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* Do they have a strategy with the anime series they're adding? ''[[Naruto]]'', ''[[Bleach]]'', and I suppose ''[[Death Note]]'' are pretty clear. ''[[Speed Racer]]'' and ''[[Astro Boy (anime)|Astro Boy]]'', I guess they're trying to hook the older crowd. But the rest - ''[[Ikki Tousen]]'', ''[[Mushishi]]'', ''[[Blue Gender]]'', and ''[[Shikabane Hime]]''? What's up with those?
** They ''are'' letting you watch movies and TV episodes in their entirety for free. I therefore imagine the only shows from any genre to end up there will be ones not expected to make much of a profit with the mainstream younger generation, i.e. older shows and cult shows, so that they can get hooked and go out and buy the box set.
*** They have ''[[Family Guy]]'', ''[[The Simpsons]]'', ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'', ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', and ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' among [https://web.archive.org/web/20120824065306/http://www.hulu.com/browse/popular/tv?timeframe=all_time their most popular series]. And I don't think ''[[Shikabane Hime]]'' really qualifies as a "cult show." ''[[Naruto]]'' certainly doesn't. If they were going for that, you'd think they'd have gotten ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' or something.
*** In regards to this: Hulu is owned/operated by NBC-Universal, as are all of the television series mentioned here. If they own them to begin with, they can do whatever they want with them, and putting them on Hulu allows for a solid base of popular shows to draw in viewers for the lesser know series on the site.
**** Actually, Hulu is owned by Hulu LLC, a joint venture between 3 of the 4 MAJOR distribution networks (guess the one that isn't participating) and still has to work out their deals with the individual companies that own the show in question for streaming rights. Most shows on the same broadcast network will have the same, if not, similar distribution schemes (Psych, Burn Notice, Royal Pains and just about every other current USA program have a 30 days after air for all but the first episode or two of the current season and almost all shows have a limit of the 5 most recent for free viewers).
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