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Originally Posted by einhorn303
Well, that's considering:
1. They have 7 continuing simulcasts, plus 13 more, so it's actually 20 shows.
2. They exclude "children's anime" from this, which could be classified a number of different ways.
3. Also, it's TV anime also, so that excludes OVA's.
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That's 29 new anime total (excluding OVA) of which CR will have 13 (45%). However, it states that titles currently airing in Japan which include on-going series like Naruto, Gintama, Erin, Shugo Chara, FMA, Cross Game, Reborn! etc....
This Fall Season, Crunchyroll will feature over 50% of Anime titles currently airing in Japan!
So yes, that statement is true since CR will have 7 on-going and 13 new anime for a total of 20 anime titles currently airing in Japan. Since there are less than 40 anime airing in Japan this fall 2009 season (exclude OVAs), the over 50% claim is accurate.
p.s. I still don't get why the producer/owner of Cross Game don't license it to crunchyroll and get some revenue out of this deal. While it's a great anime I don't think it will be DVD licensed in the USA. This go for other anime as well that are not very likely to get DVD licensed. Give it to hulu, veoh, tv.com, or crunchyroll and earn some revenue from it.
http://animesuki.com/series.php
I don't have time to count them but I estimate there are over 1000 anime titles currently not licensed. And over 95% of these anime will not get DVD licensed in North America maybe ever. While the large majority of these 1000 anime titles are junk, there are some really good ones that CR or hulu would love to have.
Just from the letter A alone:
Aishiteruze Baby
Akagi
Amatsuki
Asatte no Houkou