Crunchyroll is an anime service that was founded in San Francisco, California on May 14th 2006. It was co-founded and managed by Kun Gao, a Chinese-American, and his friends when they graduated from the University of California, Berkeley. Currently, Crunchyroll hosts the official sub and dub of the My Hero Academia anime and is the largest distributor of the anime, following its merger with Funimation.
Streaming and Simulcasting[]
As with all anime streamed on Crunchyroll, those with a premium membership are able to watch a subbed version of the newest episode 1 hour after it is aired in Japan. Currently, all 113 episodes of the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth season, as well as the fourth OVA are available for streaming through Crunchyroll's service.
Partnership and Merger with Funimation[]
In 2016, Crunchyroll and Funimation formed a partnership in which the FunimationNow streaming service became part of Crunchyroll's VRV Premium Subscription. The partnership ended on November 9, 2018 and a select few titles were pulled from both services. All episodes of My Hero Academia are still available to view on Crunchyroll.[1] Crunchyroll was aqcuired by Sony, Funimation's parent company, on August 9th, 2021[2] and it was announced on March 1st, 2022, that Funimation would be absorbed to Crunchyroll, causing the Funimation brand to be phased out and its contents to be moved over to Crunchyroll.[3] The dub of My Hero Academia is now available on Crunchyroll, following the merger.
Manga[]
While Crunchyroll doesn't produce English translations of the manga on its site, it does sell official translated volumes of My Hero Academia through its shop.
You can find any and all relevant information on the following websites:
External Links[]
- Official website
- Official Facebook page
- Crunchyroll on Wikipedia
References[]
- ā https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-10-18/funimation-crunchyroll-end-content-sharing-partnership/.138330
- ā https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-08-09/sony-funimation-global-group-completes-acquisition-of-crunchyroll-from-at-t/.176073
- ā https://help.crunchyroll.com/hc/en-us/articles/4495938340500
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Streaming Companies | Crunchyroll ā¢ Funimation ā¢ Hulu |
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Video Games | |
Developers | Bandai Namco ā¢ Dimps ā¢ Byking |