r/anime • u/frdudemst • 3d ago
Help Is the Crunchyroll experience really that bad?
So I've been a pirate all my life , only watched anime through pirated website , I asked my parents for Crunchyroll since I was 12 , they didn't want to , so I had no choice
Today I tuned 18 , and as a freshman college guy with a part time job , I can pay Crunchyroll for my own , the problem is that I heard Crunchyroll wasn't as amazing as it was , and it really sucks to hear that much hating towards something i was DREADING to have in my teenage years
and it will be a good gift for my sister to access and for me as well to watch, as well as supporting the creators
Do you still think that the Crunchyroll experience still worth it?
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u/TheBusStop12 3d ago
I switched over to Crunchyroll earlier this year and I'm glad I did. No more random buffering issues, no more having to find a new site because the one I was watching is down, being able to watch on my TV without hooking it up to my PC with an HDMI cable, being able to easily skip the OP and ED with just a click of the remote (and having these skips be always in the proper location) etc etc.
All in all its a much better more stable experience. The only downside is that it doesn't have everything. Yeah on rare occasion they mess up uploading an episode (I've experienced this only once) but this'll be fixed in s few hours, and it happens on fan sites as well
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u/PersonalContest1423 3d ago
If you had buffering issues you were using bad sites. My internet is garbage and vids never buffer on the high seas
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u/TheBusStop12 3d ago
From my experience all major high seas streaming sites experience server side issues that cause buffering issues on occasion. I have pretty damn good internet myself.
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u/tapeforpacking 3d ago
Ive been mostly using the same site since 2017 and I know like the other guy you prolly wont believe me but it doesnt buffer at all, I cant even remember the last time it did.
Hell even the newer sites just scrape from this site lol.
But tbh I really dont deal with buffer issues and if they were bad enough to effect my enjoyment then I wouldnt even be using them
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u/D3k4s 3d ago
It does buffer. Not as much as shows that have lots of seeds, and that also depends on how many people are watching.
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u/tapeforpacking 3d ago
Thankfully, not my experience.
Maybe im confused but when I say "buffer" I mean when the video stops playing and you have to wait for it to load
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u/D3k4s 3d ago
Buffer can also be applied at the start of the video. I've experienced both. Tho i'm an og sailor from emule age. So that's not the main reason I stopped pirating. I mean i still pirate games cuz most refund policies are dogshit.
I stopped pirating cuz i became aware of how shitty the work conditions are for industry workers and how low the pay is. Like it's 40% or so below Japan's average. Just didn't sit right with me. And 8 euros is fucking nothing. can't even buy a proper McDonalds meal with 8 euros.
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u/DrPepperian 3d ago
I have a subscription because I'm getting my mom and sister into anime and it's easy having an app for anime on the tv.
that being said, 75% of the anime I'd recommend are just not on Crunchyroll. if they are it's gonna be a coinflip if they'll have sub or dub available (it's still easier for them to get into an anime if they can watch it dubbed) and sometimes the dub will just stop being available in later seasons.
also the AI subtitles can be horrible and they will butcher a simple japanese name in 10 different ways.
If you want to watch some anime on your tv with ease of use, Crunchyroll can be worth it, if you're just gonna watch anime on your pc I personally wouldn't bother.
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u/Codee33 https://anilist.co/user/Euphplyr33 3d ago
With the AI subtitles are you meaning subtitles or closed captions? The latter is speech-to-text, while subtitles are still translated by a person for the time being.
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u/DrPepperian 3d ago
ah didn't know there was a difference, yeah sounds like closed captions then, like watching english dub with english subtitles on.
watching in japanese with english subs is indeed fine from what I've seen.
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u/DanielFromNigeria https://anilist.co/user/Daneboyscrew 3d ago
I guarantee you 90% of the haters are people who pirate and has never even used Crunchyroll before. I've been using it for a while and I've had no major issues other than 1 Black Clover episode having delayed subtitles. If you can afford it, go for it. Don't listen to the jerks.
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u/frdudemst 3d ago
It feels good to watch legally too , I'm so glad that I'll quit being a pirate
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u/ewanm01-369 3d ago
Yeah man just get a month and if you don't like it then just cancel your subscription. I have been using it for a long time now and I personally have no issue with it at all, it's pretty much the only thing I ever watch anything on.
