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Crunchyroll
Brand · Anime
Sony turned a fan-run fansub site into the West's anime monopoly, and now treats Crunchyroll as the toll booth every global otaku has to pay to reach Japanese IP.
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In the news
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The company behind Crunchyroll
Sony GroupTYO:6758 · One of the layers behind PlayStation, Sony Music, Sony Pictures.How attention becomes money
1 — Discover the surface
2 — Use the platform repeatedly
3 — Follow the community or creator loop
4 — Spend, subscribe, or transact
5 — Keep coming back
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