Crunchyroll Increases Their Subscription Charges For U.S., French And Argentinian Users
It is due to the increase in content over the past few years, to include over 45,000 episodes across 1,400 series and films.
Streaming giant Crunchyroll has announced, on May 1, 2024, that they’ve increased the pricing for its Mega Fan and Ultimate Fan subscription tiers for users in the United States, Argentina, Colombia, France, Portugal, and other select countries, which are not exactly mentioned in the original post.
However, in the first category, fan-tier, the prices will remain the same.
Crunchyroll has provided information on each of these categories and what they entail for U.S. users as follows:
Crunchyroll Subscription Tiers and Benefits
Fan Tier ($7.99/month)
- 5% off select products at the Crunchyroll Store.
- Free U.S. shipping on purchases greater than $75 or a flat-$7 from the Crunchyroll Store.
- Early access to pre-orders and exclusives!
Mega Fan Tier ($11.99/month)
- 10% off select products at the Crunchyroll Store.
- Free U.S. shipping on purchases greater than $50 or a flat-$7 from the Crunchyroll Store.
- Access to a growing library of games via Crunchyroll Game Vault.
- Stream on up to four devices at a time.
- Offline viewing!
- Early access to pre-orders and exclusives.
- Ability to order convention exclusives online.
Ultimate Fan Tier ($15.99/month)
- 15% off select products at the Crunchyroll Store.
- Free U.S. shipping on all purchases at the Crunchyroll Store.
- Access to a growing library of games via Crunchyroll Game Vault.
- Stream on up to six devices at a time.
- Offline viewing!
- Early access to pre-orders and exclusives.
- Ability to order convention exclusives online.
- An exclusive swag bag after 12 consecutive months of subscribing to Crunchyroll.
The streaming company has basically increased the prices of 2 of these categories because they offer more goodies! (Irrespective of whether you need them or not).
For instance, in the United States, the subscription price for Mega Fan Tier increased from $9.99/month to $11.99/month, while the Ultimate Fan Tier will increase to $15.99/month (from $14.99/month). However. The Fan tier will remain unchanged at $7.99/month.
Moreover, the free-trial period has been reduced from 14 days to 7 days.
Though a lot of fans felt disappointed over the drastic increase in the monthly subscription charges, the uprise, according to company executives, is due to the increase in content on Crunchyroll over the past few years, which has led to an expansion of its repertoire to include over 45,000 episodes across 1,400 series and films.
However, this wasn’t the first time Crunchyroll has increased its prices. Its first major price increase took place in 2019 in the United States, Great Britain, Australia and the Nordics, and implemented these multi-tier subscription offerings in 2020. Countries like Canada, Mexico, Australia, and New Zealand also saw an uptick in prices in October 2022 but they also lowered its monthly subscription prices in almost 100 countries in July 2022.
About Crunchyroll:
Crunchyroll offers the largest anime streaming service in the world, and is one of the top 10 streaming companies in the U.S.
It is an American subscription video-on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned by Sony Group Corporation.
The service primarily distributes films and television series produced by East Asian media, including anime, J-Dramas, K-Dramas and other live action stuff and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
It offers over 1,000 anime shows, more than 200 East Asian dramas in over 15 languages, and around 80 manga titles as Crunchyroll Manga, although the number of available shows varies by country due to licensing restrictions.
Crunchyroll passed one million paid subscribers in February 2017, and has over 10 million paid subscribers as of 2022.
Source: Crunchyroll
