Videos on X/Twitter are of notoriously awful quality.
Summary:
Kaiju No. 8 is going to be broadcast on X, formerly Twitter, which is something we've never seen before in anime.
Due to how Twitter compresses anime, the visual quality is going to be awful.
Thankfully, you still will be able to watch it on Crunchyroll.
Kaiju No. 8 (Kaijuu 8-gou) has a pretty dedicated fandom. Despite not being one of the biggest Shounen Jump hits — in fact, it is serialized in Shounen Jump+, the mobile version of the magazine — it attracted a significant audience.
Initially, fans were very happy about the adaptation. Great staff and an impressive trailer also made them excited, at least initially. However, there seems to be one huge problem with the anime that otaku were not realizing before: the fact that the anime is going to be released on X (formerly Twitter).
A very unique release
Such a novel way of broadcasting anime is virtually unheard of. Yes, some series have been released on streaming platforms like YouTube before, and some were even exclusive to mobile apps that provide anime. That said, there hasn't been an anime broadcast on Twitter yet — mainly because Twitter is not a platform that revolves around videos.
Fans have many theories why Kaiju No. 8 decided to go for this strange release strategy. Some are speculating that it was actually sponsored by Twitter, or at least, they brought the broadcasting rights for it. That said, there's nothing currently that indicates this being the case. Others think that the staff behind the anime believes that it might get more traction this way, considering the platform is bigger than any of the normal anime streaming platforms.
The visuals would look atrocious
That said, there is one huge problem with this way of releasing the anime. Yes, it might give it more popularity, but the experience of those watching Kaiju No. 8 on Twitter will suffer a lot. Anime streaming services are built for the purpose of watching anime — and Twitter isn't.
The video compressing algorithm is infamously bad, which means the visual quality of the anime is going to be unwatchably awful. Similarly, the audio compression is also pretty bad.
Some fans have joked about watching anime illegally and in very poor quality on YouTube back in the day — and this experience might feel the same.
Just watch it on Crunchyroll
Thankfully, if you want to get Kaiju No. 8 in good quality, you can just watch it on Crunchyroll, as they are licensing the anime as well. However, the viral marketing strategy involving the Twitter release means that a lot of viewers would be familiar with the anime because of its streaming platform. This might make these viewers unhappy about the visual quality, making the anime less well-received than it would otherwise be.
Videos on X/Twitter are of notoriously awful quality.
Summary:
Kaiju No. 8 is going to be broadcast on X, formerly Twitter, which is something we've never seen before in anime.
Due to how Twitter compresses anime, the visual quality is going to be awful.
Thankfully, you still will be able to watch it on Crunchyroll.
Kaiju No. 8 (Kaijuu 8-gou) has a pretty dedicated fandom. Despite not being one of the biggest Shounen Jump hits — in fact, it is serialized in Shounen Jump+, the mobile version of the magazine — it attracted a significant audience.
Initially, fans were very happy about the adaptation. Great staff and an impressive trailer also made them excited, at least initially. However, there seems to be one huge problem with the anime that otaku were not realizing before: the fact that the anime is going to be released on X (formerly Twitter).
A very unique release
Such a novel way of broadcasting anime is virtually unheard of. Yes, some series have been released on streaming platforms like YouTube before, and some were even exclusive to mobile apps that provide anime. That said, there hasn't been an anime broadcast on Twitter yet — mainly because Twitter is not a platform that revolves around videos.
Fans have many theories why Kaiju No. 8 decided to go for this strange release strategy. Some are speculating that it was actually sponsored by Twitter, or at least, they brought the broadcasting rights for it. That said, there's nothing currently that indicates this being the case. Others think that the staff behind the anime believes that it might get more traction this way, considering the platform is bigger than any of the normal anime streaming platforms.
The visuals would look atrocious
That said, there is one huge problem with this way of releasing the anime. Yes, it might give it more popularity, but the experience of those watching Kaiju No. 8 on Twitter will suffer a lot. Anime streaming services are built for the purpose of watching anime — and Twitter isn't.
The video compressing algorithm is infamously bad, which means the visual quality of the anime is going to be unwatchably awful. Similarly, the audio compression is also pretty bad.
Some fans have joked about watching anime illegally and in very poor quality on YouTube back in the day — and this experience might feel the same.
Just watch it on Crunchyroll
Thankfully, if you want to get Kaiju No. 8 in good quality, you can just watch it on Crunchyroll, as they are licensing the anime as well. However, the viral marketing strategy involving the Twitter release means that a lot of viewers would be familiar with the anime because of its streaming platform. This might make these viewers unhappy about the visual quality, making the anime less well-received than it would otherwise be.
