It’s time to build your reading list! Crunchyroll announced today that its new premium add-on, Crunchyroll Manga, will officially launch across iOS and Android in the United States and Canada on October 9. It will bring hundreds of titles from leading publishers together to make manga even more accessible! The ad-free experience will include hit titles from leading publishers AlphaPolis, COMPASS, Square Enix, VIZ Media, and Yen Press, with additional partners like Shueisha and J-Novel Club to follow. 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. The Crunchyroll Manga app, which will be available as a separate app from the flagship Crunchyroll streaming service, is powered by Link-U Group, one of the leading digital manga service developers in Japan. Crunchyroll Manga will be available for Crunchyroll Ultimate Fan subscribers ($15.99/month) at no extra cost, and will be available on iOS and Android at launch, with the web reader following on October 15. For all tiers, the manga service will be available as an add-on, with pricing as follows: Crunchyroll Fan + Manga – $11.99 USD / $15.49 CAD per month (includes Manga add-on at $4.00 USD / $5.50 CAD) Crunchyroll Mega Fan + Manga – $15.49 USD / $17.49 CAD per month (includes Manga add-on at $3.50 USD / $5.00 CAD) All tiers of Crunchyroll Manga will offer unlimited ad-free reading across mobile and web, the ability to download chapters for offline viewing, light and dark mode settings, and the ability to build a personalized reading list with curated recommendations. From day one, fans will be able to start reading hundreds of chapters from hundreds of titles, with fresh chapters to come as the library grows alongside their favorite series. Please note that titles and services available at launch may be subject to change. And for fans headed to New York Comic-Con next month, Crunchyroll Manga will take center stage at the Crunchyroll Booth (#1643), featuring hands-on demos and panels inviting fans to check out select titles and explore the stories that inspired their favorite anime. For more on Crunchyroll at NYCC, you can head here.
