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Crunchyroll States 'No Announcements About Price Change' Except for Funimation Legacy Subscribers

Amidst rumors of a Funimation-only subscription to Crunchyroll. ANN also inquired about any possible price changes within the next two years, and Crunchyroll responded that it would be improbable to predict a price change for that time frame.

Funimation's website lists that the subscription price may change for some, but not all customers. Specifically, the website states that "legacy" subscribers for Funimation, who have been grandfathered into lower subscription prices even after Funimation had increased its costs, will experience a price change upon the transfer to Crunchyroll. In addition, subscribers located in Canada will experience a currency change in their subscription. In Canada, customers with a Funimation annual subscription will not find their current plan available on Crunchyroll, and thus, it will be canceled upon Funimation's closure. Funimation has sent its s emails about its closure and subscription pricing.

The Funimation app will merged. Each Funimation subscriber can migrate their to Crunchyroll (including their watch history and queue), or merge their Funimation with a pre-existing Crunchyroll (if the two s are tied to the same email address).

Funimation increased prices in August 2022 as it was transitioning to a unified subscription service with Crunchyroll. The prices increased from US$5.99 per month to US$7.99 for the plan and US$7.99 to US$9.99 for the Plus plan.

Crunchyroll implemented its multi-tier subscription offerings in 2020. The current U.S. member tier prices are US$7.99 per month for the Fan tier, US$9.99/month for Mega Fan, and US$14.99/month for Ultimate Fan.

Crunchyroll updated its statement in September that "AVOD content will rotate and refresh regularly."

Funimation provided digital copies as part of some home video DVD or Blu-ray Disc purchases, but Crunchyroll will not Funimation's digital copy content. Crunchyroll president soon-to-shut-down Funimation app to Crunchyroll with "an appropriate value" of compensation for their digital copies. Crunchyroll has not specified how exactly it will compensate s "an appropriate value" to their Funimation digital copies.

While Crunchyroll has continued to move content from Funimation to Crunchyroll since the spring 2022 anime season, it has not yet fully transferred all Funimation content to Crunchyroll.

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Source: Email correspondence