Crunchyroll took the opportunity of San Diego Comic-Con to talk about the establishment of their monthly Crunchyroll Anime Nights. Every third Monday of a new month, a different anime movie will be screened at select theaters from the following chains: AMC Theatres, Regal, Alamo Drafthouse, …Read more »
France and Germany are two countries with many otaku residents, and Crunchyroll is in the process of inking a deal with HarperCollins Publishers, allowing HarperCollins to acquire Crunchyroll’s manga publishing operations in those nations. HarperCollins Japan publishes manga, and the company as a whole wants …Read more »
Streaming service Crunchyroll has rolled out information on its Summer 2025 Anime Season. Let’s take a look at what’s happening this summer! Crunchyroll wanted to bring special attention to these top titles: Gachiakuta The sub is arriving July 5. Its arrival time and its dub …Read more »
The 2025 Crunchyroll Anime Awards are happening this Sunday, May 21, and it’s debuting a new honor called the Global Impact Award. But you don’t have to wait until Sunday to learn the winner — Crunchyroll already revealed that it’s Attack on Titan. The Global …Read more »
In a recent interview with Forbes Magazine, Crunchyroll President Rahul Purini talked about expanding the business and tariffs, and he also walked back previous statements he made about using artificial intelligence. In February 2024, Purini had said, “AI is definitely something that we think about …Read more »
Crunchyroll and Aniplex, which are both under the Sony umbrella, are coming together to create a joint venture anime production company they’ve named Hayate. According to Crunchyroll and Aniplex, Hayate is all about “planning, developing, and producing anime content for the Crunchyroll streaming service.” The …Read more »
Over the years Sony has gotten increasingly involved with anime, and this was highlighted yesterday at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Top people at the company presented on stage: Crunchyroll President Rahul Purini, Aniplex President Atsuhiro Iwakami, and the President and COO over all of …Read more »
Crunchyroll is a major anime streaming platform, but according to a report by Bloomberg, things aren’t all rosy in the company. The report bases this opinion after interviewing 18 former and current employees (none of whom wanted to publicly share their names) and looking at …Read more »
In late October, veteran anime voice actor and director David Wald accused Crunchyroll of opening his private mail, tossing out his letters, and giving the gifts fans sent him to Crunchyroll workers. Crunchyroll responded that it was investigating the situation, and hasn’t said anything further. …Read more »
Prolific anime voice actor and director David Wald, whose credits include voicing Hannes in Attack on Titan and Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu in My Hero Academia, has accused Crunchyroll of illegally opening his mail and more. In a post seen more than seven million times on X …Read more »
It’s October, which means a lot more Halloween-related things will be rolling out. Crunchyroll is doing a few things for the holiday, including making some of its horror titles more easily available. For starters, Crunchyroll is offering an additional 20 horror anime titles on their …Read more »
The hot weather is here, and Crunchyroll has unveiled its summer lineup of simulcasts! Let’s take a look at what titles are starting on what dates. The Strongest Magician in the Demon Lord’s Army was a Human begins on June 26. SHY Season 2 and …Read more »
Anime Expo in Los Angeles is now less than a month away, and Crunchyroll has revealed it has a slew of things going on, including offering more than 20 panels and premieres, and bringing in voice talents from both the Japanese and English dubs of …Read more »
Crunchyroll stated that it’s upping the costs on its Mega Fan and Ultimate Fan subscriptions. This is happening in the U.S., Argentina, Colombia, France, Portugal and “select other countries.” The Mega Fan tier, which was $9.99 each month, will now be $11.99 each month. As …Read more »
Rahul Purini, the president of Crunchyroll, mentioned in a recent interview that the company was experimenting with using AI for subtitles. This got a generally negative response from many anime fans, with their main contentions being that AI cannot properly translate Japanese with its subtleties, …Read more »
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