Crunchyroll Brings Anime to Brazil

Leader in streaming Asian content officially launches day and date online streaming of Anime to 200M Brazilian fans

San Francisco, Calif. (October 31, 2012) – Crunchyroll, Inc., the leading Anime and Asian content streaming service announces the official launch of its streaming service into Brazil. For the first time ever, Brazilian viewers can stream the latest titles in their local language immediately following original TV broadcast in Japan.

Crunchyroll is also adding Brazilian Portuguese as a supported language in addition to English and Spanish. The majority of new Fall 2012 simulcasts will be supported as well as existing hits including NARUTO SHIPPUDEN, BLEACH, SPACE BROTHERS, and SWORD ART ONLINE.

Brazil, as a country, is deeply influenced by Japanese culture boasting 1.5 million Japanese descendants, the largest number of any country outside of Japan. In addition to many Japanese festivals and cultural ties, Anime has a large fan base in the country. Mainstream Anime conventions attract over 120,000 attendees in São Paulo each summer.

“We are thrilled to be able to provide licensed Anime to the fifth largest Internet market in the world,” said Brady McCollum, COO, Crunchyroll. “With the recent launch and success of our Spanish service in Latin America, we are very excited to continue to expand our service to Brazil. Crunchyroll is truly globalizing Asian content, our viewers access our service from over 216 countries and we have paying subscribers from 161 countries.”

Current Crunchyroll titles can be accessed from Crunchyroll.com, the free iPad and iPhone application, the Android application, the Windows® Phone application, PS3™, Google TV, Samsung TV, Roku, Boxee, Vizio VIA, WD TV Live and additional set-top channels, and affiliate partners.

Crunchyroll premium members have access to the largest Anime selection, same-day access for simulcasted titles, no advertisements, can be viewed in 480p-to-1080p quality on selected titles.

More information about the Crunchyroll membership plan can be found at: http://www.crunchyroll.com/freetrial.

About Crunchyroll, Inc.

Crunchyroll is a leading global video network and developer of social media applications for Japanese Anime and Asian media. Crunchyroll currently has over 20,000 episodes and 10,000 hours of Anime, Korean Drama and Live-Action titles available on Crunchyroll.com and Crunchyroll-powered platforms including iPhone, iPad, Android, TV set-top boxes, PlayStation®3, and other devices.

Crunchyroll has offices in San Francisco, Calif. and Tokyo, Japan, and is the only foreign member allowed to join the Association of Japanese Animations (AJA) and Licensing International Merchandisers' Association (LIMA). Founded in 2006, Crunchyroll is funded by leading venture capital firm, Venrock, Japanese entertainment giant TV TOKYO, digital publishing leader Bitway and a group of angel investors representing some of the brightest and most successful entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley. More information can be found at http://www.crunchyroll.com.