Tag: Crunchyroll

  • 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…

  • Here’s the Crunchyroll Winter 2022 Anime Lineup

    Here’s the Crunchyroll Winter 2022 Anime Lineup

    Crunchyroll has announced their upcoming Anime slate for the Winter 2022 season, and it includes some highly anticipated, action-packed releases. New titles include Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2, Crunchyroll Original series FreakAngels, and Orient, alongside new episodes of Ranking of Kings, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc and many more. Crunchyroll connects anime and manga fans across 200+…

  • Crunchyroll Announces its Anime Lineup for Fall 2021

    Crunchyroll Announces its Anime Lineup for Fall 2021

    Crunchyroll has revealed all the new anime titles heading to the platform this fall, including the Crunchyroll and Adult Swim Original series “Blade Runner: Black Lotus” and “Fena: Pirate Princess,” Crunchyroll Original “High Guardian Spice,” and many more. Hot titles streaming on Crunchyroll this season include:  “Blade Runner: Black Lotus” – A Crunchyroll and Adult…

  • Sony’s Funimation Completes Acquisition of Crunchyroll

    Sony’s Funimation Completes Acquisition of Crunchyroll

    Sony and AT&T announced today that Sony has completed its acquisition of anime streaming service Crunchyroll. The acquisition was first announced in December 2020 with Sony paying AT&T $1.175 billion for the streaming service. Crunchyroll has 5 million SVOD subscribers, up from 3 million at the time the acquisition was announced, and 120 million registered…

  • Crunchyroll Surpasses 5M Subscribers

    Crunchyroll Surpasses 5M Subscribers

    Anime and manga streaming service Crunchyroll has now surpassed 5 million subscribers and 120 million active users. The growing global brand offers fans a robust anime library of more than 1,000 titles and 30,000 episodes available in more than 200 countries and territories. Now, Crunchyroll has also announced its new project “Dark Star Squadron,” an…