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\nCrunchyroll is bringing fully localized versions of its anime streaming service to Taiwan and South Korea, the latest step in a multiyear expansion by Sony Group\u2019s steadily growing anime business. President Rahul Purini announced the moves at the APOS media conference in Bali, with Taiwan set for this summer and South Korea slated for later in 2026.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cAsia is a priority for Crunchyroll because it\u2019s home to some of the world\u2019s most passionate anime communities,\u201d Purini said in a fireside chat, framing the expansion as part of the company\u2019s longstanding mission to be \u201cthe best place for fans to experience anime, wherever they are.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tTaiwanese fans will get access to a large portion of the platform\u2019s catalogue and simulcast slate this summer, the company said, with South Korea to follow later in 2026. Over the past three years, Crunchyroll moved into India and Thailand, building its offering there around localized interfaces, extensive dubbing and on-the-ground community events supporting the core streaming product.<\/p>\n

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\n\tCrunchyroll credits that localization-heavy approach with sharp engagement gains. In India \u2014 which it calls one of its fastest-growing markets worldwide \u2014 the platform now offers more than 900 titles and over 180 dubs across Hindi, Tamil and Telugu, with dubbed content accounting for more than 65 percent of viewing and total watch time up 3.5 times, the company said. In Thailand, where it launched a fully localized service in February, Crunchyroll reports that viewership has quadrupled and ranks the market fourth worldwide for anime engagement \u2014 helped by Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba \u2014 Infinity Castle<\/em>, which it says became the highest-grossing Japanese film and the top-grossing animated film of all time in that market.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Asia expansion is part of a broader anime strategy that Sony Group has elevated to a central corporate priority. Sony acquired Crunchyroll from AT&T in 2020 for $1.18 billion and folded it into Funimation, the anime-streaming pioneer it had picked up earlier. The fully integrated service now counts more than 21 million subscribers and operates as a joint venture between Sony Pictures Entertainment and Aniplex, the anime production arm of Sony Music Entertainment in Japan. Investment bank Jefferies has forecast the global anime market will reach $60.1 billion by 2030, up from $22 billion in 2023. Sony\u2019s prescience for the category was on clear display last year with the release of Infinity Castle<\/em>, which grossed more than $700 million worldwide and became the highest-grossing Japanese film of all time, with Crunchyroll as co-distributor outside Japan.<\/p>\n

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Crunchyroll President Rahul Purini unveiled the plans at Bali’s APOS conference \u2014 Taiwan this summer, South Korea later in 2026 \u2014 as Sony Group’s breakout speciality streamer continues to add markets with booming interest in anime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1951,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1586,64,615,2],"class_list":["post-1952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting","tag-apos","tag-asia","tag-crunchyroll","tag-international"],"yoast_head":"\nSony\u2019s Crunchyroll to Expand in Taiwan and South Korea - US Property Moves<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=1952\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sony\u2019s Crunchyroll to Expand in Taiwan and South Korea - 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