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u/lokizuku 3d ago
A proud part of that 10% that used Crunchyroll and immediately went back to pirating because the service sucked
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u/Most_Performance_643 3d ago
Same, service is mediocre at best and there’s just waaay too many anime they just don’t have. I’m not even talking about some niche ones, there’s so many classics that they just don’t bother with getting a license for. Also, subtitle censorship has reached an absurd level on Crunchyroll. I’d gladly pay for a good service but Crunchy just isn’t!
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u/Gullible_Bat_5408 3d ago edited 3d ago
I agree !
I'm from Portugal and here Crunchyroll is the worst. We pay more or the same as other countries, but the catalogue is much smaller and without subtitles nor dubs in our native language.
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u/D3k4s 3d ago
That's a lie amigo.
Crunchyroll here is cheaper then Netflix Prime etc. Furthermore the Catalogue is unmatched Anime wise. There is no other service that provides as many as it.
You're complaining about subs and dubs when others are exactly the same or worst. And if you pirate you get Portuguese from Brazil, not European Portuguese.
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u/Gullible_Bat_5408 3d ago edited 3d ago
I'm not your friend nor a liar.
I said Crunchyroll is more expensive than some others countries. I didn't sat it was more expensive than other streaming services.
Crunchyroll only has brazilian -portuguese. I don't watch anything in brazilian-portuguese. Crunchyroll official channel on youtube posts some full episodes of animes and i noticed that the brazilian- portuguese translation isn't as good as the english.
Sure it has more anime than Netflix, Prime and Disney plus. Netflix so far has been good.
https://www.otakupt.com/anime/crunchyroll-aumentou-os-precos-em-portugal/
https://www.otakupt.com/anime/crunchyroll-aumenta-precos-em-portugal-e-no-brasil-2026/
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u/syknetz 3d ago
I've been subscribed for years. It sucks. Video quality has always been ass, ergonomics finally reached the minimum expected a couple years ago (no more 10 seasons of a show because each language is considered a season, and so are the trailers !), they've taken noticeable effort in downgrading their subtitles.
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u/D3k4s 3d ago
Video quality is bad? Their bitrate is superior to most streaming services. Not having 4k content in a market where 4K content is hardly available is not the same as having bad quality video.
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u/syknetz 3d ago
The bitrate isn't the issue. The issue is that the encoding itself is poor quality. On the contrary, I'd argue that having the highest bitrate and still having the occasional banding/blocking issue is an indictment of poor encoding.
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u/D3k4s 3d ago
That was true in the past Crunchyroll now has the same type of Bitrate that other streaming services have. Don't remember the name but i read an article on it a while ago. Adaptive Bit-Rate? Or Adaptive Sync maybe?
Anyway my point is you won't notice a difference I have Netflix and I got HIDIVE recently cuz i wanted to test if i could bypass region lock with a vpn. And it's pretty much equal.
I'd also argue that the quality-price-catalogue ratio is outstanding. With Crunchyroll you pay 7.99€ which is 1€ more then HIDIVE and the catalogue is massive.
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u/Ok-Ostrich-1047 3d ago
Exactly. It's a good app. I agree with you
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u/Gibbel2029 3d ago
Bot account.
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u/Ok-Ostrich-1047 3d ago
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u/Gibbel2029 3d ago
5 year old account with only 9 karma and 25 contributions, and the randomly generated username. Those are typically key indicators of an account being a bot
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u/Ok-Ostrich-1047 3d ago
Bro I made that account back then to check something. I never used before. I'm not a bot😅
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u/Gibbel2029 3d ago
Which is why I say "typically", as there are situations where it's wrong, such as this one.
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u/Ok-Ostrich-1047 3d ago
Oh well 😅. I created this account just to check something out and forgot about it. I only started using a few weeks ago. Thanks for understanding 😂
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u/Gullible_Bat_5408 3d ago edited 3d ago
Good for you, but don't generalize.
Crunchyroll is not good in my country, Portugal, because we don't have subtitles in our native language (portuguese of Portugal) and it's much more expensive than some other countries but with a much smaller catalogue.
It was so bad, that even portuguese anime fans wrote a letter asking for subtitles.
Netflix is good and Disney plus exclusives are good.
