Crunchyroll App Reviews

Non-user friendly, however currently your best option. Crunchyroll seems to be trying to do everything in their power to make as much money as possible, but take away as many features as they can. They want to be the “cool anime icon” but they take away any features that give it community and convenience. On top of that, they dont have a number of some of the most popular choices i and continue to remove some from the app. Some of it comes down to contracts and stuff out of their control, however if we are paying a monthly subscription, buy products from their store, you would think it would be their responsibility as a provider to provide. Not to mention the features such as reviews and comments being removed. Instead of hiring a proper moderation team and have a proper system to prevent bots and spam, they removed the systems entirely to prevent people from doing anything at all. I would say to just watch from someone else, but it is true that their selection is pretty wide for anyone new to anime, or light viewers. And the selection for other providers is pretty slim besides some of the, uh, lower priced options. There used to be somewhat of a community on the website and app alone, and its honestly extremely disappointing what theyve done with it. I’ll stick around for the seasonals and some of the classics they keep on their website, but im not pleased with their recent decisions

Anime episodes refuse to load. Ok I love this app I really do I would rate it five stars but the problems that this app has makes me want to rate it only one star but since I love the app I gave it two stars. I really don’t care that I have to watch around 13 ads per episode even though it’s annoying and they repeat the same ads I get it you developers want your money and you deserve it for all your hard work. Sometimes the ads don’t want to load and give me a black screen for five minutes so I have to close the app and try to watch the episode I was watching again and force my way through another ad to get back to where I was. But I don’t mind too much as long as it isn’t frequent but it is very frequent. The fact that the ads refuse to load after 5 minutes maybe longer is extremely irritating. However, the fact that this app doesn’t want to load anime episodes after I watched 13 ads that refuse to load makes me very disappointed. The whole purpose of this app is to be able to provide its users with anime episodes. It is very upsetting to be watching your favorite series and for it to be interrupted multiple times throughout the episode not because of ads but because it is having trouble loading and it won’t load after like 5 minutes or longer sometimes. Please fix this issue developers I don’t care that I have to watch 13 ads per episode I just want to watch anime.

Uncontrollable ads!. In order to actually watch a show, you have to sit through so many ads it’s unbelievable and unacceptable. In my experience, my screen will just go black and an ad will play when I first click on episode. Then, it’ll load and I go down to the bottom to skip through the intro and as if the app is punishing me for doing so, it’ll just give me ads! No joke, it’ll play an ad then another and another, etc. There will be no option to skip ads, exit out of them, anything! Really, you just get stuck in a cycle of ads restarting! Seriously, this matter needs to be addressed. I’d have to exit out of the app. It was so bad once (I sat through 3 ads in counting) and I closed the app. Then I went back in and just when I went to keep watching my episode, not only did it start it completely over, it spammed me with ads! I deleted it. End of story. I don’t think you should have to pay money for good service. You wouldn’t pay your waiter constantly at a restaurant to get them to perform a nice service with a good attitude, would you? Should you have to? No! So I think, you shouldn’t have to pay the app for good service and no nonstop ads! I get it if you’re on free and you get ads, but having them play nonstop is unacceptable. And I get it, you have to pay the people who work for you, but not by torturing us who download into getting premium by spamming us with ads upon ads upon ads.

Can you please put the rose of Versailles on Crunchyroll?. You have a very large variety of anime but one I feel like doesn’t get as much love is the romance genre. Though I do understand that you are trying your very best to put more romance onto your app, I don’t feel like your new releases are quite what I’m looking for...though I have found some quite enjoyable I continually feel like I’m watching the same thing over and over again. I’m more into the older anime just because the plots were more regular, not everything had to be modern, and the fact that they had more of a balance between drama and slice of life aspect. One variety of romance that I don’t particularly like is harem- tho I do enjoy reverse harem and I know this specific genre is like by some people it’s just not right for me.. I’m not asking for you to stop putting the things and genres that other people like and desire just that you go out of your comfort zone and put something different on here- One thing specifically I would love to have on your app is the Rose of Versailles. I haven’t been able to really watch this series bc of the fact that I can’t find it anywhere if you do have a chance to put it on please do!!

The ads are flippin’ crazy! 😤. I just recently got into anime, considering I’m quarantined, and I was watching hunter x hunter on Netflix. Netflix didn’t support all the seasons, it only went up to 4, so I did some research and found this app. I was really excited when I saw that it had all 148 episodes, and while scrolling I saw some other anime’s that looked interesting! When I began watching their was an advertisement, which I didn’t mind. I expected for there to be around 2-3 per episode. At first, everything was going really smoothly! Nothing too out of the ordinary. Then after about 3 episodes in, the ads started to pile up. At first I tried not to mind it, after all I was watching all the episodes for free. Then it became REALLY hard to ignore. I started to get 3-5 ads just before It started, then about 3-5 more later on in the ep! It would’ve been much more bare-able if the ads weren’t so glitchy. At first, I thought it was just my internet. I came to look at the reviews to see if anyone else was having the same problem, and many are! The ads load for about 10-15 seconds, and then run very slowly. For example, if each ad was initially 10 seconds long, and there were 4 advertisements, that’d be around an extra minute and a half of pointless waiting! On behalf of all Crunchyroll users, please reduce the amount of ads per episode, and fix the freezing of the ads!

Chrinchyroll. I like Crunchyroll quite a bit. I do wish they could streamline a few things. One of which is the PlayStation application for Crunchyroll, as I’ve had many issues with that in particular. Sometimes I can’t start a show on PlayStation 5 unless I start it a few seconds on my iPhone for a few seconds then then close that and open it on PlayStation at which point the show will play fine. It would also be nice to have access to show all episodes of a show your watching on every screen. I’d also like an option to not show any series that isn’t in the language you prefer. So if I only prefer to see English then anything not In English would be hidden. Also I’d like it if it were easier to see the rating of each show as it can be very difficult to find and makes trying to find an age appropriate show that I can watch with my daughter difficult. Other than that the app is great. I had heard Crunchyroll and funimation were going to merge into one and I hope that’s the case as each has their own merits, and if they take the best features from both platforms then they will make something great!!!

App with identity crisis. Crunchyroll publishes awesome anime. But the app has an identity crisis. Login with a paid subscriber account and everything works great. Five stars. Seriously. It is very well done. But — and this is huge — not everyone can afford the monthly fees and the execution of the advertising ruins the app. No stars. Crunchyroll needs the advertising to fund the delivery of no-cost anime to its free subscribers. It is the TV broadcasting business model. No problem. But the technology used to insert the ads fails to match the quality of the overall app. The ads lock up the app. They also repeat themselves three times in a row in the same ad break. And while the ads are supposed to be targeted to the interests of the viewers, they are not. If Crunchyroll could get the advertising to work correctly, advertising could possibly make more money per user than paid subscriptions. Determining the interests of viewers is pretty easy. You just ask them. Do interesting ads and people will click them. Streaming technology is good enough to never lock up an app. And never repeat ads during the same break. I will never buy a Volvo no matter how many times you run the ad. I'm a Subaru guy. You should already know that. Have Subaru tell me about its awesome technology and I will click the ad to find out more info. Everyone wins — Crunchyroll, advertisers and anime fans. Fix it please.

Extremely disappointed. I know the only way people will be able to read this is if it is highly ranked. I’ve been using Crunchyroll for over a year now and there are little glitches here and there but they have never bothered me. The ads can be a bit annoying but I’ve gotten used to seeing them. The problem I’m talking about is how every single show that I’m watching has been locked and is now for “premium watch only”. I was in the middle of a bunch of shows and now I can’t watch any. This would be understandable if it was just the newer shows that were released a few months ago but you locked Naruto?? Now I can’t get past first seasons and I am seriously considering going to another app because this is ridiculous to have to pay to watch everything. I will not spend 8 dollars a month to be able to watch a show that only has 12 episodes I might as well just watch it on another website for free because that has to be my only option at this point. The only reason I even still have this app is because you haven’t locked one piece yet and I am caught up so if you lock it I’m 100% dropping this app. This is just a warning to those who want to get crunchyroll, don’t. Save yourself the time and get another app that is free.

Fix your bugs and way too many ads. Listen, I get it you need ads in order to make money you don’t need to put ads at the beginning after the intro and middle and end scene cause that’s just crazy because it’s like three ads for every commercial break and also just a little nitpick with the ads don’t show us the second or next season of the anime we are watching with the next ad because now with re zero an exclusive to crunchy roll i knew that rem would try to hit Subaru didnt know why but i knew and that could potentially spoil some for other anime’s and i have been having this glitch where I’m watching a show go to the Home Screen i come back it gives me an ad even though i was at the Home Screen for five seconds because of an accident ok not that big a deal but then it loads and loads and loads but it’s not having any progress the app just breaks down like my digestive system after having Taco Bell with extra slices sauce on everything it gets annoying because now i can’t watch anything and uhhh quick tip don’t make the ad free one $8 that’s a lil much but i get it because competition also does that please fix this issue and i might get premium it’s worth it too it’s just all the bugs don’t just go poof because you paid 8 dollars you know so thanks for coming to my tedtalk but for now it’s 4 stars just please for the love of god fix these issues

Great App But.... I’ve been using Crunchyroll for some time and enjoy the app very much. It has a great variety (though some of my favorite anime’s are left out) and the ads are fairly controlled. One piece of criticism I’d like to point out is the fact that you have an ad right after the anime opening, which is both annoying and repetitive. The ads themselves aren’t bad and fit my liking to some extent, but consider having more variety to your ads, some of the ads in certain anime are repeated multiple times and gets boring to watch. Not to mention that there are a TON of glitches. I don’t know if it’s on my end or just the app, but sometimes the anime will time out and then go out of the anime, going to the homepage, search are, library, etc. Once I try to get back on the anime to continue watching, the subtitles are gone and I have to struggle with it for about 15 minutes before the subtitles go back on, often they don’t and I have to quit watching for the day. But it’s an occasional problem that I can deal with, I thought I might say it for the fact that it might make a bad first impression on a new watcher, thinking that the app is faulty (which it is most certainly not). Again, it may be on my end. All in all, this is a great app and I would suggest it to any of my friends to watch!

I love this app!. I have had this app for a while I just recently got a subscription to it. I love this app because I love anime and it has all the stuff I like plus more, I used to get annoyed with the ads which is why I got the subscription I was fine with having a smaller selection of anime prior to subscribing because it’s not like I had a lot of time to watch everything I wanted to watch, but getting the subscription makes it so you have access to all the anime on it and there is so much it’s ridiculous but great. And I love how the genres are listed so you can pick something with a specific feeling or theme. I also love that there’s a different amount of people that can watch it at the same time for the subscription I have, I have the fan subscription which is the cheapest one and it’s so only one person can watch it at a time and I love that because I hate sharing my password with people and this way I don’t have to feel obligated to. Anyways this app is totally worth the money and even if you don’t get a subscription to it there are still so many good animes that they let people watch for free with ads. Thank you!!

Good app but needs one thing. I love Crunchyroll. I have been a premium member for a few years now and I don’t regret it at all. I use the website just as much as I use the app but there is one huge problem for me that is in the website but not the app. Reviews. I have started so many god awful anime that sound good on paper but are executed horribly. This is wasting my free time with horrible anime. Although, I know that it depends on the person if they’re going to like it or not. But if an anime is rated one star, it is for a reason. On the website I am the type of person to read reviews to see what I am getting into. Even just seeing the rating of the show out of 5 stars would be enough. If I want to see actual reviews that explain why it’s rated so bad then I wouldn’t mind leaving the app. But I don’t want to have to go out of the app in order to see the rating of the anime by looking it up on google. It’s very annoying and a simple thing to do ( or at least I think it is, who knows, I’m not an app developer ). I know this is just a convenience thing but it’s why I’m rating this 4 stars. The recent update made the app so much better and is more stable than ever. If reviews are added in app then that would make this app that much better.

Can’t watch the 2nd season. So someone I know recommended me this app and I decided I’d try it and see how it was and I didn’t mind watching it in Japanese and looking at the captions or watching ads because I loved the series I was watching but when I got to the second season, I saw I could no longer watch it because it had reached the second season. Me being 13 years old (I know it’s 17+, but I don’t watch those types of anime’s) I can’t pay for this and my parents won’t either and as I’ve read the reviews, it seems people have had the same problem as I have had. I’m sorry if I wasted your time reading this cause many of you would be like “it’s just like Netflix, get over it” I get it and I understand you are trying to make money by only letting people watch the first season so they are eager to see what’s next and pay for premium which is similar to what other apps do to make money, but at the same time a lot of people cannot pay for it and are just as eager to watch the second season as we all are. I’m not saying you should change it and I’m not saying you shouldn’t change it, but it would be nice if you came up with an idea to make money still and let people finish what they were watching. And I hope this suggestion will help you.

It’s a good app for anime, with one issue. I’ve been a premium user for almost a year now and I really enjoy a lot of the content on here. It’s got a lot of new series that come out with episodes really fast along with a lot of older favorites. I mainly used the app on my Xbox but have switched to using it on my phone for the most part due to being away from my console. I enjoy using it on my phone just as much as I did on my Xbox but I have ran into an issue after the recent update. For some reason when I try to watch any show the video does not play at all. I will press the start button but nothing. It just displays a black screen but nothing happens. I’ve tried on multiple different occasions to play shows and same thing. I found a workaround where if I delete the app and re install it fixes the problem temporarily but eventually I have to delete and re download again... I read that it could be internet issues but everything else works on my phone just fine so I’ve ruled that out. It’s getting pretty annoying so I’m hoping this problem is known about and there will be a fix soon since this is an awesome streaming service. Besides this one issue I recommend using this app if you’re an anime fan

My experience using crunchy roll. It was great at first tbh but then after about a month I noticed something strange going on a lot of anime that I didn’t watch was being shown for continue watching at first ignored it but it got harder when someone changed the name on my account that’s when I took action and it got resolved later down the line I got put off my account and had to change the password ( this happened 6 times) and I’ve emailed them about my complaints and said I wanted the account deleted if this issue continued nobody ever got back to me, today I tried to log in and comes to my attention someone’s been having a field day with my account changed the language and all I stopped using it for about a week, please have a way we can view devices using our account or approve accounts that would like to use our account or at least give me a heads up anytime someone logs in as of today my account is deleted and I will no longer be using Crunchyroll will my mind change maybe, maybe not 🫤 some will say I’m being a karen or use better cyber security and I did different passwords and all at one point my password was 100 characters I was literally using my notes section to remember it. This has just gotten annoying does anyone else have this issue or at least have a way for it to be less annoying.

Tons of Glitches. I’ve used Crunchyroll for years and the website is fantastic. As a mobile platform, there really needs to be some changes made from the dev team, especially for iOS. The application constantly crashes, you always have to log back in every time you close out of the app, the servers will not connect which means your watchlist won’t load and episodes will just cut out in the middle of a viewing. If you are lucky enough to go through one episode, then the “play next” button does not work or is frozen, and you cannot open details for the show you are watching. There is also a major issue with syncing across multiple devices. This only happens on everything but the actual website. If I am going to be paying as a premium member, I hope these issues resolve soon other wise there’s no point in paying for these basic features that a lot of free websites have. The anime’s are great and I’ve always considered crunchyroll a good platform for it, but please fix your technical difficulties with your mobile platform. Or hire me to fix it for you. Or at least give communication on what’s wrong and what you are doing to fix it. Or give us a timeline of your pipeline to get it fixed. Please. Thank you

Reverse your decision of removing user-generated reviews and comments!!!!. I saw that you guys removed your comments and user generated reviews, which I believe is the worst decision you’ve ever made. I relied on the comments to hear people’s input on an episode of an anime or even see detailed reviews on a show I’m interested in so that way I know if this is something I’m into or if it is a waste of time. Your response to this is also unacceptable and vague. You mentioned that it is for the safety for the community but how? You guys had a way of moderating the comment section to get rid of horrible comments being made so why are you guys suddenly taking the lazy way and just cut it completely. If anything, your response seems to manipulate us folks in the community since it seems that you want to play this change as something that is “good” for the better of our community but in reality I (and many others) think beyond a shadow of a doubt, that there were other reasons behind this rushed decision. We use the comments and reviews to connect with each other as a family. I urge you to reconsider and reverse this change. If safety is really your reason, there are better ways to handle this. Otherwise, you are about the lose subscribers that’s been with you guys for years. What is the use of having the largest anime collection of any streaming service when we cannot even reach out to others in the anime community?

Review after 7 years. Let me start by saying I still love Crunchyroll BUT I think with the surge of streaming services I believe Crunchyroll has some catching up to do. Not so much in the content department but in the app and heck even the website but I’ll stick to reviewing the app. I’ve been premium for more than 3 years and yes the no ads is nice but how about creating profiles like Netflix or Disney? My wife and I have to a lot in our queue and sometimes we watch the same shows so changing the episode between sittings is weird. Another thing is how about implementing skip intro and continue to next episode? Don’t get me wrong I love anime intros but when I’m heavily into a show it’s nice to just get back to the story. I feel besides dark mode there hasn’t been much added to the app UI to make it great. The content is amazing and I love that it’s available so promptly. I’m only rating 3 stars due to the fact that it hasn’t been keeping up with other services and sometimes song subtitles interfere with character subtitles making it difficult to read (the song and dialogue literally are swapping up and down so I can’t even see a pattern, maybe use a different color for the song subs). Again it’s 3 stars for the app not Crunchyroll as a whole cause they’re obviously 5 stars but I can’t let my bias stop me from acknowledging the lack of implementation that most streaming services already have.

needs some improvements!!. so, ive had this app for awhile now and i thought i should make a review. first of all, this app is amazing!! is not complicated/confusing at all + i understood it right when i downloaded it!! i like the fact that there is a history as well!! i like the way all the anime is displayed too. i love how theres dramas as well!! but theres only two things.. the search bar. yes and the ads. first, the search bar. the search bar is very confusing because every time i try to search up an anime it shows nothing? i even tried searching up an anime thats already on crunchyroll to see if it would work. it still didnt. i feel like thats one thing you guys have to fix!! another thing is, the ads. in the beginning of every anime there is a starting ad. for what? i dont understand that. also, why is there 5 ads in a row? if theres going to be ads (especially FIVE) please put a skip button at least. i have a problem with the ads at the beginning of the anime because there is already one at the end. i do NOT want my anime to start with a 20 second ad when im done with another 20 second ad from the end of another anime episode. i also think there should be more animes!! and even movies probably!! overall this app is really good but the things i stated need some fixing.

