Sony is bringing some Crunchyroll content to the PS Plus Premium library. From now on you are part of Sony Pictures Core. You will also find a survey in the article.
Sony announced the new additions to PS Plus Extra and Premium last night and almost casually mentioned that members of the highest tier can now experience some Crunchyroll content at no additional cost.
“Selected Crunchyroll series” can be streamed via the premium membership. Access is via Sony Pictures Core, which has been part of this tier since 2023 and offers access to a selection of films and series. Another series follows in April.
Not all seasons available
In all cases, the entire season offering is not available, but Sony is limiting the selection, which will probably lead to new Crunchyroll memberships. Animes already available include:
One season:
To Your Eternity
Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun
86 EIGHTY-SIX
Two seasons:
Log Horizon
The Rising of the Shield Hero
PlayStation users with the PS Plus Premium level and above can find the anime series in the library of the Sony Pictures Core app.
The five series are advertised in the app.
First season of My Hero Academia from April
The new anime additions for PS Plus Premium were announced in a blog entry in which Sony also referred to “My Hero Academia”. The first season will be available on Sony Pictures Core from April 1, 2024.
So this is practically just a trial offer. Because the anime series is approaching its seventh season, which is scheduled to start on May 4, 2024.
The seventh season of “My Hero Academia” was produced by BONES studio and directed by Naomi Nakayama. The script was written by Yosuke Kuroda, while Yoshihiko Umakoshi and Hitomi Odashima are responsible for the character designs. Yuki Hayashi created the musical sounds.
Anime fans can watch a trailer for the sequel below:
More anime series planned?
Sony did not announce whether further series will follow. This will likely depend on usage and possible growth in Crunchyroll subscriptions. The Premium membership starts at 6.99 euros per month. Mega fan membership is available for one year for 99.99 euros.
Since Sony aims to increase the selection of content Sony Pictures Core In order to regularly expand and exchange, Crunchyroll content could also be included in some kind of rotation.
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Many PS Plus Premium users, however, are likely to wait for another announcement. Our Poll launched in February with more than 3,000 votes revealed that there is hardly any interest in Sony Pictures Core, play test versions and the classics catalog. However, a complete inclusion of Crunchyroll in the premium membership has been requested several times in the past.
In your opinion, would Crunchyroll Premium make the PS Plus subscription more interesting or are you not interested in anime at all?
What do you think about a full Crunchyroll recording in PS Plus Premium?
Bring it over now and take my money! 53%, 52 votes
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52 votes – 53% of all votes
Wasted resources. I do not need that. 28%, 28 votes
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28 votes – 28% of all votes
I would check occasionally, but it's not a necessity for me. 19%, 19 votes
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The three-stage PS Plus program started in 2022 and is ongoing Essential, Extra and Premium together. They contain several libraries of games. The Essential-Games für März are already available for download. The Announcement for Extra and Premium followed yesterday.
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