I found a great gaming subscription service in the most unlikely of places
It has become a monthly habit of mine to mark my calendar and wait for the latest PS Plus games or Game Pass games announcement to drop to see whether…
Crunchyroll’s Hope for AI-Generated Subtitles Is a Disaster Waiting to Happen
In a recent interview with The Verge about the future of what is now the dominant anime streaming platform in the west, Crunchyroll president Rahul Purini suggested that one way…
Crunchyroll Will Attempt to Compensate Funimation Users for Loss of Digital Libraries
Screenshot: Sunrise/Crunchyroll In an increasingly perilous streaming and digital media landscape—where content is as quick to vanish into the ether as it is spread out across myriad services—Crunchyroll’s recent announcement…
Crunchyroll Is Killing Funimation for Good, And You’ll Pay For It
Image: Funimation/Studio Bones Come April 2, Funimation is going the way of the dodo. Earlier in the week, Sony revealed it’ll be sunsetting Funimation’s app and website in order to…
AI Wants to Nuke Everyone While Helping You Find Love
Photo: SOPA Images / Contributor (Getty Images) At the beginning of 2023, TikTok was one of the weirdest and most delightful places on the internet. An app with a reputation…
Sony Jacks Up Prices for Crunchyroll and Kills Funimation
Sony just raised the price of anime and left American otakus with few other options. The company’s anime streamer, Funimation, is officially shutting down on April 2, according to a…
Solo Leveling Gets Anime Ready to Start Off 2024
Image: A-1 Pictures/Crunchyroll In 2016, South Korean writer Chugong released the video game-like web novel Solo Leveling, which has grown in popularity over the years. An anime adaptation of the series…
Crunchyroll Will Discontinue Its Own Manga App Next Month
Image: Crunchyroll Along with being one of the biggest platforms to watch anime, Crunchyroll is also a hub to read manga on your phone or computer. While not as big…
Crunchyroll Comes for Netflix With Expansion Into Mobile Games
Image: Crunchyroll Netflix is doing its best to lure its customers into exploring its gaming options, and now another streamer—one that’s perhaps better angled for this purpose—is trying the same:…
Crunchyroll Is Launching 2,400 Pop-Up Shops This Holiday Season
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From MercuryImage: Crunchyroll/©SOTSU・SUNRISE・MBS If you have an anime fan on your holiday gift list—or even someone you think might want to get into anime—Crunchyroll, which…