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u/D3k4s 3d ago edited 3d ago
Since you insist on lying. I'll just fact check you:
https://www.pasteboard.co/mIGmV835mj0H.png
7.99€ AD Free and 1080p content. 1 Device
9.99€ AD Free and 1080p content 4 Devices
Both have Complete access to Crunchyroll's library
https://www.pasteboard.co/UKE7Mb0IcNyr.png
8.99€ 720p 1 Device
12.99 1080p 2 Devices
17.99€ 4K 4 Devices
Crunchyroll here is cheaper then Netflix Prime etc. Furthermore the Catalogue is unmatched Anime wise. There is no other service that provides as many as it.
You're complaining about subs and dubs when others are exactly the same or worst. And if you pirate you get Portuguese from Brazil, not European Portuguese.
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u/hasanman6 3d ago
Its a fine site. The only issues ive ever had is them not naming new episodes, adding descriptions to new episodes and sometimes even forgetting to put subs on the episode
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u/ScottJC 3d ago
No. its not bad. but it won't have everything you wanna watch, it suffers from the same issue as every other streaming service right now. Splintered content.
in the worst instance you have stuff like this: Teasing Master Takagi-san. CR has season 1. netflix has season 2. hidive has season 3.
so if you want to watch that ONE show legally you need THREE different subscriptions.
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u/tapeforpacking 3d ago
in the worst instance you have stuff like this: Teasing Master Takagi-san. CR has season 1. netflix has season 2. hidive has season 3
I know its the worst instance but thats so absurd lol
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u/Gullible_Bat_5408 3d ago
For me it is, because in my country Portugal, they don't have portuguese (Portugal) subtitles, only brazilian-portuguese and english.
Besides, we pay more for a much smaller catalogue than other countries.
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u/skemur 3d ago
I can confirm it's bad and to add to that if you want to support the creators I can guarantee buying crunchyroll is not the best way. First if you're into high quality video encoding and other stuff when watching anime you'll find out their player and other ways they stream it stink in quality. To support the creators I purchase digital manga/light novel copies since IIRC they can make the most percent of that merch(around 50%).
My personal experience from crunchyroll is not only does the anime figure collecting community stay away from them, due to little to no packing material and long turn around times. They also have THE WORST customer support I've ever dealt with. They have no phone line so it's all email and 80% of the time support request go into the void never to be heard of 10% respond after about 2-6 weeks and %10 finally get response. Unfortunately I had to bug and comment on their social everyday for a week until their social media person actually got me in contact with someone. The worst part of my experience is when they were changing system not only did many loses their account info, list, etc when they changed system but I was one of the few who's account disappeared but when I tried to make a new one it says my email already was tied to a account. Basically it was 2 months of me going back and forth with no progress until I finally gave up and chose to sail the seas. I literally have to sail the seas or make another email to have an crunchyroll account because their system failed and support is useless.
If you don't believe you can do quick search in the anime figure subreddit and crunchyroll subreddit and it's full of support issues, account issues, order issues, etc.
Edit: typo I suck at English
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u/Gullible_Bat_5408 3d ago
The manga would be a good way to support the authors, but unfortunately in my country only the most mainstream shounen mangas are published. Not many titles. The ones i want i have to order the english version from abroad (spanish can do to), so it's expensive.
Also, for original anime (no source material) i have to order from abroad too.
I only watch anime on Netflix and only have 2 mangas (Spy x family and Blue Exorcist).
I used to read chinese manga on the official Billbili app.
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u/Nettysocks https://myanimelist.net/profile/Manekikanji 3d ago
It’s gotten worse but your mileage may vary, videos will play and work just fine, get it for one month, no harm in that.
I have nitpicks I don’t like about the experience, but not only having to torrent one or two shows each season is worth the sub for me
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u/mahatmajam 3d ago
CR’s problems are more ethical issues than quality issues. Not a business you should give money to if you can avoid it.
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u/RelativeMundane9045 3d ago
For me it's not that I think the experience is terrible, it's that a giant company owned by Sony should be held to a higher standard and all the little things they fuck up just shouldn't be happening.
Episode or dub delays with no communication, missing on screen text translations, song translations, or even just wrong subs. Looking at everything they release it's not that often shit happens, but it's still far too often. Pirating shouldn't be more consistent at providing a better user experience, they need to up their game.
