Anime Fans to get First Peek at Crunchyroll’s New Look and
Feel at SDCC
Along with Crunchyroll Concert Series Featuring LiSA and
the One Piece 25th Anniversary: Symphonic Voyage
Presented in Collaboration with Toei Animation
Manila,
Philippines (July 19,
2024) – Crunchyroll, the ultimate brand for all things
anime, is unveiling a new brand identity today. The new look, feel, and sound
will reflect the joy that anime brings to fans, tapping into an ethos of fun
and celebration.
Crunchyroll continues to bring anime to fans
in all the ways they want it across streaming, theatrical, events, games,
music, news, consumer products, collectibles and more. Central to Crunchyroll's
growth has been a focus on connecting fans and creators in celebration of their
shared passions.
Starting on July 25 with San Diego Comic-Con,
the updated and recharged Crunchyroll brand identity will be rolled out across
all fan touchpoints of the organization over the next year.
Modernized logo with a balanced eye symbol and revamped wordmark
Fans will first experience the new Crunchyroll
look and feel at San Diego Comic-Con, where the brand evolution will be
emblazoned across the Rady Shell concert venue in celebration of the
Crunchyroll Concert Series. Giving fans even more ways to express and celebrate
their love for anime and Japanese pop culture, the two-day event will feature
J-Pop sensation LiSA and hyperpop
genius Alice Longyu Gao as well as
the One
Piece 25th Anniversary: Symphonic Voyage concert in collaboration with
Toei Animation, celebrating the iconic series’ 25th anniversary.
Additionally, the new brand identity will also
be showcased inside and outside the Convention Center. There, fans will get a
chance to showcase their passion for anime by picking up a limited and
fan-forward streetwear collection inspired by the new and refreshed Crunchyroll
– designed by 2024 CFDA Fashion Fund finalist Sebastian Ami!
“As the number of ‘anime-curious’ people
approaches the one billion mark, and anime continues to command a prominent
place in popular culture, we wanted to evolve the Crunchyroll brand to appeal
to a growing diversity of global fans without losing the core essence of what
fans have loved about Crunchyroll along the way,” said Rahul Purini, President
of Crunchyroll. “We believe this new brand evolution will encourage and welcome
many anime fans to deepen their love for years to come.”
"A lot of attention to detail and meaning
was embedded into all the unique elements of our updated look and feel. Whether
it be the vibrancy of our new Crunchyroll orange or the audio mark inspired by
anime’s unique sounds.,” said Gita Rebbapragada, Chief Operating Officer of
Crunchyroll, who also oversees marketing. “Our teams live and breathe anime,
and we wanted to pour that passion into designing a brand that is purposely fit
for legions of fans around the world – giving them space to deepen their love
and further their emotional connection.”
Development of the new brand identity package
was led by Crunchyroll’s Markus
Gerdemann (Senior Vice President, Marketing) and Norman Rabinovich (Vice President, Creative Services).
Crunchyroll offers fans the ultimate anime
experience, pairing the world’s largest dedicated anime streaming library of
50,000 episodes and more than 25,000 hours of anime series, music, and films
with experiences across events, theatrical, gaming, ecommerce, and so much
more.
Over the last year, anime – and thus
Crunchyroll – has surpassed numerous milestones, achieved increased success and
launched new fan-forward initiatives. See here
for an overview.
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One Piece Egghead Island Arc, My Hero Academia Season 7,
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 3, DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION, and More Series Continuing Through Summer
CRUNCHYROLL SUMMER 2024 ANIME CALENDAR [US/CAN]
See below for the titles simulcasting weekly on Crunchyroll this Summer!
