Crunchyroll
Sign in to saveCrunchyroll is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned by Sony Group Corporation. The service primarily distributes Japanese anime television series and films, as well as other East Asian media, with the service also hosting anime content from other providers, content add-ons, live events, music, video games, and video channels.
Key facts
- Website.name
- Crunchyroll
- Website.logo
- Crunchyroll 2024.svg
- Website.logo_size
- 240px
- Website.logo_alt
- Logo for the Crunchyroll service
- Website.logo_caption
- Crunchyroll's logo used since July 2024
- Website.company_type
- Subsidiary
- Website.type
- OTT streaming platform
- Website.language_count
- 21
- Website.location_city
- San Francisco, California
- Website.location_country
- U.S.
- Website.country_of_origin
- United States
- Website.area_served
- Worldwide
- Website.owner
- Sony Group Corporation
- Website.founder
- Kun GaoJames LinBrandon OoiVu Nguyen
- Website.parent
- Crunchyroll, LLC
- Website.ipv6
- Yes
- Website.commercial
- Yes
- Website.registration
- Required
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Article
19 sectionsContents
- History
- Origins and informal distribution
- Move to legal distribution
- Chernin Group ownership
- Funimation partnership, and home video expansion
- AT&T/WarnerMedia ownership and internal productions
- Sony ownership
- Programming
- Original programming
- Crunchyroll Channel
- Device support and service features
- The Anime Awards
- Crunchyroll Expo
- Reception
- Controversies
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Crunchyroll is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned by Sony Group Corporation. The service primarily distributes Japanese anime television series and films, as well as other East Asian media, with the service also hosting anime content from other providers, content add-ons, live events, music, video games, and video channels.
Launched in May 2006, the service has more than 120million registered users worldwide. Crunchyroll was previously a subsidiary of Otter Media, itself a subsidiary of AT&T's WarnerMedia; from 2016 to 2018, the service 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.