Anime Expo Started off big with huge announcements from Crunchyroll!  Crunchyroll co-founder and general manager Kun Gao announced at the Crunchyroll panel at Anime Expo on Friday that the company will start dubbing and releasing some of its anime series on Blu-ray Disc and DVD. The titles Crunchyroll announced that it will release on both Blu-ray Disc and DVD include: Berserk (new series), Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress, Free!, Twin Star Exorcists, Myriad Colors Phantom World , Big Order,Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches, and Gintama.
Crunchyroll also confirmed on its site that it also has the merchandising rights to Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress, and plans to work with various partners and in-house to create merchandise.
Crunchyroll previously licensed the North American DVD rights in 2010 to Makoto Shinkai‘s 5 Centimeters Per Second film. That release marked the first DVD release licensed by Crunchyroll.
Crunchyroll also mentioned at its panel that VRV, Ellation’s subscription-based content bundle of streamingservices, including Ellation’s own anime-focused Crunchyroll, will launch this fall. Those interested can go to vrv.co and sign up for a beta.
