Crunchyroll Launches 24/7 Free Anime Channel In The U.S.

Sony Pictures Entertainmentโ€™s Crunchyroll, the popular anime streaming giant, on Wednesday launched its own free, ad-supported 24-hour anime channel across the U.S. for an โ€œanime-curious audience.โ€

The new 24/7 linear channel is a collaboration between Crunchyroll and GSN (Game Show Network), which is part of Sony Pictures Entertainment.

It is available on third-party streaming platforms like Amazon Freevee, LG Channels, The Roku Channel, and VIZIO WatchFree+.

โ€œThe Crunchyroll channel is a gateway to the world of anime where we will guide viewers to discover new worlds, new stories, and new characters. And thanks to our distribution partners at launch, millions of fans have easy access to the medium that is taking the world by storm!โ€ said Rahul Purini, President of Crunchyroll.

Tim Carry, GSNโ€™s EVP of Distribution, added, โ€œGSN is thrilled by the massive response from our platform partners for this channel, which is a testament to Crunchyrollโ€™s brand and library. We are grateful to bring this channel to market.โ€

The new Crunchyroll channel will include English-dubbed fan-favorite catalog anime series at launch, such as Horimiya, Ranking of Kings, Moriarty the Patriot, PSYCHOโ€“PASS, Arifureta, Sugar Apple Fairytale, To Your Eternity,ย andย Code Geass.

Further, the new and premium anime content will continue to remain on Crunchyrollโ€™s subscription and ad-supported VOD services, with the linear channel meant to โ€œpromote the growing medium of anime.โ€

Crunchyroll said it has plans to introduce other promotional, genre and themed programming blocks in the future to give viewers a taste of the varied anime coming out of Japan.

Subscribe to our newsletter

To be updated with all the latest news

Kavita Iyer
Kavita Iyerhttps://www.techworm.net
An individual, optimist, homemaker, foodie, a die hard cricket fan and most importantly one who believes in Being Human!!!

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

Subscribe to our newsletter

To be updated with all the latest news

Read More

Suggested Post