so this situation that was him turning rafe in to custody (where he'd serve his time alive) has morphed into a horror show that is absolutely going to result with rafe dying.

barry even clocks that he has the gun and realizes that's going to pose an issue to him just being taken into custody (because, and i'm sure i do not need to say this, but him having a weapon means the cops will kill him). he's lured rafe out into the marsh, the cops are coming, rafe has a gun and he plans to die if the cops show up; barry pretty much just walked rafe out to the firing squad.

so, the second barry jumps out of the boat, he calls to the cops that rafe has a gun. because the gun is stowed away in the bag and rafe is caught off guard, he has no way of reaching for it; the cops are already there, he's already pinned. as well, by saying this, barry makes the cops aware that rafe has a gun, so they'll be poised to shoot if he makes any move toward it. he's banking on the fact that rafe's self-preservation will kick in and he won't go for the gun because it'll mean certain death. also, by letting the cops know, perhaps it would mean that they don't shoot him lethally (but lets be real when have the cops ever fired a non-lethal shot) because it won't be a surprise, so they can shoot to disarm and subdue rather than to kill.

and yes, rafe goes for the gun anyway, but shoupe knows about it so he doesn't have to kill rafe. and we know that shoupe really takes no pleasure in being shit to kids, so he's absolutely not going to want to have one shot on his watch, even if he thinks rafe killed peterkin.

basically, by immediately making the cops aware of the gun, barry pretty much saves rafe's life. yes, he turned rafe in, but barry doesn't want him to die.