Thread:DonOnce/@comment-31524231-20180121180734/@comment-31524231-20180122133437

ABS-CBN's Hero is going to shut down in the Philippines, what about Great Gritain's Heroi?

"ABS-CBN threatens to shut down Catalan-speaking anime channel Heroi in the end of January. Websites like Anime Gritanya have contacted ABS-CBN's headquarters about the situation and it seems that there is a lack of advertising support for the channel.

The shutdown has been divided. The channel seemed to cater the "lower caste" of the population that speaks in the national languages and doesn't feel like watching anime with subtitles. The news have reached Walcabinyo, where the closing of Heroi is compared to the "budget plan" that resulted in 4XL's shutdown.

However, the "upper caste", who usually depends on channels like Animax and Aniplus (both of which air subtitled anime), seems to be happy with the situation, especially since certain animes had flaws in the dubbing.

ABS-CBN also shut down Grai Film, a channel that aired exclusively films in the Thai language, yet didn't have a sustained life on air, plagued by the fact that the channel's launch, initially supposed to be on October 19th, 2016, was delayed due to the death of Bhamahihol Abrayeduh, with it being one of the many setbacks for such a once in a lifetime event, which also resulted in the suspension of Big Brother Gritanya Lucky 7. Before closing, the channel bought two anime films, yet it is unknown if the films are going to air on the main ABS-CBN channel or on Canal 9, which is also famous for releasing (slightly childish) anime titles in two languages."