[Jiggly]

On Monday, Crunchyroll announced new tiers for membership, with four new tiers for American users (Free, Fan, Mega Fan, and Ultimate Fan), and three tiers for other English-speaking countries (Free, Fan, and Mega Fan). These are expected to be available in September. The free tier appears the same as their current free option, but if you'd like to read more on the new tiers, check out the description below or if you want to read the full article, click here.

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The Fan tier costs US$7.99 (or a similar price outside the United States) per month. Similar to the current Premium Membership, this tier has no advertisements, and all new simulcast episodes will be available to users as they premiere. The Mega Fan tier costs US$9.99/month, and it includes all features from the Fan tier. In addition, this tier enables offline viewing and access to four streams at once. In the United States, members will also be able to get a US$15 discount off a US$100 purchase every three months on the Crunchyroll Store. In the United States, the Ultimate Fan tier costs US$14.99/month, and it will include everything from the Fan Tier. It will also feature offline viewing and access to six streams at once. Members can get a US$25 discount off a US$100 purchase every three months on the Crunchyroll Store. In addition, members will receive an annual Ultimate Fan member swag bag and access to exclusive member-only merchandise. The membership tiers for the U.K. and English-speaking international territories are similar, but with prices converted to local currency. In these regions, the Mega Fan does not include a discount on the Crunchyroll Store. Also, instead of the Ultimate Fan tier, there is an Annual Mega Fan option for members who sign up for a full year of the Mega Fan Tier. This tier includes a 16% discount for Crunchyroll Premium.

[Drako]

Hopefully they can start paying their translators a reasonable amount of money with this new tier system. I've no clue what the prices were for a membership before this, but I assume it's lower than the higher tiers now. But Crunchyroll is still a lot better than Funimation.

[Jiggly]

Hopefully they can start paying their translators a reasonable amount of money with this new tier system. I've no clue what the prices were for a membership before this, but I assume it's lower than the higher tiers now. But Crunchyroll is still a lot better than Funimation.

What's Funimation like? I've really never used it, and have no idea how it compares.

[Drako]

Hopefully they can start paying their translators a reasonable amount of money with this new tier system. I've no clue what the prices were for a membership before this, but I assume it's lower than the higher tiers now. But Crunchyroll is still a lot better than Funimation.

What's Funimation like? I've really never used it, and have no idea how it compares.

Crunchyroll still pays their translators around half of their competitors rates, i.e. Funimation. But Funimation on the other hand does more than Crunchyroll. They censors their subs/dubs. Here's an article that sums up some of those shenanigans. Funimation also dropped Interspecies Reviewers. The series is nearly hentai, but Funimation should have known that before broadcasting it on their platform.

[Jiggly]

Hopefully they can start paying their translators a reasonable amount of money with this new tier system. I've no clue what the prices were for a membership before this, but I assume it's lower than the higher tiers now. But Crunchyroll is still a lot better than Funimation.

What's Funimation like? I've really never used it, and have no idea how it compares.

Crunchyroll still pays their translators around half of their competitors rates, i.e. Funimation. But Funimation on the other hand does more than Crunchyroll. They censors their subs/dubs. Here's an article that sums up some of those shenanigans. Funimation also dropped Interspecies Reviewers. The series is nearly hentai, but Funimation should have known that before broadcasting it on their platform.

Damn, I had no idea about any of that. Thanks for the explanation.

Sounds really messed up to be honest.

[ExeDeep]

is crunchyroll worth it? if you watch for free does that mean you wont get the latest episde?

[Oni]

There's only a $2 gap between Fan and Mega Fan, which is kind of silly.

[Jiggly]

is crunchyroll worth it? if you watch for free does that mean you wont get the latest episde?

You do, you just have to wait a little longer after it airs in Japan. I think it is like a week's difference?

[trial1001]

Well any membership from them is actually worth for a anime lover

[Jiggly]

Well any membership from them is actually worth for a anime lover

Although, a lot of people watch anime for free on other websites at the moment. I'm not against paid for services to watch anime, as long as the people making the shows are being paid fairly too.