TV/WEB Broadcast Quality

Ever wonder which streaming service or television station had the best quality for your favorite anime? Well look no further! The list goes from very good to really bad and is based on a generalization from comparisons in various shows in the past. So it’s not 100% guaranteed to always be accurate, but it should be a nice resource to have anyways.

The sources listed on the same line are in order from best to worst as well.

  1. Anime On Demand (AoD), Wakanim, Amazon
  2. Funimation (10mbps), Crunchyroll (crf 15-16),
  3. Anime Digital Network (ADN), Crunchyroll (2pass)
  4. Funimation (old), Netflix, BS Japan (BSJ), BS-TBS, BS-Fuji (BS-CX), BS-NTV
  5. NHK BS Premium, GYT, BS Kids Station, GTV, TV Aichi (TVA), TBS, TVO, TX
  6. BS11, MBS, CBC, Akiba Pass, WOWOW
  7. Crunchyroll (crf 20+), NHK, THK, BS Asahi, Daisuki, TVQ, ABC
  8. AnimeLab, BS Animax, tvh, SBS, Chiba TV (CTC), CTV
  9. tvk, ytv, TVS, NTV, TV Asahi
  10. AT-X, Fuji TV (CX), ANIMAX
  11. KTV, Mie TV (MTV), KBS, MX1, Sun TV

Italic = Web-Source
Bold = 1920 × 1080

Remarks:
– TX Anime (TV Tokyo logo at the beginning) are always worse with Crunchyroll [False colors, banding, artifacts]
– TBS Anime are always worse at Crunchyroll [False colors, Banding]

This list has been borrowed from eXmendiC and translated to English.

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