[edit] Introduction

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[edit] The Maintainers

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[edit] Policies

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[edit] History

In late 2008, the site announced it was removing its illegal fansubs in order to host license fansubs. [1]

[edit] The Illegal Subs/Legitimacy Controversy

Crunchyroll used to host a lot of illegal content that wasn't licensed properly. It became known as the on-line home for all this content. This changed. The Anime Life blog discusses that, saying:

. Crunchyroll was one of the most popular websites for finding licensed anime, and their aggregation of unlicensed anime coming over as fansubs has, and continues, to push Crunchyroll as the #1 site for anime fans wanting to stream anime online. Depending on your perspective of the anime industry, there story can either be one of success, shame, or just mystery. Essentially, what has occurred is that Crunchyroll, a site that would leave licensed anime up until absolutely forced otherwise, was given substantial funding from venture capitalists to the tune of 4 million dollars. Since the deal, Crunchyroll's rolled out several site updates but, more importantly, they've made deals with several companies such as MediaBlasters and Gonzo to deliver content via their site often merely days after the Japanese release. Needless to say this isn't dubbed material, but the company does add a subtitle track for American and other english speaking audiences. [2]