Sony Embeds Fixer Inside Crunchyroll

Published: 2026-10-09T13:26:07.761Z

Sony is deepening its hold on the anime pipeline by placing a 25-year veteran inside Crunchyroll to court Japanese creators, while Crunchyroll's manga expansion into India and Netflix's Japan Top 10 s

Sony puts a fixer inside Crunchyroll Sony just built a bridge between Crunchyroll and the people who actually make anime. Crunchyroll Storyworks, led by 25-year Sony veteran Tohru Iokibe, is a new division inside the streamer aimed at de Source: https://deadline.com/2026/10/sony-pictures-entertainment-crunchyroll-storyworks-japanese-anime-1237149139/
Crunchyroll drops a manga shelf in India Crunchyroll's manga service lands in India with 250-plus English titles, bundled into the top-tier membership at Rs 299/month or Rs 999/year. Launch lineup pulls from J-Novel Club, Square Enix, and Ye Source: https://www.animationxpress.com/latest-news/crunchyroll-brings-manga-mania-to-india-with-250-plus-titles/
By the Numbers: anime on Netflix in Japan Anime entries on Netflix's Japan Top 10 for the week of 2026-10-04 included Detective Conan the Counterfeit Case of Ultra 30 (#1), STEEL BALL RUN JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure (#2), A Wild Last Boss Appear Source: https://www.netflix.com/tudum/top10#week-2026-10-04-market-japan

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