Useless unless you pay. I honestly wish I could give it less than 1 star. I’ve only been using the app for three days and I have given up. I understand that the app works fine if you pay for a subscription, however, developers should understand that not everyone can afford to pay a monthly fee just to watch anime. If they’re going to offer a free alternative and make you watch ads to compensate, the least they could do is make sure the free version actually works- otherwise just don’t offer it! Don’t make people waste their time! The first day this app worked great- I don’t care if I have to watch ads or even if the ads repeat. I understand it’s free so I don’t mind it. However, yesterday, I started to notice that the app freezes whenever an ad is about to play- the screen goes black and that’s it. There is nothing you can do but exit the app and restart it. Initially this only happened a few times, but now it’s to the point I can’t even START watching an episode because it freezes. I can restart the app 12 times (which I have), and it does the exact same thing each time. I’m done. I’m done using this app, wasting my time and dealing with this frustration. And now, even if I could or wanted to, there is NO WAY I’m ever going to give my money to Crunchyroll. If you’re going to give a free service and make it as crappy as possible just to get people to buy the subscription- don't even offer it to begin with. It’s low, a cheap trick. Just don’t.

I’m going to be straight up.. I love the app, I really do. I love the selections they have, and I like how simple it is, but there always seems to be a performance issue with the app. I don’t have a membership I’m a free viewer, and I don’t mind the 3 ads with every ad marker so I don’t know if this happens when you pay, but it’s an episode just freezes and it’s unplayable. My latest example of this is with the Konosuba film. I cannot play it at all. A previous example of this was with one of the episodes of Attack on Titan season 3 I’m pretty sure it was only the 2nd episode that just froze and was unplayable. I had to wait about 1 month or a couple of weeks (I honestly don’t remember) to be able to play the episode. Other than these issues I face. The only other issue I have is with the ads, yes I said I’m fine with 3 ads, but realistically it’s still a little much, and also some ads just straight up have spoilers. Like the ad for Attack on Titan season 4. It shows Armin shifting Into a Titan. It was kinda whack learning that surprise (for me at least) through an ad. Other than that I have no issues with the app. I’m just tired of the constant freezing. I also bring this up because I just remembered that episode 12 I believe of Higehiro is also freezing as well. So please just find a way to fix the app and my opinion on it will drastically change.

Ugh my immersion. I actually stopped binging my favorite anime to write this. I know Crunchyroll has always had issues both on the web and the app, and I have always found them tolerable since those issues rarely messed with my immersion- but brooo it is so bad right now. The subtitles are either delayed or they show up before a character speaks. Also, the controls with play bar keep popping up when I do not touch the screen or when my phone is mounted which makes me then have to touch the screen constantly to make the controls minimize again. This has been happening often for the past 3 weeks. I have been subscribed to Premium for about 5 years and I thank you Crunchyroll for those glorious years of you providing me with all the entertainment and escapism I need but you are disappointing me mad hard right now. P.S.: The new UI is cool. I also love that we can view comments now. Y’all are kinda late to the “We have updated our UI” party considering how large your following is but cheers to you for showing up at all. My fingers are crossed for you to continue to make advancements in the streaming service world because I do believe you deserve more clout, but it’s embarrassing for me to keep on praising you when things like this happen.

The New Update. A few days ago, I downloaded the newest update, and I understand glitches are going to happen, after all you did give the app a whole new design. Although, every time I get to the ad break in the middle of an episode, it sends me right back to the beginning of the episode and doesn’t have subtitles. Sometimes I open an episode and it doesn’t play the subtitles. I always go back to settings to see if it was accidentally shut off, but it never is shut off. There are other times where I get to an ad break and the ad’s do not load at all, then glitch out and skip back to the episode, without subtitles. Really the biggest issue I have had is the subtitles disappearing and that the episode restarts itself as soon as an ad break is over. I like that you decreased the amount of ads, in each break it never exceeds four ads, where as before it used to be 3-5 or more ads. I am sure buying the subscription is worth it, once I can afford it I will definitely buy it! As long as you have a little patience or have a little game to play while the ads are running, it really isn’t so bad!

Amazing streaming service! Love it.. I really love this service! I haven’t been watching anime for too long but this has honestly helped me start off. There’s so many anime’s that you would probably not be able to watch on other streaming services. I’m happy also that my favorite dubs are on Crunchyroll too, though personally I do suggest maybe add Naruto dub since it’s one of many people’s favorite dub. I do prefer sub in most anime’s though. But for anyone hesitating to get this app, don’t!! I can’t say enough of how cool it it to be able to have all of my favorite anime’s right in front of me, and the ones I’m planning on watching, especially because you don’t have to pay any money if you don’t want to. This is good for young people like me who is a kid to be able to watch without having to spend all of my allowance XD or people that don’t have much money in general. You just have a few adds that are honestly entertaining compared to most places because most base on anime so there fun and Crunchyroll doesn’t have many adds at all compared to a ton of apps which lets me watch and enjoy an anime without being interrupted 24/7. There’s many more reasons why you should get Crunchyroll but I can’t list them all XD just know that it’s an amazing fun place to watch anime!!!!!! :)

Comments need back. Removing the comment section was a mistake and many others agree. I would always look forward to reading the comments and seeing others comments and some made me laugh and made my day. The comments had nothing wrong with them it was just people giving out thoughts so I know of no reason to take something like that away from us. Isn’t this supposed to be the number one anime app! How can you call your self the greatest when you take something away from us without thinking how it would affect the people who have this app, the people who pay money! Crunchyroll can you not see all of us who want this back! Don’t take this away, listen to your fans, listen to your hearts is this really what you want? To take away a thing that makes us happy! We want to bring back the comment section and we won’t stop I’ll keep fighting for it back! Cause Crunchyroll just isn’t the same without it. Restore our comments and restore our happiness while watching amazing anime! Try restoring it and see how many people are happy, how many people who are glad to open this app and see what others think about an anime that people watch. We need this back.

Please stop telling me to buy Premium and how long do I need to wait for episodes for free?. Crunchyroll is a good app to watch anime. There’s nothing bad about it but I will have to say. Please stop asking me to buy premium. I wanted to watch a show and my normal website would not have episode 13 of it so I looked up where I can watch episode 13 for free and it showed Crunchyroll so I got the app and then I was going to watch the episode but then it said buy premium and I was like what? Then I read below it and it said “Get access to new episodes shortly after airing in Japan.” Man I don’t know when episodes air in Japan but they are so slow! This episode came out on January 7th, 2024. It is now January 19th! I will love to know when this will air in Japan and if it did then when will I be able to watch it for free? It’s called “The Apothecary Diaries” my friend said I would watch it and I got addicted. So I would like to know what are the times that people who don’t pay get the episode? No wait let me rephrase that. How long does it take each episode to come out not form my show but for other shows to. I just want to see if Premium is worth it or not. Aka tell me how long does each prescription take to get the episodes of a show like example. Free is 30 days and Premium is 5 days. I would just like to know the time frame before each episode comes out.

A problem with playing the next episode. For some reason sometimes I encounter a problem where suddenly instead of playing the next episode it will play the same episode over and over again. With this happening I have to exit the episode click on the series and pick the next episode which is really annoying, I’ve tried everything to get rid of it but even if I finish the whole show it will still show I’m on that episode. There’s another glitch in the same group of problem where instead of playing the next episode it will skip to a random episode way later down the line or back before that I already watch, and again no matter what I do it will not fix itself. It only fixed itself one time and I fixed by watching that episode when I got to it, however on any other show this will not work and it will continue to send me to that episode. At first I thought this wasn’t a big deal since it’s not that bad, but overtime, especially when I’m binging it gets REALLY annoying having to pick the next episode by exiting and going back into the series to click it again. Pls fix

Review. Now first off I just want to say I love Crunchyroll and it is a very well built anime stream service but they have major problems that need to be changed. As for that seasons and episodes are listed all together although they are in completely different languages. This is only a major and irrational problem. I’ve have premium for many years on many accounts and it’s just the small thing that makes the app confusing and sorta irritating to a certain extent. Next small problem is the app for mobile devices it seems to have many problems when it comes to turning off and on cc. Most of the times I have to refresh my whole app 2-3 times just for them to start turning on. Again it’s not a bad problem but it’s a problem a lot of viewers and myself aren’t excited about. But if those apps were fixed I’d say it would be the most perfect app for anime streaming. I think because Crunchyroll and Funimation are doing a partner ship crunchyroll should take some of the things they do just. Just because Funimation is more smoother in the sense of easier to watch and find anime. Other than those little major problems there isn’t anything that makes it a little problematic. Thank you for you time have a great day!!

Ads. Let me start off by saying, I LOVE anime, iv seen Crunchyroll sponsoring many different you tubers, iv seen ads all the time of it and iv always watched anime on it, but the one thing I’m tired of is the fact that their is so many ads, I get that you probably can’t get rid of them because of how many people have premium but can you atleast shorten the amount? I’m watching episodes of anime’s and I’m getting 3 ads at the beginning another 2 like 7 minutes in ect. It’s making it hard to even watch the anime, I would give 5 stars but the ads is the only thing stopping me, I know you have them to make money, which then drives people to buy premium and then you get money from that so you can support this app with a constant stream of anime, however can you atleast space them out? Like 1-2 at the beginning another 1-2 at the end? That way we can enjoy the anime and you get to show the ads, more ads raises your revenue however when you have millions of people and a large selection of anime ON top of premium, I think you can get rid of a few, I hope you take this into consideration. I really want to give this app 5 stars but I can’t. I know I won’t get a response and if I do it will probably be something along the lines of you read my review. I’m just saying what’s on my mind and everyone else’s, the amount of ads is horrible. If you do read this, thank you for your time.

Amazing app and quality overall but problem with the premium options. I think that Crunchyroll is and amazing app with efficient streaming options. The amount of content they have is amazing and the new format is excellent. I have so many positive things to say about this app, but I do have a slight issue that just makes no sense. The new premium options is kinda stupid if you ask me. There is 3 new different levels of premium if I remember correctly and each level unlocks new stuff and costs more money. I understand that they are trying to make more profits but this is kinda stupid and makes me mad. If I wanted to do a certain thing and was prepared to pay for the premium and went to do it and it turns out that there are 3 different levels for unlocking different things? Like I would be furious, i know it’s for profit but like you had it going pretty well with the first premium system and the online shop, but then you add 3 levels of premium? I think that your also making it hard for people who already had premium beforehand, they have to adjust to a whole new system and decide what to do. I just think it’s stupid and extra and serves no purpose. You can fight me on this but I’m not budging.

Good app, but there are some bugs. I’ve had Crunchyroll for years now, and it’s honestly a really great app in itself for watching anime. You can watch on multiple platforms, which is also nice. The layout is very clean and nice to look at. I’ve had no issues with the app over the years, so I would be giving this five stars, but I do have some small gripes. Premium used to be only for having no ads, but now you can’t watch in 720P and 1080P quality because HD quality is now a premium feature. I didn’t mind going through ad breaks, but I find removing HD quality to be a premium only feature to be a bit ridiculous. I’ve also encountered bugs lately with the ads. Sometimes the ads won’t play during an ad break, and the episode’s audio will play, but it won’t resume the episode. I have to exit out of the app to fix this, but sometimes it happens whenever the ad plays. The timestamp also doesn’t continue where it left off, and it will scroll back to the last ad break, so I have to go to the correct timestamp each time. If these bugs could be fixed, that would be really great! Another thing that kind of annoys me is certain titles and dubs are premium only features, especially in certain dubs outside of the Japanese or English language.

Great app but has some issues. I don’t normally write reviews but I just want to write this so hopefully the issue I have can be fixed. To start this, I would like to say Crunchyroll is a great app to watch any anime in HD. I just recently purchase the premium because I love the experience, watching anime and reading the comments to me make the experience even more enjoyable. My issue with this app for one needs the feature picture in picture added, I like to be able to respond to a message and watch my anime at the same time without force closing the app. The second issue ties in with the first issue, sometimes I would say like 80% of the time when the app is forced closed and you go back to the anime you are watching and you press play, it’ll just revert the video back from the very beginning and take off the subtitle. It wouldn’t seem like it’s a big issue but I just rather be left back where I was at also, when they take the subtitle off themselves the option to put back on the subtitle is greyed out and I have to then leave the video and reopen up the same episode to then put on the subtitle. I hope the creator sees this review and please fix it and I would give this app a 5/5 star because I enjoy this app a lot.

Good program but has account issues. First the good. Crunchyroll has wide array of shows to watch and is fairly easy to navigate. I especially like their updated shows section. The con and its a big one. Crunchyroll does not offer a 2-factor authentication for their accounts. On top of that they do not have a customer service number to call when you have account issues. My self and multiple others (check their own forums) have had their accounts hacked and simply changing your password does not help. I will say their fraud detection did help by sending me a email noting suspicious activity. However after taking recommended steps the very next day I got an email saying the email associated with my account has changed. So I will not be renewing a subscription and canceling my account once this subscription ends. Luckily my subscription is through iTunes because you can’t cancel your account with an active subscription so if you have a credit card on file with Crunchyroll and someone hacks your account your only real option is to cancel your card. So if they fix this issue I will consider starting a new account but until then I will not use this anymore. I truly hope someone from Crunchyroll takes note of this concern because it seems to have gone ignored for far to long. Recommendation: if you do decide to use Crunchyroll I highly recommend you get your subscription through Apple. At least that way your information will be more secured.

There is nothing “unsafe” about words. Removing comments in order to keep people from reading things they might not agree with is not keeping anyone “safe” because nobody is in any danger from words; if any danger does exist it’s in intentionally fostering an environment that prevents people from experiencing even minor hardship because experiencing hardship and overcoming it is the only way to build resilience- without which, you’re likely to feel unable to surmount even the most mundane of obstacles, like how to cope with someone saying something you disagree with online. Not only that, but it’s a terrible business move. You had a feature that many people found valuable, myself included, and now you don’t, yet the cost has remained the same. You are creating a situation where longtime users like myself are going jump ship as soon as a real competitor comes along, (or when services like HIDIVE finally get their act together) especially if a competitor is willing to allow features you think are “unsafe”. Go tell the people who decided to remove comments, I’m guessing Rahul Purini, Gita Rebbapregada, and Asa Suehira that they’re fools who are making things worse for children, tell them they tiny brains and bad breath and that nobody likes them, then as they to explain what danger they just experienced and how them hearing you made them unsafe. When they can’t, explain that they need to reinstate reviews/comments in the crunchyroll app.

4.5 Stars. Ok here is the lowdown on this app and why I gave it 4.5. Let’s start with what every one seems to be worried about: ads. The ads it seems to me bearable. You well run across 3 to 4 ads per video most of the time. Some ads didn’t even play, they just pop up for a second and then resume playing video. Some ads were not so kind, looping the same two ads about 3 times before resuming. Next let’s talk about there subs. Some quality of life improvements are needed in like areas such as timing when a sub is suppose to disappear over translated text to disappear when the screen changes, along with the karaoke during the opening song. Third let’s talk about buffering. I am on 4 g Lte and low res to save data, so only once in a while did it need to stop and buff. I would press pause for a moment to let it get ahead so I can’t say how it would work out for those streaming 1080p. Finally let’s talk content. You’ll find a lot of great content on this app. You won’t find anything by funamation I.e. there dubbed for the most part that I could find but you can find some Dragonball super, along with other popular shows. Some shows are for premium only that you might run across but so far I only found 1 show like that. But if you do op for premium they have 3 plans with the cheapest being around 8 and their highest being about 15. In conclusion any decent anime lover should add this app to there collection.

Technicality issues, increased pricing. My ex friend was using my Crunchyroll account without my knowledge. I signed in to use Crunchyroll at their house once and it remembered my info. I tried to change my password and log out of all devices once I found out. We weren't friends anymore, so I didn't want them watching episodes and messing up my watch progress. No matter how many times I changed the password and hit log out of all devices, they still had it. I deleted my account and remade it to log them out. After that, I didn't realize Crunchyroll was double billing me for months. They were billing the same email for the closed and open account on the same email. I emailed Crunchyroll and they opened a ticket. The communication over email was kind of a pain, but a representative said they will reverse all double charges and I should have the funds back in a few business days. Technical issues like that as well as security are a huge problem with Crunchyroll. I'm also not happy their price is basically doubling to $9.99 for a funimation merge. I would give them a 4 star review for resolving my issue (-1 point for the glitchy issues), but the price increase isn't cool. I thought Crunchyroll was better than other greedy corporations. But overall, not super happy. I will raise my review from a 1 to a 2 star for them resolving my issue (still awaiting the refund though). They have some things to work on before I consider renewing my membership.

Good for now but potential. One of my main annoyances with Crunchyroll is the fact that it keeps logging myself off from the Apple TV from time to time. Another thing that would go a long way in making the experience better would be to have items organized by the release time. Some animations have special episodes that air between seasons but get to receive a season 55 so If you are just getting into a new anime that has a lot of content out you risk skipping those specials and jump from one season to another confused as to what the time jump was when the content is there just badly organized. One other reason for the 3 starts is that on the Apple TV the app shows you the seasons in all other languages so one annoying thing is that if you finished a season that was just aired in Japanese you keep getting the anime you just watched on up next when there is no new content and just what you just watched being released in English or other language. It would be a better experience if it was done like Netflix where you have the seasons and content organized chronologically and then if season one has English audio available it would be an option on the audio settings and not getting the up next updated as having new content if something gets dubbed to a new language.

