Crunchyroll, the globakl home for anime, has announced the acquisition of the dark fantasy series Dorohedoro. The first season (12 episodes and a special episode) is available now in both Japanese with English subtitles and dubbed in English. Season 2 will be available to stream on Crunchyroll starting in April. Adapted from Q-HAYASHIDA’s manga published […]
Research from Ampere Analysis highlights the critical role local Originals have played in Netflix’s international success in penetrating new markets. Audiences worldwide continue to show a strong preference for locally produced content, and in 2025, 52 per cent of Netflix’s Original TV season releases were non-English-language. Breaking into majority territory for the first time, this […]
Japan’s premium VoD sector reached a significant milestone in 2025, expanding 15 per cent year-on-year to reach $7.2 billion (€6.07bn) in total revenue. The market is increasingly defined by layered monetisation strategies, including the expansion of ad-supported tiers and a strategic shift toward deeper local content, live events and sports, according to the Japan Online […]
After being released in cinemas in autumn 2025, Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc, will become available onto the Crunchyroll streaming platform this spring. Following immediately after the events of season 1, fans worldwide will be able to watch Denji’s next brutal chapter in the first ever feature length film, based on the globally […]
It has been two and a half years since the Lost JuLai tragedy and the hunt for Vash the Stampede with a $$60,000,000,000 bounty rages on. Before the final journey to find the Human Typhoon in Trigun Stargaze, Crunchyroll will be hosting a global Trigun Stampede Watch Party. On Tuesday, 6th January at 18:00 GMT […]
Research commissioned by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has found nearly nine in 10 (88 per cent) people agree there is a potential child protection risk if anime content is not age-rated appropriately and consistently, with parents who are unfamiliar with anime frequently assuming it is inherently “child-friendly”. The mixed-methods study combined ten […]
Crunchyroll, the global anime platform, is rolling out a new brand campaign, positioning Crunchyroll as the portal to the “wildly imaginative stories, characters and anything-but-ordinary worlds of anime”. The campaign features hand-drawn creative, animated by a studio in Japan, of Hime, Crunchyroll’s beloved original character, as she transforms the ordinary into the extraordinary. What starts […]
Whale TV has announced the arrival of Crunchyroll, the ultimate home for anime, on Whale TV enabled smart TVs. The addition of Crunchyroll further strengthens Whale TV’s growing content line-up, giving subscribers access to a variety of mediums and genres. “Anime is a rapidly growing entertainment category worldwide, that is evolving from a niche into […]
Crunchyroll has announced the acquisition of the two seasons of Fist of the North Star (Hokuto no Ken). All the episodes are now available in Japanese with English subtitles. Adapted from a manga written by Buronson, illustrated by Tetsuo Hara, and published in Weekly Shonen Jump, the anime was produced by Toei Animation. Broadcast in […]
A report from Ampere Analysis has found that announced game-to-anime commissions jumped 137 per cent year-on-year in 2024, overtaking comics to become the third-largest source of adaptations. With anime’s strong and growing appeal among gamers, video content producers are maximising game universes to reach established anime viewers and convert gaming audiences into new fans. As […]