Crunchyroll's New Manga App Drops in October — $4 Unlocks One Piece, Jujutsu Kaisen, My Dress-Up Darling, and More
Crunchyroll Manga is uniting titles from numerous publishers into a single, one-stop library—everything in one place.
Crunchyroll is finally doing the obvious: putting manga right next to the anime. No extra app, no juggling logins. Just open Crunchyroll and read. About time.
What Crunchyroll Manga is
Starting in October, Crunchyroll is adding a manga section to its existing app and calling it Crunchyroll Manga. They’re pitching it as the 'ultimate manga experience' and, to their credit, it’s ad-free and pulling from a bunch of major publishers with new titles added on a regular basis. There will also be series that have never been available digitally before, which is a nice flex.
How you get it (and what it costs)
This is an add-on inside the main Crunchyroll service, not a standalone app. If you’re on the Ultimate Fan tier, manga access is included. Everyone else can bolt it on for an extra $4 per month. Simple, and frankly preferable to another icon on your home screen.
Who’s on board
At launch, Crunchyroll Manga includes titles from AlphaPolis, COMPASS, Square Enix, VIZ Media, and Yen Press. More publishers are already queued up to join later, including Shueisha, J-Novel Club, ThirdlineNEXT, highstone, and others. Inside baseball note: Shueisha coming in after launch is interesting, given how much of the modern manga conversation runs through their stuff.
What you can read on day one
- One Piece
- Jujutsu Kaisen
- Daemons of the Shadow Realm
- The Apothecary Diaries
- Delicious in Dungeon
- My Dress-Up Darling
When and where it launches
Crunchyroll Manga goes live on October 9 on iOS and Android in the US and Canada. The web version follows on October 15.
'Anime and manga have always been two sides of the same coin, and Crunchyroll is uniquely positioned to bring them together for fans everywhere. With this launch, we’re not just creating another reading app, we’re expanding the ultimate anime lifestyle experience, uniting stories on the screen with those on the page.'
- Asa Suehira, Crunchyroll chief content officer
Bottom line
Crunchyroll putting manga and anime under one roof is the move. The lineup is strong out of the gate, it’s ad-free, and the $4 add-on for lower tiers isn’t wild. If they keep the catalog growing and those promised publishers land as advertised, this could become the default place to watch and read in one go.