30 Facts About Crunchyroll

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Crunchyroll is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned by Sony through a joint venture between Sony Pictures and Sony Music Entertainment Japan's Aniplex.

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Crunchyroll focuses on the distribution, production and licensing of Japanese anime and dorama.

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Crunchyroll has offices in San Francisco, Culver City, Dallas, New York City, Melbourne, Tokyo, Paris, Roubaix, Berlin, Chisinau, Lausanne, and London, and is a member of The Association of Japanese Animations.

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Crunchyroll offers over 1,000 anime shows, more than 200 East Asian dramas to users, and around 80 manga titles as Crunchyroll Manga, although not all programming is available worldwide due to licensing restrictions.

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5.

Crunchyroll passed one million paid subscribers in February 2017, and has over 5million paid subscribers as of 2021.

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Crunchyroll started in 2006 as a for-profit video upload and streaming site that specialized in hosting East Asian content.

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Some content hosted on Crunchyroll included versions of East Asian shows that had been subtitled by fans.

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Crunchyroll eventually began securing legal distribution agreements with companies, including Gonzo, for a growing list of titles.

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On January 8,2009, after announcing a deal with TV Tokyo to host episodes of Naruto Shippuden, Crunchyroll stated that it was committed to removing all copyright-infringing material from its site and to hosting only content to which it had legitimate distribution rights.

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10.

In 2010, Crunchyroll announced its acquisition of the North American DVD rights to 5 Centimeters Per Second.

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11.

On October 30,2013, Crunchyroll began digitally distributing 12 different manga titles from Kodansha – series such as Attack on Titan and Fairy Tail were part of the manga that were available initially – through Crunchyroll Manga.

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12.

On July 1,2016, Crunchyroll announced plans to dub and release a number of series on home video.

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On February 9,2017, Crunchyroll announced that it had reached one million paid subscribers.

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14.

On July 3,2019, Crunchyroll announced that they had partnered with Viz Media to distribute select Crunchyroll licensed titles on home video and electronic sell-through in the United States and Canada.

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On July 20,2019, independent Australian production company Glitch Productions announced that they had partnered with Crunchyroll to produce their YouTube original series, Meta Runner.

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On September 6,2019, Crunchyroll announced that they became the majority investor in Viz Media Europe.

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17.

Crunchyroll solidified this deal on December 4,2019, becoming the majority owners of Viz Media Europe Group, and appointed former Viz Media Europe president John Easum as Head of Crunchyroll EMEA.

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On February 25,2020, Crunchyroll announced a slate of several programs under their new "Crunchyroll Originals" brand, including anime adaptations of the webtoons Tower of God, The God of High School, and Noblesse.

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19.

Crunchyroll confirmed four days later that VRV was included in the acquisition.

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20.

On September 23,2021, Crunchyroll announced that they had entered in a partnership deal with Fuji TV for anime content development and production.

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21.

On March 24,2022, Crunchyroll announced that starting with the Spring 2022 season, a subscription would be required to watch new and continued simulcast, with older titles featured on the site prior to this season remaining free to watch.

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Crunchyroll stated that they would release an English-dubbed first episode of an anime series every Saturday at 3:00pm ET on the Crunchyroll Dubs YouTube channel, starting with Re:Zero - Starting Life in Another World on April 9,2022.

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McCarley, who is a member of SAG-AFTRA, had offered to work on a non-union contract for the third season, on the condition that Crunchyroll meet with SAG-AFTRA representatives to discuss potential future contracts.

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Crunchyroll refused the offer, sparking criticism from anime fans and media outlets.

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25.

Crunchyroll selects twenty judges from diverse backgrounds who then create a list of six nominees within each category.

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26.

In February 2017, Crunchyroll created the Crunchyroll Expo anime convention with organizational support from Left Field Media.

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In 2020, Crunchyroll held its first virtual expo due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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28.

In 2022, Crunchyroll Expo opened its new music festival, as well as featuring Hololive Production VTubers for the 2022 convention.

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29.

On February 25,2020, Crunchyroll initially announced several series under its Crunchyroll Originals label.

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30.

Crunchyroll previously co-produced anime titles before, but this list will only include those that Crunchyroll themselves officially place under the label.

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