Crunchyroll

Crunchyroll is a streaming service which distributes East Asian television. While mainly known for their wide selection of anime, the service also offers many East Asian drama movies and television shows. Nearly all of its content is subtitled, though there are several dubbed productions available. The majority of Crunchyroll's content is offered free of charge, however users who pay for Crunchyroll Premium are granted access to HD video, no adverts, streaming new episodes up to one week in advance, and premium-exclusive shows.
Currently, the only Tsuburaya Productions titles available on Crunchyroll are Kaiju Girls, SSSS.GRIDMAN and SSSS.DYNAZENON. The service previously streamed several entries of the Ultraman Series from 2014 to 2021.
==Content==
Title 	Date Added
Kaiju Girls 	September 27, 2016 (season 1)https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2016/9/26/crunchyroll-adds-kaiju-girls-to-fall-simulcastsJanuary 9, 2018 (season 2)https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2018/1/8/crunchyroll-adds-kaiju-girls-season-2-to-winter-2018-anime-lineup
SSSS.GRIDMAN 	October 6, 2018
SSSS.DYNAZENON	March 1, 2022
===Removed Titles===
Title 	Date Added 	Date Removed
Ultraman Max 	October 14, 2014https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2014/10/10/crunchyroll-to-stream-bonjoursweet-love-patisserie-anime-and-ultraman-max 	October 14, 2018
Ultraman Mebius 	October 21, 2014https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2014/10/22/crunchyroll-adds-ultraman-mebius-and-more-j-drama-to-catalog 	October 14, 2018
Ultraman Leo 	November 12, 2014https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2014/11/12/ultraman-leo-begins-streaming-on-crunchyroll 	October 14, 2018
Ultraman 80 	December 7, 2014https://web.archive.org/web/20190616134032/https://www.crunchyroll.com/forumtopic-878139/new-fall-catalog-ultraman-80-last-cinderella-always-the-two-of-us-locodol-ova 	October 14, 2018
Ultraman X 	July 14, 2015https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2015/7/13/crunchyroll-adds-ultraman-x-to-streaming-lineup 	March 31, 2021
Ultraman Gaia 	February 10, 2016https://web.archive.org/web/20220706105528/https://www.crunchyroll.com/forumtopic-939345/new-catalog-title-flame-of-recca-iida-tokimeki-trip-ultraman-nexus-ultraman-gaiahttps://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2016/2/10/crunchyroll-adds-ultraman-nexus-live-action-series	March 31, 2021
Ultraman Nexus 	February 10, 2016https://web.archive.org/web/20220706105528/https://www.crunchyroll.com/forumtopic-939345/new-catalog-title-flame-of-recca-iida-tokimeki-trip-ultraman-nexus-ultraman-gaiahttps://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2016/2/10/crunchyroll-adds-ultraman-nexus-live-action-series	March 31, 2021
Ultraman Ginga 	March 1, 2016https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2016/3/1/crunchyroll-adds-ultraman-ginga-and-ultraman-ginga-s-to-live-action-catalog 	March 31, 2021
Ultraman Ginga S	March 1, 2016https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2016/3/1/crunchyroll-adds-ultraman-ginga-and-ultraman-ginga-s-to-live-action-catalog 	March 31, 2021
Ultraman Orb 	July 14, 2016https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2015/7/13/crunchyroll-adds-ultraman-x-to-streaming-lineup 	March 31, 2021
Ultraman Geed 	July 7, 2017https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2017/7/7/crunchyroll-adds-ultraman-geed-simulcast 	March 31, 2021
==History==
In late 2016, Ultraman Max, Mebius, Leo and 80 were added to Crunchyroll, available only in the United States, Canada, Latin America, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand. For these first four series, premium users could watch all episodes right away, while batches of episodes were unlocked weekly for free users.
From July 2015, Ultraman X was simulcasted on Crunchyroll.
In early 2016, Ultraman Gaia, Nexus, Ginga and Ginga S were added. The release of Nexus did not include the director's cut of episode 29 or the EX episode. A shortened version of Ultraman Ginga Theater Special was available, labeled as episode 7 of Ginga, and is currently on other streaming services. Ginga and Ginga S were present under the same series page, with the two shows being categorized as separate seasons. According to some fans, the subtitles for these shows contained various typos, occassional missing lines, and many poor translations, particularly for Ultraman Gaia.
From 2016 to 2018, Ultraman Orb, Ultraman Geed, SSSS.GRIDMAN and both seasons of Kaiju Girls were simulcasted when they began broadcasting in Japan.
On October 14, 2018 at 8:00 AM PST, the licenses for the first four shows expired and they were removed from Crunchyroll.https://web.archive.org/web/20201201071358/https://www.crunchyroll.com/forumtopic-1025606/four-ultraman-titles-expiring-soon Three years later, the seven remaining Ultraman Series shows were removed on March 31, 2021.https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2021/3/19/select-makoto-shinkai-ultraman-titles-leave-crunchyroll-on-march-31https://tokusatsunetwork.com/2021/03/ultraman-titles-leaving-crunchyroll-march-31st/
SSSS.DYNAZENON was exclusive to Funimation when it first aired in 2021, but was added to Crunchyroll when the two services merged on March 1, 2022.https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/guides/2022/3/1/funimation-titles-now-available-on-crunchyroll
==Trivia==
*When first founded, Crunchyroll allowed users to upload files, however, it eventually removed user rights to upload unlicensed content.
*The website's enormous assortment of anime titles include Naruto, Sailor Moon Crystal, Hayate the Combat Butler, and Attack on Titan.
==External Links==
*Tsuburaya Productions' publisher page (web archive)
*Kaiju Girls
*SSSS.GRIDMAN
*SSSS.DYNAZENON
*The pages for removed series can still be viewed, but display no episodes:
**Ultraman Leo
**Ultraman 80
**Ultraman Gaia
**Ultraman Nexus
**Ultraman Max
**Ultraman Mebius
**Ultraman Ginga and Ultraman Ginga S
**Ultraman X
**Ultraman Orb
**Ultraman Geed
==References==
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