Crunchyroll
Crunchyroll is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned by Sony Group Corporation.[a] The service mainly distributes films and television series from Japanese animation studios or licensed by Crunchyroll which include Aniplex, Kadokawa Corporation, Toei Animation, among others, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with a Japanese branch located in Shibuya, Tokyo.
This article is about the streaming service. For other uses, see Crunchyroll (disambiguation).Type of business
20 languages
May 14, 2006
United States
Worldwide
- Film production
- film distribution
- television production
- television distribution
Yes
Optional
May 14, 2006
Active
Founded in 2006 by a group of University of California, Berkeley, graduates,[7] Crunchyroll delivers content to over 120 million 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 13 million paid subscribers as of 2024.[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]
Country
United States
Nationwide
Coppell, Texas
English
1080p HDTV
(downscaled to letterboxed 480p for older programming)
October 11, 2023
Channel 778
Channel 261
Channel 775
Device support and service features[edit]
Crunchyroll is available worldwide (except for parts of Asia, Russia, and Belarus) and can be accessed via an internet browser on PCs, while Crunchyroll apps are available on various platforms, including Blu-ray disc players, mobile devices such as iOS/iPadOS, Android, and Windows Phone, game consoles such as Xbox (Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S), PlayStation (4/5 and PlayStation Vita), and Nintendo (Nintendo Switch). It is also compatible with Windows and macOS operating systems for desktop and laptop devices. Additionally, it is available on Smart TVs made by LG, Samsung and Sony, as well as on media players such as Apple TV, Roku, Google Chromecast, Amazon Fire TV, Tizen OS, and Android TV and on external players including the Xiaomi Mi Box S and the Nvidia Shield TV, among others. In addition, virtual reality headsets running visionOS are also supported.[90] Furthermore, it is available via Prime Video Channels in the U.S., Canada, Sweden and the U.K., followed by additional territories throughout 2024.[91]
