Crunchyroll’s existing subscription point of $8 consistent with the month, “Fan”, 30,000 episodes of 1,000 series in the service library, in a singles broadcast and simultaneous series broadcasts from its inception in Japan.
The new “Mega Fan” service will charge $10 according to the month and load offline viewing and in 4 simultaneous streams. You will also supply gifts in the Crunchyroll product store.
The “Ultimate Fan” to be offered will charge $15 depending on the month. To do this, the audience will get advantages from six simultaneous streams, an annual “gift bag” of products and only for members, even more products. The display is not ad-supported for this level.
Higher point prices put it at the expense of WarnerMedia’s other main streaming service, HBO Max, which provides a much wider diversity of content for a general audience. The Crunchyroll poster, as well as the films of Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki and his Studio Ghibli, also appear on HBO Max.
The 14-year service has been one of the greatest successes and a vital specialized video as the broadcast wars have intensified.
It attracts 3 million paid subscribers in two hundred countries to its main offering, with popular screens such as Dragon Ball Super, One Piece, Black Clover and Boruto: Naruto Next Generations. Millions of other animation enthusiasts see their free ad-supported spot across a wide variety of apps and devices.
ATT, which acquired CrunchyRoll when it bought what is now WarnerMedia in 2018, is said to have attempted to sell the service for up to $1.5 billion while seeking its huge debt. Discussions have reportedly taken a stand with Sony, which already owns the anime service Funimation.
Crunchyroll’s loose offer will also continue to work. Viewers have access to the new screens one week after they have left the paid service. New service titles are being rolled out as of today, but are not expected to be fully available until early September.
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