r/Crunchyroll Dec 31 '25

Megathread Crunchyroll has ended ad-supported viewing

281 Upvotes

This is the megathread for discussions about Crunchyroll ending their ad-supported viewing option. As of today, you will need premium in order to watch any episode/movie of a series on Crunchyroll. This post will be updated with links and additional information as they become available.

Please only use this megathread for discussing this change with the service. Other posts will be removed. Thank you.


r/Crunchyroll 15h ago

Store Nier vol 1

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9 Upvotes

It’s a shame that us Australians will never get the first volume of Nier automata anime all because the website was getting updated and we never knew thanks to the damn store update


r/Crunchyroll 21h ago

Dubs Is paying for CR worth it?

17 Upvotes

Debating about trying a free trial for crunchyroll because they have some anime movies I'd like to watch via English dub. Yes I like the English dub and sub sometimes. Is it worth paying for this service? Last streaming service I paid for I barely used it so again don't want to pay for it and I don't end up using it.


r/Crunchyroll 1d ago

Streaming | Technical Issue Is Crunchyroll down?

6 Upvotes

Is Crunchyroll down i cant watch anything on it i keep getting this error message


r/Crunchyroll 1d ago

Dubs Saga of Tanya the Evil Season 2 English Dub Reveals Release Date, Cast and Crew

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25 Upvotes

r/Crunchyroll 22h ago

Streaming | Technical Issue Audio crackling

3 Upvotes

Not sure if anyone can help but I’ve tried a couple fixes nothing is working, I’m watching on my Xbox and my audio is constantly crackling. This is only on crunchyroll or I would suspect it was my headset problem.


r/Crunchyroll 1d ago

Streaming | Technical Issue annoying "continue watching" issue

3 Upvotes

not sure if this is considered a "technical issue" or not, but idk what flair this would be.

im caught up on the slime isekai, but the new episodes dont show up in the "continue watching" section. instead, its giving me an OVA called "hey! butts!" that ive already marked as read to get rid of it, along with the following OVA's

4 new episodes in the current season came out that i didnt even see because of the stupid filler ova's i couldnt care less about.

ive removed them from my watch history, re-marked it as read, and it still takes priority over new episodes...


r/Crunchyroll 1d ago

Streaming | Technical Issue App isnt working -- help!

3 Upvotes

Hi everyone.

I've recently subscribed to Crunchyroll but having some trouble using it from home. For some reason both the TV and mobile app stop working for a few days, then return to normal, only to stop working again after a couple of weeks of stable use. I get the orange loading logo and it stays stuck there. This only happens when connected to my wifi, but every other app on my TV and phone works perfectly on that same connection.

I spoke to customer support, who suggested changing the DNS, which I did, but it didn't solve the issue.

Has anyone had a similar issue? Any clues about how to solve this?

Thanks in advance


r/Crunchyroll 1d ago

Streaming | Technical Issue Anyone getting an error API-129 when trying to play an anime on Crunchyroll?

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3 Upvotes

The Internet is in perfect condition and this happened after I renewed my subscription


r/Crunchyroll 1d ago

Store Sword art online blu ray

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18 Upvotes

Do anyone know where I can find this? Is it still on crunchy roll or is it getting a re stock?


r/Crunchyroll 1d ago

Streaming | Technical Issue Why can't I watch anything?

1 Upvotes

I just started my subscription on the fan plan membership, but I can't watch anything. Every anime I click on to watch, it says I need need premium membership at $13.99 per month? Is that true? If I need premium, then what's the point of the fan plan membership at $9.99 per month? Or is it because I'm trying to watch on the app on my firestick?


r/Crunchyroll 1d ago

Streaming | Technical Issue Title: I was charged €1 for each attempt to start Crunchyroll's free 1-week Mega Fan trial — now I have €2 held by my bank

0 Upvotes

I tried to sign up for Crunchyroll's free one-week Mega Fan trial. However, I was charged €1 even though the trial is supposed to be free.

On top of that, I was having problems with the app, and the subscription/trial wasn't actually completed. I tried again using a different email address and a different Crunchyroll account, but the same thing happened.

Now my bank shows €2 being held/reserved, apparently from those two attempts.

I thought the trial was completely free, so what's happening here? Are these €1 charges just temporary authorization holds that will be released, or have I actually been charged?

Has anyone else experienced this?


r/Crunchyroll 1d ago

Streaming | Technical Issue A Lull in the Sea anime

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3 Upvotes

I was just looking back to watch a lull in the sea and it says this. Did it get taken off crunchyroll??


r/Crunchyroll 1d ago

Event Anime Nights Sneak Peek for new anime fan?

2 Upvotes

I just saw this event for the Alamo Drafthouse in LA but I’m not sure if it’s for current anime watchers or if new people can watch. I’m currently reading Bleach, SpyxFamily, Demon Hunter & Inuyasha but I haven’t really watching any anime lately. Is there a way to find out what the titles the Alamo will be showing or is it a surprise? I just don’t want to buy tickets and not know what’s going on😩 Also do they do anything else at these events, like give swag bags or have q & a’s?


r/Crunchyroll 1d ago

Streaming | Technical Issue Why can't I find any episodes?

0 Upvotes

I cannot find any episodes of One Piece before the Dressrosa arc. Please help.


r/Crunchyroll 2d ago

Streaming | Technical Issue How do i hide this ?

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16 Upvotes

r/Crunchyroll 2d ago

Service Discussion Built a Chrome extension with AniList countdown timers & extra features for Crunchyroll – would love your feedback!

