Crunchyroll

VOD Type
SVOD, AVOD

Availability
iOS • AppleTV • Android • Fire TV • Roku • Chromecast • XBox • Windows Phone • Playstation 3 • Playstation 4 • Wii

Content
Anime

D.I.Y. via Aggregator or Direct?
N/A

If Aggregator, is Pitch required?
N/A

Non-Exclusive possible?
N/A

Territories
Worldwide

Crunchyroll champions the art and culture of Anime to a passionate community of fans around the world through streaming, events, theatrical releases, collectibles, merchandise, and mobile game.

Crunchroll’s anime streaming ad-supported platform also offers several premium tiers costing (respectively) $8, $10, and $15/month that remove the ads.

Crunchyroll is an independently operated joint venture between U.S.-based Sony Pictures Entertainment and Japan’s Aniplex, a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc., both subsidiaries of Tokyo-based Sony Group Corporation.

They are a global organization with 15 offices around the world: U.S. (Culver City, San Francisco, Dallas, Burbank, NYC), Australia (Melbourne), Canada (Montreal), France (Paris, Roubaix), Germany (Berlin), Japan (Tokyo) Moldova (Chisinau), Switzerland (Lausanne), and United Kingdom (London).

Anime News Network

Crunchyroll, Viz Media Partner for Home Video, Digital Distribution in N. America

July 3, 2019

Crunchyroll and Viz Media announced on Wednesday that they are partnering for a home video and electronic sell-through (EST) distribution deal to release anime in the United States and Canada. Viz Media will distribute some Crunchyroll titles on home video and through EST.

Crunchyroll currently has 50 million registered users with 2 million streaming subscribers. The company offers more than 1,000 titles and 30,000 episodes.

Adult Swim and Crunchyroll also announced a Toonami programming partnership and expanded distribution deal in March. The companies had announced in November that they are partnering with Alcon Entertainment to produce an anime series based on Blade Runner 2049, the sequel to the 1982 Blade Runner film.

WarnerMedia, the new content company created after AT&T's acquisition of Time Warner in June 2018, announced a reorganization of its divisions in March that is bringing many of its subsidiaries and brands — including Otter Media (Ellation, CrunchyrollRooster TeethVRV), Cartoon NetworkAdult Swim, and Boomerang — into a single "Global Kids & Young Adults" unit.

Warner Bros. chairman and CEO Kevin Tsujihara has oversight of all WarnerMedia-licensed consumer products in the company's effort to launch an "integrated, global approach to all our kids and animation businesses." Tsujihara stated that there will be chance for WarnerMedia brands to collaborate, with opportunities to release new animated TV and digital projects in coordination with Warner Animation Group features.

Crunchyroll and Funimation announced a content-sharing partnership in September 2016 that ended in November 2018. As part of the partnership, the companies shared streaming rights for their anime titles. In addition, Funimation released some Crunchyroll catalog titles on home video with English dubs, and sometitles digitally with English subtitles.


Anime News Network

Crunchyroll Announces First Quarterly Content "Rollout"

June 20, 2016

Crunchyroll is the leading global video service for Japanese Anime and Asian media.

Crunchyroll is a leading global destination and platform for Japanese anime and Asian content. Crunchyroll delivers more than 25,000 episodes and 15,000 hours of officially-licensed content from leading Asian media producers directly to viewers translated professionally in multiple languages within minutes of TV broadcast, through applications including Crunchyroll for iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle, Windows Phone, Playstation®3, Playstation®4, Playstation®Vita, Xbox LIVE® on Xbox 360 and Xbox One, AppleTV, Roku, Nintendo WiiU, Internet-enabled TVs, set-top boxes, and more.

Crunchyroll's majority investor is Otter Media. Crunchyroll has offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Tokyo, and is a member of the Association of Japanese Animations (AJA).

International anime platform Crunchyroll, Inc. announced today the details of its first quarterly content “rollout,” known as the “Crunchyroll Summer Rollout,” to give English­speaking audiences an exclusive first look into the upcoming summer (Q3) anime season. The Rollout will come in the form of a 15­minute customer­facing video with multiple high­level content acquisition announcements to be simultaneously broadcast on Tuesday, June 21st, 2016 at 5:00PM Pacific Standard Time across multiple platforms.

The Crunchyroll Summer Rollout will be simultaneously streamed on Twitch.tv on the homepage and on twitch.tv/Crunchyroll, on Crunchyroll's website at Crunchyroll.com/live, and on Facebook at facebook.com/Crunchyroll. Viewers are encouraged to engage with fellow viewers and Crunchyroll staff on the built­in chat on these sites, or by using the hashtag #Rollout. The Rollout will be approximately 15 minutes of simulcast license announcements and other programming, and will be repeated on Twitch and Crunchyroll immediately following the first broadcast. The full video will be available on demand on Crunchyroll's website at 6:00pm Pacific Standard Time on Tuesday, June 21st.

The Crunchyroll Summer Rollout will be the first opportunity to see the PVs (promotion videos) for many titles subtitled into English, and each will be introduced by one of the personalities from Crunchyroll's San Francisco office, a team of content experts who will provide the synopsis and context for the acquisition. Crunchyroll calls upon all anime fans to join in on the event to find their most anticipated simulcasts for the upcoming season!

Crunchyroll's core product is the anime s imulcast: the digital distribution of Japanese animated programming released internationally within hours of linear broadcast in Japan. Anime seasons align with the calendar year's quarters— e very three months, many of the previous season's anime series come to a conclusion, and a new slate begins, with as many as 70 new titles available for international licensing. Crunchyroll is the worldwide leader in the digital distribution of anime, with the largest simulcast lineup each quarter in more than 175 countries.

Dallas Middaugh, Head of Brand and Community at Crunchyroll, said of the event, “We're thrilled to be able to share some of our most compelling programming with our audience with the fanfare it deserves. This event speaks to the heightened importance of anime simulcast internationally for both viewers and for our partners in Japan.”

About Crunchyroll

Crunchyroll is the destination for the largest and latest lineup of anime, manga, merchandise, and exclusive content in the world. Crunchyroll brings hit shows to millions of viewers around the world and allows them to purchase related merchandise through its online store. Through its app on game consoles, set­top boxes, mobile devices and more, Crunchyroll delivers content from leading Asian media producers directly to viewers translated professionally in multiple languages. The service is available for free or through a premium offering that allows users to watch ad­free with access to simulcasts—top series available immediately after Japanese broadcast. Crunchyroll's majority investor is Otter Media, a joint venture between AT&T and The Chernin Group. Crunchyroll has offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Tokyo, and is a member of the Association of Japanese Animations (AJA).


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