Why Netflix Grinds My Gears (but not enough to stop using it)

Life Sized Al from FMA

With new ways to watch content popping up all over the internet, it can be difficult to know if you are getting a good deal.  The $8 monthly fee for instant streaming of movies (while they may tend to be old and lacking in quantity), TV shows, cartoons and anime has always seemed reasonable to me.

I understand that due to licensing and rights and server capacity and other such things, it is difficult for Netflix to increase the amount of content it provides.  However, there are a few instances of which I feel are plain silly.

Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood

A fantastic anime to watch, Netflix has streamed it as well as the other Fullmetal Alchemist series and two feature films.  However, if you scroll through the episodes they provide for instant view, you can see that Netflix stops at episode 14 of Brotherhood instead of continuing the show on.  Why in tarnation would anyone want to watch half of a season of a show and be completely content with stopping in the middle.

The show has been released for quite some time now, it is not as if Netflix must wait for the rest of the season to become available (in the case of How I Met Your Mother).  Which does not prove, but probably means Netflix just doesn't believe those with only instant access are worthy of seeing Roy Mustang fuck shit up.

D-Grey Man

Another anime that many love.  Once you get through season two, you are done.  Netflix decides to stop its consumers from ever discovering the fate General Cross.  Those bastards!

Cowboy Bebop

The feature film was once available to view instantly on Netflix, but as time passes they change their availability.  It has been years since they have allowed anyone to view any space cowboy action (unless you want to watch Mal pilot Serenity with the ever so talented Summer Glau and beautiful Morena Baccarin).  I love Firefly but Trigun is no Cowboy Bebop. 

No Interaction

Netflix should allow its consumers to vote, or decide in one way or another the content it provides.  I know Netflix is a company that has been so very gracious as to allow us to use its services for an agreed upon fee, it really is doing everything it has said it would, but it is a business and businesses do better when their consumers are content.

With competition increasing Netflix may need to find a better way than Max to help its consumers find the content they are looking for.  

I'm not a Netflix expert, but I love to watch movies and shows and geeky/nerdy documentaries.  While Netflix has plenty of Ted Talks I want to hear what you think.  Please share your thoughts in the comments below and like and follow if you love anime too!