Can’t even contact support. I used to have a premium membership about a year ago and decided to renew. I wanted to buy the standard premium membership again but it says on the app that they will give me a 14 day free trial and charge me for the membership after the trial ends, not a problem, I was actually happy about this. The problem is that the trial doesn’t even work. I check my iTunes subscriptions and it says that it is currently active but when I go into the app to watch a show, I still have to watch ads! That’s not even the worst part, whenever the ads start to load, I get a black loading screen, then it just freezes up and won’t do anything unless I force close out of the app. I can’t even watch a video with ads!!! I tried to just buy the membership outright without the 14 day trial since I was going to pay for it anyway, but I can’t get past the 14 day trial offer. Whenever you tap on the button to upgrade your account, it takes you to the 14 day free trial offer( which doesn’t work no matter how many times I retry it) and it won’t let me bypass the offer so I can just buy the membership, it’s like they don’t want my money! I tried contacting support on the “help” section in the app, AND SURPRISE SURPRISE THE APP FREEZES WHEN YOU TRY TO GET TO THE “CONTACT US” PART! I used to love watching my favorite anime on crunchyroll but I don’t think I’ll ever be paying for this service again after spending hours just trying to buy a membership unsuccessfully.

Some pros and cons. So I’m going to start with the cons first of an uncontrollable amount of ads when I’m watching anime and I get one or two or even three ads I’m ok with but when I’m watching a 20 to 30 minute episode I’m getting over 10 ads per episode then it’s getting pretty annoying because it’s extremely hard to finish an episode for example I watch a 30 minute episode and I’m getting as many ads as I get it turns from a 30 minute episode to over an hour episode because of how many ads this is a problem you need to fix but what’s good about your app is it has a lot of different choices of anime and a lot of different genres to choose from I enjoy the app a lot but you need to cut the add limit dim from over ten to 3 and under and a lot of your app users would be a lot more satisfied and there would be nothing more to complain about so please fix this bug we would all appreciate it and we would use the app a lot more then trying to dig around the App Store and google play store and even the internet to try and watch our episode because we are so worried about getting as many ads as we are getting so please fix this app and listen to our complaints it would make using your app a lot easier thank you for your time and keep up your good work and good luck for the future.

This is important and something we all need to say and want to say.. xoxo. Anyways, we ALL KNOW the ads in this app are ridiculous. I know it’s a free app and all, and I do really enjoy it and don’t mind a couple ads, but there’s just one problem for me. I was watching mha, yes, my hero academia, and I had a problem occur. So technically what happened, I got ad an, not bad right? After the ad, the anime wouldn’t load. I kept exiting the app, and everytime I went back in it would give me another ad and not load again. Mind you, my internet is not bad at all. You also might be thinking, “it’s probably just more than one ad, and the second one just isn’t loading, so when you go back in it loads.” But no. I was doing this for I know over 10 minutes. I got at least 10 ads and ngl, my night was kind of ruined because it kept happening and I ended up just giving up and going to bed. This might sound like a complaint, and it kind of is, but the moral of the story is to please just fix your ads. 4 ads isn’t bad, and it’s understandable for a free app with a ton of anime and more, but I shouldn’t have 10 ads in just one ad break. (and I probably would’ve had more if I had kept going.) So anyways, a recap, I enjoy the app a lot overall, but sometimes the ads get out of control and just ruin the anime experience for you. Hope you found this helpful, xo

Good but.... Great app to watch almost anything that u cant on Netflix. But I see constantly a specific anime, and the first season is dubbed, but the second season isn’t, that to me is the only issue, I don’t like switching languages every season so if u can release it in both ways that’d be great😃specifically Sword Art Online Alicization: War of Underworlds. Another issue are the ads, I think adding 4 would be fine if u made each add stop only one ad. There’s are usually 4 ad stops in an episode and when they hit it takes 30 seconds to load that ad and then play a 30+ second ad, and then another 30+ seconds to load a second one and a third. I think they load wayyyy too slowly and the ads back to back are too many. If there are 4 ad pauses please make it just one ad long and please load faster because in total if there are 4 ad blocks u spend abt 10 minutes watching ads because each pause loads 3 back to back ads. I wouldn’t mind 4 ads total but I also wouldn’t mind if ur going to keep the same amount of ads, that u just make them load faster instead of have me wait at a black screen for 30 seconds for an ad to show up and then repeat that for another two times. It’s a bit time consuming and sometimes I forget what happened before the ads even began to roll in and forget wat im watching. All in all, shorter faster ad breaks, and release seasons in both languages or just add that language setting in, not for subtitles but for the audio aswell, u know, dubbed.

Several errors and to many adds. I love Crunchyroll but the so called “video error” and the “trial error” along with the “connection loss” it gets very annoying, I’m sitting right by my WiFi box and all the sudden a pop up tab shows up in my screen saying that I have lost connection, I clearly had connection as I was connected to the WiFi the whole time but whenever it pops up it won’t let me leave the tab no matter how many times I press retry. The video error is very confusing as I have to stop and sit there for thirty mins to try and find out what the error is, I have tried to restart the app, I have exited out of it and went back in and tried to watch it again but the video error just kept popping back up. Every time I get an error I have to delete the app because the error will just keep coming back up on my screen even though I have done everything to try and get it to stop, I have re downloaded the app at least 19 times and I just got it 2 days ago. And the situation with the adds is stupid, I get 15 to 20 adds every time, I’m only watching 20-30 minute episodes and I spend at least 10 minutes every time watching one round of adds, and the there are 4 rounds of adds in each episode. It gets quite annoying, I hope they figure out something because this is getting annoying

Ads. This whole app is fine by itself but the ads are unreasonable. I’m 3 minutes into an episode and it’s already given me 12 ads. I would rate this app 3 stars instead of 2 but the whole thing is super glitchy and just pauses at random times. I know for a fact that it’s not my WiFi because I’ve been disconnecting and reconnecting to see if any thing works. I’ve restarted my phone multiple times but it’s no use. The 23 minute episodes I’ve been watching has turned into 40 minutes each because of the ads. I watch 5 minutes, 10 ads in a row. Another 5 minutes, another 10 ads. It’s unbelievable. I get that this is how you earn money but I still don’t think it’s worth sacrificing other people’s enjoyment for. Every time I click that go forward or backward 10 seconds button, it’s takes 5 minutes just to find that certain place. God forbid we tap on the screen to pause or exit the app or we just get 20 more ads thrown in our face. I just wanna say that I mean no hate from this review. Your app is great but sometimes thing just don’t work out well. Im also writing this for other people who wish to download this app. A lot of people are writing good reviews so I thought that I might let them get a feel of all the downsides they would be going through by downloading this. TLDR: I got 12 ads so far and I’m only 4 minutes into the episode. Consider this before you download.

It’s really a great app. Although it lacks some titles I’ve been looking for it has a lot of great anime’s. Like MHA, bleach, death note, RE:Zero, attack on titan, black clover and a ton more. It’s really easy to search through the selection of anime if you don’t have specific anime’s in mind and you just want to browse. It’s also easy to find a certain anime instead of scrolling through all of the anime’s to find it you can just search for it. And it has a watch list feature so you can find anime’s you want to watch but maybe not right now. I would totally recommend this app the any weeb who doesn’t want to pay 50$ for 1 season of anime. This has really helped me out because I can’t afford to spend that much money on anime. The thing I will say is when you in an ad you can’t make the screen smaller or pause it but that’s about the only thing bad I have to say about it. Also if your not really patient you might want to get a different app because there are a lot of ads but that personally never affected me because I’d rather watch 5 ads in an entire episode of anime than not watch it at all. Anyways in conclusion as long as you don’t mind adds you should probably get this app to be up to date in all of you favorite anime’s

Removing comments. Honestly I have never hade any problems or complaints with Crunchyroll but removing the comments is just silly and most of all sad. I get how some series could just get review bombed the entire time it was being released but the positive comments always prevailed for the most part. And the reviews was the backbone of many shows, I can’t tell you how many times I have seen what looks to be a questionable anime but I see someone passionate about the series leave a heartfelt review and it gives me push to just try it. Now when I go into Crunchyroll it seems stale and empty. Yes new shows are still being released but having no comments when you show up to the video and you are there 5 minutes after it releases and you see all the veteran fans who have commented “1st” or “can’t wait for this episode” it made it feel like a community or at the very least a good anime fan base. This is a cry from a beloved anime fan please please add comments back i promise it makes your platform feel so much better when the community is involved ! Please give your honest feedback to this I would love to know why the platform removed comments

Don’t waste your money. Before I tell anyone why not to waste their money on crunchyroll let’s cover the last few years crunchyroll started mainly as a subbed streaming service with an occasional dubbed series which in that time was all good cause another streaming service funimation picked up their slack and released dubbed series but then funimation merged with crunchyroll and all their series got moved to crunchyroll which was good increasing their dubbed library and they slowly started releasing new dubbed series which is all good but now to the point of not wasting ur money. The speed that they are releasing episodes is not right and should be faster when it their own series the dubs should be first released on their platform and not be on a free service first next they are putting very little dubbed anime out but instead wasting their time messing with dubs that came from funimation that was already go so no reason for an anime series from 2008 being at the top of recently added endless there’s a new season added that’s the only exception but it’s not no changes no new dubbing for different languages nothing so why is it at top of most recent. There’s much more but gives an idea of what to expect it is sad that some free anime services out preform paid subscription. Do they not put some of the subscription fee back into their service or is it going to die in 5-10years when a better one takes over and actually covers all that viewers want

Absolutely terrible. This app is decent but you want me to tell you what makes me so angry you look down you’ll see an ad I’ll say two out of it says one out of two ads and like literally you only have a couple seconds left literally only a couple minutes later like two minutes later you literally get a one out of eight ads. This is gonna take like a whole lot of time and I hate that number like literally the worst part is that you have to have premium for everything premium, premium premium what is up with the premium like Crunchyroll I will and I will sue you. That’s what I said I said to you if you do not fix this issue stop making everybody pay for premium. This premium stuff is not gonna work out like literally all you want is money no app is going to just do that because you might get four stars every now and then, but look at yourself now look at yourself you’re trying to literally just have. Favorite anime when literally you’re the one and you give people advertisement ads just to make YouTuber say it’s it’s 100% free like you make everyone think that you can just go in there and watch chainsaw Man or darling in the franks or a literally call Berto offer free when literally you can’t watch a single thing for free. All you can launch is like 2 to 3 episodes are even one episode sometime literally you can never watch one without premium you can’t watch a whole anime without premium, so yeah that’s why I read Crunchyroll 1 ounce of five stars

Subtitles.. Alright. So first off, Crunchyroll and Funimation are great. I hope crunchyroll takes some tips from the Funimation app. It’s waaaaay better. But it also has something that crunchyroll absolutely does NOT have. Which is pretty upsetting. Subtitles for English dub. Do they think deaf and partially deaf people not like anime? My fiancé is partially deaf. He can hear somethings but we watch everything with subtitles in case he misses something. He can still hear some and doesn’t want to watch in Japanese because we enjoy the dub better. One of my best friends is also almost completely deaf and tho she has hearing aids sometimes they get uncomfortable and she removes them. If we were watching something on crunchyroll we’d have to stop. Another friend has the same issue as my fiancé. And for me I’ve spent 15 years of my life watching tv with subtitles because I love ppl that are deaf or partially deaf. Even my niece has hearing aids and my nephew who is constantly watching anime with me may need them soon. I’m so used it and I enjoy it in case I miss a word they say or don’t understand one. So for now I’m paying for both crunchyroll and Funimation because some of the stuff we watch is still there and have subtitles for English dub. Please do something about this. I cannot but the only one with this issue.

Here’s the problem. I have a problem with subscribing to the membership plan. Usually, I would just get it the cheapest plan so I can see the newest episodes when they drop and watch without ads, but now I’m having an issue that has its pros and cons. When I first got premium, my plan lasted longer than it should have. Too be exact, I got around 2 and a half months of premium. I just thought it was a big with the first trail or something, but no. Every time I got premium it would last longer. I wasn’t complaining, free premium is great for me, but I also noticed that when I wanted to purchase premium, it would become harder and harder. I would always purchase within the app and whenever I tried purchasing the cheapest premium, it would sometimes not load the payment screen and such. The other plans loaded fine. Right now, I can’t buy premium through the app. It won’t load the payment screen and I don’t really feel that comfortable purchasing premium from the subscription menu on my apple setting. So currently right now, the other subscription levels load fine, just not the cheapest one. Other than that, the app is pretty good in my opinion. I have not had any other issues except for the very rare bugs, and this premium issue, and I can watch most of the shows that I want to watch. I like the app, it just won’t let me purchase the premium right now. As of May 8, 2021

Too many adds ( owner read this you could get your sales up ). Ugh! Ad overload. On each of the episodes i get 9 ads to 15 ads! We should get 6 at the most ads instead! A lot of my friends are persistent and don’t buy the crunchyroll premium membership because they know that its all worthless and cost too much money in a year. I have an idea Crunchyroll, make the person watching anime have an option. When they go on their first episode, they could be given the choice to watch all the ads at once ( addition ads if you want probably 1 addition ad ) because you get bad reviews because people want to get rid of the ad first! If you want some money, you could make it cost $0.99. It works! I told my friends about this and I asked them, “ would you buy this deal,” they of course agreed because it is a fair price for the option to get rid of the ads first rather than watching “ barbeque ads “ while a moment of crying ( I deleted some of the review but now that I have crunchyroll premium it puts a different mood to the anime and it’s super nice, though next time for crunchyroll regular membership, you should add the advertisements to be about that anime if possible or atleast about anime only )

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Don’t use this app. If anyone is reading this review, don’t download this app it’s pretty bad. Every time I watch a episode, about 5 ads pop up back to back so you can watch around only 3 minutes of the episode then it happens again with ads appearing 5 times again and if you just leave the app for about a second it will happen again. If somehow Crunchyroll is reading this (which is very unlikely) put one ad at the beginning of the episode. Also this app was purposely design with old software that makes the website slow, glitchy and overall bad so you have to pay for premium, which has features no one asked for in the first place or features that should be there without the need of paying such as skipping intros, subs or even dubs to a certain extent. This is a bad app and go on another streaming service that offers more or even go on an illegal streaming site that. (Update: I tried to give the app a second chance since it’s only been a couple of years and i see no improvements in quality of the app and a new record has been placed for now 15 adds with 5 being the exact same add. Also I did edit the review)

To the creators. I find that it’s a pretty good app with lots of content but... I’m having some trouble with getting the audio of some episodes. This happens especially after ads are played. It would be nice if this could be fixed. Also, as many of the people here think, I also agree that there are too many ads per episode. I know you need to advertise to gain a profit, but I believe that you have a big enough audience for you to decrease the amount of ads you play while still getting an income. Honestly 15 ads for a 24 minute episode is too many. I hope these two things can be fixed in the future, Thank you for your time, - a costumer trying to leave a honest review.

IMPROVE ASAP!!!. My pros for this app is that I do enjoy the anime that crunchyroll provides and also it’s just an app where you can enjoy lots of anime. My cons are that they do not provide some of my favorite anime’s that I would love to watch and also they put in too many adds and I really starting to make me angry. There’s always 2-3 ads in the beginning of an episode, the middle of an episode, and the end of an episode. I would really appreciate it if crunchyroll could see this review and respond and hopefully they will improve their app. I also believe that many other people want to watch anyone without any annoying ads in the way. I just hope that crunchyroll can add more anime and reduce the ads and also I recommend a skip button for the ads. This app disappoints me in a lot of ways but I just want to watch anime and when more people get crunchyroll, I am pretty sure they will come to realise how annoying and how much of a rip off this is. Please find this problem as soon as possible because me and many other people are desperate for good quality on this app.

Wish I could love it. For an app I’m paying a monthly fee for I’d expect it to stream a little better. It’s a rarity when it works, which isn’t really good enough. It’s super glitchy, out of time with audio, the video quality drops randomly, sometimes the episodes don’t load at all. The episodes/shows I have queued disappear or jumps to a future episode I’m not up to yet. It’s really frustrating. The positive is that it really does have a vast range of anime, a lot you can’t find through other steaming sites, inevitably keeping me using the app. If you’re happy to pay for a dodgy service if it still has an endless amount of anime then it’s a perfect investment. Let’s just say that if another streaming site offered the same variety of anime, I’d jump over & try it in a heartbeat for the possibility to find something better then this. Sorry crunchy roll, but it’d be really worth it improving your streaming service so we can get through one episode without any hassle ✌🏼

It’s fine...I guess. Okay so firstly this app is literally the world of ads unless u get premium, but getting premium only gains you no ads. And secondly, sometimes when the ads are supposed to pop up but doesn’t? And it makes my screen turn black, it’s not my wifi or my phone but this has been happening to me a lot and It doesn’t load when it’s on the black screen, even when I try to reset the app and the phone. But maybe that’s just me. Thirdly, there’s not enough anime!! Lastly, the searching thing doesn’t work very well. I recommend using their website on ur laptop or wateva, just don’t use Crunchyroll on the phone. Other than that everything’s fine, premium is pretty cheap and it probably gets rid of half of my problems here 🙃

Too many adds. I love the app and that fact that I can watch anything without needing premium which you can’t do on AnimeLab or Funimation right now,however as I’m watching the shows I’ll get 4 different brakes for adds and normally that add can repeat up to atleast 4 times. It is great for all the shows there hasn’t been one show I’m not able to find on there yet but between episodes it takes forever to load and I don’t know if that’s just my internet connection but yea. Good streaming app but only if you have some patience( idk if that’s the right spelling). Anyway if your reading this and going to down load the app enjoy!

