“The Art of The Boy and the Heron” opens with director Hayao Miyazaki’s self-deprecating Project Memo: “Isn’t it proof that you are aging when you imagine you’re still capable, but in fact you have memory loss due to senility? I would say yes.” Audiences who saw the Oscar-winning film would say “no.” The Japanese title […]

The Annual Collision Awards are back for the second time around, this time featuring eight Crunchyroll-streaming titles as finalists. Fans can now participate in the Audience Choice Rating Platform through July 11th.

As of June 17th, 2025, Crunchyroll revealed that it had obtained the global theatrical rights, outside of Asia, for Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid: A Lonely Dragon Wants To Be Loved, a heartwarming film produced by Studio Kyoto Animation and adapted from the manga by Coolkyousinnjya, available in Japanese with English subtitles across North American theaters.

Among some of the latest news from Crunchyroll, the fan-favorite The Beginning After the End has been confirmed to continue into its second season next spring. To build excitement for the highly anticipated Season 2, Crunchyroll has snuck in an exclusive clip in the current season’s finale post-credits, set to stream June 18th. 

Making its way to Blu-ray and home entertainment this July 29th, Romeo’s Blue Skies is set to have an all-new remastered edition of its full 33-episodes released, as confirmed by AnimEigo and its parent company, MediaOCD. Kozo Kusuba directed the 1995 success from Nippon Animation, with a screenplay by Michiru Shimada and character designs by […]

Straight from Los Angeles, California, come many of Crunchyroll’s latest news and announcements—the Crunchyroll Industry Panel returned to Anime Expo during the first week of July, revealing exclusive acquisitions and sneak-peek previews. Of the new titles so far revealed, Let’s Play premiered world-wide in the Platinum Ballroom at the JW Marriott July 3rd, with both […]