Crunchyroll buys a stake in its manga platform builder.

Published: 2026-10-14T01:32:28.197Z

Crunchyroll just bought 7.03% of Link-U Group, 917 million yen, 856 yen a share, enough to make it the fifth-largest shareholder. Link-U is the outfit that actually builds and runs manga platforms, in

Why it matters: Crunchyroll now owns a slice of the platform its overseas manga runs on, and a slice of that platform's losses.

Source: http://animationbusiness.info/archives/17256

From AnimeSignal, the anime business intelligence brief.