Please fix this app.. The app is good and all in many ways, but there are a few problems. One major problem for me is that sometimes when I go onto the next episode of something it just turns black the whole way through and doesn’t let me go back a few seconds or minutes and this really annoys me. I am unable to watch my favourite anime’s because of this. Another problem I have is terrible old software this app uses. It’s so laggy and bugs always happen because of it. Update your software to a new one so we don’t have to buy premium JUST to have a good experience using this app. Your website is good, but on my phone I can’t ever do anything on your website like watch series? Other than all of this I am glad you can use Crunchyroll without an account. That’s really helpful for 12 years olds like me who have strict parents. But then again please fix these things I said.

Offline mode is very buggy. I downloaded a a few anime series to watch on my flight over the week to use in offline mode. They were all marked as downloaded before I got on my flight. Once I put my phone into aeroplane mode, half the things I downloaded were marked as expired so I couldn’t watch them. I tried to play some of the episodes that weren’t “expired” and it stated that it could not establish a connection to Crunchyroll — this is in offline mode, which makes offline mode absolutely useless. If you can’t watch the anime without a connection to Crunchyroll, then how is this offline? One of the episodes I did manage to get working had an issue where the subtitles would freeze if trying to view the video in full screen. There was no point straining my eyes trying to read the subtitles in portrait mode. This was extremely frustrating - I was hoping to catch up on a few series on my flight. Please fix this issue.

Pretty good but one irritating problem. So its pretty good except for one problem that happens all the time to me and idk y but its very very annoying. Its the ad breaks. I have no problem with the ad break itself but it plays its 3 ads and then takes a long time to load or it doesnt load the rest of the episode at all. When i click off to reload it again it just plays the ads again and doesnt load the anime so i never get to watch the episode without going through 4 - 6 amounts of the 3 ads before it finally works with is really really annoying considering that this is the only thing i could find School Babysitters on and i cant get past half way through episode 2. I have checked if its my internet each time which it isnt so idk if its a glitch or something or the app itself but i would really like this fixed thx

Why I’ve given this app 4 stars Uwu. I love this app soooo much! It’s got so many anime’s that I’ve been longing to watch and it’s made me so happy that I can finally watch Boku no Hero Acadamia 💖💖💖💖 There’s just one thing... it annoys me to see so many adds while watching 😫. I get that Crunchyroll is advertising their streaming anime’s but too much is too much, am I right! Like, When I was up to the part where Deku finally learns to control his quirk (One for All) but then BAM!!! There’s an add break —> not only is there one during the break (which I would love Uwu) but around 3-5!!! Who’s got time for paying premium when you actually have to pay actual money, watch 5 flippin adds when we don’t have premium when they could’ve watched more of the series of their desired anime? Whose with me my fellow potatoes?? Sorry that most of mah review is negative 😅 but I really love everything apart from how many adds there are 😅😅😇😇🥰🥰🥰

Please fix (for iOS and tv). Hey crunchyroll, I just downloaded your app to watch some anime that I unfortunately can't watch anywhere else, let's get to the point though. My problem is when I go to add something to my watchlist, it doesn't appear there. And for some reason I can't search up certain animes but when I go on Google and search it up on there, I click on the crunchyroll link, and there it is, but it still won't let me add it to my watchlist and all of the episodes will not load it just says "Try checking your internet or retry" Other popular animes seem to save to my watchlist but more not so popular animes do not save to my watchlist. Please help me! I've tried checking for updates for the app and my device but nothing is available. Please read this.

A fantastic service.... For other countries. Crunchy roll is a good platform that lacks many aspects that rise modern platforms higher. For example crunchy role will not recommend any new series for you to watch, meaning you have to search through the platform for something you'll like, this is something that every other video broadcasting site and app enjoys. Also due to licensing a lot of animes simply can't be watched in Australia. Countless times I have been recommended a show only to find it's not available in Australia. It's an absolute shame because I want to recommend this service but it simply doesn't provide what you want from a service like this. Yes it broadcasts all the latest and greatest shows, even so true anime fans want to watch something else. Older series that are unavailable in Australia. Also as a quick note navigating the site and the app is a messy affair and finding things can be hard because the searching system is too precise and doesn't key similar words, only the precise words you put down. The broadcasting is bog standard, getting videos as soon as Japan is alright. Is it a good service? It's fine Is it worth the money? Not really, other broadcasting sites are cheaper and do it better, some are even free. If I do get it what should I watch? Jojo's Bizarre adventure

English Dub! No English Sub !. Hey , I love this app because it supports iOS 9!!! But I'm the person who doesn't really enjoy reading with animated stuff , whenever I go watch Boku No Hero Academia (my fav anime) I always have to read subs and its sooooooo annoying! Please make the animes English dubbed. Also I don't like that when a new episode is released you have to wait 2 days until you watch it , I hate that premium thing , btw can you please stop showing the most disturbing parts of the anime when an ad comes on , i remember when I saw an Attack On Titan ad and the ad showed a person getting eaten by a Titan and that was disturbing !,and stop putting so many ads can you just add 2 ads in each episode please! Good side now ! Well done for being the most popular anime viewer !!🎉🎉🎉🎉 well keep up the good work and please English dub! Thanks for reading ! -Uraraka (that's my nickname) ✌🏻️

Awesome but needs few features. Offline download!!!. This platform is awesome for someone like me as I heavily rely on my mobile data to watch anime. However, when I am reaching my data limit, I’m not able to watch as freely, naturally. What I think would be a solution to this, and definitely an awesome feature in which I think many people would agree on as well, is to be able to download a series to watch offline. At least for those that pay for the service, like other streaming platforms such as Netflix. If this gets introduced, I’d honestly have no other reason to go to another source to watch my anime! Crunchyroll does it for me. At least it almost does 😁 One more thing to add. Would it be possible to add like a double tap function in the video player to jump like 5 or 10 seconds. That would make it a bit more convenient too than having to tap just for the UI to come up and then tap the forward button. Thanks 😋😋😋

Removed all comments and user reviews. The best feature of Crunchyroll of the ability to interact with a dedicated community of fans who spend loads of time writing reviews so that you can work out whether a show is right for you or not. The feeling of watching an incredible episode and getting to jump into the comment section and discuss it with other fans is also what makes it different to other sites. Both of these features were suddenly completely removed without warning. The reason cited being to make the site less harmful. This could have been achieved through simply adding some extra moderators and allowing users to report comments that don’t match community guidelines. Harmful comments were very much in the minority and banning all interaction isn’t the way to deal with them. Do they really care about the harmful comments or were they just sick of being called out for their constant tech failures and how atrocious some of the recent AI subtitles have been……

To many Ads. I’ve been using Crunchyroll for like a year just in case if they update it so it doesn’t show as many ads but nothings happened so I’ll write this review. In every episode they show 10 ADS 10!!!!! I get it that they can’t stream all of this for free but at least lower the ads to like 2 or 3 and the other thing is when I’m watching something the ads are all about the same thing!!! How is that good for the people that make the ads. The ads that people make are supposed to make the viewer want to buy the thing or do whatever,making them watch the same ad over and over is going to make them not want to buy it or whatever! So Crunchyroll you really aren’t doing a good job for the ads so these are my to options. If you still want to show the same ads make it 2 or 3 per video. If you want to keep the 10 ads make them different ads so there might be something I want to buy! If I keep on seeing ads like how your doing it now I’ll just use Adblock I don’t like using it because I want the application to get some money you know and if you tell me to just get premium then you should get yourself checked because it’s $10 a month and when you think of it like that it’s not a lot but when you thing of it $120 A YEAR that’s a lot. That’s all I have to say

Dear Sir C. Rœnchë-Rełl,. Everything about this app is splendid but I am having this one rather annoying problem where every time there is an ad break and it finishes, the video will reset to a previous point in the episode. For example, there is an ad break at 15:00 and then after the ad break, the video will reset a marriage of minutes or to the very start of the entire thing. This ‘bug’ is rather time wasting and my experience of the eloquent app would be much greater if thee were to change such a thing. Other than this interruption ‘bug,’ almost everything about this is pleasant, however, at times, the interface can make me feel a little bit lightheaded. From, Lord Crį. Ś-tî n ånœ

A huge bug! Please fix!. Hello! I love Crunchyroll, and it’s a really good app! But I have one problem that keeps reoccurring, and it’s bad recently. So, here’s the problem; it turns off the subtitles without you doing anything. Now see, that alone causes annoyance on it’s own, given that you have to turn it back on to continue watching the anime, maybe even rewind a couple seconds because you missed out on what they were saying, but it’s not as easy as that. It won’t allow you to turn them back on, is there a way to turn them on I am missing? Or is it just a really, REALLY annoying bug? Because what I end up having to do is deleting the app, and then reinstall the app. This poses an inconvenience but I usually don’t have a problem with this technique. But ever since I signed in, it won’t be as simple as delete and reinstall it. When I sign in again, it goes back to square one. No subtitles. This is a big issue that makes me not give it a five stars! I beg of you, please fix it! I know you probably won’t see this, but I would love if you would please find it in your time to look over this bug and see if there’s anything you can do about it. Thank you!

Black screen failing to load ads. I have not been able to watch a full episode from beginning to end for a couple of weeks now. The advertisements themselves are a nuisance - originally I felt that since I wasn’t paying from premium, fair enough - but no other free streaming website/app uses anywhere near as many ads, nor has any issues with loading such as the one I am encountering with you on a regular basis. Usually, midway through an episode where ads have been inserted, while loading the next ad it will glitch and the screen goes dark. The only way out of this is to close the app and restart it - meaning I have to start to episode all over again, rewatch all those ads, and more often than not encounter the exact same problem slightly later on! Please update and fix! I have been a loyal fan for years, now growing ever-annoyed and impatient by the gross over-usage of ads and regular glitches.

Good but there’s a bug with the ads. It’s an amazing platform but there is a slight bug with the ads Basically what is does is when you watch an ad there’s two different bugs that can happen, one is when I’m watching an ad, as soon as it ended another one would start and over and over and over. The only way to beat this bug is by spending tones of time on a different app and then come back and hope it’s fixed, which takes you out of the experience. The second bug is that it just freezes at the end of the ad and when you tap it it does nothing, I tried everything I could to figure a way to beat the bug, but to no success, so when there’s nothing you can do. Great app but if this bug effects you than it cripples the free experience. Anyway I have premium which I would recommend.

This app is okay, but the bugs ruin it. The set up of the app and the selection of stuff to watch is pretty good. Unfortunately I don’t own premium, so ads, which I am fine with. What I am not fine with is how poorly the app can handle ads. Not only does the app fail to properly load the ads, leaving me looking at a spiral indication it is trying to load for hours, but if the ad even loads and plays it goes back to the begging of the episode I am watching instead of the part the ad appeared. And me skipping forward will also cause an ad to appear. These bugs only appear with ads, so to me it clearly indicates that the app is purposely programmed to function like this to make me pay. It instead leaves me bitter about the site and rather go somewhere else to watch something, even if I have to pay there. Please fix

Opening and Ending. I have been using Crunchyroll app for almost 5 years and I certainly love it; its a great app to watch anime and it allows me to widen my interest on other shows like live action (especially Mischievous Kiss, it was wonderful romance series.) And, when it comes to openings and endings, most people who watch anime like to listen to it. And, with those two-three minutes just listening to those OP/ED from different anime can be sometimes enjoying and exciting. However, some openings and endings can be somewhat bad or worse as it can force us (not literally forcing us) or in some occasions, the OPs/EDs wont let us feel the vibe through opening and endings or in another words, the lack of excitement on some anime’s opening/ending can bring people’s interest on anime to fall apart. Therefore, i would like to suggest a skip intro/ending button for every anime in order for us to skip the anime opening or ending whether we feel like it or not. And, with this button, there will be more likely a lot of people would never drop their interest on a anime. Thank you for your time and I appreciate if you will consider my request. Once again, Thank you.

Amazing and easy. This App has many great qualities and easy to use. There are other platforms out there and they all have the same Ads placements throughout the videos, while this platform dose strain is viewer ship when not a premium member, with strenuous ads that do distract you from watching the anime a little to much. But theses are all released once purchasing premium which if you are an avid lover of anime you don’t mind spending a little money on your enjoyment. This app is really rather good in its design and looks make it easy and enjoyable to use. (Just a through in the design, while functioning great there are some features that I would to see transferred from the website, like the release calendar and being able to change the order of items in your queue. Just little things that would make it a better.) But over all this app is really great and reliable I have used it for a number of years and it works wonderfully.

It good...... but. Crunchyroll is a great app that lets me find new and awesome anime’s to watch. However I was a bit disappointed to find they didn’t have Tokyo ghoul, or the anime Death note. Some of the episodes are missing too, like with Blue Exorcist. They only have 12 episodes, even though there is over 20. I would like that if Crunchyroll was going to show us an awesome anime, that they would give us the whole season. Another down side is the amount of ads! I would have to say crunchyroll is still my go to if other anime apps don’t have the whole season. I definitely recommend this app, these flaws are very little and the experience is still enjoyable. But please give me Death note 📝

love the app, not the ads. crunchyroll is definitely one of my favourite anime streaming sites by far and boasts a large variety of anime. if your using a desktop, the website is perfect, however, if ur using the app you get multiple ads. it’s not very user friendly and the homepage looks daggy. i remember last year, i stopped using crunchyroll for that very reason but came back to it this year to see if it changed. no major improvements. they reduced the ads but during an ad break you have to wait 1-4 seconds for the ad to actually show up, before that, the screen goes black (sort of). it’s troublesome to say the least but when u get used to it, crunchyroll is great. premium is cheaper than other services with more to offer. overall, use crunchyroll on a browser rather than the app. in terms of improvement, crunchyroll should add downloading episodes a premium use as well as improve the transition between ads and anime. if possible, they should change the watching layout on tv, it’s hard to use and you can’t skip episodes while on another one. tl;dr good app, bad ads and great website

It's awesome, but if your a free user, not so much. I love this app, though I have a few thoughts, firstly I get why people hate it if you are not on premium, there are so many ads it just gets to bad to watch, which is why this makes people want to buy premium, I think you should. If you are a kid, ask your parents. Every adult loves anime (at least most do) plus I think this company strives in making a reason why you should get premium. There are lots of different apps out there that have the choice of premium but all it does is remove the ads, when you can literally just turn off your wifi and you won't have any ads, all you need to do after is turn it back on. I think that whoever gets this app needs to buy premium because otherwise you just get sick and tired of the ads and just wanna enjoy the show.

App is good but need some improvements. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to download/purchase the app because I used it as a free user and it didn’t allow me to share my screen in my tv. After I became a member I was able to do it and the app is amazing! Just a few issues that I have experienced are: 1. trying to connect to the tv is not as easy as it looks, but after some attempts it connects. 2. They should fix the text with series that has more than 1 season. If you are watching an anime with more than 1 season the following season would 2 season and so on but in the app it appears as season 33 or some other number that does not match with the order (1, 2, 3…). 3. I got the membership that allows you to share the app with other 4 devices. This is good but no that good if you are not able to create profiles. Therefore, you will be mixing all the anime you are watching with the people you share the app with. Please fix these mistakes! The app will be 100% this way !

Wayyyy to many ads. Ive used Crunchyroll for a while now, and it’s a really good app to watch anime. But as a broke person who can’t spend money on things that aren’t needed I don’t have a membership. You know what that means? Each episode I watch I get about 10 ads! I know you people need to make profit somehow but wow I feel like I’m watching more ads than the actual show! Could you maybe give out less ads? I would be fine with watching these ads if there weren’t as much as you showed us. The ads come up at such random times so it’s quite annoying. I’m pretty sure you already do this but, maybe just keep ads in a place not random, some anime’s have places in the middle of the episode for ad breaks ( Eg in bnha in the middle of an ep it shows someone and what their quirk is and stuff about them) maybe you could just keep the ads in those places? Thank you Amazing app but please take this into consideration

Incompetent. Compare to Funimation which has been closedown by Sony this is a terrible pathetic excuse for a streaming service not only does not like to load the videos half the time but for some reason they have multiple seasons of the same video all seasons with different languages instead of you just choosing the one you want to hear on the same video and currently hero academia only has the one where is previously you could get English dubbed it isn’t even on par with what Funimation was it is a poor excuse for what was great TLDR It’s pathetic and I do not recommend it in its current form don’t know who is running this or should I say who is meant to be but they’re asleep at the wheel

Logging out issues. This app works very well and provides many great anime to watch when you get premium. Premium is good and allows you get access to episodes as early as possible. It also allows for HD too but the one thing about this app that stops me from giving it a 5 star is the logging out bug. I’ve been getting logged out pretty much every time I use it for about a month. I’ve tried to redownload, check for updates I may be missing, leaving the app idle and also closing it straight away. After some googling it seems that this used to be similar to an old problem and I’ve also seen that you have updated it several times to fix the bug but it still happens. It is very annoying to log in everytime when I want to get access to content I paid for. I’ve tried to reach out for help from you guys too and it seems like you’re still working on it. I used to be a frequent user of this app but because of this I rarely use it now. Please fix it soon because it’s getting tiring to log in all the time.

Not for kids, parental controls not effective. I just started writing a really long review to help parents considering this app for their kids and lost the draft. I’ll try to summarise. For reference, I loved Anime as a kid and I knew that some anime is definitely NOT for kids. My son is 9. Overall the app isn’t for kids, there are no parental locks = just a toggle switch for “mature content”. Even this will leave a lot of content that would fall into the M rating in Australia. There doesn’t appear to be any way to restrict further. Apple says it is for 17+ and that is about right. Some of the shows appear quiet wholesome but don’t really align with what we would usually want kids to watch. Example for me is Blue Lock which is about soccer. When my son told me that I thought it was all I needed to know but after seeing what else my son was able to see with the “mature content” off, I had a closer look. Sufficed to say this isn’t the Anime soccer version of Might Ducks. You would definitely want to give your kids some guidance about good and bad roll models. If you are considering this app for kids, make sure you are prepared to watch with them so that you can give them some guidance. I’m certain there is great stuff for kids on Crunchyroll but I don’t trust their ratings or the rudimentary parental controls.

