Crunchyroll Launches 24/7 Anime Channel in the US (www.crunchyroll.com)

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Full announcement below (emphasis mine):

Get ready for around-the-clock anime, because Crunchyroll announced the launch of a new 24/7 channel. Anime is on the menu all the time on the Crunchyroll channel, which will be available first via Amazon Freevee, LG Channels (available on LG Smart TVs), The Roku Channel and VIZIO WatchFree+.

The network will include English-dubbed programing at launch with a bunch of fan-favorites making an appearance. Among the featured series are:

Horimiya

Ranking of Kings

Moriarty the Patriot

PSYCHO–PASS

Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest

Sugar Apple Fairytale

To Your Eternity

Code Geass

The channel is a collaboration between Crunchyroll and GSN. Look for other promotional, genre and themed programming blocks to be scheduled to give viewers a taste of the varied anime coming out of Japan.

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[-] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

This is interesting. I wonder how this fits into a business model? I mean, how do they make enough money from this to justify the cost of operation? Does this require a subscription, or is this a free channel which serves ads and commercials? A bit of an unusual decision, but I can understand a little with the oversaturation of subscription streaming services and people getting nickel and dimed to death.

[-] mo_lave@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago

Crunchyroll largely restructured its own free tier last year. I think it's because of the ubiquity of services like Tubi and Pluto, which does have a bunch of anime available.

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