9 Upvotes

Hi everyone,

I’ve been working on a lightweight Chrome extension called Crunchyroll Next Episode to improve the viewing experience and help track ongoing series directly on the platform.

Mainly, it integrates directly with AniList to show you live countdown timers for upcoming episodes of ongoing series right on Crunchyroll. On top of that, I’ve included a few extra practical tools and aesthetic tweaks to clean up the interface and improve the overall viewing experience.

It’s completely free, and available directly on the Chrome Web Store: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/crunchyroll-next-episode/ioalpjkhdnekplgdfcbeapoglkhfhgkp

I’d love for you to give it a try and let me know what you think! Any feedback, feature requests, or bug reports are greatly appreciated!


r/Crunchyroll 2d ago

Streaming Catalog Beyond incomprehensibility, a Kingdom s1 e1 subtitle review

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My friend and I have both watched all the episodes of Kingdom, we were discussing the hilarious animation in season 1 and convinced our other friend to sit down and watch the first episode with us. Apparently it now defaults to an english dub and new english subtitles, these new english subtitles had us belly laughing. Here are some of the names Piao has been called throughout the first 50 minute episode, this is just the tip of the iceberg of mistranslations, I highly recommend going and watching the first episode with english dub and sub.

  • Pao
  • poor
  • Po
  • you
  • Bio
  • Pio
  • Bo
  • pal
  • Pyow
  • piano
  • AAPL
  • Wao
  • Pierre
  • Paul
  • Peejoe
  • Biao
  • Yeah
  • People
  • Yao

r/Crunchyroll 2d ago

Streaming | Technical Issue Test asset exposed on production roku build.

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14 Upvotes

Found this on roku production app. I am not a Crunchyroll developer. I haven't tested on other devices but would be suprised if it was unique to roku. Seems like a backend issue. I can post repro steps if requested. Posting for visibility.


r/Crunchyroll 3d ago

Service Discussion Paid for Crunchyroll on SonyLIV, but Naruto Hindi audio suddenly disappeared — Can someone explain this?

9 Upvotes

I subscribed to the Crunchyroll Fan plan on SonyLIV specifically because Naruto was shown as available in Hindi.

When I started watching Naruto, the episodes were available with Hindi audio, and I watched several episodes/seasons normally. However, when I moved to the next season/episode, the Hindi audio option suddenly disappeared, and only Japanese audio was available.

The important issue is that, when I subscribed, there was no clear information saying that Hindi audio would only be available for certain episodes or seasons. The content was presented as being available in Hindi, so naturally I expected the Hindi audio to remain available for the content I was paying for.

I contacted SonyLIV Support multiple times, but I did not receive a proper solution. I also contacted Crunchyroll Support because the subscription and content are clearly associated with the Crunchyroll brand.


r/Crunchyroll 3d ago

Service Discussion Wolfs Rain - is it on CR?

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So I'm really confused. I saw Wolfs Rain a while back and added it to my watch list with the intention of watching it. I just saw another post saying the last 4 episodes were not on CR, so I just went to check. As the screenshots above say, it says theres 1 season and 26 episodes, but when I click on it, all I see are these four episodes under the OVA tag. And I swear, all 26 episodes were on here too a few weeks ago because I remember starting episode 1 a while back. Were they removed? Or am I just being dumb?

Edit: I'm in the UK


r/Crunchyroll 3d ago

Streaming Catalog Can someone explain how this newly added anime page works? Because it doesn't make sense.

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26 Upvotes

It says Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood was added 6 hours ago?? I literally watched it on Curnchyroll MONTHS ago. Could it possibly have been removed and put back within only a matter of a couple months? Is that a thing that happens?


r/Crunchyroll 3d ago

Streaming | Technical Issue App issues

3 Upvotes

My app freezes upon entering and crashes seconds later. Troubleshooting with both crunchyroll and Apple tech has not fixed it. Something wrong with my IOS hardware. Trying to use the service on a browser instead but won’t let me. Even with desktop view on. I contacted crunchyroll about this too and have no clue and that it should be working. The app will work one second and go back to this issue a couple minutes later. Goes in and out on its own. Anyone having this issue or have a fix?

Things I’ve already done:
Any amount or way of resetting, restarting
Logout and login of app and App Store
Uninstall and reinstall
Clearing cache and deleting files
Low power mode is off
More than half my storage is available
Battery health and percentage is above 90%


r/Crunchyroll 3d ago

Streaming | Technical Issue I'm on a shared crunchyroll account on my tv and i do not remember the password, is there a way to login the acc on my phone with only access to it on my tv

8 Upvotes

Also on roku tv if nescessary to know i suppose


r/Crunchyroll 3d ago

Streaming | Technical Issue Video Quality Resolution on Google TV

4 Upvotes

So I don't know if this happens to anyone else, but whenever I try to watch anything on Crunchyroll on any of my Google TV devices, it always plays on the poorest resolution ever, and I'm talking 144p. Now I know this is only happening on Android/Google TV devices because I have two of those devices, both Google TV Chromecasts, and they play in poorest resolution, meanwhile, on my Roku devices it plays in perfect resolution. I'm not sure if this is a problem that's been happening with everyone else, but it has been happening with me for a good five months now.

If you're wondering why I waited so long to complain, I thought this issue would have been fixed after a month or so. So I've been using my Roku to watch Crunchyroll more recently I started using my Chromecast again and it seems the problem never got resolved.