Amazing, but.... I love Crunchyroll, it’s introduced me to a variety of brilliant anime, including Darling in the FranXX, Blend S and Boku No Hero Academia. It’s also free, which seems too good to be true, but here’s the catch: there are so many ads! Every few minutes, depending on the length of the episode, a series of ads will pop up. Now, it would be fine if it was only maybe one ad per break, but there are always at least 5! I don’t know about you, but when you’re on a cliffhanger, really excited for what will come of the protagonist, hanging on the edge of your seat, I don’t think you would like it if you were then met with 7, 30 second long unskippable ads for Crunchyroll’s streaming service, would you? My only request is you remove some ads, so there are only maybe five ads per episode. I know it seems unrealistic, but if Crunchyroll is reading this right now, then please, just take my advice. It will make us happier. Thank you for your time.

Its a good app. This is a really good app, though it has a few problems. 1: subtitles turn off randomly (for me) which is annoying at times, but easy to turn back on so it’s ok 2: you cant delete things from your ‘recently watched’ section. This is annoying as well. It takes up so much space/time going through my watch history to find an anime, yet all i can see are the ones I’ve already finished. Please add a feature that lets you remove things from your watch history! 😅 it would really be great. Other then these two things, it’s a really great app! I would definitely give it five stars if these two things where not a problem!

Platform support. The Crunchyroll development team have decided that people on older devices no longer deserve to watch anime. I have an IPad Air 2, which is in perfect working condition but can’t update to IOS 16 (because apple, right). Due to this my Crunchyroll app stopped working at night because it needs to be updated but requires ISO 16 despite it working perfectly earlier that day. I have been a premium member for 6+ years but when I reached out to see if there was anything that could be done about the issue, I was just told “no, just cancel your subscription because you can’t use the app anymore on that device. There is nothing we can do about it” I tried to explain that it was working earlier and still only got “cancel your subscription” I put up with them removing anime and not adding the Funimation catalogue to there service despite promising several years ago due to the easy open and play. This sort of thing is going to result in more illegal streaming hurting the anime and manga industry further. Do better Crunchyroll.

too many ads. This has a lot more anime that most other apps i watch but then the ads just make this app terrible and i’m not buying premium even though i do speak english and not japanese i cope amazingly with subtitles i don’t need premium for that and then there’s ads right in front of the last like ten seconds of the show and i have to watch since i might miss something everyone’s been complaining about ads and you should listen to users for once they dint care about the new things your putting in just fix the ads the freeness of the app make people buy it and then there’s the adpocalypse

In defence of crunchyroll. Crunchyroll is an amazing app but some people don’t think so. I want to rebut some points other people have made. 1.STOP BLAMING ADS crunchyroll has the largest anime collection in the world and they need money to pay for that collection. Just because there are a lot of ads doesn’t mean that the creators want there to be ads, they just have to put them in. Secondly premium is not stupid. As I said Crunchyroll needs money and they either need ads or subscriptions to get that money. Crunchyroll shouldn’t even be free it should be like Netflix but it’s better because there’s a free version which is just a little worse. I hope u now agree with me that this app is unfairly criticised.

Good but there are problems. I love this app but there are a few bugs and problems that I would like fixed. One, too many ads back to back, I would be watching an anime and all of a sudden five ads pop up back to back, it makes it worser that it’s the same ad over and over. Two, I would like an age rating in the information for the anime. Since I’m a child I could watch something that could be rated R and not know about it. Finally number three, it won’t let me watch miss kobayashi’s dragon maid! What will happen is I would press start watching and a little pop up will show up saying error and I have two options. I could ether press ok or retry but when I press retry it pops up again! Please fix these!

Crunchy hates its audience. In the realm of monopolies, Sony/Crunchyroll undeniably possesses the potential for greater strides, yet the question arises: why invest the resources when a captive audience is already in place? The absence of a viable legal alternative further highlights the limitations of the capitalist system on a grand scale. It's a conundrum that prompts us to ponder: should one cease indulging in the world of anime altogether? This quandary encapsulates a broader conversation about the dynamics of market control, consumer choice, and the ever-evolving landscape of entertainment. The monopolistic dominance, while providing a certain level of convenience, also necessitates a critical examination of the systemic forces at play. It beckons us to contemplate the potential for innovation and diversity in a more competitive market, ultimately leaving us to consider the path forward in our consumption of this beloved form of entertainment.

Good, but offline downloads are broken. While the rest of the app is relatively polished, there was a huge bug regarding the offline downloading functionality. Having been planning an overseas trip, I upgraded my membership to the “Mega Fan” tier and downloaded roughly 18 episodes of content from my favourite shows to get me through the long flight. However, upon actually putting my device in Airplane Mode and taking off, I discovered that NONE of the downloads would actually play. At first, the entire app would just crash upon trying to play any downloaded content, before ultimately refusing to display any episodes entirely. I have just downgraded my subscription to “Fan”, although it was very disappointing to waste ~$4 finding out that a premium feature doesn’t even work.

Is it just me or dose it laggy. Hi I just downloaded the app and I’m pretty young so I can’t get the subscription. The app is very laggy I have to wait forever just for it to play and then adds come along then I have to wait all over again. I don’t know what to do but I hope you can fix it please. I watched something for one minute because I couldn’t find it anywhere else and then an add came, in still waiting for it to play again. Please fix this bug. Reduce the adds or no one would want to bye the subscription. I know I wouldn’t to tend way to much effort on the subscription people and not enough on those who don’t. I severely dislike the app so try to change my mind. I see you as greedy people who only want the money and change it when a problem happens in the subscription department so you can keep and gain more subscriptions please change my mind

Too many ads. I only downloaded crunchy roll because the app I mainly use doesn't have the anime I want to watch. Crunchy roll isn't that bad, but there's a major difference when it comes to ads. The app I mainly use will show only one ad at a time which would probably last a minute or so, but crunchy roll shows around 5 short ads at once. It just makes it feel like the ads go for longer and it's quite irritating when you think you're about to watch the anime, but oh look, here's another ad. People with premium aren't complaining and would just say to buy premium. But some people don't want to spend money on this stuff. I'm not surprised if crunchy roll is losing viewership, once I've finished watching the anime I want to watch then I'm deleting this app and going back to animelab.

This streaming platform has changed and I’m not a fan. I started watching anime on Crunchyroll a few years ago, and honestly I loved it! Then I took a bit of a break for a few months until now to finish watching the anime’s I had started, but things have changed and I’m not a big fan. You can only watch the first season of an anime, making you hooked onto it, then after that you have to pay for premium when it used to be free to watch but if you wanted to watch in English you would pay for premium. I understand it’s to make money but it really bugs me, if there was a lifetime/pay once membership I may consider paying for it but right now, Crunchyroll is useless to me.

Awesome but..... Love it I love how you are able to watch some anime's for free without a subscription. But also I don't really understand how you can watch season 1 of demon slayer for example for free but not season 2 or mugen train! I’m just hoping you people read this and make the Japanese audio of anime's such as demon slayer and make it free to watch without the subscription like what you guys did with season 1. I find it weird why season 1 no dub is free but mugen train and season 2 no dub is not! Thats why I’m giving this a 4 star. But please do read this and think about it. You guys can make the english or Spanish version premium but the original Japanese version for free.

Terrible app - great Anime. Crunchyroll carries lots of great Anime titles but this app is horrible, beyond a joke. I’ve been paying for this service for years and they still haven’t fixed basic usability bugs. The player regularly hangs and buffers refusing to play even on a new iPhone and fiber wifi connection. Sometimes episodes just won’t play no matter how long you let them buffer. The player fails when you scrub forward or back, its bit like other apps where you can skip around seamlessly, try skipping 10 seconds forward and the whole thing lags for 30 seconds. Not to mention other niggling bugs that have been reported for years and never fixed such as new episode notifications for anime that have finished, etc. It’s just amazing how low quality this app is for something that is paid for by subscribers. Just look at any one of the other 100 streaming apps and bring it up to scratch please!

Great app but needs a little fix up. So far the app is great, great UI and content. The only problem I have is I’d like to know when the next episode of the shows I add to my watch list. I understand the app has a notification system but I have never received a notification about any of my shows. The other thing that bugs but isn’t a major issue is when you open a show that has multiple dubs on it the app thinks the dub is a season. For example if the show is new and says it has 4 seasons but really it’s season 1 in 4 different languages. If this was just fixed a little it would make the app look cleaner. Overall the app is awesome.

Love this app but some problems. I’ve used this app for just over 3 months and I’m very impressed. Most anime apps have you to pay money to even watch an anime but this is where the problem starts. Usually when I start the anime, there are usually some pretty long adds for 15-20 seconds or so. This would be fine but there are not skippable. You also can’t mark where you are up to in an episode but it’s alright because most of the time I can remember where I’m up to. The last two might only be me but some animes need premium to watch which is kind of frustrating (but I’m fine with that ->-.) The last one is the comments. I think most of the shows have a comment sections, and in most of those comment sections, there are spoilers. I know but there is a feature for flagging spoilers and I’ve used that before. But sometimes it doesn’t work and doesn’t flag the comment. I was kind of sad at first but it might be a glitch. I still like the app and hope you can fix these issues :)

Horrible.. I love watching anime, but I can’t always watch full episodes. So recently I decided to get crunchy roll, and I know that if you don’t have premium you have to watch ads. I was trying to watch a episode of kimetsu no yaba except I got a ad, which was normal. But after the ad finished the loading screen was going on for about 10 minutes and yes my internet is very fast so not rue why it was loading for so long, then another ad popped up. I relaunched the app and watched ANOTHER ad, watched 2 minutes of the video and another ad then the same thing kept happening.

Still updating. So far I’ve used this for a good few months this update they put out in September has changed how you view it, but it’s not bad, although my videos refuse to load, in other words it’s not even trying to load because the wifi icon isn’t loading anything so that means it just sits there with a black screen and the play button. I do hope this could be fixed, not to mention my subtitles have been turning off randomly and I cannot turn them back on for some odd reason it’s fixed if I go out then back in but that’s very annoying if you’re trying to binge watch on a rainy day, my final opinion is it can be a very pleasant experience but it needs some work still Note: Take down the amount of adds you spam on every episode

Hard to navigate, user hostile, buggy - and getting worse. It’s a janky player with a limited catalogue, broken recommendations system and dismal search. Bugs go unfixed for years. They are so overwhelmingly hostile to their own customers, and so poorly managed, that Crunchyroll recently removed the review and comment sections entirely, despite these being the only competitive advantage Crunchyroll had, rather than bother investing in even a tiny amount of moderation. The reviews in particular supplied vastly better curated recommendations than Crunchyroll’s pitiful attempt at an algorithm, whilst the comments were essential for comprehending some of the more arcane shows. When apps start removing major features, you know they’re circling the drain. Oh and they jacked the price up too. I’d give it zero stars out of five, if I could. By far the most disappointing streaming platform I have ever used.

Adds. I’ve been using Crunchyroll since 2019 and this is my only complaint about the app. I remember when there was a glitch to skip adds when you didn’t have premium, but they fixed the glitch now which is understandable. What is also understandable is getting like 1 or 2 adds and both combined should not go for more than 2 minutes is what you would think right? Wrong! You get 5 adds each time each spanning from 30 seconds to a minute! And you can get adds 3 times an Episode! Meaning that adds extra 7 and half to 15 minutes of just adds! Now I love crunchy roll but this is my only problem, to many adds that take to long! I think most people would be happy with just 3 adds instead of 5 I know I would.

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Wth Crunchyroll. My brother said this app actually worked now I get it you trying to preview other show and are trying to get us to buy premium but seriously why have them be repetitive adds I literally got to minutes into my show and now I can’t watch it wanna know why because of the REPETITIVE ADDS LIKE I can’t even enjoy it so what makes you think your gonna get good reviews the only GOOD REVIEWS YOUR GETTING ARE FROM YOURSELF and people who actually have the money to pay for stupid premium. It’s honestly unfair to those who are actually trying to enjoy the app.

New update = bad. Now it’s terribly glitchy for me, it won’t play most of the time and it’s harder to find the anime I want to watch, it’s confusing. When there’s an ad it goes straight to a website. I don’t know why 👎

Review. Bring back reviews please

Ads. Why do I get ads after subscribing???

Always crashing. It sucks when u pay for an app that doesn’t work...

I liked the comments. Why

There’s still ads!!!!. I paid for premium but still didn’t get any benefits there are still ads!! Like literally 5 mins ads per ep! So disappointed!!

TERRIBLE Update. Crunchyroll has decided to remove reviews, and all comments including on forum posts. This is devastating as comments where my go to every time I finish an episode for the past 8 years.

New animes. There is only popular animes, add other animes

Removing the comment section. Okay first and foremost I love this app, it’s great way to watch and support your favourite anime. However I feel like you’ve lost a lot of the charm factor by removing the comments section. One of my favourite parts of watching one piece is seeing everyone’s comments from years past, and learning things I never would noticed about episodes from someone’s comments. Sure it gets weird sometimes, but who cares, let creeps try and think they mean something. I don’t know how much performance loss the comment section contributes to. But please for the love of all that is holy try and optimize it and bring it back. Or make it an option to not load a comment section as a profile setting. -sincerely people who love the comments section

Honestly terrible. I still get ads with premium and they make things unnecessarily hard this is the worst app ever and as soon as my subscription ends I'm deleting this app.I will never hate an app as much as I hate this one. Honestly a huge waste of time

Too many bugs. Ever since the update it’s been running slower. It takes so long to load episodes, freezes every now and then, sometimes it says I’m not connected to wifi? Connecting it to my tv is hopeless I will spend 1 hour watching a 25 min episode from how much I have to wait for it to load every minute. This is the only app I have connection / loading issues with. Some anime’s don’t even want to play sometimes due to an “error”. I miss the old crunchy roll it was simple and worked perfectly fine I had no issues with it. IT ALSO STILL DOESN'T HAVE A SKIP INTRO OPTION!

Good/eh. The app is good and has a very good variety of anime’s. I just don’t like the amount of adds just because you don’t pay.

Removing the comments???. I think that’s a very poor choice in Crunchyroll I enjoyed reading the comments and chatting with community’s about what was gonna happen next very very poor move.

I get you want to make money but seriously. I really don’t like how you need to have a subscription to watch the last episode on any anime like seriously 😒 I

Sous titres FR. Pas assez de sous titres en français.

Addddddsssss. Good app but tons of ads

Revert the Update. New update is garbage, revert the update the old version felt much cozier and not more like using a website. The ads are even worse and honestly will just find somewhere else to watch anime.

No point. There is no point in getting this app, most the time spent is either watching an ad or a black screen right after the ad.

No name. My friend raged cuz he thought that 10$ a month is a lot. I do agree that 10$ a little over priced but it’s not that bad.

Comments. put back comments allow community interactions!!

Changed from 5 to 1 star (wish it could be 0). With the removal of the comment/review section, I would NOT recommend anyone use this app/service. Speaking as a long-time subscriber (which will now be coming to an end), I used the comments/reviews heavily to decide which animes I would try next. I will go elsewhere now for all my anime-watching needs.

Premium is worth it. Ok look, I read so many reviews saying omg I hate ads! But think about it, it’s essentially the Netflix of anime, is Netflix free? No! Someone has to pay for the shows that Crunchyroll offers! Either they get paid by advertisers, or you pay with a measly 10 bucks a month (7 if your American) it’s not that much! And honestly premium is so worth it! I have binged so much anime ever since, and I love it! So Crunchyroll keep up the good work and stop whining about a company making money, if Crunchyroll didn’t offer free viewing with ads, then there would be no viewing at all!

No Comments. Comments section was one of the best features and you took it out because of some bad apples… Imagine if youtube decided to wipe comments from every video

No sense of community anymore. Crunchyroll used to be the streaming platform where the community got together. Leaving comments on episodes and reviews on series was always one of the biggest highlights. Recently they’ve decided to remove those features and I can’t help but feel that it’s impacted the app in a negative way. The comments used to be filled with jokes amongst people with similar interest, and the reviews broke down the anime description, as well as compared one series to another for fans to find what they like. Without these key features, this is just a very basic streaming service with bad descriptions and some okay anime.

Brother ueghhhhh. This is my first time leaving a review for an app because of how upset I am at this update of removing reviews and comments. Imagine if YouTube removed their comments section, welp CR did that and now it feels so lifeless.

Comments. Add comments back, Crunchyroll feels empty without them!

Terrible decision. Removed comments and reviews from all shows, old and new. Destroyed years of history and community. Terrible idea.

Comment section. Bring back the comments section !!! they are so helpful when reviewing shows , plus I loved relating or hearing opinions of other people after the shows !!!! I feel like I’m maneuvering the sight in the dark now it’s no fun

Bug fixes needed for app again/ multi issues. Your last update ruined casting from iphones latest iOS to chrome cast. You used to be able to change the playback time but now you cannot without it glitching. It has to do when the casting screen comes up. The second you switch it to casting it won’t fully go to the top (it doesn’t surpass the notch at the top of the screen). When you do change the playback time it will either freeze the cast or play for a second, buffer for 5 seconds, play for a second. Rinse and repeat. The only way I found to bypass this is to force close the application while timing the moment it plays on the cast. If it doesn’t. It will stay buffering. Please fix this. A reinstall does not solve the problem. I have the latest iOS as well as a 11pro max. I get tired of watching 4 min intros. Either that or add a skip intro function. Second is the ability to either save videos to watch offline, this app is absolutely deadly on data so if you accidentally get it playing on data RIP. I have plenty of it but I’m sure others don’t. The customer support on the website is very much lacking so I hope the app does a better job. I’ve been a member for many years, but it’s like there’s no desire to improve lately nor communicate with the people who use your service. Anyways these are just my two cents. I hope I can get a good reply back and not just a generic one. I’ll be more than happy to change the stars of this review pending the outcome of all of this Thanks!

