Whine? Well, no, it’s feedback. Sentai needs it, indeed I believe they want it. If their decision is way off base then the feedback needs to be loud enough to get their full attention.
I’ve been in business quite some time, In my experience choosing the “safe” option is almost always a more risky decision than taking a big risk is.
Ironic that.
Mark Gosdin
I noticed that Funimation has posted a breakdown of how they use simulcasts as a metric. From this, it really does appear that they’re as important and “monolithic” a metric as Funi has been telling us that they are. I’m not sure about the grammar of it, but this quote seems to eliminate all doubt:
http://www.funimation.com/blog/2014/02/28/follow-up-to-our-anime-news-network-interview/#more-3919