Crunchyroll will no longer offer free streaming of new series.

Post by **Ojisama** » 28 Mar 2022, 19:44

On Friday 25th March, Crunchyroll announced that they were going to stop add-supported free streaming of new series after 31st March 2022.

Crunchyroll viewers must now have a subscription in order to view all new and existing simulcasts.

For a limited time, the first three episodes of the following spring 2022 titles will be available for free ad-supported viewing, for a week after the relevant episode premieres, ending at the beginning of May.

SPY x FAMILY
A Couple of Cuckoos
The Dawn of the Witch
Tomodachi Game
Skeleton Knight in Another World
Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie
The Greatest Demon Lord is Reborn as a Typical Nobody
Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs

Pre-existing series ARE still available for add-supported viewing.

Crunchyroll reached out to news channels with a comment stating that episodes of anime prior to this spring season will still be available to watch for free with ads. The company added that it will continue to "make new content available for free with ads" and that it is "only stopping the automatic free availability of all simulcast content."

Source - Anime News Network

Post by **Expendable** » 29 Mar 2022, 04:02

Wow. Sorry to hear that. Still, it will let people watch the older series. I wonder if Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu is there?

Ayatai · Post by **Ayatai** » 05 Apr 2022, 06:54

Well, it does make sense as well. Since they have been merging with Funimation, and I am pretty sure Funi has their own set of rules that they both had to agree on in order to merge.

Though Crunchy does need to fix up some stuff like with the languages and such like getting something to where its not so messy trying to find the correct one like within the video have the choice to change the language, etc... instead of making a separate "season" for each language.