Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is coming to an end in the biggest way imaginable.
In a recent interview with The Verge about the future of what is now the dominant anime streaming platform in the west, Crunchyroll president Rahul Purini suggested that one way to combat anime piracy should be an embrace of AI models to speed up the subtitling process.
In an increasingly perilous streaming and digital media landscape—where content is as quick to vanish into the ether as it is spread out across myriad services—Crunchyroll’s recent announcement it was entirely subsuming Funimation three years after it merged with its
Sony just raised the price of anime and left American otakus with few other options. The company’s anime streamer, Funimation, is officially shutting down on April 2, according to a press release on Wednesday.
In 2016, South Korean writer Chugong released the video game-like web novel Solo Leveling, which has grown in popularity over the years.
The success of One Piece’s live-action Netflix series means western studios are going to be looking at other popular shonen anime to bring to life.
Along with being one of the biggest platforms to watch anime, Crunchyroll is also a hub to read manga on your phone or computer.
