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Anime giant Crispy roll is introducing price increases for two of its paid subscription tiers, the company announced Wednesday. The new prices for the Mega Fan and Ultimate Fan plans will affect subscribers in the US, Argentina, Portugal, France and Colombia. Citing its expanded library and added benefits, the brand notes that it hasn’t updated its pricing since 2019 and “it will take almost two years to watch everything on Crunchyroll!”
The Mega Fan plan increases from $10 to $12 per month, while the Ultimate Fan tier changes to $16 per month, an increase of $1, per company blog post. In addition, the free trial period is shortened from 14 days to seven. US customers will see the price changes take effect today, but Crunchyroll says the fan subscription will remain the same at $8 per month. For fans using the free, ad-based version of the app, nothing will change.
Crunchyroll’s new prices
| Free of charge | Fan | Mega fan | Ultimate fan | |
| Monthly price | — | $8 | $12 | $16 |
| Number of screens you can watch simultaneously | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| ads? | Yes | No | No | No |
| Mobile downloads | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Crunchyroll Game Vault | No | No | Yes | Yes |
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This May, the streamer is gearing up for two of those the biggest anime releases of the spring: Demon Slayer and My Hero Academia. In addition to anime titles, the streaming platform offers a selection of mobile games and music for its premium users. Crunchyroll Game Vault includes titles like Wolfstride, Hime’s quest, Thunder Ray and Sushi for robots. Its music offerings include videos and full-length concerts by artists such as Blue Encount or Super Beaver who make anime hits. Premium subscribers also receive discounts on Crunchyroll Store products and early access to exclusive and convention deals.
Price gouging is nothing new for streaming services, with Peacock recently announced an increase which will arrive for subscribers this summer. And in 2023, Netflix, Disney Plus, Hulu, Apple TV Plus and Paramount Plus were among the major services that increased the prices of at least one subscription plan.
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