Funico Stumbles: Future Diary, C3, Maken-Ki Delayed (Updated)

Following the bombast and pomp of Funimation and Nico Nico announcing their Funico joint venture as the way forward for simulcasts in the future during New York Comic-Con, the venture seems to have hit its biggest stumbling block before even getting off the ground, as its breathlessly hyped simulcasts in C3, Future Diary and Maken-Ki have been delayed indefinitely, with no word on when or if they will begin streaming.

Dear Niconico users,

We hope you’re enjoying your time at niconico.com.

We’re really sorry but we have to notify everyone that the streaming for 3 of our anime titles “Maken-ki!”, “C3” and “Future Diary” will be postponed until later date.

We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your cooperation.

Not the best way to start off a new joint venture and certainly seems to make previous forecasts more than a bit premature. As many were bemoaning the joint venture due to niconico’s rudimentary by Western standards flash player, this will only serve to fuel more dissatisfaction against niconico.

Update: Looks like the delay is affecting more than just NicoNico in the US. Anime on Demand UK has tweeted that their stream of Future Diary has also been delayed as a result of the US Funico delay.

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