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Overview

Crunchyroll has a rating of 1.58 stars from 151 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about Crunchyroll most frequently mention customer service, free trial, and credit card problems. Crunchyroll ranks 171st among Anime sites.

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  • Value
    43
  • Shipping
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  • Returns
    22
  • Quality
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Top Positive Review

“Amazing, don't listen to the other reviews”

Eli G.
11/10/22

First off, CrunchyRoll has SO MANY anime options, ranging from super popular to hardly known. With the hundreds maybe even thousands of anime options, you will never get bored of it. Secondly, people always complain about the plethora of Ads, but that is only in the free version. CrunchyRoll has lots of good premium options with the lowest, and still best being only $7.99 a month! Plus every option has a free 2 week trial to see if you will like it. Additionaly, the quality is quite amazing, and is prioritized. But most of all, the site has over 12 different dubbed languages for some shows, and also hidden, new episodes or season that you wouldn't find on other streaming services such as Netflix, Hulu, ect. To top it all off, new episodes on shows are uploaded only 1 hour from the release date in Japan. In conclusion if you are looking for a cheap, fun way to watch all your favorite anime's, CruchyRoll is a great option.

Top Critical Review

“Horrible returns experience, wont buy from them again.”

Sam B.
2/4/24

I have been trying to return two products I purchased from them for almost 2 months now, I ordered them as a gift, and they were late, but more importantly the recipient wanted something else so I initiated a return in December. I have tried contacting support multiple times by email and have received no response. I reached out via chat and was told it must be escalated and can only be done through email.

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Thumbnail of user samb1526
1 review
0 helpful votes
February 4th, 2024
Verified purchase

I have been trying to return two products I purchased from them for almost 2 months now, I ordered them as a gift, and they were late, but more importantly the recipient wanted something else so I initiated a return in December. I have tried contacting support multiple times by email and have received no response. I reached out via chat and was told it must be escalated and can only be done through email.

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None, it was a gift that was returned.

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Thumbnail of user jessa321
1 review
1 helpful vote
January 18th, 2024

I love the range crunchy roll has, however I've never had a harder time using an application in my entire life. I have to try and play a video, go back and play it a minimum of 3 times to play ANYTHING. Not to mention sometimes it thinks I'm watching things on more than one device… when I try and play something on the SAME DEVICE. Again I love the variety and dubbed content on Crunchyroll, but the struggle just to watch anything on the platform is a constant frustration of mine. How can you charge so much for a membership I struggle to use?

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Thumbnail of user alanad62
1 review
0 helpful votes
February 19th, 2024

DO NOT ALLOW YOUR CHILD/TEEN TO SUBSCRIBE! Son (15 at time) got a year subscription, it was supposed to finish beginning 2023. Just found out they have been taking out $139.99 (MORE THAN HIS INITIAL PAYMENT) for the last 2 years from my son's bank account. When I saw the latest withdrawal I tried to get a refund and cancel it... NO ONE GETS BACK TO YOU BECAUSE OF COURSE IT ALL ONLINE THEY JUST IGNORE! THEY SEND ALL THIS JUNK MAIL TO MY SON BUT OF COURSE THEY AREN'T GOING TO LET HIM KNOW THEY ARE STILL TAKING MONEY OUT OF HIS ACCOUNT! If I could I wouldn't give ANY stars!

Thumbnail of user beckiibirch
1 review
0 helpful votes
March 31st, 2024

Really frustrating that they've took over funimation. Serious lack of English dubs but yet more and more Dutch and Polish dubs...

The fire amazon app is garbage aswell, always laggy and crashes.

Genre function is also garbage and needs a massive overhall.

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Thumbnail of user ten.jaromir
1 review
2 helpful votes
January 13th, 2024

- No profiles
- No subtitles for dubbed version (rarely even CC subtitles)
- Videos will not even play first try. You need to go back and try to play it again
- Technical issues with at least Android TV app

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Thumbnail of user frust
1 review
4 helpful votes
June 8th, 2023
Verified purchase

I pre-ordered two figures in 2022. One was shipped but for the second, they claimed COVID and a lack of staff delayed the shipment 4-5 times. When I finally asked for a reimbursement, at first someone responded, but then they started ignoring me. I never received a refund. Due to their numerous postponements, they forced me out of the Paypal protection period and my credit card had even less coverage.

