Forum - View topicNEWS: Crunchyroll Japan's Net Profit Drops 63% to 453 Million Yen
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Pokenatic
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Not surprising when I went from paying for a streaming subscription and a couple hundred dollars in home video releases to just the streaming subscription. Also, they've made the Crunchyroll Store far less of a go-to place to buy weeb stuff than what RightStuf was when SonyRoll took over.
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CannedMarmalade
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Good news.
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Kan2Screm
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Worth noting that this number is related to the Japanese branch of CR (which is used as a satellite for licensing and investment in production committees and actually started life as Crunchyroll SC Anime Fund, when CR had a joint venture with Sumitomo), not the american mother base (Crunchyroll, LLC).
Just in case people get confused. Last edited by Kan2Screm on Tue May 19, 2026 2:20 pm; edited 3 times in total |
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AiddonValentine
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Gee, almost like walling off shows, refusing to put shows on physical media, and raising subscription prices doesn't make people pay up, it just makes them leave and sail the high seas.
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Covnam
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Interesting to see this after the recent answerman article. Though if what @Kan2Screm said is true, then that makes a big difference.
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Greed1914
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That does help explain the numbers considering the net profits are pretty low for what it is. CR in Japan is far less of a thing, hence why they don't get much notice of the awards show, despite hosting it in Japan. The large percentage drop also makes sense relative to its presence in Japan. It's at least not what you'd expect when they just announced 21 million subscribers. It gets a little murkier when global and regional things are getting announced close together. Of course, they were also much quieter about the subscriber count benefiting from very cheap fees for newer regions. Unfortunately, in that context, I don't think this will mean much. Japanese CR was kind of withering away. As much as I'd like to join in pointing out that cutting off revenue sources by reducing physical sales is a problem (which is true) unless this is for CR overall, then I don't expect any positive changes to happen. If anything did come of it, I think it would be that Sony will prop it up with more IP acquisitions/seats on the committee tables. |
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Glordit
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People completely misinterpreting this information in 3...2...1...
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BadNewsBlues
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That actually explains things since I know for a fact the main branch isn’t based in Japan so I was puzzled why it lost Yen instead of Dollars.
Stuff they’d still do even if they ever did all of that. |
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Blankslate
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People really thought Crunchyroll made less than $3 million in profit?
That would put it at the scale of like 10 McDonalds locations lol. |
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Riku157
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Thanks for the additional context everyone. Was confusing for the net profit to drop that significantly. Raising subscription prices and other things people complained about wouldn't cause that, so was lost upon seeing the article header.
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enurtsol
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Crunchyroll itself is not even available in Japan - this branch likely just handles its B2B operations in Japan
But though it's not surprising; Crunchyroll is not the only one dealing with "restructuring" - Kadokawa (owner of ANN) is dealing with it as well. Ya guys will soon see press releases like these: "KADOKAWA Launches Early Retirement Drive Amidst Profit Decline" - KADOKAWA’s move follows a sharp decline in profits across publishing, anime, and gaming segments in FY2026. The retirement program arrives as KADOKAWA navigates a weaker earnings momentum for two consecutive years. For the fiscal year ending March 2026, KADOKAWA recorded an operating profit of ¥8.1B (~$51.12 million USD), a 51.3% decline, with ordinary profit recording a 34.1% decrease to ¥11.7B (~$73.83M). Kadokawa cites excessive reliance on the isekai and narou-kei genre as one of the major causes of the decline in profitability in its domestic publishing business, inevitably leading towards market saturation and worsening profitability. |
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Rogerdgls
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I'm surprised they claim to have that many subsribers in the first place. Ill never watch shows there. Streaming quality is trash. Subs they provide are garbage. It's all about the fan subs. Ill never go back.
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BadNewsBlues
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Pretty sure not all fan subs have picture perfect quality in fact some of are essentially of equal quality as camrips of theatrical films. To say nothing of the subs sometimes beigg be as good as the translations I’ve seen of pirated hentai manga. |
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MikeCaz02
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Man, I didn't expect some people here to misinterpret the article, which clearly states that it's the Japanese branch—not the global one—that's suffering losses.
On the other hand, it's understandable that they're losing money; competition in Japan far exceeds what Crunchyroll could offer via streaming, and Crunchyroll's market is geared toward an international audience, with a focus on the United States. |
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Covnam
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I'm sure there are still some releases that are original translations, but most fansubs these days are just ripping the subs from the providers
The updated article clearly states it, but the original article did not. |
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