''Crunchyroll Manga'' is a
digital
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**Digital camera, which captures and stores digital i ...
manga
Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is u ...
anthology published by
Crunchyroll
Crunchyroll is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned by Sony through a joint venture between Sony Pictures and Sony Music Entertainment Japan's Aniplex. The service primarily distributes films and tel ...
in North America. 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
is a Japanese publishing company headquartered in Higashigokenchō, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.[会社概要]
" Futabasha. R ...
,
Kodansha
is a Japanese privately-held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha is the largest Japanese publishing company, and it produces the manga magazines ''Nakayoshi'', ''Afternoon'', ''Evening'', ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' an ...
,
Kadokawa Shoten
, formerly , is a Japanese publisher and division of Kadokawa Future Publishing based in Tokyo, Japan. It became an internal division of Kadokawa Corporation on October 1, 2013. Kadokawa publishes manga, light novels, manga anthology magazines su ...
and
Shōnen Gahōsha
is a Japanese publisher
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soon after their release in Japan.
History
On October 26, 2013,
Crunchyroll
Crunchyroll is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned by Sony through a joint venture between Sony Pictures and Sony Music Entertainment Japan's Aniplex. The service primarily distributes films and tel ...
confirmed that the ''Crunchyroll Manga'' service would be released October 30, 2013. The service will be available in 170 countries, with the exception of Japan, China, France, Germany and Italy.
On February 17, 2018,
Crunchyroll
Crunchyroll is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned by Sony through a joint venture between Sony Pictures and Sony Music Entertainment Japan's Aniplex. The service primarily distributes films and tel ...
announced that
Kodansha
is a Japanese privately-held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha is the largest Japanese publishing company, and it produces the manga magazines ''Nakayoshi'', ''Afternoon'', ''Evening'', ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' an ...
titles excluding ''
Fairy Tail
''Fairy Tail'' is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from August 2006 to July 2017, with the individual chapters collected and published into 63 '' ...
'' would be removed from the manga section of the site on March 1. The titles are still available for purchase as eBooks.
On March 1, 2018,
Crunchyroll
Crunchyroll is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned by Sony through a joint venture between Sony Pictures and Sony Music Entertainment Japan's Aniplex. The service primarily distributes films and tel ...
announced that they would simultaneously publish new Kodansha manga titles as they release in Japan.
Features
Manga chapters are available to 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.
The format of the anthology generally mirrors that of the equivalent magazine issues, typically featuring the same cover illustrations, as well as 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''.
Full series
Ongoing series
Series that are still currently running in Crunchyroll Manga.
Completed series
Series that have completed their serialization in Crunchyroll Manga.
References
External links
*{{official, http://www.crunchyroll.com/comics/manga
Online magazines published in the United States
Anime and manga magazines
Magazines established in 2013
2013 establishments in the United States
Magazines published in San Francisco
Shōnen manga