After the acquisition by Sonywhich brought great news such as the simulcast of Attack on Titan And Demon Slayer, Crunchyroll just announced that Funimationthe streaming platform for anime available in 52 countries, will merge with Crunchyroll becoming part of its brand. The result will be a single subscription service that will include the souls already present on Crunchyroll and all those of Funimation, Wakanim And VRV.
Until the merger is completed, all new series arriving during the spring season will all be found on Crunchyroll, while Funimation will only publish episodes of series already started on its platform. For this reason, Crunchyroll urges all Funimation subscribers to create a profile on their channel as soon as possible. Current subscribers of Funimation, Wakanim and VRV will receive a special 60-day Crunchyroll Premium membership for freebut only if you don’t already have a Crunchyroll profile.
More details below.
Funimation’s content joins Crunchyroll’s to form the world’s largest anime library
The Funimation and Wakanim series will move to Crunchyroll for all regions where they are available, starting today!
Great news: anime has been boosted! Funimation, which grants anime fans from 52 countries and 10 languages, will merge under the Crunchyroll brand. This move includes the Funimation branch, Wakanim, along with that of Crunchyroll and VRV, to create a unique subscription service for fans around the world.
This means that the series that will arrive during the spring season (the biggest ever!) And thereafter will be on Crunchyroll. From now on, Funimation will only publish episodes of the series it already broadcasts, this means that Funimation users will want to move to a Crunchyroll profile as soon as possible.
This is why now, as a welcome to the Crunchyroll family, subscribers of Funimation, Wakanim and VRV will receive a special 60-day Crunchyroll Premium membership for free! If you already have a profile on Crunchyroll, you are not eligible for this promotion. In the next few days, eligible Funimation, Wakanim and VRV users will receive an email with their unique link to redeem it.
With such a huge announcement, we are aware that there are many questions: this one page with frequently asked questions has the answers for Crunchyroll, Funimation, Wakanim, and VRV users. New users can also explore Crunchyroll’s spectacular titles, participate in community and events such as Crunchyroll Expo and Anime Awards by reading this useful guide welcome to Crunchyroll.
As Crunchyroll and Funimation enter this new era together, we couldn’t be more excited to cater to a unique and vibrant community of anime fans, writers and artists. Thank you for taking anime to a higher level with us!
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