If you are a fan of anime, you have likely become comfortable with streaming media. There are platforms dedicated to providing anime to fans globally whether it is Funimation, Hulu, Crunchyroll, Netflix, and so forth. With anime’s popularity on the rise, the competition to stream hit series is high, and a recent Kickstarter pitch to add another service to the mix drew lots of drama this past week. But now, it turns out the campaign has been suspended.
The report comes from Anime News Network as Kickstarter told the site it did suspend the campaign set forward for Anime Tube, the controversial service in question. The website told ANN that it was “alerted to some possible violations of [its] rules regarding the accuracy of materials represented on the project page and elsewhere.” Given the campaign’s suspension, all funds donated to Anime Tube were returned.
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