Crunchyroll has announced that the first 42 episodes of the long-running detective series Detective Conan are streaming now on Crunchyroll. The series follows student detective Shinichi Kudo, the son of a famous mystery writer, on his adventures assisting local police to solve mysteries and criminal cases. Fans eager to see how the popular series started […]
AT&T is struggling to find a potential buyer for its DirecTV Latin American satellite DTH business which trades as Vrio. Bloomberg reports that AT&T’s CEO John Stankey is looking to dump non-essential and non-performing divisions under the AT&T umbrella. It lists the AT&T divisions now up for sale and which includes the whole or part […]
Crunchyroll has announced that an anime adaptation of the celebrated Shenmue game series is currently in production. The third Crunchyroll and Adult Swim collaboration, based on the Sega game series, will be a 13 episode series with animation production from Telecom Animation Film (Tower of God, Lupin the Third: Part 5), directed by Chikara Sakurai […]
Crunchyroll, the anime streaming platform, is introducing new membership tiers alongside additional platform features including offline viewing. Crunchyroll’s new membership tiers are as follows: Free: Crunchyroll will continue to be available for free with ad-supported streaming access. Under the AVoD option, new episodes will be available one week after premiere. Fan: This plan is available […]
Cartoon Network and Crunchyroll have announced the return of Toonami, the iconic anime programming block, in Latin America starting August 31st. The partnership, initially for a year long, will deliver a selection of iconic anime properties to a new generation of fans. “The team at Cartoon Network have been incredible partners in helping us grow […]
AT&T is looking to sell Crunchyroll, its anime streaming service, for between $1 billion and $1.5 billion according to reports, in an attempt to raise funds to pay down debt. Sony Pictures Entertainment has been touted as a potential buyer, and is said to have already been pitched the service. Crunchyroll recently announced that it […]
Crunchyroll, the anime streaming service, has reached a new milestone crossing three million paid subscribers globally and over 70 million registered users. “Crunchyroll’s global growth has been incredible. We launched in 2006 and it took us about 10 years to hit one million subscribers. It took us only two years after that to break two […]
Crunchyroll, the anime streaming service, announced at the Crunchyroll virtual industry panel at Anime Expo Lite a slate of new series coming soon to its platform. Crunchyroll announced two new Crunchyroll Original series including: TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You – In this married life comedy by “Hayate the Combat Butler” author Kenjiro Hata, Nasa […]
Crunchyroll’s annual expo, Crunchyroll Expo (CRX), is going virtual. Virtual Crunchyroll Expo (V-CRX) will be a digital event celebrating the best and brightest in anime from September 4th – 6th. V-CRX will bring the Crunchyroll community together for guest panels, interactive events, special announcements and more. Further details on what fans can expect will be […]
Crunchyroll has announced a slate of summer licensing partnerships across categories and series. Commenting on the new slate, John Leonhardt, Head of Consumer Products, said: “We are excited to announce these new licensing partnerships that serve our fans with quality products based on the shows they are passionate about.” Titles from across the Crunchyroll portfolio […]