*** Schedule and dub languages are subject to change. Availability may vary by region ***
Dates listed below reflect new subtitled simulcast premieres only
Dub date launches will be announced at a later date
JUNE 26
The Strongest Magician in the Demon Lord's Army was a Human (studio A-CAT)
Ike is a powerful magician and the leader of the Immortal Brigade, part of the Seventh Corps of the Demon Lord’s Army. He single-handedly conquers fortresses and pushes back the armies of humanity. Neither Dairokuten, the Demon Lord, nor Ike’s loyal soldiers know his darkest secret—he is a human in hiding! But can he keep his secret safe and bring peaceful coexistence to demons and humans? (Official Trailer)
JULY 1
SHY Season 2 (8bit)
On the brink of a third World War, superheroes appeared on Earth. Gifted with powers, their appearance brings peace to the world. The heroes each selected a country in which they would reside, serve, and protect its citizens. Shy is Japan’s hero, endowed with super strength. Her most daunting enemy yet? Crippling shyness. Join Shy and her super friends as she defends Earth and gains confidence! (Official Trailer)
○ Dubs include: English
The Ossan Newbie Adventurer, Trained to Death by the Most Powerful Party, Became Invincible (Yumeta Company)
Normally, people choose to become adventurers in their teens. At 30 years old, Rick Gladiator bucks the trend by leaving his job as a guild clerk to become an adventurer. He begins as a novice F-rank with the fighting strength of an S-rank. After two years of brutal training with the continent’s strongest party, Orichalcum Fist, Rick will defeat anyone who underestimates him! (Official Trailer)
JULY 3
Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian (Doga Kobo)
○ Dubs include: English
JULY 4
Senpai is an Otokonoko (Project No.9)
For Makoto Hanaoka, life’s about to get more complicated. Saki Aoi, a lively girl with loads of confidence, confesses her love for Makoto one day. When he fails to reciprocate, Saki declares she will be his first love! She shares her goal with a mutual friend, Ryuji Taiga, who also confesses his crush on Makoto. Stuck in a love triangle, Makoto must find a way to make it work and have fun. (Official Trailer)
Twilight Out of Focus (Studio DEEN)
A boys’ school film club is the backdrop for three tales of new romance. Mao and Hisashi pair up for a project, make three promises, and draw closer together in the process. The club president, Jin, and a jealous junior named Giichi clash before finding common ground. Shion, a first-year student, joins the film club in search of a boyfriend and butts heads with Rei—until Rei asks him on a date. (Official Trailer)
○ Dubs include: English
Days with My Stepsister (Studio DEEN)
When his father remarries, Yuta Asamura winds up sharing a roof with his new stepsister, Saki Ayase, the hottest girl in his grade. Carrying the scars of their parents’ troubled divorces, they vow to maintain a respectful distance. But what starts as cautious camaraderie blossoms into something deeper from shared experiences. Is it admiration, familial love, or something more? (Official Trailer)
The Cafe Terrace and Its Goddesses Season 2 (Tezuka Productions)
After inheriting his late grandmother’s failing café, Hayato sees it as a bother and plans to sell it for a quick buck. Until he discovers five beautiful girls staying there! When they beg him to keep the café open, Hayato reluctantly gives in. Can he manage the seaside shop while learning to live with these unruly women? (Official Trailer)
JULY 5
NieR:Automata Ver1.1a Cour 2 (A-1 Pictures)
When a dragon attacks a peaceful village, it’s not the beast that perplexes resident Nikola, but the man who comes to their aid. Haga, member of a secret royal team of investigators, intrigues her with his eccentric ways. It may be due to the fact he’s a real-life QA debugger and this world is a VR game! With Haga by her side, Nikola is inspired to venture out and learn her world’s true nature. (Official Trailer)
○ Dubs include: English
JULY 6
SHOSHIMIN: How to Become Ordinary (Lapin Track)
Kobato decides to become an honest, humble citizen after enduring a bitter experience known as “wisdom work.” He forms a pact with Osanai, his classmate with the same goal, and they plan to enter high school leading quiet lives. But for some reason, inexplicable events and disasters keep happening around them. Will Kobato and Osanai ever manage to live ordinary, peaceful lives? (Official Trailer)
MONOGATARI Series: OFF & MONSTER Season (SHAFT)
