This article is about the streaming service. For other uses, see Crunchyroll (disambiguation).
Crunchyroll
Logo used since 2018
Type of business
Subsidiary
Type of site
OTT streaming platform
Available in
20 languages
List of languages
Arabic
Catalan
Chinese
English
French
German
Hindi
Indonesian
Italian
Japanese
Malay
Polish
Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Tamil
Telugu
Thai
Turkish
Vietnamese
Founded
May 14, 2006; 17 years ago (2006-05-14)
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
,
U.S.
Country of origin
United States
Area served
Worldwide
Owner
Sony Group Corporation
Founder(s)
Kun Gao[1][2] James Lin[1][2] Brandon Ooi[1] Vu Nguyen[3][4]
Industry
Entertainment
mass media
Products
Streaming media
video on demand
digital distribution
Services
Film production
film distribution
television production
television distribution
Parent
Crunchyroll, LLC[a]
URL
www.crunchyroll.com
Commercial
Yes
Registration
Optional
Users
Over 120million (13 million paying as of 2024)[5][6]
Launched
May 14, 2006; 17 years ago (2006-05-14)
Current status
Active
Crunchyroll is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned by Sony Group Corporation.[a] The service primarily distributes films and television series produced by East Asian media, including Japanese anime, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with a Japanese branch located in Shibuya, Tokyo.
Founded in 2006 by a group of University of California, Berkeley, graduates,[7] Crunchyroll delivers content to over 120million registered users worldwide.[8] Crunchyroll was previously a subsidiary of AT&T/WarnerMedia's Otter Media, and from 2016 to 2018, the company partnered with Funimation, which Sony acquired in 2017 and would eventually merge into its brand in 2022 after Sony acquired Crunchyroll from AT&T in 2021.
Crunchyroll is a member of The Association of Japanese Animations (AJA).[9] "Crunchyroll-Hime", also known as "Hime", is the official mascot of Crunchyroll.[10]
Crunchyroll offers over 1,000 anime shows,[9] more than 200 East Asian dramas in over 18 languages, and formerly offered around 80 manga titles as Crunchyroll Manga, although the number of available shows varies by each country due to licensing restrictions. Crunchyroll passed one million paid subscribers in February 2017,[9][11] and has over 13million paid subscribers as of 2024[update].[6] Crunchyroll also releases titles on home video either directly[12] or by having select anime titles released through its distribution partners (Sentai Filmworks, Viz Media, Discotek Media, and its corporate sibling, Aniplex of America in North America; Anime Limited in the United Kingdom).[13][14]
^ abc"Now Playing:Anime Online". Forbes. August 5, 2009. Archived from the original on July 27, 2020. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
^ ab"How to change language on Crunchyroll". Technobezz. June 16, 2020. Archived from the original on July 27, 2020. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
^McCarthy, John. "Anime Brand Crunchyroll Shows The Potential Niche Streaming Scale". The Drum. Archived from the original on November 27, 2020. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
^Bertschy, Zac. "Interview: Crunchyroll's Vu Nguyen". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on January 25, 2022. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
^"Crunchyroll Reaches 5 Million Subscribers, Announces New Project". Crunchyroll. August 3, 2021. Archived from the original on November 28, 2023. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
^ abKotuby, Jeff; Tamanini, Matt (January 10, 2024). "Crunchyroll Eclipses 13 Million Paid Global Subscribers, Continues to Lead the World in Anime Streaming". The Streamable. Archived from the original on January 14, 2024. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
^"Crunchyroll CEO: Making Online Anime Pay". ICv2. December 15, 2008. Archived from the original on December 17, 2008. Retrieved December 15, 2008.
^Spangler, Todd (February 2, 2021). "Crunchyroll Inks Deal With Idris and Sabrina Elba for Dark Fantasy Anime Series". Variety. Archived from the original on February 2, 2021. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
^ abc"Largest Anime Streaming Service Crunchyroll Surpasses One Million Paid Subscribers". Crunchyroll. February 9, 2017. Archived from the original on February 15, 2017. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
^Fobian, Peter (June 6, 2018). "The Origin of Crunchyroll Hime". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on July 29, 2020. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
^Sevakis, Justin (February 13, 2017). "How Big Of A Deal Is Crunchyroll Reaching A Million Subscribers?". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on February 13, 2017. Retrieved February 14, 2017.
^Cite error: The named reference CrunchyrollHomeVideo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Crunchyroll and Funimation Partner to Expand Access to Anime!". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on September 9, 2016. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
^NormanicGrav (December 24, 2017). "Anime Limited News: New Podcast Episode, Update on Stock, Xmas Sales Updates". Anime UK News. Archived from the original on June 20, 2018. Retrieved June 22, 2018.
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