Crunchyroll’s New Manga Service Launching On October 9, Pricing Revealed

This morning, we got new details on Crunchyroll Manga, an add-on service to existing Crunchyroll subscriptions that will allow users to digitally read hundreds of manga on iOS, Android, and the web ad-free. It will launch on October 9 for mobile devices in the US and Canada, with an October 15 release for the web.

Crunchyroll Manga will apparently include titles from across VIZ Media, Square Enix, Yen Press, Shueisha, and more—this is particularly notable because several of these publishers already have their own proprietary digital manga services, like VIZ’s Shonen Jump and Shueisha’s Manga Plus.

As for some of the series coming to the app, they include One Piece, Jujutsu Kaisen, The Summer Hikaru Died, My Dress-Up Darling, Daemons of the Shadow Realm, Lycoris Recoil, Delicious in Dungeon, Sasaki and Miyano, and more. Many series will have additional chapters added over time, although it wasn’t clarified if these will be published simultaneously with their general release (simulpubs), as VIZ handles it. As for other features, the service allows you to download chapters for offline viewing, use a light or dark mode, and build reading lists with curated recommendations. Additionally, it will be a standalone app from the streaming service.