Crunchyroll, the leading global lifestyle brand for all things anime, announced a major expansion of its offerings at New York Comic Con this week with the launch of Crunchyroll Manga. The new premium add-on service, which began rolling out across the U.S. and Canada on iOS and Android devices, gives subscribers access to dive into hundreds of Japanese comics, making the medium more accessible than ever before.
The launch cements Crunchyroll’s evolution into a comprehensive hub for manga and anime fans, providing a seamless experience between the source material and its animated counterpart. A web version of the ad-free reading experience is set to follow on October 15.
Massive Library and Top Publishers
The new digital service features titles from leading publishers, including AlphaPolis, COMPASS, Square Enix, VIZ Media, and Yen Press, with more publishers expected to be announced in the future.
The launch library boasts an extensive selection, featuring many series that are currently streaming as anime on the Crunchyroll platform. Select titles available at launch include:
- Jujutsu Kaisen
- One Piece
- My Hero Academia
- Spy x Family
- Black Clover
- Kaiju No. 8
- The Apothecary Diaries
- Delicious in Dungeon
- My Dress-Up Darling
Reader features across all tiers include unlimited, ad-free reading, the ability to download chapters for offline reading, light and dark reading modes, two-page spreads, and personalized reading lists and recommendations.
Crunchyroll Manga App Demonstration at New York Comic Con
The demonstration of the Crunchyroll Manga app highlighted its seamless integration with the main Crunchyroll streaming service and its core reading features.
The main points of the demonstration include:
- Integrated Account and Interface
- The app’s interface is described as “very similar” to the Crunchyroll streaming app, featuring different user profiles.
- The user’s account and profile used for Crunchyroll streaming are exactly the same ones used to log into the Crunchyroll Manga app, making the service “all connected”.
- Content Navigation and Details
- The demonstration showed a “super seamless experience” with content categories and highlight titles, allowing users to browse and select a title of interest.
- Clicking a title brings up a view similar to the anime streaming experience, showing content details such as the synopsis, genre tags (like “action or adventure”), and a list of all available chapters and volumes.
- A key discovery feature demonstrated was the ability to filter titles by genre, such as “Romance”.
- Key Reading Features
- Users can download chapters for offline viewing, allowing them to “continue reading even if you don’t have internet access”.
- The ability to bookmark favorite titles was also noted.
- Ecosystem Interconnectivity
- The experience is described as “all interconnected”.
- A new tab in the main Crunchyroll app will take the user directly into the manga app.
- The app can also direct users to the Crunchyroll Store to potentially find merchandise related to the title they are reading.
Pricing and Subscription Tiers
Crunchyroll Manga is available as an add-on service for current Crunchyroll Premium subscribers in the U.S. and Canada.
- Ultimate Fan Tier: Subscribers at the Ultimate Fan level ($15.99/month) will receive Crunchyroll Manga at no extra cost, alongside their existing perks like anime-streaming on up to six devices and access to the Game Vault.
- Fan and Mega Fan Tiers: Current Fan and Mega Fan subscribers can add the service for an additional monthly fee:
- Fan + Manga: $11.99 USD / $15.49 CAD (includes a $4.00 USD / $5.50 CAD add-on).
- Mega Fan + Manga: $15.49 USD / $17.49 CAD (includes a $3.50 USD / $5.00 CAD add-on).
Fans at New York Comic Con can catch the new service in action with demos and panels running at the Crunchyroll Booth #1643 from October 9–12.
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