{"id":36573,"date":"2026-07-15T08:14:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T12:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/crunchyroll-store-to-become-paywalled-in-august\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T08:14:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T12:14:07","slug":"crunchyroll-store-to-become-paywalled-in-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/crunchyroll-store-to-become-paywalled-in-august\/","title":{"rendered":"Crunchyroll Store to Become Paywalled in August"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Sometime this August, the Crunchyroll Store, which houses products ranging from home releases and apparel to physical manga and figures, will become exclusive to Crunchyroll\u2019s Mega and Ultimate Fan subscribers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">An FAQ section says that the new store \u201cwill feature curated drops, and Crunchyroll\u2011exclusive merch you won\u2019t find anywhere else,\u201d while <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/store.crunchyroll.com\/us-store.html?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=community_cr&amp;utm_campaign=Ecomm_US-CA_US_2026_07_14_Ecom_Social_Announcement_E-COMM_MKTG&amp;referrer=twitter_community_cr_Ecomm_US-CA_US_2026_07_14_Ecom_Social_Announcement_E-COMM_MKTG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the announcement mentions<\/a> \u201cconvention-exclusive merchandise\u2014collectibles, curated drops, and limited-release products inspired by the anime series you love.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">In the meantime, the Crunchyroll Store is offering a Summer Sale with a 50% discount for selected items. The cutoff date for ordering on the present store will be announced \u201cin the future.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Mega Fan and Ultimate Fan are respectively the middle and highest tier of Crunchyroll\u2019s subscription options, with a monthly cost of US$13.99 for the former and US$17.99 for the latter. Both offer access to the Crunchyroll Game Vault, which features mobile titles, while Ultimate Fan also includes Crunchyroll Manga.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">The move to paywall the Crunchyroll Store, which ended its affiliate program in late May, has drawn criticism online, with a number of social media users also pointing out that the store\u2019s catalog had notably dwindled. After the announcement, anime and Japanese film distributor <strong>AnimEigo<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AnimEigo\/status\/2077083246739980436\">cheekily posted on X\/Twitter<\/a>, \u201cWe\u2019ll sell you all the anime you want. We even have generous rewards points for discounts on future orders. No membership fee required to buy. Because that\u2019d be CRazy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">In 2022, Crunchyroll acquired anime video publisher\u00a0<strong>Right Stuf\u00a0<\/strong>(ditching its erotica offerings in the process, a move that a Bloomberg report attributes to Crunchyroll owner <strong>Sony<\/strong>) and merged Right Stuf\u2019s online store with its own the following year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><strong>Source: <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ShopCrunchyroll\/status\/2077060554884080018\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-1tl8opc\">@ShopCrunchyroll<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometime this August, the Crunchyroll Store, which houses products ranging from home releases and apparel to physical manga and figures, will become exclusive to Crunchyroll\u2019s Mega and Ultimate Fan subscribers. An FAQ section says that the new store \u201cwill feature curated drops, and Crunchyroll\u2011exclusive merch you won\u2019t find anywhere else,\u201d while the announcement mentions \u201cconvention-exclusive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Crunchyroll_16x9-e1774637513313.png?fit=2130%2C1198&ssl=1","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11622],"tags":[2725,22158,26249,6545],"class_list":["post-36573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-animeplug","tag-august","tag-crunchyroll","tag-paywalled","tag-store"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Crunchyroll_16x9-e1774637513313.png?fit=2130%2C1198&ssl=1",0,0,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Crunchyroll_16x9-e1774637513313.png?fit=2130%2C1198&ssl=1",0,0,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Crunchyroll_16x9-e1774637513313.png?fit=2130%2C1198&ssl=1",0,0,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Crunchyroll_16x9-e1774637513313.png?fit=2130%2C1198&ssl=1",150,150,false],"medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Crunchyroll_16x9-e1774637513313.png?fit=2130%2C1198&ssl=1",300,300,false],"large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Crunchyroll_16x9-e1774637513313.png?fit=2130%2C1198&ssl=1",1024,1024,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Crunchyroll_16x9-e1774637513313.png?fit=2130%2C1198&ssl=1",1536,1536,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Crunchyroll_16x9-e1774637513313.png?fit=2130%2C1198&ssl=1",2048,2048,false],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Crunchyroll_16x9-e1774637513313.png?fit=2130%2C1198&ssl=1",370,265,false],"kava-thumb-s":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Crunchyroll_16x9-e1774637513313.png?fit=2130%2C1198&ssl=1",150,85,false],"kava-thumb-s-2":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Crunchyroll_16x9-e1774637513313.png?fit=2130%2C1198&ssl=1",230,230,false],"kava-thumb-m":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Crunchyroll_16x9-e1774637513313.png?fit=2130%2C1198&ssl=1",400,400,false],"kava-thumb-m-vertical":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Crunchyroll_16x9-e1774637513313.png?fit=2130%2C1198&ssl=1",370,500,false],"kava-thumb-m-2":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Crunchyroll_16x9-e1774637513313.png?fit=2130%2C1198&ssl=1",570,450,false],"kava-thumb-l":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Crunchyroll_16x9-e1774637513313.png?fit=2130%2C1198&ssl=1",1170,650,false],"kava-thumb-xl":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Crunchyroll_16x9-e1774637513313.png?fit=2130%2C1198&ssl=1",1920,1080,false],"kava-thumb-masonry":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Crunchyroll_16x9-e1774637513313.png?fit=2130%2C1198&ssl=1",600,999,false],"kava-thumb-justify":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Crunchyroll_16x9-e1774637513313.png?fit=2130%2C1198&ssl=1",640,640,false],"kava-thumb-justify-2":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Crunchyroll_16x9-e1774637513313.png?fit=2130%2C1198&ssl=1",1280,640,false]},"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"#RiseCelestialStudios","author_link":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/author\/ralph-c\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/category\/animeplug\/\" rel=\"category tag\">ANIME PLUG<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Sometime this August, the Crunchyroll Store, which houses products ranging from home releases and apparel to physical manga and figures, will become exclusive to Crunchyroll\u2019s Mega and Ultimate Fan subscribers. 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