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Two Jujutsu Kaisen figures

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Thumbnail of user bennetthodgins
1 review
0 helpful votes
March 23rd, 2024

I had crunchy roll for 11 months about half that time i just could not get things to play. It would sit there and spin the orange circle. This also happens on any device cell phone laptop everything. Finally i got sick of it and made a complaint to them and they asked for all this info on me and my system over a week we went back an forth and not a single time did they every actually try to do anything to fix this issues. I know the issue is not on my side of things as i have a $9,000 pc state of the art right now at the time of this review. *******k xtx7900 64 gigs ram all the top end stuff. I'am a streamer on youtube and twitch. Every other streaming company work just fine only crunchy roll just doesn't play half the time. Even Hidive amine streams just fine. Amazon video, peacock, everything works no problem. Back to my complaint after all these back and forths i said you ask me all these questions what have you done to actually look into this and the CS rep says well we are trying to fix your system. I said have you looked into my account and checked to see if crunchy roll is working properly. No it is not us it is your system. I said if it is my system then why is 1000s of people on reddit having the same issue. They said here is a refund for one month and good by. I will never again use a company like this horrible CS do not waste your money stay away from crunchyroll! Screen shot is take at the time of this review it still will not play anything what a joke of a company

Thumbnail of user johnnya296
1 review
1 helpful vote
October 29th, 2023

No matter the issue you might have with the service, their technical support automatically assume the consumer is at fault somehow.

Getting them to understand your situation is a lot harder than it should be.

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Thumbnail of user albertoj43
1 review
0 helpful votes
November 30th, 2023

I had to make a new account, and when I was filling the address information, my country is now FULLY UNAVAILABLE. I can't purchase anymore. RightStuf sent to my country without any problem.

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Thumbnail of user willybb1
1 review
1 helpful vote
December 8th, 2023

You can't even cancel a subscription and get the month for you pay left. Basically when you cancel you lose your premium as soon as you cancel and it doesn't wait until your month is done

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Thumbnail of user rk542
1 review
1 helpful vote
November 2nd, 2023

I moved in January of 2022 and requested an address change at that time. I got confirmation from Crunchyroll's customer service team that the address had been updated and I left it that.

On October 25th, 2023 (AGES later btw), I finally got shipping confirmation for my item. Except they were sending to my old address, where I haven't lived in so long that my mail forwarding is expired.

So I message the support chat, asking if they can redirect, and they say they'll escalate it and to keep an eye out for communication from their store team. I never received it. I reached out again a few days later, then again a few days later. And all I got was "we'll escalate it".

I checked tracking today, and the package is out for delivery to my old address. No help or support or contact in 9 days trying to get this corrected (after I ALREADY had it corrected almost 2 years ago!)

Their support team is so handicapped they can't do anything but pass the buck. It's inefficient, stressful, and absolutely not worth it.

Thumbnail of user tomr1243
1 review
3 helpful votes
February 20th, 2023
Verified purchase

I would not recommend this company to anyone the app and the website in my opinion is garbage. The things you have to go through just to watch one show is ridiculous autoplay is a joke. There's no easy way to shut it off. My roku's absolutely hate Crunchyroll. It's the only app of having problems with. I don't recommend paying for this abuse. This is my opinion and only my opinion

Thumbnail of user ber6
1 review
1 helpful vote
August 20th, 2023

It appears the whole thing is run by a person named cristian that still lives in mothers basement. I do not recommend handing over your credit card details and paying for a premium subscription.

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Thumbnail of user logans289
1 review
0 helpful votes
November 18th, 2022

Terrible catalog management. Good luck navigating any show that has both multiple seasons and multiple languages. Absolutely nightmare of a user interface. Also, unlike Funimation, has no "simuldub" filter to see updates to dubs only. Best bet is to use "Newly Added" and hope that top of the list isn't littered with catalog backlog additions or new episodes for a language you don't want.

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Thumbnail of user firstfalloutgaming
1 review
3 helpful votes
June 4th, 2023

Any of the apps outside the web version crash constantly and can barely load. The site doesn't have a working release calendar or release times which is insane because the free pirated sites all have that feature. You cannot select quality on phones or ps5 or xbox so if the app for some reason decides ur internet is slow (when it isnt) it will only play at 240p. Overall it doesn't even beat out the free pirated sites and I am paying for it so.

Thumbnail of user frankl1439
1 review
8 helpful votes
December 14th, 2022
Verified purchase

Company takes your order and gets their money, then they forget about you. Multiple attempts to make contact with no avail. Do not order merchandise from this website.

Tip for consumers:
Don't buy merchandise from Crunchyroll. It will never get delivered.

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I purchased from a different website.

