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Culver City, Calif., October 29, 2024 – Crunchyroll, the ultimate home for anime fans, is about to make anime even more accessible as it announces a new distribution deal with YouTube Primetime Channels. The launch is slated sometime before the end of 2024 in the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Australia.
With YouTube Primetime Channels, viewers can subscribe to and watch content from multiple streaming services directly on the YouTube app, simplifying the experience by managing all subscriptions in one place. Crunchyroll is joining over 45 channels on YouTube Primetime Channels.
This partnership will further expand Crunchyroll’s reach, making the world’s largest dedicated anime library even more accessible. With 15 million paying subscribers worldwide, Crunchyroll offers fans premium anime content, from streaming to theatrical, events, games, merchandise, and more.
This fall alone, Crunchyroll is bringing 40+ new anime series to fans, including Dragon Ball DAIMA, One Piece, BLUE LOCK, Re: Zero and Shangri-La Frontier Season 2 adding to an ever-growing library of 25,000 hours of content and 50,000 episodes across more than 2,000 titles. Joining YouTube Primetime Channels will make it easier than ever for viewers to dive into everything anime has to offer—whenever and wherever they want.
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About Crunchyroll
Crunchyroll is the global anime brand that fuels fans’ love of anime. With the ambition to make anime an even bigger part of pop culture, Crunchyroll offers fans the ultimate anime experience and destination centered around a premium streaming service. Crunchyroll has the largest dedicated anime library, an immersive world of events, exciting theatrical releases, unique games, must-have merchandise, timely news, and more. Anime is for everyone and is accessible to stream across territories through Crunchyroll—whether on the go on mobile, through gaming consoles and big-screen devices at home, or on desktops anywhere.
Crunchyroll, LLC is an independently operated joint venture between U.S.-based Sony Pictures Entertainment and Japan’s Aniplex, a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc., both subsidiaries of Tokyo-based Sony Group.
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About YouTube Primetime Channels
YouTube Primetime Channels lets viewers subscribe and watch content from their favorite streaming services right on the YouTube app. With over 45 channels, users can browse, sign up for and watch their favorite shows, movies, sports and more. With so many streaming options today, Primetime Channels makes it easier for viewers to easily watch content from multiple streaming services without having to jump from app to app, while also managing their subscriptions all in one place.
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