Why are Netflix and Hulu willing to go more into debt to showcase an entire library of Anime while you guys are only given 7 hours and a shoestring budget?

Well, Netflix and Hulu are considered “growth” businesses by Wall Street, anon. This means that they don’t have to make money. They can just keep showing the POTENTIAL to make money, and get more investment dollars to spend against their “valuation” to keep growing, and the cycle goes on. Neither of them are profitable in the sense that they are making more from subscribers than they are spending- yet.

TV/cable, on the other hand, is considered a “mature” business, which essentially means we have to turn a profit. Every year. Which of course means we can’t spend as much as Netflix, or Hulu, who at this stage of their explosive growth, can do pretty much whatever they want. They don’t rely on ad dollars or cable operator fees (which are finite resources) like we do.

That’s how it works. Personally, I don’t Netflix OR Hulu have super great anime libraries, though. Not compared to Crunchyroll, or Funimation Now...🤷🏻‍♂️

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