News JVTech From One Piece to Attack on Titan, 45,000 anime episodes become legally accessible on YouTube
Published on 04/11/2024 at 22:30
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Are you interested in watching your favorite anime directly on YouTube, completely legally? This proposal will indeed be a reality thanks to the evolution of the Crunchyroll streaming service, which plans to innovate by the end of the year.
If you are familiar with the paid streaming services offered by Netflix, Disney+, Prime Video or Crunchyroll, we are much less aware of YouTube’s paid proposition which goes in the same direction. However, YouTube Primetime Channels has existed since 2022: it has been two years since the service was launched in France, without making any waves.
But that could change soon. Indeed, Crunchyrollthe streaming platform dedicated to Japanese animation, has just announced its arrival on YouTube Primetime.
A huge catalog of content on YouTube
“By joining YouTube Primetime, it will be easier than ever for viewers to immerse themselves in the world of anime – anytime, anywhere”explains the platform in its press release. The agreement signed between Crunchyroll and YouTube Primetime Channels may come as a surprisesince the service has its own application. However, it is far from new: Paramount+ has been present on YouTube Primetime for several years. The idea is above all to reach a new audience, who are more accustomed to using YouTube to watch videos.
Crunchyroll welcomes more than 40 new series this fall, including One Piece, Dragon Ball Daima and Blue Lock. In total, 2000 different titles make up its catalog, which has more than 50,000 episodes. And all of this will therefore be accessible via YouTube Primetime “before the end of 2024”specifies the service.
How much will Crunchyroll cost on YouTube?
For now, Crunchyroll has not specified the price of the subscription which will allow access to its paid channel on YouTube. However, via its dedicated platform, the service costs 5.99 euros or 7.99 euros per month without commitment, or 79.99 euros with one year of commitment. We can therefore expect a price between 5 and 8 euros: difficult to imagine more without making the offer less interesting than live at Crunchyroll.
It remains to be seen whether this proposal will meet its audience in France. It must be said that YouTube absolutely does not promote its paid channels in France : we therefore wonder how Crunchyroll intends to push this proposal. The answer will probably come in a few weeks, because the end of the year is now not far away.
