Overview
- Observers say the relaunch, which went live Tuesday, put the Crunchyroll Store behind Mega and Ultimate-tier subscriptions and coincided with the mass removal of manga, light novels, manhwa, and danmei listings.
- The Home Entertainment section now shows about 387 Blu-ray and DVD items, a steep drop from the prior catalog and skewed toward titles tied to Sony-related distributors.
- Crunchyroll’s public framing highlights convention-style exclusives, curated drops, and collectibles rather than broad back-catalog sales, and the rest of the storefront currently lists only a handful of music and games items.
- Fans reacted strongly online with anger and calls for boycotts, saying the change limits collectors’ ability to buy physical releases and reflects wider moves by Sony away from disc-based products.
- The change follows Sony’s prior acquisitions of Funimation, Crunchyroll, and Right Stuf and has not been explained by Crunchyroll or Sony, leaving it unclear whether delisted books and non‑Sony Blu-rays will return.