Still No TV App Support in Canada?. Seriously, it’s been years, people. Of course, one can do whatever they want with no serious competition pushing them to do better...

Can’t get premium. I can’t get premium, when I select it from the app it just sends me back to the same page after a few seconds. I have no intention of subscribing from your website unless you implement Apple Pay, you have no business storing my credit card info.

Very good just one thing. All I want for this is the English Dub for any show that has one otherwise Great

Too many ads. I know they got to make profit, but this is absolutely absurd. The ads they put are at least a minute or two in length and pop up almost everytime I exit the app and open it again. To make matters worst, they instil approximately 4 ads. It sometimes bugs and restarts the ad and doubles the time I have to wait. I’m impatient and I believe they don’t have to self promote their own content cause they don’t earn money from it and wastes my time on useless ads that repeat themselves.

Commercials freezing the app. Some commercials play fine, others the screen stays black after trying to load, doesn’t play anything and doesn’t allow us to do anything but close the app and try again. It’s 4 times now I keep trying to get passed the same commercial pause. It’s infuriating.

boooo 🍅🍅🍅. used to love this app until y’all removed the comments & reviews!!! that was the best part of the app imo. i loved reading reviews before watching something

Scam. Don’t ever frickin install this app, it’s a scam. I lost a reasonable about for the premium subscription but I still get to much those annoying ADS. Also if it continues to deduct from your account as soon as you finished purchasing. It’s a scam .please don’t ever install it .

Comments Removed. It was great until the comments section was removed. It seems cheap and lazy to remove them instead of moderating them, especially after raising prices.

Bad Update. Love crunchyroll and i would rate it 5 stars if it wasnt for this new terrible update. They removed comments and reviews and thats a really big part of what makes CR an amazing app. Please reverse this change and add them back🙏

Error. Constantly unable to load my watch list!

Removing Comments. Removing comments was one of the worst choices crunchyroll could have made, it is comparable to youtube removing the dislike button. It was what made them stand out from other platforms like netflix, or just watching on a site online. It was helpful to see what others opinions or thoughts were, rather than the episode summary. It is not like you were forced to use the comments anyways, seriously such a silly decision

Comment Section. It is unfair to punish everyone for a specific group mistake, the comment section was a core part of the app

new theme!. I am loving the new interface with dark mode! Everything seems more comfortable and sleek and I think this will really upgrade my anime watching experience!! Thank u crunchyroll

Bad update. Despite the design change improving the look, the app consistently crashes, logs me out of my account, forgets where I was , or simply wont even play an episode. The update is regressive and needs to be fixed.

The ads. I read the bible twice and my episode was barely finished because the ads made it longer

Bruh. Why do u need Premium for literally every anime

Complaining ?. For those down voting the apps because you need to pay to watch anime. There is people working on those anime and they need to be payed. Why would you downvote a app because anime ain’t a free thing ? And how could it be ?

Comments. Why remove comments? I assure you that it isn’t a good business strategy and I hate it myself along with other people as well. There’s still time to turn back from this decision.

Black screen and videos stopped working.. I’m furious. What’s the point of a streaming app if it won’t work?

Crunchyroll removed the comments. Removing the comments on your app is the worst decision you could have made. The comments were one of the best things about Crunchyroll but you completely ruined that. I wouldn’t be surprised if people started cancelling subscriptions over this. BRING THE COMMENT SECTION BACK!

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Frustration and very short lived patience.. I got this app only ONE time before now and the whole reason why I had I deleted it off of my phone is for the same reason now. The ADS. It’s unbelievable how many there are. I do understand that I am using the free version, but it’s not just because ADS are shown. Every time I literally watch one episode it takes IMMENSE amounts of effort, as soon as you open up the episode it just BUFFERS AND BUFFERS, you literally have to swipe out of the app and go back in for it to play if you’re LUCKY. If that DOESN'T WORK then you have to RESTART THE APP all together and start from square one!! It’s not just at the beginning of the video IT CAN HAPPEN AT ANY POINT IN TIME. I WAS ON THE LAST PORTION OF AN EPISODE and I had to RESTART the app. It’s so frustrating because not only do you have to restart it, YOU HAVE TO SKIP THROUGH THE VIDEO AND GET CAUGHT ON AD AFTER AD, AND THEY FREEZE ALL THE TIME, SO ITS CONSTANT TRIAL AND ERROR. I feel dissatisfied with the entire build of this app. Don’t even get me started on the connection errors. It’s like every five minutes the connection breaks and the WiFi is PERFECTLY FINE. AND THEN ITS LIKE THE WHOLE APP GLITCHES and ONCE AGAIN you have to RESTART THE APP. I honestly think the only positive reviews are from people who pay for premium, because this is absolutely ridiculous. I could at least get compensation for this B.S. It’s absolutely aggravating. The only good thing I got out of this was the godly amount of selection of anime. Other than that I feel like my time with this app will be short lived.

Better, now that the new update was released. This update was insane! It added a new layout to everything in a good way. The main thing I will talk about is the amount of ads there are. The ads are way toned down compared to the last update. There are 6 ads you will see per episode. This is great, compared to the 10 that it was last time. Even if you think that’s too much, there’s a premium that cost money. I mainly wanted to talk about what this update changed which was layout, and amount of ads. The layout was changed, I like it the new way, but it’s just preference. If you don’t like it, you’ll get used to it eventually. They have also fixed many bugs including the one where, if you press the play button on the show while the ad is loading, the show will play while the ad is, that wouldn’t be a problem if you could see the show and not here the ad. They fixed it in this update. They are making this better. There also MIGHT be an occasional bug that MIGHT not load the ads. I’m not saying anything about anything, but I MIGHT be trying to figure it out so I COULD POSSIBLY use it for every ad, ;)

Great. Crunchyroll is a fantastic streaming service for anime lovers, offering a vast library of titles ranging from classic series to the latest seasonal hits. One of the standout features is its simulcast capability, allowing fans to watch new episodes shortly after they air in Japan, which is a huge plus for those who want to stay up-to-date with their favorite shows.
The user interface is intuitive and user-friendly, making it easy to navigate through different genres and find new content. Additionally, Crunchyroll offers a free ad-supported tier, allowing users to access a selection of shows without committing to a subscription. For those who opt for the premium plan, the absence of ads enhances the viewing experience, and the ability to download episodes for offline viewing is a convenient feature for on-the-go fans.
Moreover, Crunchyroll hosts a vibrant community where fans can discuss episodes, share fan art, and engage in forums, making it more than just a streaming platform. Overall, Crunchyroll is a go-to destination for anime enthusiasts, providing a rich selection of content and a supportive community.

Scam customer service, nothing you can do about it.. CrunchyRoll has had a history of horrid customer service, along with their awful membership navigation system. CrunchyRoll intentionally makes it near impossible without customer support to find how to cancel or upgrade your membership, and customer support will run you in circles with your questioning so they don’t have to finally tell you, “Sorry, this service isn’t available to you.” - You have to transition between the app, their website, and the third party billing website just to get your ducks in a row. - You lose your grandfathered status if you change your payment method, and if you accidentally lose it due to a system glitch, they will again make it as difficult as possible and waste 2 hours of your time just to tell you “too bad” and move on. - There will not be an instance where you don’t use google to assist in your adventure through their settings which is all only fully accessible if you use all three of their services, you cannot just do everything in the app. - You can only contact them through the incredibly and gruelingly slow chat support or email. (I am not exaggerating, the load time between each chat is minimal 2 minutes per chat support which usually consists of 15+ chats) - They cut half their plans for those who use CrunchyRoll in NorthAmerica - There is a big difference between subscribing to CrunchyRoll through their cheap website and subscribing through the app CrunchyRoll has a monopoly on anime and will usually have what shows you are looking for, but do not be fooled, their services besides that are dog water and full of mazes of scams.

Ads. This whole app is fine by itself but the ads are unreasonable. I’m 3 minutes into an episode and it’s already given me 12 ads. I would rate this app 3 stars instead of 2 but the whole thing is super glitchy and just pauses at random times. I know for a fact that it’s not my WiFi because I’ve been disconnecting and reconnecting to see if any thing works. I’ve restarted my phone multiple times but it’s no use. The 23 minute episodes I’ve been watching has turned into 40 minutes each because of the ads. I watch 5 minutes, 10 ads in a row. Another 5 minutes, another 10 ads. It’s unbelievable. I get that this is how you earn money but I still don’t think it’s worth sacrificing other people’s enjoyment for. Every time I click that go forward or backward 10 seconds button, it’s takes 5 minutes just to find that certain place. God forbid we tap on the screen to pause or exit the app or we just get 20 more ads thrown in our face. I just wanna say that I mean no hate from this review. Your app is great but sometimes thing just don’t work out well. Im also writing this for other people who wish to download this app. A lot of people are writing good reviews so I thought that I might let them get a feel of all the downsides they would be going through by downloading this. TLDR: I got 12 ads so far and I’m only 4 minutes into the episode. Consider this before you download.

No support?. This service has the potential to be really awesome. I tried the free trial and started watching right away and ended up keeping the subscription for premium going. There are some annoyances such as when I try to fast forward through intros It can sometimes take 3-5 minutes to even play the show again and it usually happens multiple times. My biggest issue though, and reason for 2 stars is that I was having an issue where my password was not working when trying to sign in on my other devices. When I tried to reset password, the link never came. I tried multiple times a day to reset and yes I checked spam and every folder but nothing. I reached out to customer service which got back to me quickly but they said that I have no account with them yet I’m being billed for premium. They escalated the issue but I never heard back and this was almost 2 weeks ago. I’ve sent another help request and haven’t heard back at all. For some reason now I’m able to sign in with my password to other devices but my premium account status is gone yet I’m still paying for the subscription. I’ve even tried unsubscribing and subscribing and issue persists. This has really become annoying and I’d love to give more stars and continue service if they could resolve my issue!

It’s a good app for anime, with one issue. I’ve been a premium user for almost a year now and I really enjoy a lot of the content on here. It’s got a lot of new series that come out with episodes really fast along with a lot of older favorites. I mainly used the app on my Xbox but have switched to using it on my phone for the most part due to being away from my console. I enjoy using it on my phone just as much as I did on my Xbox but I have ran into an issue after the recent update. For some reason when I try to watch any show the video does not play at all. I will press the start button but nothing. It just displays a black screen but nothing happens. I’ve tried on multiple different occasions to play shows and same thing. I found a workaround where if I delete the app and re install it fixes the problem temporarily but eventually I have to delete and re download again... I read that it could be internet issues but everything else works on my phone just fine so I’ve ruled that out. It’s getting pretty annoying so I’m hoping this problem is known about and there will be a fix soon since this is an awesome streaming service. Besides this one issue I recommend using this app if you’re an anime fan

Good app but always buffering. Okay I’ll start with the pros and then the cons. The pros are that it has like every genre and has most anime’s that I’m interested in. Also the episodes comes right away so I don’t need to worry about waiting if one of my favorite anime’s episodes comes out. Crunchyroll is the only platform I know that has this much of a wide variety of anime shows and genres. I used to have the regular Crunchyroll without premium but then decided to get premium because since I’m such a big anime fan I would need a platform like this that has such a wide selection and range of anime. I got premium after about a week of regular Crunchyroll because there was just too many ads. There is barely dub anime but I am not putting that as a con for me since my preference is sub and I mostly watch sub anime so I don’t need to really worry about that. I’d have to say this is a pretty impressive platform! But now moving on the the cons. Of course every platform will have a couple of bugs here and there because obviously nothing is perfect. There aren’t really many cons except the fact that whenever I’m watching an episode it just starts buffering out of nowhere for like 30 seconds. This happens about I’d say 5 times on EVERY episode I watch. I’ve noticed that this started happening less frequently the more I had the app but it’s still a problem. It’s annoying when I’m watching an episode and it just starts buffering. I know 100% it’s not because of my WiFi because my internet works perfectly and everything is fine it’s just the app Crunchyroll that buffers like this. I’ve kinda gotten used to it though but it still bothers me. Please Crunchyroll fix this bug! I would love to watch anime without an annoying problem like this. ☺️

Ugh my immersion. I actually stopped binging my favorite anime to write this. I know Crunchyroll has always had issues both on the web and the app, and I have always found them tolerable since those issues rarely messed with my immersion- but brooo it is so bad right now. The subtitles are either delayed or they show up before a character speaks. Also, the controls with play bar keep popping up when I do not touch the screen or when my phone is mounted which makes me then have to touch the screen constantly to make the controls minimize again. This has been happening often for the past 3 weeks. I have been subscribed to Premium for about 5 years and I thank you Crunchyroll for those glorious years of you providing me with all the entertainment and escapism I need but you are disappointing me mad hard right now. P.S.: The new UI is cool. I also love that we can view comments now. Y’all are kinda late to the “We have updated our UI” party considering how large your following is but cheers to you for showing up at all. My fingers are crossed for you to continue to make advancements in the streaming service world because I do believe you deserve more clout, but it’s embarrassing for me to keep on praising you when things like this happen.

BESTIE ANIME SITE!!!!!!!!!. So, I’m an anime lover, and if you want the best experience while watching anime I recommend watching on Crunchyroll! You can watch anime from a large variety (over 500 anime’s with at least 5 different genres) not only that but it will notify you immediately when a new episode of your favorite anime comes out and new merchandise manga or concerts will come out! I’ve been watching on this app for a couple of years and I think this can also help with understanding other languages because you have the option to watch it in Japanese or English, Spanish, and even in Dutch! They also have some amazing starter anime content like demon slayer or Ghost Stories is a classic anime that has some extra funny moments, you can also watch Jujustu Kaisen if your into gore and horror. Now I’m just yapping, but I just want to give you all the details,don’t forget to try this app! (There are some minor bugs that happen like glitching in the content or playing the sound from the last episode but that’s only if you’ve been watching for hours,but i think the bugs have been fixed bc they haven’t happened to me this week)

A problem with playing the next episode. For some reason sometimes I encounter a problem where suddenly instead of playing the next episode it will play the same episode over and over again. With this happening I have to exit the episode click on the series and pick the next episode which is really annoying, I’ve tried everything to get rid of it but even if I finish the whole show it will still show I’m on that episode. There’s another glitch in the same group of problem where instead of playing the next episode it will skip to a random episode way later down the line or back before that I already watch, and again no matter what I do it will not fix itself. It only fixed itself one time and I fixed by watching that episode when I got to it, however on any other show this will not work and it will continue to send me to that episode. At first I thought this wasn’t a big deal since it’s not that bad, but overtime, especially when I’m binging it gets REALLY annoying having to pick the next episode by exiting and going back into the series to click it again. Pls fix

Bugs are annoying but anime is good. I mean the only thing that really stops me from rating five stars is the amount of bugs with the app. I feel like it’s gotten worse since 2 years ago. The site crashes whenever a popular anime episode is released I assume because of high traffic, certain anime have weird audio noises, it doesn’t let me click any episode in the all episodes screen except maybe episode 1 or 2, it logs me out in the middle of an episode or just whenever I close the app, it doesn’t load the new updated episodes screen occasionally, I can’t pause the episode anymore if I’ve hit the rewind 10s button, and the list goes on. I appreciate the anime in a convenient user friendly app, but the bugs are getting worse than what you would expect in a Bethesda game. Oh, and this isn’t directly related to the app, but crunchyroll customer support or service or whatever is garbage. It’s slow and not helpful at all. I tried telling them about the audio problems but it wasn’t worth waiting on slow replies and generic unhelpful replies telling me to redownload the app. I’ve been able to tolerate these things up until now but if they don’t do something about these bugs then I’m just not going to keep giving them my money. It’s pretty simple

Chrinchyroll. I like Crunchyroll quite a bit. I do wish they could streamline a few things. One of which is the PlayStation application for Crunchyroll, as I’ve had many issues with that in particular. Sometimes I can’t start a show on PlayStation 5 unless I start it a few seconds on my iPhone for a few seconds then then close that and open it on PlayStation at which point the show will play fine. It would also be nice to have access to show all episodes of a show your watching on every screen. I’d also like an option to not show any series that isn’t in the language you prefer. So if I only prefer to see English then anything not In English would be hidden. Also I’d like it if it were easier to see the rating of each show as it can be very difficult to find and makes trying to find an age appropriate show that I can watch with my daughter difficult. Other than that the app is great. I had heard Crunchyroll and funimation were going to merge into one and I hope that’s the case as each has their own merits, and if they take the best features from both platforms then they will make something great!!!

Fix the login problem. So I’ve recently have downloaded Crunchyroll to watch a few animes that I’ve heard were on the app. At first I was content with the variety of animes so I looked up some animes that multiple people said were there but they weren’t so I just guessed that they took them off. I started watching the anime that I originally downloaded the app for. At first things were a bit tricky bc whenever I would tap the screen of the video it would automatically go to the App Store or play an ad or open safari. That was a bit bothersome but not too much. After a few days of using the app I was going to continue watch an anime so I went to the app but nothing was loading so I figured it was my WiFi but everything else on my phone was working fine so I just exited the app. When I went back on it, it automatically logged me out. After trying to log back it and it didn’t work, I changed my password. I then went back to the app and logged back in. The home page wouldn’t load so I checked my saved animes. After that loaded, I watched an episode of one of the shows I was watching. I got up to do something real quick and came back. When I came back, I opened my phone and went to Crunchyroll. When I opened the app and it logged me out AGAIN. Nothing was loading and I got fed up with trying to reset it so I deleted the app and then reinstalled it. Everything was going smoothly until I got a notification so I went to that. When I went back on Crunchyroll it yet again logged me out. I went to the App Store to look if I needed any updates but it was already up to date. The most recent update was for the exact issue I was having and it still hasn’t been fixed.

