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Crunchyroll Manga
Online manga platform and smartphone app From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Crunchyroll Manga is a premium digital manga service from Crunchyroll, LLC offering a vast library of officially licensed manga to readers in the United States and Canada via an ad-free mobile app on iOS and Android. The service's current iteration launched on October 9, 2025, significantly expanding upon its original form, which began distribution on October 30, 2013.[2] Crunchyroll Manga launched with the goal of making manga even more accessible by bringing hundreds of titles from numerous leading publishers onto a single platform. Initial launch partners include AlphaPolis, COMPASS Manga, Square Enix, VIZ Media and Yen Press, with major additions like Shueisha and J-Novel Club planned to follow.[1]
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Crunchyroll Manga (2013–2023)
Crunchyroll Manga was a digital manga anthology published in North America.[3] It began distribution on October 30, 2013. The service launched with a lineup of twelve titles, with chapters released simultaneously with their Japanese release. Crunchyroll Manga provides English speaking readers with officially licensed editions of the latest installments of popular manga published by Futabasha, Kodansha, Kadokawa Shoten and Shōnen Gahōsha soon after they were released in Japan.[3]
On October 26, 2013, Crunchyroll confirmed that the Crunchyroll Manga service would be released on October 30, 2013.[4] The service became available in 170 countries, except Japan, China, France, Germany and Italy.[5]
On February 17, 2018, Crunchyroll announced that Kodansha titles excluding Fairy Tail would be removed from the manga section of the site on March 1. The titles are still available for purchase as eBooks.[6] On March 1, 2018, Crunchyroll announced that they would simultaneously publish new Kodansha manga titles as they release in Japan.[7]
On November 10, 2023, Crunchyroll, LLC confirmed that after December 11, Crunchyroll Manga would be shut down.[8]
Manga chapters can be read online through the website or on web-enabled devices through Crunchyroll or an official app. Readers can sign up for an All-Access or Manga subscription for full access to several manga titles. Anime and Drama subscribers can read only the latest chapters with limited advertisements.[9]
The anthology format generally mirrors that of the equivalent magazine issues, typically featuring the same cover illustrations, and color interior pages. If a physical copy or digital copy of a series is available for sale, it might not be available on Crunchyroll Manga.[9]
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Completed series (2013-2023)
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Series that have completed their serialization in Crunchyroll Manga.
The new Crunchyroll Manga App 2025
On January 7, 2025, Crunchyroll announced during Sony Group Corporation's CES 2025 press conference that a new digital manga application would join the service as a premium add-on, launched later in 2025. The app launched as a standalone, called Crunchyroll Manga, on iOS and Android with web browser support planned for the future. Crunchyroll Manga first launched in English in the United States and Canada, with other language options planned.[10][11]
On September 25, 2025, Crunchyroll announced that Crunchyroll Manga, an add-on service that would make hundreds of manga titles from across several publishers available to subscribers, launched as an app on October 9, 2025.[12] Launch titles include One Piece, Jujutsu Kaisen, Daemons of the Shadow Realm, My Dress-Up Darling, The Summer Hikaru Died, Lycoris Recoil, Delicious in Dungeon, Sasaki and Miyano, Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy, Maiden of the Dragon: Falling for the Demon’s Lies, and many more, spanning multiple genres.[1]
On November 10, 2025, Crunchyroll announced that it has partnered with publisher Titan Manga to bring more than 20 iconic manga series, including ATOM: The Beginning, Burst Angel, Speed Grapher and more, to its catalog. Titan Manga joins AlphaPolis, COMPASS, Square Enix, VIZ Media and Yen Press on Crunchyroll Manga, which now features hundreds of fan-favorite series with more publishers to come in the future.[13]
On December 8, 2025, Crunchyroll announced that 30 new series from J-Novel Club and more join the Crunchyroll Manga growing catalog. Featuring titles like Ascendance of a Bookworm, Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill, May I Ask for One Final Thing?, The Faraway Paladin and more added to the platform.[14]
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