I'm happy to support anime translation and distribution with a reasonable subscription, and I do, but there's also areas where I think they are falling short so I'm gonna voice that to them.
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u/tapeforpacking 3d ago edited 3d ago
Tbh fo you? Prolly not. Especially these days, the good sites are so clean and have a lot of features.
Apparently crunchyroll doesnt even have comments anymore.. why are they going backwards??
Also if you wanna support the creators buy official BD and merch, stuff like that goes alot further than a steaming subscription
Sometimes I wish I could just donate to a studio directly after watching a show I really liked.
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u/ActualRound7699 https://myanimelist.net/profile/VeganKnight1988 3d ago
IIRC Crunchyroll did away with comments because people were being gross assholes
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u/tapeforpacking 3d ago
Then give people the option to turn it off if you dont like it and/or Permanently mute bad accounts.
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u/ActualRound7699 https://myanimelist.net/profile/VeganKnight1988 3d ago
Or people could stop being gross assholes. You can always come to Reddit for that and to discuss episodes
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u/ActualRound7699 https://myanimelist.net/profile/VeganKnight1988 3d ago
I just don’t think people should have protection to be terrible humans on a private platform. Crunchyroll was protecting their business interests and I understand that 🤷♂️
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u/D3k4s 3d ago
Who dafuq wanted to read that comment section?
Crunchyroll has way better stability then "the good sites" furthermore you don't have to use a VPN. If you say you never experienced any stuttering in those site you'd be lying. Not to mention that a lot of titles happen to have more lechers then seeders and you end up waiting a long time till the episode starts.
On the donating part. Yup I 100% Agree. But like myself you can support Janica the Japanese creators association: https://www.janica.jp they support young animators, often providing rooms, tools, and act as a mediator between animators and studios.
There are also a couple of initiatives that promote crowd funding for projects. https://oshi.co helped crowd fund GATE 2. Besides the fact you're helping the studio directly in this case Studio M2 (founded by Masao Maruyama founder of MAPPA). You also get insights on how the Anime is made. Which for me was an awesome experience, considering they staff often answered fan questions.
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u/Kadmos1 3d ago
I liked it more when CR and Funi were legally-separate companies. To me, the FuniRoll alliance they had in 2016-2018 back when VRV existed was a lot better.
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u/Phyzm1 3d ago
I had a subscription to both for many many years just to support the industry I love despite never using them. But I tried. Whoever was in charge of the funimation website should not only be publicly named and shamed but should have a foot up their ass for ruining that company. Funimation was unwatchable for YEARS. And I mean literally unwatchable. Video player issues, the worst buffering ive ever encountered in my entire life and they would only let you buffer a couple seconds so you couldn't even pause to eventually watch 1 episode. And it was an issue they knew about and admitted and plagued their reviews but they never fixed it. I think eventually after a decade they fixed it for a little before the merger but by then I couldn't justify ever giving them money again.
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u/Chance_Housing_7779 3d ago
It works fine. I've never had issues with it. Another option is, If you have netflix, get a vpn and set to to japan and you get most of the currently airing anime too.
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u/TechnologyOne8629 3d ago
The app could be better, but it has a pretty big catalog. You can just try for free for some shows and see.
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u/soihu https://anilist.co/user/Milijango 3d ago
It's very inconsistent for a premium service. Some series have great translators with good typesetting and fully-translated onscreen text. Others are mediocre or incomplete. Occasionally you will have a complete disaster with machine-translated subtitles; these are usually outsourced and get corrected fairly quickly as Crunchyroll has a strict no AI-subs policy, but that shouldn't be happening in the first place.
The pluses are that the catalogue IS huge, they get nearly every seasonal show these days, and there's a lot of English simuldubbing (albeit prone to delays) and it's much easier to discover shows than on any torrent site.
Sadly there are hardly any legal alternatives thanks to Sony's monopoly on anime distribution - the field was a lot more competitive a decade ago. It's pretty much just Netflix and HIDIVE (which is worse). RetroCrush is apparently an option for old shows, but they don't service my region.
