Crunchyroll Is Getting Its Own Dedicated Anime Hub on the PS5 Home Screen

Crunchyroll Is Getting its Own Dedicated Anime Hub on the PS5 Home Screen

Anime streaming service Crunchyroll, which Sony-owned Funimation bought for nearly $1.2 billion in 2021, is getting its own dedicated hub on the PlayStation 5 home screen in Spring 2027. Sony Interactive Entertainment President and CEO Hideaki Nishino made the announcement at today's Crunchyroll Anime Future Forum.

PlayStation to Launch New Crunchyroll Anime Hub for PS5

Sony’s PlayStation will launch a new Crunchyroll anime hub within its PlayStation 5 gaming console’s home screen next year to more closely align the company’s anime projects and anime-inspired games. Launching in spring 2027, the new PS5 anime destination is “designed to make it easier for the PlayStation community to discover and explore the anime […]

PS5 to Integrate Anime into Main Menu as Sony Tightens Ties with Crunchyroll

"Anime and gaming have overlapping communities".Moments ago, PlayStation boss Hideaki Nishino took to the stage at the inaugural Crunchyroll Anime Future Forum to confirm it’ll be integrating anime into the PS5’s main menu with a “dedicated hub”, beginning Spring 2027.He said the initiative will help “make it easier for the PlayStation community to discover and explore the anime content they enjoy”.Read the full article on pushsquare.com