Tag: Anime
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Funimation’s End is Finally Here, and its Merger With Anime Giant Crunchyroll Will Cost You
Funimation and Crunchyroll, two anime streaming services that merged in 2021, will finally combine under the latter’s name on April 2. But subscribers may not like the result. Once the combination is complete, Funimation subscribers will be hit with a new $99.99 per year plan — a nearly double the current $54.95 rate. The two…
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Anime Streaming Service Crunchyroll Now Has More Than 13 Million Subscribers
At Sony’s CES press conference on Tuesday, Crunchyroll said it has surpassed 13 million paid subscribers on its anime streaming service. This comes after Crunchyroll launched a free 24/7 channel on multiple platforms like Amazon Freevee, The Roku Channel, and Vizio WatchFree+. The service, which launched in 2006, offers popular movies and shows like My…
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Crunchyroll Pulls a Netflix and Unveils Free Mobile Games For Subscribers
Crunchyroll is following in Netflix’s footsteps and offering free mobile games to some of its subscribers. The anime streaming service on Tuesday unveiled Crunchyroll Game Vault, which includes five games available to members on its Mega and Ultimate Fan tiers, the upper two tiers of its subscription plans. The games include Captain Velvet Meteor: The…
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Crunchyroll Makes Spooky Anime Titles Free During October
Crunchyroll is ready to celebrate Halloween. Starting October 1, the anime streaming service will remove the paywall on select shows for the entire month. To watch the free episodes starting this weekend, you’ll need to create a free user account with Crunchyroll. Multiple streaming services give their apps a ghoulish refresh for the Halloween season.…
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‘One Piece’ Off to Stellar Start With No. 1 Debut On Netflix
Netflix’s adaptation of anime masterpiece One Piece is making full sail after a strong debut on the streaming service. The show, a live-action version of the long-running anime and manga series from creator Eiichiro Oda, centers on Monkey D. Luffy and the crew of the Straw Hat Pirates, who embark on a quest to find…
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Netflix’s Adaptation of Anime Epic ‘One Piece’ Arrives Tomorrow. Here’s the Final Trailer
One Piece is one of the seminal works of modern anime, having gone on for nearly a quarter of a century and almost 1,100 episodes, racking up countless fans along the way. So there’s a fair amount of pressure on Netflix to ensure its live-action adaptation does the show and its creator, Eiichiro Oda, justice…
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Get the Complete Anime Series ‘Bleach’ on Sale at Vudu This Weekend
For the first time ever, the popular Japanese anime TV series Bleach is available on digital, and Vudu has the complete series on sale for one weekend only. Based on Tite Kubo’s manga series, Bleach can now be purchased in its entirety on Vudu for a special price. Fans can get all 13 seasons, 366 episodes…
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The Funimation App is Now Available on VIZIO SmartCast
Today, VIZIO announced the Funimation App is now available on VIZIO’s SmartCast platform, bringing more than 13,000 hours of anime episodes, movies, and extras to VIZIO viewers. Funimation is the premiere destination streaming service for anime with top trending shows from Japan like My Hero Academia, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Fruits Basket, Black Clover,…
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Amazon Prime Video Gets Streaming Rights to Final ‘Evangelion’ Film
The final chapter in the Japanese anime film series Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time will stream on Amazon Prime Video in over 240 countries, beginning August 13. Prime Video shared the big news for anime fans on Twitter: Amazon has worldwide streaming rights to the film, outside of Japan. The film premiered in theaters…
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Peacock Adds RetroCrush Anime Channel to Its Channel Lineup
Peacock has added RetroCrush’s 24/7 classic anime streaming channel to its free channel lineup. The channel is now streaming and more content from RetroCrush will be added to Peacock in the coming months. The RetroCrush OTT service and app launched in March 2020 and features over 100 series and 40 features from the 70s, 80s…