Neowin News Feed for: Crunchyroll

Sony becomes FromSoftware owner's largest shareholder, but no acquisition

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 09:18:01 +0000

Following buyout talks, Sony has settled to be the largest shareholder of Japanese media giant Kadokawa, aiming to collaborate with games and anime publishing, and more. Read more...

Crunchyroll to lock most One Piece episodes behind a paywall

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 08:06:02 +0000

After acquiring Crunchyroll for $1 billion, Sony plans to charge users for watching past episode 206 of One Piece. Read more...

Official statement confirms Sony intends to acquire FromSoftware owner Kadokawa

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 13:20:01 +0000

Japanese media conglomerate Kadokawa has confirmed that Sony is attempting to acquire it. The company owns a large number of game studios, anime production companies, and more. Read more...

Xbox Games Pass Ultimate members can now stream 75 free days of Crunchyroll anime

John Callaham — Fri, 21 Jul 2023 17:10:01 +0000

The free access to the Crunchyroll anime streaming service is a new and limited-time addition for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members. You will be able to stream thousands of anime movies and TV shows. Read more...

Evil Genius 2, Mortal Shell, and more head to Xbox Game Pass, along with trial for YT Premium

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 16 Nov 2021 14:40:01 +0000

The games incoming to Xbox Game Pass in the second half of November include indies like Mortal Shell, Next Space Rebels, and more. Ultimate members are gaining YouTube Premium as a bonus. Read more...

Sony is reportedly acquiring anime-streaming site Crunchyroll for roughly $957 million

Jefferson Mangubat — Fri, 30 Oct 2020 23:50:01 +0000

Sony could acquire anime streaming service Crunchyroll as it has entered the final stage of negotiations with AT&T. The asking price remains unclear, but it's said to be more than 100 billion yen. Read more...

Crunchyroll announces price increases in several markets

Paul Hill — Fri, 22 Mar 2019 19:38:01 +0000

The popular anime streaming website, Crunchyroll, has announced that the price of its premium tier subscription will be increasing in several markets. The increase reflects the rising cost of content. Read more...

Anime streaming service Crunchyroll hijacked to distribute malware [Update]

Justin Luna — Sun, 05 Nov 2017 05:00:01 +0000

Crunchyroll, a popular online streaming service for watching anime, was recently the victim of a DNS hijack which saw a malicious payload delivered to otherwise unsuspecting users. Read more...

Crunchyroll is now available for all of your Windows 10 devices

Rich Woods — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 17:12:01 +0000

Microsoft announced a trio of apps coming to Windows 10 today, one of which is Crunchyroll. Crunchyroll also happens to be the only one of the three that's available for all Windows 10 devices. Read more...