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Bleach Songs Get Subtitled
Crunchyroll gets rights to subtitle songs to Bleach By
Chris Beveridge
September 29, 2010
Bleach
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Crunchyroll has announced that they finally have been given the rights to subtitle the opening and closing songs to Bleach. Song subtitles have been one of the most inconsistent things with streaming rights in the last couple of years because music rights tend to be far more restrictive, especially with anime where popular musicians and bands are involved and have some say over it, though mostly it comes down to royalties which makes it very cost prohibitive for foreign markets with small margins to manage it. Crunchyroll has managed to get it done with Bleach now, along with a few other shows in their stable, and made the announcement late last night:
Hey guys,We know you love singing along with the opening and closing songs of Bleach. The lyrics are finally up on our site for the applicable episodes. We hope this will make your Bleach experience THAT much better! It's time to re-watch some episodes!Thanks again for your patience!
It's unclear how far back they've gone to make sure they're in there, but the latest episodes have the song subtitles with them now and it should be set going forward.
Does this mean that Crunchyroll NOW owns the series?