Who owns Crunchyroll?

In 2008, Crunchyroll secured a capital investment of $4.05 million from the venture capital firm Venrock. The investment drew criticism from anime distributors and licensors, Bandai Entertainment and Funimation, as the site continued to allow users to upload illegal copies of licensed titles.

Crunchyroll began securing legal distribution agreements with companies and stated that it was committed to removing all copyright-infringing content from its site.

Crunchyroll is headquartered in San Francisco, California but has offices in:

• Culver City

• Los Angeles

• Dallas

• Coppell

• Burbank

• New York City

• Melbourne

• Montreal

• Tokyo

• Paris

• Roubaix

• Berlin

• Chisinau

• Lausanne

• London

The company is multinational and is a member of the Association of Japanese Animations. Crunchyroll offers over 1,000 anime shows, more than 200 East Asian dramas, and around 80 manga titles. Not all programming is available worldwide due to licensing restrictions.

Crunchyroll is one of the largest providers of East Asian content, surpassing more than a million paid subscribers. In 2021, Crunchyroll had annual revenue of $27.5 million with 610 employees working for the company.