Subtitles.. Alright. So first off, Crunchyroll and Funimation are great. I hope crunchyroll takes some tips from the Funimation app. It’s waaaaay better. But it also has something that crunchyroll absolutely does NOT have. Which is pretty upsetting. Subtitles for English dub. Do they think deaf and partially deaf people not like anime? My fiancé is partially deaf. He can hear somethings but we watch everything with subtitles in case he misses something. He can still hear some and doesn’t want to watch in Japanese because we enjoy the dub better. One of my best friends is also almost completely deaf and tho she has hearing aids sometimes they get uncomfortable and she removes them. If we were watching something on crunchyroll we’d have to stop. Another friend has the same issue as my fiancé. And for me I’ve spent 15 years of my life watching tv with subtitles because I love ppl that are deaf or partially deaf. Even my niece has hearing aids and my nephew who is constantly watching anime with me may need them soon. I’m so used it and I enjoy it in case I miss a word they say or don’t understand one. So for now I’m paying for both crunchyroll and Funimation because some of the stuff we watch is still there and have subtitles for English dub. Please do something about this. I cannot but the only one with this issue.

The Orange Circle of Death. The load times while watching are terrible. A spinning orange circle that keeps going and going and going. Even if you restart, you’ll just end up back at the spinning circle for another 5 minutes. I heard about the absurd amount of ads and I didn’t hesitate to try Premium because I would surely go insane if I had to deal with a buffering video for near 15 minutes and a constant barrage of ads. Even WITH Premium the experience of watching is sullied because the video loading is a NIGHTMARE. You can’t watch anything without hoping that the Orange Circle of Death doesn’t torment you again. I tried Crunchyroll on multiple platforms before but iOS has the absolute worse version I’ve ever seen. The most BACKWATER streaming service on the web has better loading than this. I know how companies like these work, so this review won’t even be read or acknowledged by those at Crunchyroll. They won’t address it nor will they fix it. This’ll just end up as another review they brush off. All because they don’t know how to manage a godforsaken streaming service app.

Too many ads and glitches. So first off, i have something to say, this may just be my WiFi or phone and not the app or developers because lots of people have told me it’s a very good app and it has many 4-5 star reviews that say it’s amazing and not glitchy. But my problem is that it’s the most glitchiest app ever once you’re like halfway through an episode, I downloaded this app to watch anime, and when I was watching haikyuu episode 6 halfway through, it turned super glitchy, it was like a crazy ad break. Ads kept playing and playing for so long (probably like 13 ads) and then after that the video turned black and it paused itself, plus it’s very rare if it starts working again but that happened once and when the video started playing again the subtitles didn’t work. Oh, also, even after the video starts working again, it only resumes for like 30 seconds and after that it turns black, pauses, and then like a million ads shows again, after the ads, it turns black again, playbacks to like the beginning while still being a black screen, and then it does that circle thing that goes around and around when the WiFi is bad and making you wait. It’s not just me on the ads too though, I read some other 1-3 star reviews before typing this and they also mentioned how many insane ads there are. Although, before halfway through episode 6 everything worked perfectly fine and I was so glad I thought I finally found an app where I can watch free anime that’s not laggy or buggy, but unfortunately I was wrong. If it weren’t that it could just be my WiFi or phone, I would’ve gave 1 star but luckily I gave the app 2 stars. Please improve this, I really think it could be a wonderful app if this could be fixed.

Simi Satisfied. From a cell phone perspective. Let me explain 1.)The language selection is annoying and could use an update. I don’t mean to be rude, but it’s just messy and unorganized. It’s currently season 1 of XXXX Season 1 of XXXX (English) Season 1 of XXXX (Spanish) Season 1 of XXXX (German) season 2 of XXXX Season 2 of XXXX (English) Season 2 of XXXX (Spanish) Season 2 of XXXX (German) I put “Season 1” and “Season 2” to prove my point. Maybe make it to where you click on “Season 1” and select your language from there. That seams more practical. 2.)Allow me to read reviews about a show (on my phone). I don’t mean comments on episodes. I mean reviews, so I can better decide if a show is worth watching or not. 3.) Creat a section where you can see if someone “like” or “Reply” on your comment. We anime weirdos like nothing more than to talk anime with our fellow weirdos. 4.) Also a dub does not count as a “new episode” 5.) I’ve paid for the monthly subscription every month for God know how long. I don’t wish to sound entitled, BUT why is my anime CENSORED when I have adult content UNLOCKED?!?! This is by far my biggest complaint(well this and #1). I would like to end by thanking everyone at Crunchyroll for all your hard work.

Not on the great side... So I tried this a few days ago without premium and I have some issues and some positive stuff. First, going for the positive, the variation of anime you have seems to contain a lot of good stuff. There were so many animes that are hard to find for free that you have put In there. I really like that. However, there are a ton of issues I have encountered in this app. I don’t really mind the adds, I understand you need the income, and I respect that, but sometimes I just wish you guys would put a skip button. It’s highly annoying when watching the episodes and having to wait for an ad to finish smack in the middle of an intense part. The major issue with this is that sometimes, when watching an episode, the anime would randomly stop and the play button would not work. So then I tried getting out and trying later, and nothing changed. I deleted the app and tried again, and the outcome was the same. Something weird is that the specific episode I was watching had the issue, but every other episode didn’t. What was REALLY irritating was in that episode, if is went ten seconds further and it reached the ad part, the add would work even if the freakin anime didn’t. I am highly disappointed. The people who made this, I thank you for the app, but it still needs a lot more improvement.

Ads and Buffering COMPLETELY ruin the app. I’ve been using crunchyroll for a couple days now and it’s brutal trying to get into any show with the constant interruptions. I usually don’t write reviews but this is actually ridiculous. The show itself buffers so often it’s easy to forget what literally just happened in the show bc of the amount of buffering. Not to mention each time it buffers it takes upwards of 5 minutes just to load about 12 seconds of the show, just so it can buffer again. But now here’s where the ads come in. Not only do the ads also take about the same time to buffer, they are long and usually have multiple ads stacked on top of each other. If you can manage to sit thru the ad buffering and the ads themselves, then afterwards you’re greeted with, you guessed it, MORE BUFFERING! It’s downright unusable more often than not! I’ve tried many troubleshooting techniques and none of them work at all. Not to mention they really try shoving the premium down your throat which sounds enticing to have no ads but that doesn’t solve the ridiculous buffering times. I honestly can’t recommend this app in the state it’s in, it’s way to frustrating to use for so little outcome. Please try elsewhere before submitting yourself to this waste of time

Interface and Comments. Crunchyroll is my only option to watch all of my favorite anime. With that said, it’s a shame I have to deal with some of issues I have no choice but to accept. To start, up until a few weeks ago, rewinding an episode would freeze it and force you to close out and retry. That seems to be fixed but it’s worth noting that issue happened for about a year or so (tested this issue on multiple devices.) Secondly, if you have Roku, it simply the ugliest and slowest functioning app for that system. On Roku, none of usual HUD options are available (appleTV crunchyroll lets you do much more) not sure why there’s such a disparity in quality there. To keep my complaints brief, I will add that taking commenting away was a terrible idea. If this was due to the homophobia found on some new series then I can understand shutting it off for those shows specifically to minimize the spread of hate, but why turn off comments across the entire platform? Probably to save a dollar. Point blank, with such a monopoly on US anime viewership while still competing with pirating sites, I would hope there would be more of a emphasis on improving user experience since the alternative is to illegally stream.

Removing comments. Honestly I have never hade any problems or complaints with Crunchyroll but removing the comments is just silly and most of all sad. I get how some series could just get review bombed the entire time it was being released but the positive comments always prevailed for the most part. And the reviews was the backbone of many shows, I can’t tell you how many times I have seen what looks to be a questionable anime but I see someone passionate about the series leave a heartfelt review and it gives me push to just try it. Now when I go into Crunchyroll it seems stale and empty. Yes new shows are still being released but having no comments when you show up to the video and you are there 5 minutes after it releases and you see all the veteran fans who have commented “1st” or “can’t wait for this episode” it made it feel like a community or at the very least a good anime fan base. This is a cry from a beloved anime fan please please add comments back i promise it makes your platform feel so much better when the community is involved ! Please give your honest feedback to this I would love to know why the platform removed comments

Good app but needs one thing. I love Crunchyroll. I have been a premium member for a few years now and I don’t regret it at all. I use the website just as much as I use the app but there is one huge problem for me that is in the website but not the app. Reviews. I have started so many god awful anime that sound good on paper but are executed horribly. This is wasting my free time with horrible anime. Although, I know that it depends on the person if they’re going to like it or not. But if an anime is rated one star, it is for a reason. On the website I am the type of person to read reviews to see what I am getting into. Even just seeing the rating of the show out of 5 stars would be enough. If I want to see actual reviews that explain why it’s rated so bad then I wouldn’t mind leaving the app. But I don’t want to have to go out of the app in order to see the rating of the anime by looking it up on google. It’s very annoying and a simple thing to do ( or at least I think it is, who knows, I’m not an app developer ). I know this is just a convenience thing but it’s why I’m rating this 4 stars. The recent update made the app so much better and is more stable than ever. If reviews are added in app then that would make this app that much better.

Better than Funimation. I really love anime and Crunchyroll is by far the best streaming app for it in my opinion. Although there are still some bugs and things to work out in the app, Crunchyroll has done all the little things and has nothing but good anime. I’m going to start out with the cons, Crunchyroll has some stuff i think they should consider or take into account. They’re aren’t many but this is one issue that I have and it is that when I watch anime the screen goes white and restarts the episode. When this happens the subtitles are gone and I have to go back to the episode list. Another thing that i dislike are some anime intros, I have premium but some intros I find annoying and it feels like I’m watch ads still. I don’t want to watch extra stuff i just want to dive back into the anime I love, so what I suggest is a skip button to skip the intros. Now I believe this would be extremely helpful and easier than spamming the skip 10 button so I really hope you consider this idea. Now the pros, Crunchyroll is amazing and when there are bugs they usually stay on top of things to fix them. I love how they added a day and night mode to the app I usually use the night mode because in my opinion it looks a lot better. In comparison to Funimation Crunchyroll dominates them in the skip functions. Unlike Funimation there’s a skip to next episode button that you can use at any time and Funimation you have to wait until the credits are over to move on. Another thing is I have a small screen so it hard to do the skip ten button in Funimation but Crunchyroll again gives a solution and makes the skip ten button larger. Also when I verify my age Crunchyroll doesn’t do anything extra and when Funimation wants to they take me to safari and then take me back to the app and it says “error”. Thank you Crunchyroll.

Several errors and to many adds. I love Crunchyroll but the so called “video error” and the “trial error” along with the “connection loss” it gets very annoying, I’m sitting right by my WiFi box and all the sudden a pop up tab shows up in my screen saying that I have lost connection, I clearly had connection as I was connected to the WiFi the whole time but whenever it pops up it won’t let me leave the tab no matter how many times I press retry. The video error is very confusing as I have to stop and sit there for thirty mins to try and find out what the error is, I have tried to restart the app, I have exited out of it and went back in and tried to watch it again but the video error just kept popping back up. Every time I get an error I have to delete the app because the error will just keep coming back up on my screen even though I have done everything to try and get it to stop, I have re downloaded the app at least 19 times and I just got it 2 days ago. And the situation with the adds is stupid, I get 15 to 20 adds every time, I’m only watching 20-30 minute episodes and I spend at least 10 minutes every time watching one round of adds, and the there are 4 rounds of adds in each episode. It gets quite annoying, I hope they figure out something because this is getting annoying

Why did it have to change?. I’ve been using Cunchyroll for like a year or two now, and it’s always been my favorite app! Sometimes you’d get something about upgrading or whatever, but it was never something that you had to do. I didn’t mind the ads because it was the only app I had where I could watch the animes i wanted to watch. I forgot about it for like a month, then went back, wanting to watch some anime. I had like thirteen anime’s in my queue, but when I went to click on the one I wanted to watch, it wouldn’t let me? It told me I had to upgrade to watch every episode except episode one. So I deleted every anime in my queue except the one, and it worked just fine. THEN, the next day, it stopped working. I didn’t add any more anime’s to my watch list either. It’s telling me to upgrade before I can watch any episode besides one, and when I go to watch episode one it doesn’t work?? Crunchyroll, please fix this? I understand that upgrading brings some cool features but I just want to watch my anime. Honestly. Why EVERY episode except one? You might as well just make it so you have to pay to get the app in the first place! It’s so stupid honestly! I loved this app so much, I followed their instagram and constantly used this app. I can’t upgrade. And i’m not the only one. Please, if you update the app again, PLEASE MAKE IT SO YOU DONT HAVE TO UPGRADE TO WATCH ANIME. The whole purpose of the app is to watch anime for free? that’s why people liked the app? and now that you’ve done this, i’ve seen the ratings drop... i hope it’s temporary. i hate seeing my favorite app suffer like this. i just wanna watch anime, crunchyroll. honestly.

Great Streaming Service. There’s a large selection of shows and movies to choose from. Since the merger was Funimation not all of the English dubbed movies and shows have been added yet even after over a year has passed. There are dozens of them that I watched in English dubbed on Funimation but after over a year they are still only available in their original language to watch. When will the English dubbed versions finally be available on Crunchyroll?! There’s also those shows and movies that still haven’t been added yet since the merger as well. When will we be available to see any of those as well? Other than these two issues I mentioned. This app is just as good as Funimation was before the merger. I have been a loyal customer and supporter of livestream entertainment services ever since Funimation first became available back when it was free to stream and download any show you want. This was back when you could only stream on your PC. Years before you could access the internet on your cellphone and before the app was ever created and launched for availability.

Too many adds ( owner read this you could get your sales up ). Ugh! Ad overload. On each of the episodes i get 9 ads to 15 ads! We should get 6 at the most ads instead! A lot of my friends are persistent and don’t buy the crunchyroll premium membership because they know that its all worthless and cost too much money in a year. I have an idea Crunchyroll, make the person watching anime have an option. When they go on their first episode, they could be given the choice to watch all the ads at once ( addition ads if you want probably 1 addition ad ) because you get bad reviews because people want to get rid of the ad first! If you want some money, you could make it cost $0.99. It works! I told my friends about this and I asked them, “ would you buy this deal,” they of course agreed because it is a fair price for the option to get rid of the ads first rather than watching “ barbeque ads “ while a moment of crying ( I deleted some of the review but now that I have crunchyroll premium it puts a different mood to the anime and it’s super nice, though next time for crunchyroll regular membership, you should add the advertisements to be about that anime if possible or atleast about anime only )

App with identity crisis. Crunchyroll publishes awesome anime. But the app has an identity crisis. Login with a paid subscriber account and everything works great. Five stars. Seriously. It is very well done. But — and this is huge — not everyone can afford the monthly fees and the execution of the advertising ruins the app. No stars. Crunchyroll needs the advertising to fund the delivery of no-cost anime to its free subscribers. It is the TV broadcasting business model. No problem. But the technology used to insert the ads fails to match the quality of the overall app. The ads lock up the app. They also repeat themselves three times in a row in the same ad break. And while the ads are supposed to be targeted to the interests of the viewers, they are not. If Crunchyroll could get the advertising to work correctly, advertising could possibly make more money per user than paid subscriptions. Determining the interests of viewers is pretty easy. You just ask them. Do interesting ads and people will click them. Streaming technology is good enough to never lock up an app. And never repeat ads during the same break. I will never buy a Volvo no matter how many times you run the ad. I'm a Subaru guy. You should already know that. Have Subaru tell me about its awesome technology and I will click the ad to find out more info. Everyone wins — Crunchyroll, advertisers and anime fans. Fix it please.

Non-user friendly, however currently your best option. Crunchyroll seems to be trying to do everything in their power to make as much money as possible, but take away as many features as they can. They want to be the “cool anime icon” but they take away any features that give it community and convenience. On top of that, they dont have a number of some of the most popular choices i and continue to remove some from the app. Some of it comes down to contracts and stuff out of their control, however if we are paying a monthly subscription, buy products from their store, you would think it would be their responsibility as a provider to provide. Not to mention the features such as reviews and comments being removed. Instead of hiring a proper moderation team and have a proper system to prevent bots and spam, they removed the systems entirely to prevent people from doing anything at all. I would say to just watch from someone else, but it is true that their selection is pretty wide for anyone new to anime, or light viewers. And the selection for other providers is pretty slim besides some of the, uh, lower priced options. There used to be somewhat of a community on the website and app alone, and its honestly extremely disappointing what theyve done with it. I’ll stick around for the seasonals and some of the classics they keep on their website, but im not pleased with their recent decisions

The New Update. A few days ago, I downloaded the newest update, and I understand glitches are going to happen, after all you did give the app a whole new design. Although, every time I get to the ad break in the middle of an episode, it sends me right back to the beginning of the episode and doesn’t have subtitles. Sometimes I open an episode and it doesn’t play the subtitles. I always go back to settings to see if it was accidentally shut off, but it never is shut off. There are other times where I get to an ad break and the ad’s do not load at all, then glitch out and skip back to the episode, without subtitles. Really the biggest issue I have had is the subtitles disappearing and that the episode restarts itself as soon as an ad break is over. I like that you decreased the amount of ads, in each break it never exceeds four ads, where as before it used to be 3-5 or more ads. I am sure buying the subscription is worth it, once I can afford it I will definitely buy it! As long as you have a little patience or have a little game to play while the ads are running, it really isn’t so bad!