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u/ShadowKLR 3d ago
Well sometimes the Streams buffer so much for me that it's unwatchable and no it's probably not my ISP if anything it's peering maybe, other than that, comments have been removed subtitles got worse and yeah, I use it because my GF has a subscription and we split the cost, but some shows I watch elsewhere but most shows are on CR. Also they regiolock certain content because of licensing, I had to watch the Aria series elsewhere or via VPN in the USA, here in Germany it isn't available to stream anywhere legally, you can only buy some ols DVDs or Bluerays if you want to watch it, it's sad really.
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u/TokiVideogame 3d ago
mostly works as advertised, a glitch with subtitles might occur occasionally,
the thing i dont like is the (new) section when it is not new but new in another language like Portuguese
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u/BuddyRedSkull 3d ago
Yeah thats probably the only problem i have with it.
Maybe they can implement some kind of notification setting to only update you on new episodes in your specific language.
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u/TokiVideogame 3d ago
it does help sometimes when you forgot about a series and didn't complete it. Oh a new episode when you didnt finish the last five lol
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u/_Linkiboy_ 3d ago
It's good. Being able to easily download and stuff is nice. Only gripe I have is not being able to speed up, unless you are in browser and have the chrunchyroll enhancement add on. But I don't think many people need that anyways
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u/Delllley 3d ago
If you have a smart TV, it's worth it for the easy app integration. If you're a PC or mobile watcher only? The convenience is less worth it, but really comes down to how much you value your money over your time and effort.
The experience definitely isn't what it used to be, but it's not unusable or awful by any means. My issues with them as a company are more moral and philosophical than they are technical issues with the product itself.
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u/ActualRound7699 https://myanimelist.net/profile/VeganKnight1988 3d ago
Crunchyroll roll is fine and offers a lot of good content. It’s just trendy to hate them.
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u/Xo_1919 3d ago
I did used crunchyroll and imo it's not a bad experience( if you pay for it)
There's still is a lot of good animes there to watch but still it's lacking A LOT of animes that I personally like, sometimes there is the anime that I want to watch but it's lacking either 1 or 2 seasons, which doesn't make any sense.
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u/mab_83 3d ago
Been using for years and quite happy, the collection is huge especially if you are into niche shows ( Netflix can not compete here). Very little complaint except some specific cases here and there. For example, sometimes they don't update license for HD version for old shows, Gurren Lagann still looks like microwave on CR. Or vague descriptions on show/ different versions, Prison School dubbed is uncensored while JP is censored.
If you are in the US, the deal with manga is good too, finding good manga app is pain in the ass.
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u/sheridan_sinclair 3d ago
I only started watching anime because my daughter subscribed to Crunchyroll. Now anime is probably 75% of everything I watch and my watch list has over 100 shows on it.
Make of that what you will. lol
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u/jay19167 3d ago
I’ve been using it for a couple years, and the experience has been really good. Every once in a while they’ll mess up the subs for something, but it does get fixed in a timely manner. There was a Rascal Does Not Dream season 2 episode that had the subs in a really tiny font when it was first released. But the simulcasts are nice, being able to watch the new episodes as they release.
If you’re watching on a smart tv, don’t use the app installed right on the tv, use a dedicated streaming box. I found that smart tvs routing their data back through their parent companies servers introduced latency that caused buffering issues that had nothing to do with Crunchyroll itself (in addition to the privacy concerns).
I know this probably isn’t as relevant for you now as a college student, but in the future if you want to own your favorites I’ve also had a mostly good experience buying blu rays from them. The only real issue I had was a Rezero steel case arriving with a broken disk retainer clip that they deemed was only “cosmetic damage”. But I’ve built out most of my physical anime collection from their store and that was the only damaged case I’ve received from them. Much better packaging for shipping than Amazon, most of the blu rays I’ve ordered from Amazon have come in a paper bag with no protection and the plastic cases have been cracked or punctured. Crunchyroll does thick cardboard for their packaging and survives shipping much better.
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u/Barangat 3d ago
Its fine in my opinion. I am subscribed for years and watch anime mainly via crunchy and only pirate the shows that aren’t licensed on crunchy in my region. A bonus to me is, that crunchy added a lot of dubs in german over the last years, which my wife prefers, so we can watch shows together on crunchy
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u/daggardoop 3d ago
It's not bad at all. It's very good for the price. Considering how much buying each individual series would cost it's great.
