Crunchyroll partners with Funimation to bring fans more access to more anime

09–08–2016 | Kun Gao

When we started Crunchyroll, we wanted to bring all of anime to the world. With the ongoing support of fans and creators, we have been fortunate to help slowly but surely bring more of anime to a growing fanbase. Now, we take one big step towards realizing our goal.

Today, Funimation joins Crunchyroll in our common goal of bringing more anime to fans and more fans to anime. We are announcing a partnership that will bring more shows to each of our services, as well as more ways for anime fans to stream, purchase, download, and access more of the shows they love.

Starting immediately, Crunchyroll viewers will have access to subtitled Funimation simulcasts, including select summer titles. Going forward, Funimation will be distributing even more of their simulcast titles on Crunchyroll.

With this partnership, Funimation will also be contributing their subtitled catalog to Crunchyroll. This includes some of the most critically acclaimed and popular titles of the past two decades.

The partnership extends to Crunchyroll titles as well. Sometime this fall, select Crunchyroll titles will be available with English language Broadcast Dubs on FunimationNow, and even more Broadcast Dub and dubbed catalog titles in the coming weeks.

Finally, we will be working together to distribute Crunchyroll titles through Blu-ray/DVD, EST, both dubbed and subbed. Stay tuned for announcements on availability and street dates.

This is truly an amazing time to be a fan of anime. And yet, it is just the beginning of what we think the potential of anime can be.