Crunchyroll announced that it has acquired the North American theatrical rights for the monster-sized omnibus film Kaiju No. 8: Mission Recon. Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment will bring the film to theatres in the United States and Canada for an event-style release on April 13, 14 and 16, 2025. It will be available in both Japanese with […]
It's time for the Crunchyroll physical media release scheduled for June 2025. The decisive battle between heroes and villains heats up this summer when My Hero Academia Season 7 Part 1 will be released on Blu-ray in North America on June 17 from Crunchyroll. As Deku and everyone at U.A. High School prepare for an inevitable war against […]
Crunchyroll is taking "trash television" quite literally with Gachiakuta, the next big hit in Shonen anime based on the manga currently serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine. The anime will stream exclusively on the platform in the Summer of 2025. Produced by the renowned studio Bones Film (My Hero Academia; Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood), Gachiakuta stands out with its […]
Actor, special effect artist, and manga fan Masi Oka (best known for Heroes, Hawaii Five-0) has signed a deal with CBS Studios and Propagate Content to develop a television adaptation of the dark fantasy manga series Claymore in partnership with Japanese publishing company Shueisha. Oka will serve as executive producer alongside Ben Silverman, Howard T. Owens, and Rodney Ferrell of […]
My Hero Academia: Vigilantes, the brand new animated spinoff series that takes place before the events of the main My Hero Academia anime, based on the original manga created by Kohei Horikoshi, is coming to Crunchyroll on April 7th. The series comes after its initial announcement last year. In the prequel series, Koichi Haimawari is […]
One Piece, possibly the longest-running anime series on Earth right now – it's certainly the longest-running Shonen Beat manga series without becoming a spinoff or sequel – is coming back to Crunchyroll (If you're wondering what the longest-running manga series is, that would be the adult hitman series Golgo 13, which launched in 1968 and […]
The Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba gang is heading out to the diamond thanks to an official collaboration with Major League Baseball. The MLB x Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba collaboration is centered around the upcoming MLB World Tour Tokyo Series, which starts with pre-season games pitting the Hanshin Tigers against the Yomiuri Giants on […]
Trapezium is the acclaimed pop idol drama anime feature film from the acclaimed Japanese animation studio CloverWorks, who have produced SPY x FAMILY, My Dress-Up Darling, BOCCHI THE ROCK!, and Horimiya, is now streaming only on Crunchyroll. Here's a look at the official overview: In order to achieve her dream of becoming an idol by any means necessary, […]
Prolific filmmaker and executive director Takashi Miike is bringing out the animated post-apocalyptic comedy series Nyaight of the Living Cat, which will begin streaming this July only on Crunchyroll worldwide, excluding Asia. Sony Pictures Entertainment will be distributing in Asia and Japan. Caturday was on February 22nd in Japan, and Crunchyroll has an all-new trailer that warns of the […]
Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow- has added music superstar J Balvin, who will voice the dungeon boss Kargalgan in both the English and Spanish audio tracks. In Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise From the Shadow-, Jinwoo has become a formidable necromancer with an army of loyal shadows at his command. But he must […]
Crunchyroll's Solo Leveling Season 2 Ep. 5: "This Is What We're Trained to Do" was a phenomenal episode. I swear, it just had me screaming "Oh no" throughout. The tension this anime manages to pull off is fascinating without feeling the need to stretch things out. While the animation did not maintain the same flashiness […]
Crunchyroll would like to remind everyone that the finale of Dragon Ball DAIMA premieres on February 28th. That's it. The ending of this series. Goku and company were living peaceful lives when they suddenly turned small due to a conspiracy! When they discover that the reason for this may lie in a world known as […]
The fourth installment of Crunchyroll's The Apothecary Diaries, "Mirrors," felt more like a build-up slash set-up episode. It did not feel like much was happening, but it did seem like things were being set up for bigger things to come. It felt like they had enough for certain things to happen, but it felt incomplete […]
Zenshu continues to be, secretly, the best new anime series of the season. It's a satire with a real point of view instead of the usual power fantasy isekai. It's a satire on the anime industry, the isekai genre itself, a homage to the history of anime and its evolution over the decades, and a […]
"You've watched the fight for humanity. Now, Experience it. Attack on Titan: THE LAST ATTACK comes to the big screen February 10 for one day only. Celebrate the end of a legacy like never before!" shouts the advertising. That's right, the final movie that cut together the climactic showdown of Attack on Titan is playing […]
The third episode of Crunchyroll's The Apothecary Diaries, "Corpse Fungus," was a tough episode to watch. It was pretty sad once the story finally came together. However, I love getting episodes where Maomao and Jinshi put on their Sherlock and Watson hats to solve mysteries together in the rear palace. Well, this time, a concubine […]
Crunchyroll's Solo Leveling Season 2 Episode 3: "Still a Long Way to Go" was yet another testament to Jinwoo's strength. The episode went by fast following Jinwoo leveling up and several bits on the outside world. Things seem to be cooking and slowly setting up for what is to come. The episode starts off with […]
Attack on Titan: THE LAST ATTACK, the feature film that compiles the finale episodes of the hit anime, will premiere in theatres for one day only on February 10th. The 145-minute film brings together the last two episodes of the critically acclaimed anime series into one monumental theatrical experience so fans can relive the epic […]
Zenshu is the one standout isekai anime right out of an overcrowded genre. These days, you can't look at a manga, light novel, or anime streaming list without a whole bunch of isekai series falling on you like tribbles tumbling out of a starship grain storage. Isekai is a knowing power fantasy, usually written by […]
Crunchyroll's The Apothecary Diaries Season 2 Episode 2, "Caravan," gives us some insight into what the next hurdle Maomao and Jinshi will have to overcome. Right now, there are only theories and conjectures, but something is definitely going on, and someone is making things seem like a coincidence. The palace is preparing to receive some […]