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Thumbnail of user joshuaa602
1 review
0 helpful votes
January 18th, 2023

I'm not going to repeat what everyone else is saying, but all the complaints are accurate! The worst streaming app ever! Not worth the $7.99/mo
The app never works properly and you can tell it's cheaply maintained and never updated! These people have no idea how to develop a streaming app!

Tip for consumers:
Don’t use it unless it’s free, you can find most of the good animes on Hulu or other places

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Thumbnail of user not172
1 review
2 helpful votes
August 31st, 2022

Someone hacked into my profile despite my complex pw. Thankfully, they were just a nerd wanting free anime as my card and other logins were unaffected. I was with Crunchyroll for only 1 month and have NEVER had this happen with any of my other streaming accounts or other online logins. Terrible security and an even worse anime line-up. I only subscribed for Overlord S4. Anything else can easily be streamed with Funimation, Hulu, and Netflix. Going elsewhere now and forever! Screenshots included for prrof, including the nerd's online handle. (See you soon, comrade: P)

Thumbnail of user davidg5466
1 review
6 helpful votes
December 13th, 2022

This store is a useless piece of garbage! You can't log in, you can't create an account, because if you create an account it doesnt exist. Processing takes "3 to 5 days". I have been waiting 16 days for something that was in stock! All they could say is black friday, black friday excuse after excuse. I would not, and never will order anything from this scam of a site. If it was a possibility i would have given a 1/16 of a star!

Tip for consumers:
Don't buy from this store!

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None couldn't get them to ship

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Thumbnail of user xuann1
11 reviews
25 helpful votes
December 10th, 2022

So I had some vintage Anime goods I got from Japan in the late 90s and early 2000s and decided to sell online and on Etsy. This company is going around reporting my listings for copyright infringement. Yeah, I know they license to stream certain Anime online and sell some goods but what gives them the right to banned others from reselling some things they own? They do not make the Anime, create them, made the merchandises or even close to that but they are going around doing this. Really? What a horrible company!

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Thumbnail of user elizabethb1502
1 review
0 helpful votes
March 24th, 2021

So get this. They have a massive catalogue of shows right. Cool... yet almost none of them are dubbed... even the ones you would expect (my hero academia, Boston, even god damn one piece.) Got this so me and my partner could binge watch a few shows but this site is garbage. Don't waste your money here. Like seriously it really is disappointing.

Tip for consumers:
That there catalogue of dubbed animes is literally bloody trash.

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Thumbnail of user eb469
1 review
0 helpful votes
December 9th, 2022

There is no way to pay except for creditcard. Ridiculous. The free trial costs 5 min every 20 min so you might as well divide your hourly wage by 4, thats the hourly cost to use the free version. I would gladly pay but the financial trap of the creditcard is the only way to pay. Pathetic. They hope people forget their subscription and they probably will. Conforming there evil actually works. This method is despicable i hope everyone at crunchyroll faces personal bankruptcy at one point in their life.

Thumbnail of user carolv906
1 review
3 helpful votes
March 9th, 2023

Ordered an item for grandchild. They said supply issues. Just looked now and said it arrived in August, that's a lie. Never sent.

Thumbnail of user kristinam403
1 review
6 helpful votes
December 15th, 2022

Their site states most orders will be sent within business days. I ordered three things that were all in stock on 11/25. They still not have been shipped even though "Troy" told me that he went to the warehouse and told them to prioritize it. It's going on 15 business days now and still nothing. I wish I had known about their reputation before I had ordered but hopefully this will stop someone else from making the same mistake. By the way, Troy couldn't even guarantee that I would get the items by Christmas, which is a whole month after I ordered them.

Thumbnail of user georgeb2084
1 review
2 helpful votes
December 22nd, 2022
Verified purchase

Ordered in-stock (and still in-stock as of writing this) Christmas gifts 30 days before Christmas and they have shown nothing but disregard for not only myself, but many, many others (as evidenced by all the negative posts about them this holiday). A week after ordering I was informed by them there would be some shipping delays. I waited another week before reaching out and was informed that my order would be put in a priority queue with Crunchyroll doing everything they could to ensure delivery by Dec. 23rd.
Then I heard nothing, so I reached out again and was just informed that my order would be shipped 2 day priority with no guarantee of a Christmas delivery attached. I reached back out to them once more to enquire about this and now they have gone silent. Seems that my kids will not be alone in not getting the gifts they wanted. I have canceled my membership because of this as I can not support a business that treats its customers like they mean so little to them.

Tip for consumers:
Good Luck as it seems their are a lot of horror stories worse than my own.

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They still haven't arrived and my kids still want them as I cannot get them anywhere else.

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