Later in the post , Crunchyroll discover the rollout phases of itsOne Pieceupdate . start December 23,One Piece‘s Water 7 to Fishman Island arc will require a premium rank . afterward , fans must have a premium rank on January 20 to observe Punk Hazard to Whole Cake Island arc ( including its six specials ) . in conclusion , February 17 will be the engagement whenOne Piece‘s Reverie , Wano Kuni , and Egghead Island arc will be behind a premium membership .
Crunchyroll ’s premium membership is divide into three tiers , and the table service raise the price of each tier for the first time in five year earlier this May . Here ’s a crack-up of the monthly price : Fan ( $ 7.99 ) ; Mega Fan ( $ 11.99 ) ; Ultimate Fan ( $ 15.99 ) .
🚨 Heads up , One Piece fans!Starting soon , some One Piece arcs will require a Premium Membership . But the first 206 sequence ( East Blue to Sky Island ) will stay on free , so new fan can still start Luffy ’s journeying at no cost .
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While Crunchyroll is n’t the exclusive pour abode ofOne Piece , it does have the distinction of being the only one to house all of its episode and movies . In dividing line to Crunchyroll , contend streamers like Hulu and Netflix only have a set amount of gum anime arcs on their various platforms . As of the time of publication , Hulu’sOne Piececatalog only go up to the Dressrosa arc . as well , Netflix has been slowly backfilling anime arcs while airing the show ’s Egghead Island arc in tandem with Crunchyroll , leading the streamer to only go up to the Punk Hazard arc before jumping into the Modern episode .
Seeing as howOne Pieceis rising in protrusion , offend into the mainstream with the assist ofNetflix ’s live - action seriesand itsupcoming anime remakeon the purview , it ’s heavy not to take Crunchyroll waking up and choosing violence by paywalling the anime as anything other than a capitalist move . This move is made all the more torturesome when you consider that Crunchyroll owner Sony aims tofurther monopolise the anime diligence by acquire Kadokawa .
As one might adopt , Crunchyroll ’s declaration was met with an tumultuousness from watcher accusing the streamer of nickel - and - slur them to continue viewing one of anime ’s most popular series when they did n’t have to before . Rather than convince spectator to ready to pay extra immediate payment for Eiichiro Oda ’s magnum opus , Cruncyroll ’s announcement has or else driven spectator to swear to take to the seas and start pirating the series in protest .
Crunchyroll ’s 2024 has been interracial . In April , the streamer settle its uniting with Funimation , lead users to no longer digitally own content on the shuttered platform after merging their account . In tandem with the sunsetting of Funimation , Crunchyroll ushered in multiple profile to the program . While that improver was deemed a plus , cast the platform on par with compete streamer like Hulu and Netflix , Crunchyroll drew ira from buff in July when it announced theremoval of its comment section . All this , plus complaints over Crunchyroll’sunreliable and often erroneous car - close up captioning , has made the great gum anime platform one of the most loathed by fans .
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