Spring break, an interval of time between the second and third year of high school. Koyomi Araragi encounters a blood-chillingly beautiful woman. The iron-blooded, hot-blooded, cold-blooded Vampire, she calls herself “Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade.” On the brink of death after losing her four limbs, she asks Koyomi to save her. After experiencing fear, chaos, and finally conflict, Koyomi gives his own blood in order to save her. But when he awakens, he finds himself re-born as her vampire kin. This hellish spring break, the final one of his high school life, is only just beginning. (Official Trailer)
JULY 7
Tower of God Season 2 (The Answer Studio)
○ Dubs include: English
Wistoria: Wand and Sword (Actas and Bandai Namco Pictures)
○ Dubs include: English
VTuber Legend: How I Went Viral after Forgetting to Turn Off My Stream (TNK)
○ Dubs include: English
A Journey Through Another World: Raising Kids While Adventuring (EMT Squared)
○ Dubs include: English
JULY 8
MAYONAKA PUNCH (P.A.WORKS)
JULY 9
No Longer Allowed In Another World (Atelier Pontdarc)
○ Dubs include: English
JULY 10
Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World Season 2 (Studio Palette)
After Alice, Iska, and Sisbell defeat the Object, they return to the Nebulis palace. Iska becomes Sisbell’s guard through a secret pact, and they find themselves drawing closer with each passing day. Alice’s heart aches upon seeing her sister arm-in-arm with Iska. A dark conspiracy is at play, and the trio is caught in the crossfire. But can they uncover the truth in time to prevent total war? (Official Trailer)
○ Dubs include: English
Love Is Indivisible by Twins (ROLL2)
JULY 12
Bye Bye, Earth (LIDENFILMS)
○ Dubs include: English
JULY 13
Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines! (A-1 Pictures)
○ Dubs include: English
ATRI -My Dear Moments- (TROYCA)
In the near future, a sudden and unexplained sea rise has left much of human civilization underwater. Ikaruga Natsuki, a boy who lost his mother and one of his legs in an accident some years earlier, returns disillusioned from a harsh life in the big city to find his old countryside home half-swallowed by the sea. Left without a family, all he has to his name is the ship and submarine left to him by his oceanologist grandmother, and her debts. His only hope to restore the dreams for the future that he has lost is to take up an opportunity presented to him by the suspicious debt collector Catherine. They set sail to search the sunken ruins of his grandmother's laboratory in order to find a treasure rumor says she left there. But what they find is not riches or jewels; it is a strange girl lying asleep in a coffin at the bottom of the sea, Atri. Atri is a robot, but her appearance and her wealth of emotions would fool anyone into thinking she's a living, breathing human being. In gratitude for being salvaged, she makes a declaration to Natsuki. (Official Trailer)
Why Does Nobody Remember Me in This World? (Project No.9)
○ Dubs include: English
AUGUST 7
Delico's Nursery (J.C.STAFF)
Hailing from the prestigious noble house of Delico, Dali Delico is an elite member of the Blood Pact Council with a promising future. When the Blood Pact Council, the highest governing body for the Vamps, assigns a special mission to Dali, he flatly refuses it. Having lost patience, Gerhard, Dino, and Henrique, who are also Council members serving the same term as Dali, rush to the house of Delico to persuade him. What they witness there is Dali, taking care of an infant himself… Meanwhile, there has been a series of mysterious murders targeting Vamps. Can they find the right balance between their absolute mission and childcare in this magnificent gothic world?! (Official Trailer)
○ Dubs include: English
True Beauty (Studio N)
Once bullied for her looks, Jugyeong transforms herself using the art of makeup. When she joins a new school with a True Beauty goddess competition, offering winners the chance of recruitment by entertainment agencies, she instantly becomes a top candidate! But her new identity is at stake when heartthrob Suho Lee accidentally sees her bare face. Will her elite status be short-lived?
○ Dubs include: English
SERIES CONTINUING FROM SPRING 2024
● One Piece (Toei Animation) – New episodes on Saturdays
● My Hero Academia Season 7 (BONES) – New episodes on Saturdays
● That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 3 (8bit) – New episodes on Saturdays
● YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master (Pierrot) – New episodes on Saturdays
● Case Closed (Detective Conan) (TMS Entertainment) – New episodes on Saturdays
● Wonderful Precure! (Toei Animation) – New episodes on Saturdays
● Chibi Maruko-chan (Nippon Animation) – New episodes on Sundays
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