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Crunchyroll announces first price hike since Funimation purchase
Crunchyroll, like many other streaming services recently, is raising its subscription prices
Mariella Moon05.02.2024
Funimation will stream its last anime on April 2
Funimation has revealed that it's going to shut down its old app and website on April 2.
Mariella Moon02.08.2024
Crunchyroll is now an Amazon Prime Video channel
Crunchyroll has reached an agreement with Amazon to join its stable of Prime Video channels, joining Max, Starz and Paramount+. You can access the content via the Prime Video app.
Lawrence Bonk10.24.2023
Crunchyroll launches a 24/7 anime channel
Crunchyroll is introducing a 24/7 streaming channel that features English-dubbed programming of various anime shows.
Malak Saleh10.11.2023
Crunchyroll will pay you $30 for violating your data privacy rights
The anime-streaming service chose to settle with its customers in a class action suit for digital privacy violations.
Katie Malone10.11.2023
Crunchyroll is making a 'One Punch Man' online game for PC and mobile
Crunchyroll is releasing a 'One Punch Man' online brawler later this year.
Jon Fingas07.17.2023
Netflix secures global streaming rights to 'Berserk,' 'Parasyte,' 'Monster' and other classic anime
Netflix has secured non-exclusive streaming rights to a handful of classic anime titles.
Igor Bonifacic08.29.2022
Crunchyroll is lowering monthly subscription fees in almost 100 regions
The Mega Fan plan is dropping by 25 percent in the UK and nearly 90 percent in India.
Kris Holt07.18.2022
Crunchyroll ends free ad-supported simulcast streaming for 2022 spring anime season
Crunchyroll quietly announced on Friday it is ending one of the primary perks of its free tier.
Igor Bonifacic03.27.2022Sony's Crunchyroll anime streaming service suspends operations in Russia
On Friday, Sony’s Entertainment unit blocked Russian users from accessing its Crunchyroll anime streaming service and said it would halt the home entertainment release of films like Spider-Man: No Way Home within Russia.
Igor Bonifacic03.12.2022
Crunchyroll begins adding Funimation content to anime library
Effectively putting a bookend to Sony’s $1.175 billion deal to buy the platform in 2020, Crunchyroll has added more than 50 series that were previously either exclusive to Funimation or weren’t available to watch dubbed.
Igor Bonifacic03.01.2022
Crunchyroll has finally arrived on the Nintendo Switch
The anime streaming service has launched an app in Nintendo’s eShop.
Amrita Khalid02.17.2022
'Shenmue' anime premieres February 5th on Crunchyroll
The Shenmue anime series is almost here, over a year after it was announced at the Virtual Crunchyroll Expo.
Mariella Moon01.20.2022
Xbox Games Pass Ultimate now includes a free trial to Crunchyroll
One of the best deals in gaming just added something for anime fans.
Igor Bonifacic11.09.2021Sony closes $1.175 billion deal to buy Crunchyroll from AT&T
With the deal now closed, Sony Pictures CEO Tony Vinciquerra said the company's goal is to "create a unified anime subscription experience as soon as possible."
Igor Bonifacic08.09.2021
'Blade Runner: Black Lotus' anime trailer reveals a replicant on the run
Adult Swim and Crunchyroll has released the first trailer for the anime series 'Blade Runner: Black Lotus.'
Mariella Moon07.24.2021
After Math: Sony is spending a billion bucks on Crunchyroll's anime service
It’s been a week of big deals, big trouble (at least for Facebook), and even bigger televisions. Check out some of this past week’s top headlines.
Andrew Tarantola12.13.2020
Sony's Funimation agrees to buy anime streamer Crunchyroll for $1.175 billion
Two years ago, Sony’s purchase of Funimation drove a wedge behind the anime production house and Crunchyroll, which is primarily a subscription streaming video service. Crunchyroll ended up becoming a part of AT&T via the Time Warner acquisition and supplied some content for HBO Max, but now AT&T has agreed to sell it off to Sony/Funimation for $1.175 billion. Crunchyroll noted it has 3 million subscribers and over 90 million registered users across more than 200 countries.
Richard Lawler12.09.2020
Funimation partners with VIZ Media to expand its streaming anime catalog
Thanks to the deal, Funimation subscribers can watch shows like 'Megalo Box' starting on September 22nd.
Igor Bonifacic09.09.2020
A 13-episode 'Shenmue' anime series is on the way
'Shenmue' is back, this time as a new anime series destined for streaming on Crunchyroll and cable TV via Adult Swim.
Richard Lawler09.04.2020