Tag: Crunchyroll

  • Crunchyroll Pulls a Netflix and Unveils Free Mobile Games For Subscribers

    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…

  • Walmart Teams Up With Crunchyroll To Offer In-Store Anime Stores

    Walmart Teams Up With Crunchyroll To Offer In-Store Anime Stores

    Today, Walmart and the streaming service Crunchyroll announced a partnership to offer anime stores in Walmart stores around the United States. This partnership will see Walmart have exclusive in-person deals on content like Dragon Ball Z. “Crunchyroll’s availability at Walmart will make anime more accessible than ever, inviting even more fans into this dynamic and…

  • Crunchyroll May Owe You Money From a Class Action Settlement

    Crunchyroll May Owe You Money From a Class Action Settlement

    If you subscribed to Crunchyroll between September 8, 2020 and September 20, 2023, check your email. You might qualify for a portion of the $16 billion class action settlement against the Sony-owned anime streaming service. In addition to the timeframe, you must have been a registered user for, and watched videos on, a website, app or…

  • Crunchyroll Launches on Prime Video Channels

    Crunchyroll Launches on Prime Video Channels

    Amazon Prime Video and Crunchyroll, the go-to place for all things anime, have partnered to offer Prime members two memberships to access ad-free streaming. Crunchyroll hosts an extensive anime library with 24,000 hours of content spanning 46,000 episodes and more than 1,3000 films and series, including the fantasy adventure Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, the swashbuckling…

  • Crunchyroll Makes Spooky Anime Titles Free During October

    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.…

  • Here is Everything Crunchyroll is Adding For Free in August 2023

    Here is Everything Crunchyroll is Adding For Free in August 2023

    Today the Anime streaming service announced that it is adding a ton of new fan-favorite series to its free streaming catalog. These titles include Chainsaw Man, SPY x FAMILY, VINLAND SAGA, BLUELOCK, Lycoris Recoil, My Dress-Up Darling, and more.  “It’s part of our service to fans when we can make popular titles more accessible,” said…

  • Crunchy Roll Partners With Duolingo for The Ultimate Anime Experience

    Crunchy Roll Partners With Duolingo for The Ultimate Anime Experience

    Duolingo and Crunchyroll are teaming up to provide a full immersion language learning experience for anime fans by offering anime inspired Japanese courses.

  • Crunchyroll to End Free Streaming of New Releases

    Crunchyroll to End Free Streaming of New Releases

    Crunchyroll will no longer offer free, ad-supported viewing of simulcasts for newly released shows on its anime streaming service, according to an announcement on its website. Previously, anime fans could stream new releases on the free tier one week after their initial release. Subscribers will now have to subscribe to a paid plan, starting at…

  • Here’s What’s Coming to Crunchyroll Spring 2022

    Here’s What’s Coming to Crunchyroll Spring 2022

    Crunchyroll has released its lineup for the Spring 2022 season, and there’s a ton of new shows and returning favorites with more seasons to binge. The service will be getting SPY x FAMILY, The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 2, Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Ultra Romantic-, Tomodachi Game, Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie, and many more. Crunchyroll connects…

  • Crunchyroll Subscribers Now Have Access to Funimation Content

    Crunchyroll Subscribers Now Have Access to Funimation Content

    When Crunchyroll and Funimation merged in August 2021, they promised anime fans that all of the content from both services would become available in one app. Today, Crunchyroll announced that existing and new Crunchyroll subscribers will have access to library and simulcast content previously exclusive to Funimation, starting today. “When we brought Funimation and Crunchyroll…