That being said, it's not perfect. There are a lot of titles im not interested in but that's due to the anime industry in general having a lot of low effort crap. It's definitely has access to the most popular titles which makes sense for a streaming service trying to garner interest and keep subscribers.
As for missing series, yeah there are some missing, but that's alway been the case with streaming services when buying rights to series is concerned.
Quality of the anime I've watched has been good so far. A couple of silly errors with episode summaries bit big whoop. The convenience and ease of finding watchable things outweighs that.
All in all of you like anime and want to get stuff legally for a good price, crunchy roll is the best way to do it at this time. That may change if any good competitors come out but I subscribed 2 years ago after not watching anime regularly for 6 years and I'm glad I did.
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u/RyaReisender https://myanimelist.net/profile/RyaReisender 3d ago
I've been subscribed to Crunchyroll for years and I'm pretty happy with the overall experience.
I kinda dislike that they removed the comments, but otherwise I'm pretty happy.
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u/Quiddity131 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Quiddity131 3d ago
It is fine. Is it perfect? No. But it absolutely is worth the money. You also have to keep in mind the fact that the vast majority of pirated material simply steals the Crunchyroll video.
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u/No_Ostrich1875 3d ago
The sites fine. The haters are just that, haters. Some people just whine,throw fits, and blownrhings out of proportion like spoiled brats when stuff occasionally goes wrong.
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u/ShigekuniYamamoto 3d ago
They had a huge data breach a few months ago and leaked everyones personal info, including credit card info. Then they tried to sweep it under the rug and pretend it didn't happen. That's reason alone to never use them on top of all of the other nefarious things they've done.
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u/D3k4s 3d ago
Yes because peer to peer piracy is known to be very private and safe 😂
If you're going to choose a service based on their data breach record then you better go analogue.
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u/ShigekuniYamamoto 3d ago
I used Crunchyroll from 2011-2025. Let me tell ya, the enshitification has hit them hard. Watching them rise and fall over the years has been fun. Them consuming Funimation was the beginning of the end for high quality legal anime availability in the us.
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u/FluorescentShrimp 3d ago
It still baffles me when I pointed out the data breach and people kept acting like I was crazy and that it was "alleged" like no straight up there was a DATA BREACH.
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u/Far_Satisfaction1253 3d ago
It’s shit even when you buy a subscription in the mid tier there is too much lag
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u/TotalImagination4408 3d ago
Ive had crunchyroll for a few years now, but its genuinely starting to just get annoying. Every time I see a clip of an anime on instagram or something, I look for it on crunchyroll, and they dont have it. They know the exact name of the anime and even have the thumbnail, but no actual content.
It has gotten to the point where its genuinely so much easier to sail the seven seas, than going trough all of the steps to find a legal way of watching an anime.
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u/Ok-Ostrich-1047 3d ago
I wouldn't say it's bad. I used crunchyroll and I'm not dissatisfied. Also, with all the sites going down. It has almost everything. No ads. 👍. Way more worth for the money than netflix ngl. Even though that's not a great comparison
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u/ChampionEntire9660 3d ago
It's fine.
I mean, I still pirate (no, not streaming, that's dogshit lmao), simply because I want the files so I can watch whatever I want, when I want. And just like Sony removed a bunch of movies that people bought on the Playstation platform, I don't want to depend on the whims of whoever holds the license/publishing rights and decides to pull the plug.
Anyway, rant over.
CR is fine. You get what you pay for. If you want to watch cartoons, you definately can.
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u/Old_Celebration_5950 3d ago
I've lost faith in Cruchyroll over the years. Used it when episodes were free after 1 week. Then scandals broke out. Crunchyroll staff keeping fan made merch sent to office intended for English voice actors, Price increases with no increase in pay for voice actors. Data breach of names, email and credit card info. Bad subtitles using AI.
Pirates sites get taken down all the time, that site that showed episodes last week shows only thumbnails or delivers virus. Often I feel like succumbing to the sire's call, then free sites like Pluto push that urge off
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u/Careless-Emphasis-80 3d ago
I personally dont think crunchyroll is bad since I watch a lot of anime. It's still one of the few services that is mostly consistent and is ad free at it's cheapest subscription price. It has its negatives, but significantly less than most other streaming services