Crunchyroll, Inc. is an American distributor, publisher, and licensing
company focused on streaming anime, manga, and dorama. Founded in 2006
by a group of University of California, Berkeley graduates,
Crunchyroll's distribution channel and partnership program delivers
content to 70 million registered users worldwide. Crunchyroll is a
subsidiary of Otter Media, which is a subsidiary of AT&T's
WarnerMedia. Crunchyroll has offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles,
Chișinău and Tokyo, and is a member of the Association of Japanese
Animations (AJA). "Crunchyroll-Hime", also known as "Hime" is the
official mascot of Crunchyroll.Crunchyroll offers over 1,000 anime
shows, more than 200 East Asian dramas to users, and 50 manga titles
as Crunchyroll Manga, although not all programming is available
worldwide due to licensing restrictions. Crunchyroll passed one
million paid subscribers in February 2017, and has over 3 million paid
subscribers as of 2020[update]. Crunchyroll also selects some anime
titles for release on home video through its distribution partners
(Funimation, Sentai Filmworks, and Viz Media in North America, Anime
Limited in the United Kingdom).Crunchyroll started in 2006 as a
for-profit video upload and streaming site that specialized in hosting
East Asian video content. Some of the content hosted on Crunchyroll
included fansubbed versions of East Asian shows.
company focused on streaming anime, manga, and dorama. Founded in 2006
by a group of University of California, Berkeley graduates,
Crunchyroll's distribution channel and partnership program delivers
content to 70 million registered users worldwide. Crunchyroll is a
subsidiary of Otter Media, which is a subsidiary of AT&T's
WarnerMedia. Crunchyroll has offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles,
Chișinău and Tokyo, and is a member of the Association of Japanese
Animations (AJA). "Crunchyroll-Hime", also known as "Hime" is the
official mascot of Crunchyroll.Crunchyroll offers over 1,000 anime
shows, more than 200 East Asian dramas to users, and 50 manga titles
as Crunchyroll Manga, although not all programming is available
worldwide due to licensing restrictions. Crunchyroll passed one
million paid subscribers in February 2017, and has over 3 million paid
subscribers as of 2020[update]. Crunchyroll also selects some anime
titles for release on home video through its distribution partners
(Funimation, Sentai Filmworks, and Viz Media in North America, Anime
Limited in the United Kingdom).Crunchyroll started in 2006 as a
for-profit video upload and streaming site that specialized in hosting
East Asian video content. Some of the content hosted on Crunchyroll
included fansubbed versions of East Asian shows.
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