Crunchyroll Reduces Monthly Subscription Price in Nearly 100 Countries including UK and Ireland

Date: 2022 July 18 19:25

Posted by Joe

The good folks from anime streaming mega service Crunchyroll have just announced they're reducing their monthly subscription price for almost 100 countries and territories including the UK and Ireland.

In the UK, Mega Fan will change from £7.99 to £5.99 GBP and in Ireland, Mega Fan will change from €9.99 to €6.49 EUR.

All subscription tiers allow you to watch ad free content, while the basic fan tier allows you to watch Crunchyroll on one device at a time, the Mega Fan tier allows off-line viewing and for 4 devices simultaneously.

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CRUNCHYROLL REDUCES MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION PRICE IN NEARLY 100 COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES INCLUDING UK AND IRELAND

- During Unification of Global Brands, Crunchyroll Increases Fan Value as it Adjusts its Pricing in Major Markets, including the United Kingdom, Brazil, India, and Middle East, While Adding More Dubbed Content in More Languages -

Culver City, Calif. (July 18, 2022) - Crunchyroll, the ultimate anime destination, announced today that the cost of Crunchyroll Premium memberships is decreasing in nearly 100 international territories.

"Earlier this year, we promised anime fans that we would provide more value in one subscription experience," says Rahul Purini, President of Crunchyroll. "Since then, our team has expanded our catalogue with more subtitled and dubbed anime in more languages than ever before. Today, we're excited to offer Crunchyroll Premium memberships for select regions at a new, lower price for both existing subscribers and new fans alike, as we continue to add more content to the service."

Today's price decrease will create consistency across Crunchyroll memberships across channels, including web, mobile, and living room devices in each region. For a full list of affected countries and territories, fans can visit [https://got.cr/price-announce-en] to learn more. But a couple of highlights:

• In the United Kingdom, Mega Fan will change from 7.99 to 5.99 GBP
• In Ireland, Mega Fan will change from 9.99 to 6.49 EUR

Crunchyroll offers the Fan and Mega Fan Premium subscriptions. The Crunchyroll Fan membership offers ad-free viewing and access to Crunchyroll's library of anime dubs alongside access to Crunchyroll manga and simulcast series day and date with premiere in Japan. The Crunchyroll Mega Fan membership offers all the benefits of Crunchyroll Fan, alongside access to anime on the go with offline viewing and the ability to stream Crunchyroll concurrently across four different streams.

Crunchyroll has also expanded the dubbed anime offering for international anime fans, offering a slate of dubbed anime series in Arabic, Castilian, and Italian for the first time. These series will begin to premiere as soon as this summer.

About Crunchyroll

Crunchyroll connects anime and manga fans across 200+ countries and territories with the content and experiences they love. In addition to free ad-supported and subscription premium content, Crunchyroll serves the anime community across events, theatrical, games, consumer products, collectibles, and manga publishing.

Anime fans have access to one of the largest collections of licensed anime through Crunchyroll and translated in multiple languages for viewers worldwide. Viewers can also access simulcasts - top series available immediately after Japanese broadcast.

The Crunchyroll app is available on over 15 platforms, including all gaming consoles.

Crunchyroll, LLC is an independently operated joint venture between US-based Sony Pictures Entertainment, and Japan's Aniplex, a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc., both subsidiaries of Tokyo-based Sony Group Corporation.

Source: Crunchyroll