Gong relaunch.. and Michio to Hacchin licensed?

[mitamaking]

I keep on getting blocked on their Youtube page, however Gong does have a page on babelgum.com, It is available at least in the US and has complete episodes of Izumo(complete series, sub), Demon Lord Dante(complete series, sub), and Babel 2(complete series, sub),

[Shiroi Hane]

To save anyone else digging for it:
http://www.babelgum.com/browser.php#...r:ALPHABETICAL

[Mafty Allegro]

I've noticed the Michiko e Hachin teaser on GONG's YT channel a week or two ago, too, but that's been tight-lipped ever since. Given that they're predominately a European company, it's not that surprising that their content has a million & one restrictions across regions and are tough to cover, especially given their lofty international aspirations. They've been a strange bunch from the start, but not in the shady sense--sort of like the "Schrodinger's Cat" of distributors. Though they hyped up shows, they were "there" but also "weren't", depending on your location. And even when something was available to you, it was hard finding out where you were supposed to watch it (despite their list of providers).

Perhaps they had the bullets before they had the gun, so to speak, as only within the last two or so years had they begun using Hulu, Joost, and other outlets prior to launching their app last year and finally their own web service this year. And with a majority of those works being of the Enoki Films USA-type, it's good to see them (potentially) license something on their own in MeH ( ), but I'll reserve myself until further details are made.

GONG isn't clear about something? What's new, but at least their heart's in the right place...

[Shiroi Hane]

http://www.gongvision.com has changed again since I last looked. You can now set up an account, and indeed need to to access some shows. There's also some of payment system in effect where, like BOST, you purchase credits. Unfortunately it seems to ask for payment before checking if you can actually view the show; the first episode of Queen's Blade is currently free but blocked, but if I try to view any of the other episodes it says I don't have enough credit. Needing to have credit in order to tell if there's any point in buying credits (i.e. if there's anything worth paying for that is actually accessible) is stupid.
There's other oddities like a banner announcing "The best of entertainment and anime starting at $0.99" which takes me to a page with prices in euros, starting from 1€ for 10 credits.

[Mafty Allegro]

Originally Posted by Shiroi Hane

http://www.gongvision.com has changed again since I last looked. You can now set up an account, and indeed need to to access some shows. There's also some of payment system in effect where, like BOST, you purchase credits. Unfortunately it seems to ask for payment before checking if you can actually view the show; the first episode of Queen's Blade is currently free but blocked, but if I try to view any of the other episodes it says I don't have enough credit. Needing to have credit in order to tell if there's any point in buying credits (i.e. if there's anything worth paying for that is actually accessible) is stupid.
There's other oddities like a banner announcing "The best of entertainment and anime starting at $0.99" which takes me to a page with prices in euros, starting from 1€ for 10 credits.

Nothing really new on the U.S. side, outside of said launch redesign. Registering was simple, but apparently your GONGapp account isn't the same as your GONGVISION one, as it didn't recognize the login info from the iOS app. Curiously, though, I'm not able to access even the shows that GONG currently have the rights to in the U.S. (i.e. His and Her Circumstances, Babel II). Despite the little American flag next to "English" in the corner and the register info featuring U.S.-type fields, none of the content is available for the country, yet. Parts of the site are still in French, and only now was I able to finally send a confirmation email for my app account, so they must still be getting things off the ground. Again, GONG isn't being especially clear with what you can access and how, though there are always the helpful links at the bottom displaying additional sites where you can access their shows at.

And funnily, you can access a few episodes of shows you couldn't on their YouTube page--(and given Queen's Blade, apparently without any "mature" tags, either). Some are region-blocked, and I'm sure the ones that aren't will be soon.

[Shiroi Hane]

Gong are on Blinkbox (streaming and download to buy/rent) also

Free to watch:
Babel II
Demon Lord Dante
Izumo
Kare Kano

£1.89 an episode to buy:
Koi Koi Seven
Queen's Blade

Episode you buy can also be streamed and the download files use Windows Media DRM.