Censored to the Ground. Begin rant: I used to love this app. It was my favorite streaming service to watch anime on, but ever since the removal of commenting on and reviewing each episode it just ruined it for me. I always look forward to finishing a great episode and then going to the comment section to see the hype and talk to others about what happened in the show. It fostered a sense of community that other streaming services didn’t have. Then Sony bought it and burned all of that to the ground. Instead of properly moderating the comment section they decided to just remove it entirely. Not only is this a blatant form of censorship, which I am wholeheartedly opposed to, but a breach of the trust their consumers have for them. No longer can we see the reviews or ratings of a show before clicking on it, so Crunchyroll should be the sole party to blame for all of us getting shafted watching another garbage isekai because we can’t read reviews to see if it is actually one of the decent 20%, etc. So thanks, Crunchyroll. Thanks for being a corporate sellout and ruining a major, and most unique, part of your platform. I hope the money you received was worth it. Also, stop censoring “mature content” if the user’s settings are set to “see mature content”. If you still had a comment section and cared to look at the reviews, you would see that people hate the fact that their settings don’t actually change the content on your platform. Stop censoring for adults. It’s stupid (especially the words and subtitles). P.S. STOP RELEASING CRAPPY SUBTITLES. They have been horrible recently. End rant.

Doesn’t let you buy “fan” subscription.. I know it’s only $2 but it’s the fact that you’re forcing and taking advantage of people to buy the mega fan subscription. Why would you ever force someone to buy the upgrade when they’re already spending money? I have clicked the “fan” subscription 10,000x times and it literally never brings up a “purchase” screen it only does that when you select the $9.99 option. That’s so scummy to do to people. If you would just let me purchase the $7.99 option you’d have my business and again it’s only $2 so I’m not complaining about the price I’m only saying how scummy is it when someone wants to buy something from you that you offer them and then you don’t let them buy it because it’s not the price you want them to pay. Obviously this is the only app with my favorite shows and I would absolutely love to be able to watch them. If you fix this I have no problem taking this review down. I just don’t agree with what you’re doing when you take advantage of people like this. I guess I don’t see the point. Just take away the “fan” subscription...

ANIME. What is anime? Anime is freedom. The freedom to dream and use your imagination beyond human construct. It saddens me to see big companies taking over smaller companies, wiping them out through different tactics for the sake of “money and power”. I’ve watched anime for a greater part of my life. Truthfully it’s one of the things that make me whole. But it really frustrates me and saddens me when I see big companies like Crunchyroll taking away other people’s freedom to watch anime. Why? All in order to get more subscribers and make more money? Notice the people that watch anime are those that are broke. Anime has become more popular and mainstream which is why you have a business. But it all started somewhere. Think about that when you’re taking other people’s freedom away to watch anime because they can’t afford a stupid subscription. If you’re going to take people’s joy away at least make your subscription affordable. No one wants to pay more than $10 for a subscription to watch anime when we COULDVE watched it for free. But you won’t understand because all companies see is money and profit. Crunchyroll doesn’t see human beings. They see dollar signs and numbers. It really saddens me that I have to stop watching anime. Amongst all the chaos in the world. You have officially lost my business because of greed and selfishness. It was fun while it lasted but fortunately I have morals. God bless 🙏🏿

Review. Now first off I just want to say I love Crunchyroll and it is a very well built anime stream service but they have major problems that need to be changed. As for that seasons and episodes are listed all together although they are in completely different languages. This is only a major and irrational problem. I’ve have premium for many years on many accounts and it’s just the small thing that makes the app confusing and sorta irritating to a certain extent. Next small problem is the app for mobile devices it seems to have many problems when it comes to turning off and on cc. Most of the times I have to refresh my whole app 2-3 times just for them to start turning on. Again it’s not a bad problem but it’s a problem a lot of viewers and myself aren’t excited about. But if those apps were fixed I’d say it would be the most perfect app for anime streaming. I think because Crunchyroll and Funimation are doing a partner ship crunchyroll should take some of the things they do just. Just because Funimation is more smoother in the sense of easier to watch and find anime. Other than those little major problems there isn’t anything that makes it a little problematic. Thank you for you time have a great day!!

It’s Okay. It’s a great app. I have both Crunchyroll and Funimation, and almost always prefer Crunchyroll over Funimation. My big problem with Crunchyroll though is that with this newest update to mobile app, I have been logged out everytime I open the app. That’s not a big deal though what is though is that my Watchlist is gone and it always says that I need premium. I have premium though and am still paying for it even though I’m watching ad’s in the middle of my show. I’m very frustrated by this and have gone over to help center for help, there’s no answers for my specific problem I’m having right now though and there is no where to call for help. If someone is reading this and is thinking of buying the premium subscription I think you should it’s worth every dime. However on that note I also would be very careful about doing it because Crunchyroll has screwed me over on this past update so just a warning. The app is a good one but not as good as people say it is. Also for any employees at Crunchyroll reading this please help out because I’m getting very impatient with you guys right now.

Uncontrollable ads!. In order to actually watch a show, you have to sit through so many ads it’s unbelievable and unacceptable. In my experience, my screen will just go black and an ad will play when I first click on episode. Then, it’ll load and I go down to the bottom to skip through the intro and as if the app is punishing me for doing so, it’ll just give me ads! No joke, it’ll play an ad then another and another, etc. There will be no option to skip ads, exit out of them, anything! Really, you just get stuck in a cycle of ads restarting! Seriously, this matter needs to be addressed. I’d have to exit out of the app. It was so bad once (I sat through 3 ads in counting) and I closed the app. Then I went back in and just when I went to keep watching my episode, not only did it start it completely over, it spammed me with ads! I deleted it. End of story. I don’t think you should have to pay money for good service. You wouldn’t pay your waiter constantly at a restaurant to get them to perform a nice service with a good attitude, would you? Should you have to? No! So I think, you shouldn’t have to pay the app for good service and no nonstop ads! I get it if you’re on free and you get ads, but having them play nonstop is unacceptable. And I get it, you have to pay the people who work for you, but not by torturing us who download into getting premium by spamming us with ads upon ads upon ads.

I love this app!. I have had this app for a while I just recently got a subscription to it. I love this app because I love anime and it has all the stuff I like plus more, I used to get annoyed with the ads which is why I got the subscription I was fine with having a smaller selection of anime prior to subscribing because it’s not like I had a lot of time to watch everything I wanted to watch, but getting the subscription makes it so you have access to all the anime on it and there is so much it’s ridiculous but great. And I love how the genres are listed so you can pick something with a specific feeling or theme. I also love that there’s a different amount of people that can watch it at the same time for the subscription I have, I have the fan subscription which is the cheapest one and it’s so only one person can watch it at a time and I love that because I hate sharing my password with people and this way I don’t have to feel obligated to. Anyways this app is totally worth the money and even if you don’t get a subscription to it there are still so many good animes that they let people watch for free with ads. Thank you!!

Funimation was better. I’m very sad they were bought out as this app is straight garbage. I’ll now list some issues. On my TCL Roku tv there’s the Crunchyroll app, however, as someone who watches over 20 episodes a day it’s extremely annoying that there’s no next episode button, instead, you’re forced to scroll to the end, then back one, and hit play and wait 10 seconds to go to the next. That’s my only tv grievance but the mobile app is the main offender. To start, there’s always some annoying enjoyment destroying bug. As of writing this, it’s that upon opening the app it freezes for like 10 seconds and you can’t click or scroll or anything. Then when you click into a show the same thing happens and you can’t pause or unpause without long delays. You can’t even go to another app for 3 seconds and come back and just be able to hit play. On some anime the subtitles are horribly out of sync, mainly Assassination Classroom. There’s also the issue of sometimes the ui just pops up for no reason in the middle of watching. If you’re using subtitles this is a really bad problem because it means you can’t read them for an extended period of time, since you can’t click it out as previously mentioned. This isn’t a bug but a skip into button makes things so much easier for bingers and takes like 0 effort on their part. Now keep in mind all of this is when I pay them $10 a month. If you can’t pay that I’m sure the experience is 10x worse. Overall this is the best option for watching anime and they know it because they don’t fix simple bugs no other company could get away with. Hate this app but still have to use it.

My experience using crunchy roll. It was great at first tbh but then after about a month I noticed something strange going on a lot of anime that I didn’t watch was being shown for continue watching at first ignored it but it got harder when someone changed the name on my account that’s when I took action and it got resolved later down the line I got put off my account and had to change the password ( this happened 6 times) and I’ve emailed them about my complaints and said I wanted the account deleted if this issue continued nobody ever got back to me, today I tried to log in and comes to my attention someone’s been having a field day with my account changed the language and all I stopped using it for about a week, please have a way we can view devices using our account or approve accounts that would like to use our account or at least give me a heads up anytime someone logs in as of today my account is deleted and I will no longer be using Crunchyroll will my mind change maybe, maybe not 🫤 some will say I’m being a karen or use better cyber security and I did different passwords and all at one point my password was 100 characters I was literally using my notes section to remember it. This has just gotten annoying does anyone else have this issue or at least have a way for it to be less annoying.

problem with ad loading times. Firstly, I love the content. This app is great. It has clean UI and tons of good shows. What is super annoying, though, is that my show will load just fine, but the frequent and long ads struggle to load. My internet has no problem streaming normal anime, but as soon as it’s time for an ad, it struggles to stream it. I suspect it is an issue with the quality of the ads being locked. Please allow the ads to come in at 720p or less. It seems that the anti Juul ad specifically is locked to come in at 1080p and takes over 5 minutes from start to finish even though the ad itself is 30 seconds or less. This is annoying because not only do I have to wait to get back to the show, I’m stuck looking at a buffering wheel for 90% of the time the show is paused. Again, I don’t mind the ads, please fix them and unlock their quality to be contingent on streaming bandwidth. I’d be happy to change this review given that the ads load faster. For reference, I am on full bars of cellular LTE plus full bars of wifi reception and I use the app in my home nearby my router.

The worst streaming service I have ever used.. TLDR: has too many ads and takes forever to delete your account. At first I excited to see an app that had all the anime I wanted, plus, seeing it on my Roku app for free, I thought it would be the perfect way to watch anime. How could I be more wrong. the first thing that was wrong was that they make you make an account. Not that big of a deal right? Wrong. if you make a free account you get all the joys of three free episodes of a hand full of shows and constantly getting spammed with ads with every episode as well. Some time I forget I was watching a streaming service and thought I had turned on the cable. and on top of the massive migraine that is app, when you finally decide to delete the app you must first go through this whole process of deleting your account, which was a whole new nightmare to deal with. First you have go and find where you can delete it, then you had to full out a survey on why you want to delete it, THEN you have to go to your email and check if it sent you the email to delete your account, which took way to long. And on top of all of that it doesn’t even confirm if it deleted it, saying that they will contact you when they do. In conclusion, this app was a massive headache and is not worth it. Don’t get this app.

Please fix the bugs. I’m seriously considering dropping this app. How is it that even with premium, there are so many glitches and bugs like what are y’all doing with all that ad revenue and premiums. I can’t even really watch whatever I’m paying for most of the time cause the episode will randomly skip like 10seconds ahead at super speed and happens so often the whole episode is over in 10 to 15 minutes max. That’s just one of the problems I’m having that I haven’t seen in the reviews yet so go ahead and add that one to the bingo ticket for losing all your users. Don’t get me wrong I loved using this before but I don’t know what y’all did to it but it’s not even close to being better than what it was. I love that it has almost all the anime that you can’t find on other paid sites but y’all have to do something here before me and the rest of these individuals with more or less the same problems leave. Most of the same features are on free websites everywhere else this app isn’t the only one there is. I just hope something gets done, I’d like to keep using but at this rate the price isn’t worth it not by a long shot.

Comments need back. Removing the comment section was a mistake and many others agree. I would always look forward to reading the comments and seeing others comments and some made me laugh and made my day. The comments had nothing wrong with them it was just people giving out thoughts so I know of no reason to take something like that away from us. Isn’t this supposed to be the number one anime app! How can you call your self the greatest when you take something away from us without thinking how it would affect the people who have this app, the people who pay money! Crunchyroll can you not see all of us who want this back! Don’t take this away, listen to your fans, listen to your hearts is this really what you want? To take away a thing that makes us happy! We want to bring back the comment section and we won’t stop I’ll keep fighting for it back! Cause Crunchyroll just isn’t the same without it. Restore our comments and restore our happiness while watching amazing anime! Try restoring it and see how many people are happy, how many people who are glad to open this app and see what others think about an anime that people watch. We need this back.

Great Concept with Too Many Bugs and Ads. My experience with this app has been mixed. I love that it offers free anime and manga most of which is quality stuff and not cheap knockoffs or filler. However, each episode of whatever anime you watch is filled with anywhere from 12-15 unskippable 30 second ads. These ads interrupt the episode (usually at breaks in the episode or before the credits roll) and play around 3-4 at a time. The ads are really annoying. They are pervasive. You can’t skip to another section without watching all the ads that were designated before then. If you accidentally rewind before the ad, bad luck: you have to watch two minutes of ads again. All of this directs you to buy one of the premium packages available. The cheapest one is $8 which is very expensive for what it offers. This would all be tolerable except for the bugs. Sometimes the video buffers and when I tried to buy one of the premium packages, something went wrong and I still was required to watch the ads. The purchase history said that I bought the free trial but the app disagrees. If the developers improved it so that there were less ads, more bearable ad breaks, or a cheaper premium subscription; the app would be a lot better.

Amazing app and quality overall but problem with the premium options. I think that Crunchyroll is and amazing app with efficient streaming options. The amount of content they have is amazing and the new format is excellent. I have so many positive things to say about this app, but I do have a slight issue that just makes no sense. The new premium options is kinda stupid if you ask me. There is 3 new different levels of premium if I remember correctly and each level unlocks new stuff and costs more money. I understand that they are trying to make more profits but this is kinda stupid and makes me mad. If I wanted to do a certain thing and was prepared to pay for the premium and went to do it and it turns out that there are 3 different levels for unlocking different things? Like I would be furious, i know it’s for profit but like you had it going pretty well with the first premium system and the online shop, but then you add 3 levels of premium? I think that your also making it hard for people who already had premium beforehand, they have to adjust to a whole new system and decide what to do. I just think it’s stupid and extra and serves no purpose. You can fight me on this but I’m not budging.

Adds. It’s not a bad app I really love watching anime and this is one of the best apps because true Netflix does have anime but Crunchyroll has more of variation of animes example fruit basketBut the only thing that is stopping me from using Crunchyroll as much as I do is Netflix are the ads the ads field 10 minutes long and after a while it starts getting really boring and then I start to get on interested in the anime and then I’ll just leave to watch some thing else and usually the ads are the same ads over and over again it gets super annoying sometimes and you get to hear the same noise over and over and over again it drives me crazy I would use Crunchyroll more often if there wasn’t as much ads as they are. Even when the ads are the exact same therefore blocks in different sections of the anime of the same ad and it gets so annoying but overall I really like the app has a lot of variation of enemies and I like how you don’t have to pay for anything. I’m not saying get rid of the ads because I know you can’t fully get rid of them unless we pay but please just make the add shorter or different types of ads.

Can you please put the rose of Versailles on Crunchyroll?. You have a very large variety of anime but one I feel like doesn’t get as much love is the romance genre. Though I do understand that you are trying your very best to put more romance onto your app, I don’t feel like your new releases are quite what I’m looking for...though I have found some quite enjoyable I continually feel like I’m watching the same thing over and over again. I’m more into the older anime just because the plots were more regular, not everything had to be modern, and the fact that they had more of a balance between drama and slice of life aspect. One variety of romance that I don’t particularly like is harem- tho I do enjoy reverse harem and I know this specific genre is like by some people it’s just not right for me.. I’m not asking for you to stop putting the things and genres that other people like and desire just that you go out of your comfort zone and put something different on here- One thing specifically I would love to have on your app is the Rose of Versailles. I haven’t been able to really watch this series bc of the fact that I can’t find it anywhere if you do have a chance to put it on please do!!

Terrible App/Mediocre Service. The app doesn't work half the time. I've been trying to get the casting to work and it keeps telling me that it's not enabled in my settings even though I'm looking at it directly and it is. And then proceeds to tell me that my devices are not on the same net work, but I know that they are because it works with every other streaming service I have. The layout is absolutely awful, and is incredibly messy. The home screen is an absolute disaster and is useless, I end up having to go to my watchlist instead which is just another button to have to press to get to my stuff. it's also extremely annoying to physically have to go from one season to the next, instead of it just continuing to play in the language that was selected. I also don't understand why shows don't clear out of my continue watching when there is not another episode in the language I was watching. When I finish an entire show and then keeps it up there and starts season one episode one in a completely different language that I have never even watched. It's just so clunky that it doesn't make sense and if the option to only stick with Funimation would've been available, that's absolutely what I would've done. if there is any other way to watch the show you want, do that instead

Just why.. At first I was really happy cause I finally found an app where I can watch anime and foreign dramas. But then the adds came in. It was fine at first cause there wasn’t that many, but then the longer the episode the more adds there was. This frustrated me a lot. I get that you have too make money but could u at least tune it down a little. I just want to watch an episode without getting an ad attack. Everytime I get an ad the load is sooo long. Then after the ad, another one comes in. And then another. There is at least 4 in a row and that doesn’t make me want too use your app. I could never Finnish a 25 minute long episode because that ads turn it into an hour one. I’m waiting and waiting for the ad to Finnish, but then another pops up. And the load is way too long. I sometimes close the app and come back. But that just restarts the ad. Please try to fix this, cause I’m seeing that a lot of people are having the same issue. There isn’t a lot of places where I can watch good shows like the ones on you guys app. Hopefully you can respond to this as quick as possible. And if you do respond to me please don’t apologize and say your going to fix it when you’ll clearly not do so. Once and last time please fix this issue. Thank u if you read this.